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Aventide vs Dubsado
Dubsado is strong at detailed forms and automated workflows. Aventide puts every feature on every plan, with unlimited team members and unlimited businesses, and an AI assistant that drafts the work and asks before anything goes to a client. Here is how the two compare on price, payments and switching.
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Eric Baxter
Checked on 4 October 2026
SHORT ANSWER
Stay with Dubsado if
You rely on detailed forms and questionnaires, and on automated workflows (Flows) that move each client through your process. Aventide has no workflow builder, and its forms are limited to booking questions for now.
You want a phone app for yourself. Dubsado has one; Aventide's full app is for a desktop browser.
You run one business and want the lowest price, and you can do without scheduling and workflows: Dubsado Starter is $35 a month, $4 less than Aventide Starter.
Pick Aventide if
You run more than one business or work with a team. Every Aventide plan has every feature, unlimited businesses and unlimited team members. Three businesses cost $39 a month on Aventide Starter and $75 a month on Dubsado Premier.
You want booking with payment without moving to a higher plan, and social posting to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok and Threads from the same app. Dubsado doesn’t offer social posting.
You want an assistant that drafts proposals, follow-ups and invoices and waits for your approval before anything reaches a client.
Both do proposals, contracts with e-signature, invoices, client portals and online payments, and the payment fees come out the same. The real differences are forms and workflows, how many businesses and people you have, and what the AI does.
We make Aventide, so weigh our take accordingly. We haven't run a business on Dubsado. Its prices, plan limits and payment fees come from its own pricing page and help center, checked on October 4, 2026, with links.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Where Aventide and Dubsado differ
Price for one business.
Dubsado: Starter $35 a month or $335 a year; Premier $55 a month or $525 a year, as of October 2026. Source. Starter leaves out the scheduler, Flows, public proposals, Zapier and QuickBooks; those are on Premier. Aventide: Starter $39 a month or $390 a year; Pro $99 a month or $990 a year. Both Aventide plans have every feature; Pro adds AI credits (120,000 a month instead of 40,000) and storage (200 GB instead of 50 GB).Price for three businesses.
Dubsado charges $10 a month for each extra business, billed monthly even on a yearly plan, and each one runs on the same plan as your main business. Source. On Premier that's $55 + $10 + $10 = $75 a month, or $525 + $240 = $765 a year. On Starter it's $35 + $20 = $55 a month, or $335 + $240 = $575 a year, without scheduling or workflows. Aventide Starter is $39 a month or $390 a year for as many businesses as you run.Team.
Dubsado includes 3 users besides you on both plans; beyond that it lists $25 a month for 4 to 10 users, $45 for 11 to 20 and $60 for 21 to 30. Source. Aventide includes unlimited team members on both plans.Payment fees.
Dubsado Payments, powered by Stripe, charges 2.9% + 30¢ for US cards and 0.8% for bank transfers (ACH), up to $5; you can also use Square or PayPal. Source. With Aventide, clients pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through your own Stripe account, and by ACH or Cash App Pay if you turn those on in Stripe. If you invoice through QuickBooks with QuickBooks Payments on, clients can also pay with PayPal or Venmo. Aventide takes 0% of any of it. On a $5,000 invoice, a card payment costs $145.30 and an ACH payment $5 either way, at Stripe's standard US rates.Forms and workflows.
This is where Dubsado is strongest: form templates on both plans, one active lead capture form on Starter and unlimited on Premier, and Flows that run the steps of your process when clients act. Aventide's booking pages can ask up to 10 intake questions, and a fuller forms tool is being built. It has no workflow builder; its automations are ones you switch on, such as booking reminders, and it drafts overdue-invoice follow-ups for your approval.AI.
Dubsado summarizes email threads and has a Notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings; its site doesn't say which plans include them. Aventide's assistant reads your saved business details and drafts proposals, follow-ups and documents; anything it prepares for a client waits for your approval. AI work uses credits: 40,000 a month on Starter, 120,000 on Pro, and extra packs from $10 that never expire.On your phone.
Dubsado has a mobile app. Aventide's full app is for a desktop browser; on your phone you work through the assistant on Telegram, WhatsApp or Slack. Clients open portals, sign and pay on any device with both.
