Comparison
Freshlance vs Quivva
The closest comparison on this list. Both are built for solo professionals. The difference is the client-facing layer and whether you can try it without paying.
What Quivva does well
Quivva is genuinely good at retainers and time tracking, and it is built for freelancers rather than retrofitted from a team tool.
The difference that matters
No client-facing layer
Quivva is a tool you look at. Freshlance is also a tool your clients look at — a portal with live progress, a booking page that reads your real availability, and scope approvals they can action themselves. That changes how much of your week goes to status emails.
Feature by feature
Side by side
Competitor details as we understand them at time of writing. Check their site for current pricing.
Choose Quivva if
- You want a mature product with a longer track record
- Retainers and time are the entirety of what you need
- You have no interest in a client-facing portal
Choose Freshlance if
- You want to try it before paying anything
- You answer "when can you start?" more than once a week
- You want clients to book and pay a deposit themselves
- Status emails eat your Friday afternoons
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