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Bonsai
Bonsai is an all-in-one business platform for agencies, consultancies and professional service providers covering projects, clients, teams, billing, resource planning and revenue tracking.
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- 8.0 No. 13on Best Freelance Invoicing and Expense Apps
- From $9/user/mo (annual) · 7-day trialprice, as published
- Oct 14, 2026read on
What Bonsai costs
- Basic $15 / month
- Essentials $25 / month
- Premium $39 / month
- Elite $59 / month
As hellobonsai.com publishes them, read Oct 14, 2026. Fees, tax and exchange rates can differ when you pay; check the provider's own page first.
Its statement
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Yes
- Runs on
- iPhone Android Web Mac
- Facts on record
- 48
Facts we read
- APIThe Bonsai API covers contacts, companies, deals, projects, tasks, subtasks, comments, time entries, and invoices. · help.hellobonsai.com, Oct 4, 2026
- API authenticationDevelopers can use account API keys or OAuth 2.1 authorization-code flow with PKCE, with permissions limited by the Bonsai member's access. · docs.hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
- API limitsAPI quotas are 600 requests per minute and 10,000 per hour overall, with writes limited to 120 per minute. · docs.hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Client workflowClient management features include CRM, deals, estimates, proposals, contracts, retainers, forms, client portal, and scheduling. · hellobonsai.com, Oct 4, 2026
- Company founding and headquartersCrunchbase says Bonsai launched in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California. · crunchbase.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Company legal nameCrunchbase identifies the company as Bonsai Technologies Inc. · crunchbase.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Company size and fundingCrunchbase lists 11–50 employees and a pre-seed round led by Y Combinator. · crunchbase.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Contracts and proposalsBonsai provides reusable contract and proposal templates, editable document building, signature fields and downloadable PDFs. · help.hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
- CRMThe product includes CRM records, pipeline management, contacts, companies, email and calendar synchronization, search and custom views. · help.hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Data protectionThe trust center lists encrypted data controls, restricted production access, maintained inventories, password policy, MDM and AWS, DigitalOcean, Heroku and Crunchy Data subprocessors. · trust.hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Financial managementFinancial tools include invoicing, payments, rate cards, budgets, expenses, forecasting, and accounting integrations. · hellobonsai.com, Oct 4, 2026
- Hosting modelTrustRadius lists Bonsai's deployment type as SaaS and its mobile applications as iOS and Android. · trustradius.com, Oct 14, 2026
- IntegrationsOfficial integration resources cover QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zapier, Calendly, Gmail, Outlook, Zoom, HiBob and a Bonsai MCP server. · help.hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Invoicing and paymentsBonsai supports invoice creation, online payments, recurring billing, payment reminders and payment-method processing fees. · hellobonsai.com, Oct 14, 2026
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