QUICK PICKS
THE ALTERNATIVES
FEATURE BY FEATURE
What you pay extra for
Feature
Aventide
HoneyBook
Dubsado
Bonsai
17hats
Moxie
Plutio
Bloom
Team members
Dubsado prices checked 4 Oct 2026.
More than one business
Not in the lowest plan
Social media scheduling and posting
"Not offered" means we found no social posting on their own site.
Booking and scheduling
Dubsado's scheduler, including payment to book, is on Premier ($55 a month). Aventide's booking pages take full payment or a deposit on both plans.
Proposals
On Dubsado Starter, proposals are sent inside a project; public proposals need Premier.
Contracts and e-signature
Invoicing and payments
Dubsado Payments (powered by Stripe): US cards 2.9% + 30¢, ACH 0.8% up to $5; also Square or PayPal. Aventide takes 0%: payments go to your own Stripe or QuickBooks account.
Client portals
Forms and questionnaires
Dubsado: form templates on both plans; 1 active lead capture form on Starter, unlimited on Premier. Aventide: up to 10 intake questions on a booking page; a fuller forms tool is being built.
Automated workflows
Dubsado's Flows are on Premier. Aventide has no workflow builder; it sends booking reminders and drafts overdue-invoice follow-ups for your approval.
AI drafting with approval
Dubsado summarizes email threads and meetings. Aventide's assistant drafts and waits for your approval before anything reaches a client; AI work uses credits from a monthly allowance.
QuickBooks
Dubsado connects QuickBooks and Xero on Premier. Aventide connects QuickBooks on both plans.
Approve from WhatsApp, Slack or Telegram
Aventide's assistant on Telegram, WhatsApp or Slack sends you drafts to review and approve.
Mobile app
Aventide's full app is for a desktop browser; on your phone you use the assistant on Telegram, WhatsApp or Slack.
Import from Dubsado
No direct Dubsado import yet. Export your contacts from Dubsado as a CSV and upload it in Aventide.
Free trial
Both without a card. Dubsado's trial gives full Premier access; Aventide's allows up to 3 businesses and 4,000 AI credits.
A tick means the job is covered on the plan priced above. A circled dash means it is partly covered, on a higher plan or with a workaround. A cross means it is not available. Where a cell has words instead of a mark, the words say what you get. Partial marks are explained in the note under each feature.
THE OTHER SIDE
When to stay with Dubsado
Dubsado has been around since 2015 and is built around forms and workflows. Its lead capture forms and form templates are on both plans, and on Premier, Flows run the steps of your process automatically based on what clients do. It has a mobile app, connects to QuickBooks, Xero and Zapier on Premier, and its Notetaker records, transcribes and summarizes your calls. The 21-day trial gives you all of Premier with no card.
If your process depends on detailed forms and automation, or you run one business and Starter covers what you need, Dubsado is a good fit and there is no reason to move.
METHOD
How we checked
Dubsado's prices, plan limits, payment fees and features come from its pricing page, its AI information page and its help center, read on October 4, 2026. Dubsado lists these prices as effective December 1, 2025. Card and bank fees for both tools are Stripe's standard US rates; your own account's rates can differ, and QuickBooks Payments sets its own. Aventide's prices come from our pricing page, and what we describe is checked against the product. We recheck this page every month.
Dubsado is a trademark of its owner. This page isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Dubsado.
NEXT STEP
Switching from Dubsado
There's no Dubsado import in Aventide yet; our Switch Kit moves data from HoneyBook only. Moving from Dubsado today looks like this:
In Dubsado, export your contacts as a CSV file (Contacts, then Export CSV). Dubsado's guide
Upload the file in Aventide's Clients area. Names, email addresses and company names come over; a contact whose email is already in Aventide is merged, not copied twice. Phone numbers, addresses and custom fields don't come over.
Turn the contacts you're working with into clients, then connect your Stripe or QuickBooks account and your calendar.
Set up your proposal, contract and invoice templates and your booking pages in Aventide.
Projects, forms, Flows, past invoices and signed contracts don't come over. Collect or close open invoices in Dubsado and download any signed contracts you want to keep before you cancel.
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