Free freelance contract templates, legally-binding e-signatures, branded invoices, and Stripe payouts — everything a Bonsai contract does, at no monthly cost.
Start freeA Bonsai contract is solid — but it sits behind a $25–$66/month subscription along with the rest of the Bonsai suite. Invora gives you the same contract workflow — template, edit, e-sign, countersign, signed PDF, then invoice — free forever, with optional one-time AI credits when you want a draft written for you.
The full workflow — contracts, e-sign, invoices, payments — is free. Bonsai's cheapest paid plan starts at $25/month.
Buy credits once when you want AI to draft a contract or invoice. Credits never expire. No monthly lock-in.
Draft → e-sign → invoice → paid happens in one place. No bouncing between contract tools and invoicing tools.
Feedback from people who have used Invora for real client work.
“I came from ChatGPT looking for a rental agreement. I wanted to edit what I made and change the template myself — Invora gave me that control in one place.”
The short answer before the detailed feature comparison.
| Your priority | Invora | Bonsai | Best choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts and invoices without a monthly bill | Free core workflow with optional one-time AI credits. | Requires a paid subscription for the in-app workflow. | Invora |
| Contract to invoice in one flow | Create an invoice directly from the signed agreement. | Contracts and invoicing are included in the wider suite. | Invora |
| Time tracking, tax, and project management | Focused on contracts, signatures, invoices, and payments. | Includes broader business management tools. | Bonsai |
| Editable, reusable agreement templates | Edit every clause and save the result as your own template. | Provides a broad lawyer-reviewed template library. | Tie |
| Fast client signing | Secure browser link with no client account or access code. | Electronic signing is built into the paid workflow. | Invora |
Comparison reflects publicly available information about Bonsai as of October 2026. Features and pricing change — verify on each provider's site.
Bonsai's contract tool is part of a wider freelance suite. Here's what you get, and where the paywall sits.
A Bonsai contract starts from a lawyer-reviewed template — freelance services, design, development, consulting, photography — which you fill in with client details, scope, fees and payment terms before sending it for an electronic signature. Once both sides sign, Bonsai stores the executed document and can spin an invoice off the agreed fee.
The limitation is access. Bonsai's contract previews are free to read, but editing, sending and e-signing inside the app sits on the Starter plan at $25/month, rising to $39 and $66 for the Professional and Business tiers. For a freelancer sending three or four agreements a year, that's a subscription priced for daily software use.
Invora treats the contract as the front door to getting paid rather than an upsell. You pick a template, edit the wording in a plain document editor, send it for signature by email or SMS, countersign it yourself, and the signed PDF lands in both inboxes with a full audit trail — created, sent, opened, signed — kept in your document history. Every step of that is free.
No import tool needed — most freelancers rebuild their standard Bonsai agreement once and reuse it forever.
Choose a freelance service agreement, retainer, NDA, or rental and lease agreement from the free template library — or paste in the wording from your existing Bonsai contract.
Change any clause in a clean document editor: scope, deliverables, fees, payment terms, revisions, termination and governing law. Save the result as your own reusable template.
Send by email or SMS with the client's details prefilled. They sign in the browser — no account, no login, no six-digit code — and you countersign.
Generate a branded invoice straight from the agreed fee, attach a Stripe payment link, and let automated reminders chase anything overdue.
Unlimited contracts, e-signatures, invoices, and payment links. Pay one-time only for AI credits when you want them. No subscription.
Bonsai's Starter plan is $25/month, Professional is $39/month, and Business is $66/month (billed annually). Most contract and invoicing features sit behind these tiers.
Bonsai publishes free contract template previews, but sending, editing and e-signing a Bonsai contract inside the app requires a paid plan starting at $25/month. Invora's contract templates are free to edit, send, e-sign and download as a signed PDF, with no plan required.
If you mainly use Bonsai for contracts and invoicing, Invora covers the same ground — freelance service agreements, retainers, NDAs, rental and lease agreements, e-signatures with an audit trail, branded invoices and Stripe payment links — free forever. If you also rely on Bonsai for time tracking, tax estimates and project management, keep Bonsai for those and use Invora for the contract-to-paid side.
Yes. Both rely on the same legal basis — the ESIGN Act in the US and eIDAS in the EU/UK — which treats a clearly consented electronic signature as equivalent to a wet signature. Invora records the signer's name, email, timestamp, IP address and a document fingerprint, then stores the signed PDF and emails it to both parties.
Yes. Export your client list from Bonsai as CSV and upload it to Invora in seconds. Signed Bonsai PDFs can be stored against the matching client record so your document history stays in one place, and you can rebuild any recurring Bonsai contract as a reusable Invora template.
The contract-to-paid workflow — unlimited contracts, e-signatures, invoices, branded templates, and Stripe payment links — is free forever. The only paid item is AI assistance, which uses one-time credit packs you buy when you want them. Credits never expire and there's no subscription.
Yes. Export your client list from Bonsai as CSV and upload it to Invora in seconds. Existing signed PDFs can be stored against client records for reference.
Yes. Invora captures typed or drawn signatures with a timestamp and IP address audit trail, then emails the signed PDF to both parties. This is the same approach used by major e-sign platforms.
Bonsai includes time tracking, tax estimation, and project management. Invora is intentionally focused on the contract-to-paid loop. If you need a full freelance OS with time tracking, Bonsai may be a better fit. If you want the contract + invoice workflow without paying monthly, Invora wins.
Most freelancers are up and running in under 10 minutes — import clients, send your first contract, and connect Stripe.
Import your client list, send your first contract, and collect your first payment — without a Bonsai subscription.
No credit card. No subscription. Free forever for core invoicing.