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Client agreements and e-signatures
Put deliverables, milestones, revision limits, payment terms, and client approval in one private agreement.
Browse agreement templatesFor independent professionals who bill clients directly
You won the work. Keep its value all the way to payment.
Censiq keeps signed scope, added work, milestones, invoices, retainers, and payment follow-up connected so new requests are priced before delivery and billable work has a clear path from approval to invoice and follow-up.
No credit card required.
What changes with Censiq
- Added work
- Priced and approved before it reaches delivery.
- Billable milestones
- Ready to invoice with their agreed terms intact.
- Client follow-up
- Sent with the invoice, due date, and next action in context.
What Censiq does
Everything between agreeing the work and confirming payment.
Keep the commercial record in Censiq while code, design files, project tasks, and delivery remain in the specialist tools your work already requires.
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Milestone billing
Turn signed payment stages into connected invoice drafts with the agreed amount, currency, trigger, and due date already in context.
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Change orders for scope changes
Document added work, cost, and delivery impact without replacing the agreement the client already signed.
Control additional scope04
Recurring retainer invoicing
Define the recurring service, limits, response window, amount, and cadence, then prepare each invoice draft from the approved retainer.
Structure a maintenance retainer05
Direct bank-transfer invoices
Give the client the correct bank details, currency, reference, and private payment-reporting path without routing the invoice value through Censiq.
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Email, WhatsApp, and SMS follow-up
Use automatic email reminders on Free. Premium adds scheduled WhatsApp and SMS delivery and reminders for invoices and unsigned agreements.
Plan payment follow-upInside Censiq
See what is paid, outstanding, and waiting on you.
The dashboard keeps collected revenue, open invoices, client-reported payments, and follow-up work visible without making you search through every client record.
Preview of the initial Censiq dashboard viewport showing the navigation, attention queue, collected revenue, outstanding invoices, payment verification, and agreement usage.
Signed scope to paid invoice
Move from signed scope to confirmed payment without losing context.
The agreement supplies the commercial context. Every later action remains attached to the client, work, amount, and currency it covers.
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Agree the scope
Set deliverables, revision boundaries, amounts, and payment events.
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Collect the signature
Give the client one private place to review and approve the terms.
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Invoice the milestone
Turn the agreed payment stage into a connected invoice draft.
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Follow up
Send the current amount, due date, and invoice link in context.
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Confirm the transfer
Verify cleared funds, close the invoice, and issue the receipt.
Purpose-built for independent tech work
Workflows built around how developers, designers, and consultants get paid.
Censiq adapts the examples, engagement structure, and commercial controls to how you deliver value—not to a generic freelancer persona.
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Deposits · Build milestones · Change orders · Maintenance
Independent developers
Keep your margin when the build grows.
Define the start condition, bill observable development milestones, approve added scope, and move post-launch work into a bounded maintenance retainer.
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Discovery · Approvals · Revision limits · Handoff
Product designers
Keep your fee intact when feedback expands the job.
Sell paid discovery, connect payment to design decisions, define revision rounds, and keep final handoff attached to the agreed invoice schedule.
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Audits · Workshops · Strategy · Advisory retainers
Product consultants
Bill for the work around the meeting.
Package audits, workshops, strategy delivery, and advisory access into a client process with visible outputs and payment events.
Explore this workflowA focused client-operations layer
Connect scope and payment without replacing your delivery tools.
Use Censiq for agreements, billing, client reminders, and payment confirmation. Keep project management, accounting, and banking in the systems built for those jobs.
- Not a project manager
- Keep delivery tasks, code, files, and product decisions in the tools your work requires.
- Not a payment processor
- Direct transfers move from the client’s bank to yours. Bank fees may still apply.
- Not an accounting ledger
- Revenue stays separated by currency instead of being merged through a misleading estimate.
- Not a bloated CRM
- No lead pipeline or agency operations layer between you and the next client action.
Solve a specific commercial problem
Solve scope, billing, and payment problems before they become disputes.
Milestone billing tied to events your client can verifyControl scope creep with signed change ordersDirect bank-transfer invoices with clear payment instructionsRetainer management for consultants and ongoing client work
View all use casesStart from a useful document
Copy-ready templates for the decision in front of you.
Milestone payment schedule templateScope change-order templateDirect bank-transfer invoice instructionsMaintenance retainer template
Browse all templatesFollow the full contract-to-invoice workflow for tech freelancers, or compare the freelance tools guide for tech professionals.
Plans that match the workload
Start free. Upgrade when automation saves real time.
Free includes the complete agreement-to-payment path for a small client list. Premium removes usage limits and automates the work that becomes repetitive as the business grows.
Free
Start with a complete client workflow.
5 invoices and 2 agreements each month, up to 3 active clients, automatic email reminders, PDF documents, paid receipts, and unlimited manual WhatsApp sharing.
Start freePremium
Automate repeated client follow-up.
Unlimited invoices, agreements, and clients; recurring retainer drafts; automated Email, WhatsApp, and SMS delivery and reminders; clean client documents; and financial report exports.
Compare plansFrequently asked questions
Questions about Censiq, answered clearly.
Clear answers about what Censiq does, how money moves, and what is included on Free.
What is Censiq?
Censiq is client operations software for independent tech professionals. It connects agreements, electronic signatures, milestone invoices, change orders, retainers, payment reminders, transfer confirmation, and receipts in one commercial workflow.
Who is Censiq built for?
Censiq is designed for independent software developers, product designers, product consultants, and small specialist studios that manage direct client engagements.
Does Censiq process or hold client money?
No. When an invoice uses direct bank transfer, the client sends the money from their bank to the professional’s bank account. Censiq provides the invoice, transfer instructions, payment-reporting path, verification workflow, and receipt. Banks or intermediaries may still charge their own fees.
How are agreements and invoices connected?
An agreement can define the scope, payment milestones, amount, currency, and approval terms. After signature, each approved milestone can become a connected invoice draft without re-entering the commercial terms.
Can Censiq manage recurring retainers?
Yes. A signed retainer can define the service boundaries, recurring amount, currency, billing cadence, and next invoice date. Censiq then prepares recurring invoice drafts from those approved terms.
What can I use on the Free plan?
The Free plan includes up to 5 invoices and 2 agreements per month, up to 3 active clients, automatic email reminders, PDF invoices and receipts, direct bank-transfer instructions, and unlimited manual WhatsApp sharing through prefilled links.
Start with the next client
Keep the commercial side of the engagement clear from day one.
Create the agreement, connect the payment stages, and give the client one professional path from signature to receipt.
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