Portara vs. HoneyBook
HoneyBook covers the basics.Portara runs the whole job.
How HoneyBook compares
| Feature | HoneyBook | Portara |
|---|---|---|
Send estimates or proposals | Yes | Yes |
Send invoices | Yes | Yes |
Take online payments | Yes | Yes |
Set up deposits and payment schedules | Yes | Yes |
Collect signatures and approvals | Yes | Yes |
Keep customer and project records | Yes | Yes |
Keep notes and files with a project or job | Yes | Yes |
Track time by project or job | Yes | Yes |
Use the job—not a proposal or invoice—as the master list | No | Yes |
Keep track of all items and services added to or removed from the job in one place | No | Yes |
Easily see what remains to be invoiced after the job changes | No | Yes |
Show the client what they have paid and what they still owe on every invoice | No | Yes |
Schedule the crew—not just client meetings | No | Yes |
Collect employee availability before making the schedule | No | Yes |
Send work offers that employees can accept or decline | No | Yes |
Send the crew a job briefing with the current details | No | Yes |
Make a purchasing list from what the job needs | No | Yes |
Subtract what you already have in stock from what you need to buy | No | Yes |
Track stock across storage, jobs, pickups, and returns | No | Yes |
Scan a receipt and assign its line items to the job | No | Yes |
Approve job hours and send the totals to payroll | No | Yes |
Portara is a standalone product for running jobs, employees, purchasing, billing, and payments. HoneyBook features depend on the plan you use.
Run the whole job in one place.
Keep the changing scope, crew, purchasing, invoices, payments, notes, and time together.
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