A client portal and work-management suite built just for creatives, and the only one that also protects your workload capacity and forecasts your income.
Launching soon · Founding pricing for early studios
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.
Other tools give you one side or the other. Chord is the whole picture.
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.
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.
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?"
Package your work into clear, priced options, with the option to continue a seamless flow with the agreement and invoice all on one screen. Protect access with a unique passcode for a premium experience.
Send a branded invoice with your own pay-online link (PayPal, Stripe, Wise or bank transfer) and the option to add a QR code so clients settle up right from the portal. Once paid, it's lined up in your dashboard for you 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.
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.
Not built for: high-volume e-commerce, appointment-only booking, or teams that never send a proposal. There are better tools for those.
Get started in just three steps.
Drop in your logo, colours, and pick your favourite font. Chord instantly wears them across the portal, emails and paperwork.
Send a one-click branded link. They open their portal. No password, no sign-up form to fill in.
Send the proposal, get your agreements signed, and track every task in every stage, while Chord watches your capacity and income.
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.
14-day free trial on both plans · 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.
We're opening to a first group of studios soon. Join the waitlist and you'll be among the first invited, with founding pricing locked in.
Absolutely. Use your own wording, or start from a discipline-specific template and edit. E-signatures are built in.
Chord is opening to a first group of studios. The first 50 to join get founding pricing locked in for life. It never goes up, however much we add. Add your details and we'll send your invite when Chord launches.
