Same workflow — proposals, contracts, invoices, payments. AI-drafted. $49/mo flat. No tiers. No stacking fees.
| Feature | Soloist | HoneyBook |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $0/mo Free plan or $49/mo Pro | $29 now $36/mo monthly +89.5% hike Feb 2025 |
| AI proposal generation | ✓ Full AI drafts | ✓ Bundled, all tiers |
| AI invoice generation | ✓ Smart invoicing | ✗ Manual or template |
| AI contract generation | ✓ From brief or proposal | ✗ Template-based only |
| Client portal | ✓ | ✓ All tiers |
| Stripe payments | ✓ Connect your Stripe | ✓ Built-in processor |
| Transaction fees | $0 Stripe's own 2.9% only | 2.9% + $0.25/card 1.5% for ACH on top of subscription |
| Lock-in / contracts | ✓ Cancel anytime | Annual required for best rates |
| Free plan | ✓ 5 clients, 3 proposals/mo | ✗ 7-day trial only |
| Setup time | ✓ Minutes | Minutes |
Data verified June 2026. HoneyBook pricing reflects their Feb 2025 price increase from $19 to $36/mo (Starter tier, monthly billing).
HoneyBook's February 2025 price hike wasn't a one-time adjustment — it was a signal. Starter went from $19 to $36/mo overnight. On top of that, the transaction fees stack on top of your subscription. Run $10K in client payments through HoneyBook and you're paying an extra $300 in processing fees. Every. Month.
Soloist isn't trying to be a payment processor on top of a SaaS tool. You connect your own Stripe account — the one you've already set up — and Soloist generates payment links on every invoice. The money goes straight to your Stripe account. We don't touch it.
Describe the project in plain English. Soloist writes the full proposal — scope, deliverables, timeline, pricing — in under 60 seconds. Same for invoices and contracts. No template copy-paste.
Soloist doesn't take a cut. You pay Stripe's standard 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction — same as any Stripe checkout. With HoneyBook, you're paying that plus their platform fee on top.
Month-to-month on every plan. Your data exports cleanly. No "talk to our team" retention flows. If Soloist stops working for you, you leave. Simple.
Proposal → Contract → Invoice → Payment. All linked, all AI-drafted, all in one place. Not four different subscriptions that barely talk to each other.
HoneyBook lets you export your contacts as CSV. Soloist accepts CSV imports. That's the whole migration.
Go to Contacts → Export → CSV. Download the file.
Sign up free → Clients → Import CSV → done. All your client names, emails, companies carry over.
AI-generate your first proposal. Connect your Stripe. Send an invoice. No other setup needed.
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Get started — first month on usSoloist Pro: $49/mo. AI-drafted proposals, contracts, and invoices. Your Stripe. Your money. No transaction fees beyond Stripe's own.
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