Your secret weapon for getting client work under control — while looking extremely good doing it. People will wonder how you manage it all. Tell them it’s Chord.
2 months free while Chord is in beta · cancel any time · no charge if you stop before it's up
Proposal here, contract there, invoice somewhere else. Each one comes with its own branding and login, so it feels like it's cobbled together rather than a seamless, premium client experience. And let's not get into how much it all adds up to.
You don't have a real view of your workload, so when opportunities come along you end up saying yes to too much, then burn out.
Every creative is familiar with the feast-or-famine anxiety, because you can't predict accurately how much you'll get this month. You're always trying to do mental sums, or updating a spreadsheet.
Create on Adobe or Figma. Embed in email. Write email. Get dozens of scattered comments. Get a random file emailed to you. Repeat. Your workflow is several pieces that don't share context easily or smoothly, so you're terrified of dropping the ball on something.
Some handle the paperwork (proposals, contracts, invoices), then leave you to run the actual work somewhere else. Others handle the coordination (tasks and timelines), but never face your client. Chord does both, in one branded place.
Chord takes care of it end to end, from first enquiry to final invoice.
Every other client tool stops at sending the invoice. Chord is the only one that also watches your workload and forecasts your money. It is the part that keeps creative businesses alive.
Chord adds up the hours behind every active project and spreads them across the months, so you can see, at a glance, how full you already are before you commit to anything new.
Your month, broken down week by week. Each week is tinted green, amber or red by how full it is — no more hasty mental math when someone asks you when you're next free for a coffee.
A new enquiry comes in. Pencil it in with rough hours and a start date, and Chord tells you straight away whether it fits, whether it'll be tight, or when the next real opening is. Say yes with confidence.
Every invoice and retainer, rolled into a clear month-by-month and quarterly forecast of what's already received and what's still expected. The feast-or-famine finally becomes something you can plan around.
On their own, each is useful. Together, the capacity checker and income forecast turn "can I take this on?" into a calm, logical decision. See exactly how a new project fits across your months, and what it does to your income, before you commit.
Especially freeing if you find it hard to say no, or you second-guess every yes. Chord gives you a clear, factual answer to lean on.
One branded link, no password, no app to learn. Your client taps it and instantly sees where the project stands and the one thing waiting on them, on the phone that's already in their hand.
Never go back and forth with Dropbox, Drive or email again. Your client uploads everything they need to send you — brand assets, testimonials, data — straight into their portal, and organises it into folders, so it's all in one place when you open their details.
The agreement, the tasks, the sign-offs, all in the same branded space. Your client signs electronically, approves the proof, and moves the project forward without a single "can you resend that?"
Assemble it from blocks — text, images, a gallery, package columns, a timeline, an FAQ — and drag them into whatever order tells your story best. A live preview shows exactly what your client will see as you go.
Send a branded invoice that clients settle right from the portal. Take card payments through the built-in Stripe integration — connect your account once, your client pays, and it's confirmed automatically — or offer your own pay-online link, a bank transfer, or a payment QR they scan. Once paid, it's lined up in your dashboard to check and recorded in your monthly income forecast.
Stages, tasks, deadlines, files and every client touch, laid out as a timeline you actually enjoy looking at. Reveal the next step when you're ready, nudge the client with one tap, and always know where things stand.
Share the actual design, page or draft in the portal. Your client pins comments exactly where they mean them, you reply and resolve in place, and approve page by page. And because you set the number of revision rounds up front, every submitted round is counted, so "just one more tweak" can't quietly become five.
Design a journey once — welcome a new client, chase an unpaid invoice, follow up with a lead — and Chord runs it for you: send an email, wait a few days, send the next. You see exactly who's at which step, and nothing ever sends without appearing in your outbox.
Add your logo, your colours and your fonts once, and Chord wears them everywhere your client works: the portal, the emails, the proposals, the contracts, the invoices. It's your studio front and centre, from first hello to final invoice.
Plenty of tools can send an invoice or store a contract. These are the parts built for you.
The only client portal that also protects your time and forecasts your money. Say yes with confidence; plan your upcoming months with clarity.
