HoneyBook alternative
The HoneyBook alternative built for the coaching, not just the paperwork
HoneyBook makes you look professional right up to the moment coaching starts. Hubabble keeps the polish and adds the other 80 percent of your practice: sessions, packages, notes, client progress, and your own branded video room.
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Side by side
Hubabble vs HoneyBook, at a glance
HoneyBook is genuinely good at branded proposals, contracts, and invoices. On the paperwork you will find plenty of overlap. The coaching rows are where the two split, and the green checks mark what Hubabble includes that HoneyBook leaves out.
| Capability | Hubabble | HoneyBook |
|---|---|---|
| Proposals, contracts, invoices | Branded and built in | Polished and mature, its strong suit |
| Coaching sessions and notes | Session flows, prep, and notes kept with each client | Not part of the product |
| Coaching packages | Multi-session packages your clients book against | Generic services and payment schedules |
| Client progress | Track where each client stands across your work together | No thread from one session to the next |
| Video sessions | Your own branded video room, built in | Left to a separate tool |
| AI help | Robin, included in your plan | A capable AI layer of its own |
| Monthly price | From $99/mo, three plans | $29 to $109/mo, billed annually |
| Fee on client payments | No platform cut, standard processing only | 2.7% + 10 cents per card, 1.5% ACH |
| Built for | Life coaches, start to finish | Service businesses broadly |
HoneyBook details are current as of July 2026, from honeybook.com. We keep this honest. If something here is out of date, tell us at hello@hubabble.com.
Why coaches switch
Why coaches move to Hubabble
The part where you actually coach
HoneyBook gets a client signed and paid, then the tool goes quiet. That is the moment your real work starts. Hubabble carries it forward with session flows, notes tied to each client, and packages your clients book against. The paperwork is the beginning of a coaching relationship, not the end of the job.
One place for the whole practice
HoneyBook is a client-flow CRM built for service businesses of every kind, where coaches are one vertical among many. Hubabble is shaped around coaching from the first screen: the language, the client progress view, the way packages and sessions fit together. You spend less time bending a generalist tool to fit how you work.
A video room with your name on it
When a client books with you in Hubabble, the video room is already there, carrying your brand, sitting next to the booking and the notes. You are not stitching a separate meeting tool onto your paperwork. The session and the record of it live in the same place.
Feature by feature
A fair, plain look at each piece
HoneyBook is a strong, mature product with a real strength. Where it leads we say so, and where Hubabble covers ground HoneyBook does not, we show you why it matters for coaching.
- Proposals, contracts, and invoices
- Credit where it is due. This is what HoneyBook does best. The branded proposals, contracts, and invoices look sharp, the client-facing flow is smooth, and years of polish show. Hubabble covers the same ground with branded agreements, e-signatures, and invoicing built in. If beautiful paperwork is the whole job for you, HoneyBook is excellent at it.
- The coaching itself
- Here is the honest gap. HoneyBook has no concept of a coaching session, a package of sessions, a set of notes, or a client's progress over time. It manages the transaction and stops there. Hubabble is built around exactly those things. Sessions have prep and notes, packages track what a client has left, and you can see where each person stands. Once your work shifts from paperwork to coaching, that difference is the whole point.
- Video sessions
- Every Hubabble session opens in your own branded video room, right where the booking and the notes already live, with nothing extra to connect. HoneyBook leaves video to whatever tool you already use. If most of your coaching happens over video, having the room built in keeps the session and its record together instead of scattered across apps.
- What you keep from each payment
- Both let clients pay you and both charge to process a card, since every processor does. The difference is the model. HoneyBook charges 2.7% plus 10 cents per card and 1.5% on ACH, and coaches have noted deposits landing slowly. Hubabble takes no platform cut of your coaching revenue. You pay the standard processing fee and nothing on top of it. There is no extra HoneyBook fee stacked on top.
