Working alone means doing every job in the business. These are the small leaks most freelancers know, and where each one is handled on the desk.
The hours sit in one app and the client in another, so the invoice gets typed from memory.
A good lead waits too long for a reply and quietly books someone else.
Time you forgot to track is time you can't bill.
Rewriting the same scope each time eats the hours you meant to spend on the work.
Every step hands the next one what it needs, so nothing is typed twice.
Free forever, not a trial. One seat, every core tool.
Compare every planThree rooms do most of the lifting: leads coming in, time going on and invoices going out. They share one client record, so nothing is typed twice.
Build an intake form, then link to its hosted page or embed it on your site. Every submission becomes a lead with the source already filled in. When a lead says yes, they become a client with one profile for every project, proposal, invoice, file and note.
Start the timer on a task, and when you move on, switch to the next one without stopping. Forgot to start it? Add an entry by hand, or fix the times afterwards. Every entry is billable or non-billable, so admin time stays off the invoice.
When you're ready to bill, pull a client's unbilled time into a new invoice and check the lines before it goes. It's sent by email with a PDF, and if it isn't paid, reminders go out on the schedule you set. Clients can pay by card online through your Stripe account, and the payment is recorded for you; bank transfers and cash you record yourself.
Turn your income goal, expenses, and time off into an hourly rate that actually pays the bills.
Free tool →Invoice generatorAdd your line items, watch the totals and tax add up, and copy a clean, itemized invoice.
Free tool →Late-fee & terms calculatorSee what a late invoice really costs and generate fair late-fee language for your payment terms.
Free tool →Tax set-aside estimatorFind the slice of every payment to park for tax, so April is boring instead of brutal.
Free tool →Meadow Desk for…
Briefs to invoices, one flow.
A shared desk for the whole crew.
Track every billable minute.
From the blog
Invoicing & cash flowThe quiet invoice: getting paid on time without chasing anyoneClear terms, a sensible schedule, and reminders you don't have to write yourself.Proposals & pricingPricing a project when the client asks “what’s your hourly?”A kind way to answer the hourly question without boxing yourself in.