The best free alternative
to HoneyBook
HoneyBook is shamelessly pickpocketing your business by charging a monthly subscription and then forcing you to swallow 3% in processing fees. You're paying them for the privilege of losing thousands of dollars of your own revenue every single year.
HoneyBook
- Expensive Monthly Subscriptions
- Bloated with features you don't use
- Complex learning curve
MicroFreelanceHub
- Activate the Pass-Through Fee toggle to legally move the 3.9% credit card cost from your pocket to the client's invoice.
- Stop the revenue bleed and keep exactly 100% of your principal cash on every single payment processed.
- Launch your business with zero overhead using our Free Tier that covers your first 3 projects at no cost.
- Scale without limits for a flat $29/month Pro Tier that never takes a percentage of your hard-earned growth.
Switching Pro Tip
Check your existing HoneyBook contracts for 'exclusive payment' clauses and update your new terms of service to explicitly state that a 3.9% processing fee applies to credit card transactions to ensure full transparency when you flip the Pass-Through toggle.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is MicroFreelanceHub better for my bottom line than HoneyBook?
HoneyBook 'double-dips' by taking a subscription fee AND forcing you to pay 3% in processing fees; MicroFreelanceHub offers a Pass-Through toggle that adds the 3.9% fee to the client's total so you keep 100% of your money.
How much money am I actually losing to HoneyBook every year?
If you bill $100k a year, HoneyBook isn't just $400/year in subs—it’s $3,400/year out of your pocket. MicroFreelanceHub’s Pass-Through feature puts that $3,000 back into your bank account where it belongs.
Can I really manage projects for free without hidden fees?
Yes. Unlike HoneyBook which demands payment upfront, MicroFreelanceHub lets you manage your first 3 projects for $0, and even then, you can pass all credit card costs to your clients.