- Scale, funding, and staying power
- HoneyBook is a big, durable, well-funded company with a large and well-reviewed user base, more than a hundred thousand businesses. That is a genuine strength and worth naming plainly. Hubabble is younger and narrower, built specifically for coaches. You trade the reassurance of a giant generalist for a tool that speaks your language and covers the coaching HoneyBook does not touch.
Pricing
Pricing, in plain language
HoneyBook's plans start lower than Hubabble, and they are billed annually. Before you compare on price alone, weigh what each one includes and the fee taken from every payment.
Hubabble
From $99 / month
Three plans from $99 to $399 a month, each a complete practice. Two weeks free to start, cancel anytime. Never a per-client fee or a cut of your coaching revenue.
HoneyBook
$29 to $109 / month
Three plans from $29 to $109 a month, billed annually. On top of the plan, HoneyBook charges 2.7% plus 10 cents to process each card payment and 1.5% for ACH. The plans cover client flow and paperwork, not coaching sessions, packages, or progress.
So the sticker price is only part of it: add the processing fee taken from every payment, and remember the plan covers the paperwork and stops there. With Hubabble, what you see is what you pay: two weeks free, then one flat monthly plan, no platform cut of your client payments, with the coaching tools and Robin already included.
Honest fit
Who each one is best for
We would rather you land in the right place than just sign up. Here is the honest version.
Hubabble is a great fit if
- Your work is coaching, and you want sessions, packages, notes, and client progress in one place.
- You want the branded paperwork and the coaching relationship handled by the same tool.
- You would rather pay one flat price with no platform cut of your client payments.
- You want your video sessions running in a room that carries your own brand.
HoneyBook might fit better if
- You run a service business outside coaching, like photography or design, where client flow is the whole job.
- You mainly need best-in-class proposals, contracts, and invoicing and little else.
- You want the reassurance of a large, long-established, well-funded platform.
We move you in
Switching is the easy part
The worry with any move is losing your clients or your history in the shuffle. You will not. Here is how we bring your practice over.
- 1
Send us a CSV of your clients and we bring them in for you, notes and history included where you have them.
- 2
We help set up your coach website, booking page, packages, and agreements so your practice is ready to run.
- 3
Your existing booking and payment links keep working while you settle in. Nothing goes dark on your clients.
Common questions
Questions coaches ask
Still deciding? Send a note to hello@hubabble.com. A real person answers.
Is Hubabble a good alternative to HoneyBook?
It is, if your work is coaching. HoneyBook is strong at proposals, contracts, and invoices, and Hubabble handles those too. Where Hubabble goes further is the coaching itself: sessions, packages, notes, client progress, and a branded video room, all in one login. HoneyBook stops at the paperwork, so coaches tend to outgrow it the moment the real work begins.
Does HoneyBook do coaching sessions and packages?
No. HoneyBook manages the client transaction, the proposal, contract, and invoice, and does it well. It has no concept of a coaching session, a package of sessions, session notes, or a client's progress over time. Hubabble is built around all of those.
How do the fees compare?
HoneyBook charges 2.7% plus 10 cents to process a card and 1.5% for ACH, and its plans are billed annually. Hubabble takes no platform cut of your coaching revenue. You pay only the standard card processing fee, with nothing extra from Hubabble on top.
Is HoneyBook better for anything?
Yes, and we will say so. Its branded proposals and invoicing are excellent, its automations are mature, and it is a large, well-funded company with a huge user base. If you run a non-coaching service business, or you mainly need beautiful paperwork, HoneyBook is a strong choice. For coaching specifically, it leaves out the part that matters most.
Can I move my practice from HoneyBook to Hubabble?
Yes. You keep the polished HoneyBook paperwork and gain the coaching spine underneath it. Send us a CSV of your clients and we bring them in for you, then help set up your website, booking page, packages, and agreements. Your existing links keep working while you settle in, so your clients never hit a dead end.
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