Other studio CRMs cover the same job-to-cash loop: inquiry, proposal, contract, invoice, portal. Amberpact stays in that category on purpose. The difference is what we refused to lock, fake, or beige-out.
Reports you can actually edit
Start from Revenue, Payments, Leads, or Pipeline. Change the date range, stage, source, and widgets. Save the view, pin it to Home, export CSV. Collected this month is posted payments — the same number as the ledger.
Square or Stripe for client invoices — one
Studios pick Stripe Connect or Square in Settings → Client payments. That is not the Amberpact subscription you pay us. If neither is linked, checkout says so. We do not fake a charge.
Colorful on purpose
Coral, sunflower gold, teal, lavender. The admin should feel like a studio, not a loan desk. Brand color paints the inquiry form and the client portal.
Built for photographers and planners first
Pipeline stages named for how creatives book. Suggested contracts and workflows. Vertical pages for photographers, planners, designers, and freelancers — not a generic small-business suite.
Fair pricing and a 30-day trial
Starter $29, Studio $59, Unlimited $99. Yearly knocks two months off. Every plan trials for 30 days. The Golden Hour demo is free, labeled Demo, and never asks for a card.
A portal clients open
One branded URL for the proposal, contract, questionnaire, invoice, and messages. View as client is the same link you send. Typed e-sign with an audit trail.
Visual proof
The same Golden Hour rooms you can open after See demo.
Stay on another tool if you are deep in its marketplace or a custom form tree you love. Switch if you want reports you own, one processor for client invoices, and a product that looks like a Saturday.