For small studios
Shared visibility without micromanagement.
Steady helps small studios and agencies understand team capacity, client work, retainers, estimates, invoices, and period close without chasing everyone for updates.
The problem
Small teams need visibility without turning work into surveillance.
As soon as client work involves more than one person, the business becomes harder to read. Capacity, utilization, retainers, approvals, and invoices start living across calendars, notes, spreadsheets, and memory.
- Team capacity is hard to understand until someone is already overloaded.
- Client work gets planned in one place and billed from another.
- Retainers and fixed-fee projects are difficult to track across multiple people.
- Period close depends on chasing updates instead of reviewing a clean shared record.
The workflow
A calmer operating rhythm for small teams.
Plan team capacity, keep client work visible, review what changed, and close the month from one shared record.
Plan team capacity
Build the week around client work, internal time, retainers, and committed delivery across the team.
See the workload
Use shared visibility to understand who is booked, where time is going, and what the week is expected to produce.
Review delivery
Convert planned work into verified time entries and review changes before work becomes an invoice.
Close together
Review uninvoiced work, outstanding balances, approvals, and records so the team can close the period cleanly.
Relevant features
Everything small studios need to keep client work visible.
Steady gives small teams a shared operating layer for planning, delivery, billing, and close.
Multi-axis team calendar
See team work, client commitments, and capacity in one shared planning view.
Team capacity tracking
Understand who is booked, where capacity is going, and whether the week is realistic before it starts.
Role-based access
Keep sensitive financial views protected while giving team members the access they need.
Shared client and project rates
Keep client terms, project rules, and billing rates consistent across the team.
Estimates and approvals
Send quotes and estimates for client approval, including digital signature workflows.
Collaborative period closing
Review uninvoiced work, billing gaps, payments, and records together before the month closes.
Who it is for
Built for studios where client work moves through a team.
Steady works best when multiple people contribute to delivery, billing, approvals, or close — and the business needs a clearer view of what is happening.
Small creative studios
Plan client work, review delivery, approve estimates, and invoice projects without losing track of the scope.
Boutique agencies
Understand team capacity, utilization, retainers, and client delivery without micromanaging each person.
Founder-led service teams
Give founders clearer visibility into work, billing, and close without building a spreadsheet-heavy process.
Contractor-based teams
Coordinate internal staff and contractors around client work, approvals, and invoice-ready records.
“The team does not need more status meetings. We need a shared view of capacity, delivery, and what is ready to bill.”
Studio founder
Small service team
Give your team visibility without micromanagement.
Plan capacity, keep client work connected, and close the month with fewer loose ends.