BrainLeaf is a project scoping and client management tool for web development studios and agencies. It lets teams map out project tasks, estimate effort collaboratively, set budgets and billing methods, generate contracts, and get client approvals on scopes of work and change orders. The platform also tracks project profitability and provides templates for common project types.
What it's for
Features 17
- Advanced permissions and user management (higher plans)
- Budget setup and control of hours/pricing
- Built-in contracts or upload of custom contracts
- Client approval/decline workflow on projects and change orders
- Dashboard showing project status and billing at a glance
- Export to CSV, Asana, Json, and Jira (plan-dependent)
- Graph summary of task breakdown
- Profit reporting per project
- Project scoping editor for tasks, notes, documentation, expenses, and optional features
- Real-time calculation of pricing and hours
- Scope of work and contract sending to clients
- Scope templates (own and provided by BrainLeaf)
- Tags for organizing and browsing projects
- Task list creation, editing, and rate-setting by billing type
- Team collaboration on effort estimates
- Team member management and permissions
- WYSIWYG editor for task descriptions
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Prices are shown with a monthly/yearly toggle; annual billing lowers the effective monthly rate and is charged as a lump annual sum ($108, $419.40, or $534 depending on plan). No credit card is required to sign up, though the FAQ notes a credit card will be billed after the 14-day free trial ends.
Basic templates
1 active project, 0 archived projects, 1 team member, basic templates only
Active project limit differs between monthly (3) and annual (1) billing as stated on the pricing page.
1 user; 3 active projects on monthly billing or 1 active project on annual billing; unlimited archived projects
Marked as 'Recommended' plan on the pricing page.
Includes 5 users; unlimited active and archived projects; additional users $8/user/mo (monthly billing) or $7/user/mo (annual billing)
Shown under the annual-billing toggle labeled 'Freelancer' on the pricing page, but its price and features match the Agency tier shown under monthly billing.
Includes 5 users; unlimited active and archived projects; additional users $15/user/mo (monthly billing) or $12/user/mo (annual billing)
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