Stelaah

Stelaah vs Dubsado

Dubsado and Stelaah both run client work, but at different scales. Dubsado is a deeply customizable clientflow tool for solo owners and tiny teams. Stelaah is a full workspace for agencies and businesses that have grown a team. Here is a fair look.

Choose Dubsado if

you are a solo owner who wants to shape every form, workflow, and template down to the smallest detail.

Choose Stelaah if

you have a team and need real projects, time, and margin alongside the client flow, in one workspace.

What each one does for client work.

Capability Stelaah Dubsado
Client CRM ✓ One record per client ✓ Solid client management
Proposals and contracts ✓ Send, sign, store ✓ Mature and flexible
Workflow customization – Structured and quick ✓ Deep and granular
Invoicing ✓ From tracked time ✓ Built in
Connect your own payments ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
Project management ✓ Tasks, dependencies, timelines – Light
Time tracking to invoice ✓ Hours flow to billing Not really
Workload planning ✓ Planner across the team Not included
Team seats ✓ On every plan – Per user add on
✓ Scoped access Not included
Reports and margin ✓ Margin and utilization – Basic
AI assistant ✓ Aria acts across the work Not a focus

Checks mark a built in strength. We tried to be fair to both. Dubsado earns its checks where it leads.

Where Dubsado is genuinely strong.

Deep customization

Bend every form and workflow to your exact process.

Mature contracts and forms

Years of refinement for solo client flow.

Use your own processor

No forced payment platform or extra fee.

Strong for one person

A complete toolkit for a solo business.

Where Stelaah fits better.

Real project management

Timelines, dependencies, and approvals, not just lists.

Time, budgets, and margin

Know which work pays while it is open.

Built for a team

Seats, roles, and vendors as you grow.

Aria across everything

Drafts, answers, and takes action.

What you will pay.

Stelaah

Free to start. Each paid plan is priced per workspace and includes a set number of full members, with extra members available on the Team and Business plans. Aria is included. See the pricing page for the current plans.

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Dubsado

around $20 a month for the entry plan and about $40 a month for Premier, billed annually, with an add on for extra users. A trial that runs until you have a few clients. Check dubsado.com.

Pricing changes often, so confirm the current numbers at dubsado.com

Stelaah vs Dubsado, answered.

Yes, especially once you have a team and want real project management and margin alongside the client flow. For a solo owner who lives in custom workflows, Dubsado is excellent.

Customization is great. So is one workspace.

If you have grown past a solo setup, Stelaah keeps the client flow and adds the projects, time, and margin a team needs.