Tristiks

For consultants

Time tracking and billing for consultants

Capture every billable hour at each client's own rate, win engagements with proposals, and bill retainers on schedule, from one workspace.

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  • No credit card required
A smiling man in a suit beside a week's timesheet and the rates set for each client
Retainer invoicePaid $4,500

Your time is the product

When you sell your expertise by the hour or on retainer, an untracked call or a forgotten expense is money gone. Tristiks Grow keeps each client's rate, time, costs and paperwork together, so every hour you work reaches an invoice.

Built for billable work

Northwind Studio · Timesheet
  • MonClient workshopWeb · Website redesign3h 00m
  • TueHomepage wireframesDesktop · Website redesign4h 15m
  • WedInternal planningWeb · Website redesign · Non-billable0h 45m

Every hour on the right client

Time from the desktop app, the web timer or a manual entry lands on one timesheet per client.

Invoice #1042

Bill to

Northwind Studio

Status moves from draft to sent to paid
  • Tracked time, 1–15 Sep · 14 h × $110.00$1,540.00
  • Client workshop · 3 h × $110.00$330.00
Total$1,870.00

Each client's own rate

Save an hourly rate, currency, tax rate and payment terms per client, and see what your hours earned at each client's rate.

Proposals & contracts
  • Website redesign proposalNorthwind StudioSigned
  • Retainer contractBrightpathViewed
  • Discovery workshopFernwoodSent

Engagements, signed online

Send proposals and contracts from templates and see when they're viewed and signed.

Expenses

Spend

$3,240

Billable

$1,180

Rebilled

$960

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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

Travel costs, billed back

Scan receipts, mark them billable and add a markup if you charge one.

From proposal to paid retainer

  • Send a branded proposal, follow it with a contract, and let the client sign online by typing their name.

    A woman in a white blazer, with proposal templates and a signed proposal beside her
    Proposal statusSigned
    A draft invoice when they sign
    The signed proposal leaves an invoice ready for you to send.
    Pricing in the client's currency
    Each proposal can have its own currency.
    Explore proposals and contracts

  • Start a timer when you start work, or add hours by hand afterwards, against the right client and project.

    A man holding a tablet, with a running time tracker, today's tracked hours and the day's activity level around him
    Billable this week31h 15m
    Billable or not, your call
    Mark each entry, so only the hours you charge for reach an invoice.
    Never billed twice
    Hours already on an invoice are locked.
    Explore timesheets

  • Make a retainer invoice recurring and let reminders follow up when a payment is late.

    A woman holding a tablet, with a sent invoice, its payment reminders and a paid invoice around her
    Next retainerOct 1
    Paid, due and overdue
    See which invoices are paid and which need a nudge.
    Any currency
    Invoice each client in the currency they pay in.
    Explore invoicing

  • Contacts, notes, files, projects, proposals and invoices for each client, together.

    A smiling man in a blazer beside a client's profile and a client card showing what is due
    Active clients6
    What each client has paid and owes
    Paid and unpaid totals for the year, with every invoice and its status.
    Bring in an associate
    Invite a collaborator who sees only the clients and projects you share.
    Explore client management

Priced for independent consultants

Solo covers one consultant. Growing into a practice? Professional has 3 seats and Advanced 10.

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Solo plan

$12a month · 1 seat

For the solopreneur who is just getting started.

  • Proposal & Contract templates
  • Invoice in multiple currencies
  • Branded invoices
  • Task management
  • Time tracking
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Get set up in an afternoon

  1. 1

    Add your clients and their rates

    Save each client's hourly rate, currency, tax rate and payment terms once.

  2. 2

    Send the proposal

    Start from a template and send a link the client can sign.

  3. 3

    Track, invoice, repeat

    Track the work, invoice the hours and make retainers recurring.

A consultant on the phone at his laptop, with the rates set for each client

Guides for consultants

Guides and pages to help you win work, run it well and get paid on time.

Dashboard cards for pricing: client rates, a rate calculator and a proposal's pricing table

Retainers or fixed-price projects?

Which way of billing fits your clients, and what each means for your cash flow.

Choose your model

How to write a project proposal

What to include and how to price it, with a free template and examples.

Write better proposals

The complete guide to billable hours

What counts as billable, how to track it and how to bill it.

Read the guide

FAQ

Consultant questions, answered

Still have questions? Talk to our team.

Can I charge different rates to different clients?

Yes. Save each client's own hourly rate, currency, tax rate and payment terms on their profile. Time reports use each client's rate to show what your hours earned, and you set the rate on each invoice.

Can I bill a monthly retainer?

Yes. Make the invoice recurring and it's sent on schedule, with payment reminders if it's paid late.

Can I bill travel and other expenses?

Yes. Mark an expense as billable, add a markup if you charge one, and add it to the client's next invoice.

Do clients need an account to sign or pay?

No. They sign proposals by typing their name and pay invoices online from a link.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Every plan starts with a free 14-day trial, and you don't need a credit card to sign up.

Bill every hour of your expertise

Start a free 14-day trial and send your first proposal today, or book a demo to see how Tristiks Grow fits your practice.

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