A Dubsado alternative for graphic designers
Dubsado automates the business: forms, workflows, contracts and invoices, from first inquiry to final payment. Briefscope runs the design project: the brief, a dated plan, approvals and final files, on one link your client opens without signing in.
Briefscope vs Dubsado
| Feature | Briefscope | Dubsado |
|---|---|---|
| Your client opens one link, with nothing to sign in to | YesOne link per project | PartlyA link and their email, or a password you set |
| A guided brief with questions for each project type | YesLogo, packaging, social, print and more | PartlyForms you build yourself |
| The brief read for you: summary, priorities, what’s missing | YesGaps come back as questions to ask | PartlyIts AI summarizes form answers |
| A plan with real dates, worked back from the deadline | YesDates come from your start and deadline | NoNot that we found |
| You approve the plan before the client sees it | YesNothing is published until you say so | NoNot that we found |
| Your client approves each version, on record | YesEach decision is dated | NoNot that we found |
| Final files delivered and approved | YesWith Download all | PartlyUploads through forms |
| Proposals, contracts, invoices and payments | NoKeep your invoicing tool | YesIts core |
| Typical setup time, as users report it | Minutes | 15 to 25 hours |
| Cheapest paid plan, billed monthly | Free during beta, and 3 months after | $35 (was $20 until December 2025) |
Checked October 1, 2026, from Dubsado’s own pricing and help pages and user reviews. Prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide. Dubsado is a trademark of its owner; Briefscope isn’t affiliated with it.
Why designers look for a Dubsado alternative
Dubsado raised its Starter plan from $20 to $35 a month for new subscribers in December 2025, and many designers spend a weekend or more setting it up. Briefscope takes minutes: create a project and send one link.
Stay with Dubsado if
Your workflows and automations are built and working, and you use its contracts and invoices.
Try Briefscope if
You never finished setting it up, or clients get stuck getting into the portal.
What Briefscope doesn’t do
No proposals, contracts, invoices or payments. Keep your invoicing tool for the money, and use Briefscope for the work your client sees: the brief, the plan, each version and the final files.
See how the portal works in client portal for designers, or compare HoneyBook and Bonsai.
Your first client link in five minutes.
Create a project, send one link. Your client fills in the brief on their phone, and you get a plan with real dates.
Free during beta, and 3 months after. No card needed.