Handl Billing: A Better FreshBooks Alternative for Digital Agencies
Handl Billing is purpose-built for digital agencies that need milestone-based payments linked to project progress, while FreshBooks offers general invoicing suitable for freelancers and small businesses without agency-specific workflows.
Why Digital Agencies Choose Handl Over FreshBooks
Project Milestone Integration
Automatically links payment schedules to your project milestones, ensuring clients pay as work progresses.
Offers basic invoicing disconnected from project progress, requiring manual tracking of what's been delivered.
Seamless Project Management Integration
Connects with your existing project management tools to track projects and payments in one unified system.
Limited integration capabilities with project management tools, creating silos between project delivery and financial tracking.
Project Milestone Integration
Automatically links payment schedules to your project milestones, ensuring clients pay as work progresses.
Offers basic invoicing disconnected from project progress, requiring manual tracking of what's been delivered.
Media Account Spending Management
Automates micropayments between ad accounts and client payments, streamlining media spend management.
No specialised features for managing digital marketing budgets or ad account spending.
Automated Client Reminders
Sends intelligent, timely reminders to clients based on project progress and payment milestones.
Basic payment reminders without context of project status or milestone completion.
Secure Code-Payment Linkage
For software agencies, securely links code exchanges to transactions, ensuring clients receive deliverables only after payment.
No specific features to protect digital deliverables or link them to payment confirmation.
Feature Comparison
Target Users
Project-Payment Linking
Agency-Specific Workflows
Client Portal
Media Budget Management (Coming Soon)
Project Management Integration
Multi-Project Tracking
Code Delivery Protection
Team Collaboration
Scope Creep
Asset exchange payment
Why Digital Agencies Need Specialised Billing Tools
Digital agencies face unique challenges that generic billing platforms like FreshBooks weren't designed to solve.
Handl was built from the ground up to address these specific agency pain points that general invoicing tools simply weren't designed for.
Project-Based Revenue
Agencies need to link deliverables to payment milestones
Client Collaboration
Keeping clients informed of progress and payment expectations
Digital Asset Protection
Ensuring payment before delivering valuable digital assets
Media Budget Management
Handling client ad spend alongside agency fees
Ready to Transform Your Agency's Billing Experience?
Handl is designed specifically for digital agencies looking to:
Get paid 4x faster
Reduce payment disputes
Link deliverables to payments
Manage client budgets effectively
Improve cash flow predictability
Get a HandL
on Your Project.