Your logo, colours and voice on the portal, the emails, the contracts and the invoices. Your brand runs the whole experience, not ours.
No per-client fees and no cut of what you invoice. One simple price for your plan.
If functionality and beauty are equally important in the way you work, Chord is your answer.
Copywriters, designers, VAs — anyone whose work goes out, comes back with notes, and goes out again. Chord runs that loop properly: draft, review, revise, approved, one person responsible at every step, nothing buried in a comment thread.
Your clients open a portal wearing your logo and your colours, where they can see what’s done, what’s coming next and what’s waiting on them. Nobody has to email you asking where things are.
Chord holds the boundaries so you never have to raise them. Revision rounds are counted and capped, and the final files stay locked until the invoice is paid. You agreed the rules once, up front — after that they hold themselves.
Not for you if you’re running high-volume e-commerce, booking appointments all day, or have never sent a proposal in your life. Those tools exist, and they’re good at it.
Get started in just three steps.
Logo, colours, the font you’re loyal to. Chord wears them everywhere — portal, emails, contracts, invoices — before you’ve finished uploading.
They click it, they’re in. No password, no sign-up form, no “I never got the email”.
Proposal out, contract signed, tasks ticking. Chord keeps an eye on your capacity and your income while you’re busy being good at your job.
Most creatives quietly pay for four or five separate tools to do what Chord does in one branded place. Here's the typical monthly bill.
Paperwork, project management, proofing and a branded booking page in one place — plus the capacity and income tools no one else has.
Figures are typical entry-plan prices billed monthly (2026) and vary by tool and tier. The real point isn't the exact number — it's that you're paying several bills, juggling several logins, and re-entering the same client details into each one.
One calm tool for the whole client journey — from first enquiry to final invoice.
Founding pricing, locked in for early studios. Prices in Singapore dollars.
For studios just starting out or only work on a single project at a time.
For studios running multiple projects at a time.
2 months free on either plan — enter the code BETA at checkout · Founding price locked for life for the first 50 studios · Cancel anytime · Prices exclusive of applicable taxes.
As a copywriter and former designer, I've been searching for the perfect client portal and work management app for years. I've tried almost every tool you can think of out there — but they always ended up not being a good fit for what I wanted.
I was paying hundreds for separate things: a paperwork tool to take care of proposals and invoices, a project management tool for the tasks, not to mention endless email threads and feeling terrified that I'd dropped the ball somewhere because all the information wasn't consolidated in one secure place.
More than that, I was living in an exhausting feast-or-famine cycle. I could never predict how much income I was getting in a month, and I'd say yes to opportunities, forgetting that I was already overbooked. This led to the burnout and constant anxiety that so many creatives are familiar with.
Chord didn't begin in its current form; it started as a personal app to manage my workload capacity and forecast my income. Since then it has evolved into a whole dashboard where you can not only protect yourself, but also manage paperwork, tasks, communication and files, all in one place. It's the tool I wish I'd had when I started out.
Your client does need to log in to your portal for security, but it's as seamless as it gets. They get a one-click branded link by email that takes them straight into their portal, with no password to remember.
You give each task a rough time estimate; Chord adds them up across your active projects and shows how full each month is, so you can plan and say yes with confidence.
Yes. Your logo, colours and voice run across the portal, emails, contracts and invoices, so the whole experience feels like your studio.
You can add your own bank transfer details, payment link (Stripe, Paypal Me etc), or even a QR code. Clients make payment and upload a screenshot, and you get a task to confirm payment. The receipt then goes out automatically once you mark it paid and your monthly income forecast is updated.
Right now — open your studio and you're in. Chord is in beta, so early studios get 2 months free: enter the code BETA at checkout. Cancel before the free months are up and there's no charge, and founding pricing is locked in.
Absolutely. Use your own wording, or start from a discipline-specific template and edit. E-signatures are built in.
Chord is in beta, so your first 2 months are free — the code is BETA, entered at checkout. Cancel before they're up and you're not charged. The first 50 studios keep founding pricing for life, however much we add.
Questions first? Write to hello@withchord.com — a real person reads it.
