The Moxie alternative with an AI Co-Worker and a plan for your week
Moxie is a well-loved freelancer suite, and its people are often our people. MonoDesk shares the freelancer-first spirit, and adds a weekly Planner and an AI Co-Worker that plans your day and drafts the admin.
Free during beta · No credit card required
The short answer
- You want clients to see tracked hours in their portal.
- You use Moxie’s schedulers, forms and automations.
- Native mobile apps and a white-labelled portal on your own domain matter to you.
- You want your week planned across every client, not just a list of projects.
- You’d like an AI that drafts Proposals, Invoices and Client Updates from real project data.
- You want Leads, research and meeting prep before the work is won.
MonoDesk vs Moxie, feature by feature
Moxie details are from its public website, checked October 2026.
| Feature | MonoDesk | Moxie |
|---|---|---|
| Projects and tasks | Yes: Every project To Do, Doing and Done, with labels, subtasks, files and comments | Yes: Built in project and task management |
| Clients and leads | Yes: Built in client records and a Leads pipeline | Yes: Built in client management and a sales pipeline |
| Proposals and contracts | Yes: Built in branded, open tracking, e-signature (Core and Pro) | Yes: Built in e-signatures or simple accept buttons |
| Invoices | Yes: Built in from the project, with deposits, part payments and recurring invoices | Yes: Built in with automatic recurring invoices |
| Payments | Partly: Bank transfer or PayPal log each payment as it arrives | Yes: Stripe and PayPal |
| Time tracking | Yes: Built in by task, across the day, week or month | Yes: Built in on every plan |
| Client Portal | Yes: Client Portal one branded link per client, no client logins | Yes: Pro and up white-labelled, with a custom domain |
| Automations | Partly: Through Zapier plus recurring tasks; no built-in workflow builder | Yes: Built in Pro and up |
| AI | Yes: Co-Worker plans your day, drafts updates, Proposals and Invoices | Partly: Moxie AI assistant |
| Zapier | Yes: Yes | Partly: Pro and up |
| Mobile apps | Partly: Web app browser-based; no native mobile app yet | Yes: iOS and Android |
| Pricing | Free during beta, with a Free plan that stays | Moxie pricing flat plans; free trial, no free plan |
Moxie details from withmoxie.com, checked October 2026. MonoDesk isn’t affiliated with Moxie.
Why creatives move from Moxie to MonoDesk
Same people, same spirit. More help with the week.
A plan for the week
The Planner pulls tasks from every client into one week, alongside your Google Calendar, so you can see what fits.
A Co-Worker, not a chatbot
It reads your real clients and projects, plans your day, and drafts Proposals, Invoices and Client Updates for you to check.
Before the work is won
Track Leads, research a business before the call, and get a meeting agenda and recap that feed straight into the Proposal.
Clients follow along
Each client gets one branded link to their plan, files and approvals, and you can send a polished Client Update in one click.
Where Moxie is better
If these matter most, Moxie is the stronger choice.
- Showing clients their tracked hours in the portal
- Meeting schedulers and custom forms
- Built-in automations, and a portal on your own domain
- Native mobile apps
Moving takes an afternoon
No consultants, no rebuild.
- 1 Bring your work across. Export from Moxie to CSV or a spreadsheet, then import clients, projects, tasks or time. MonoDesk shows every row before anything is saved.
- 2 Set up your Client Portal. A guided setup picks the plan, scope and deliverables each client sees.
- 3 Turn on your Co-Worker. Let it plan your first week from the projects you’ve brought across.
Switching from Moxie: your questions
Does MonoDesk do recurring invoices?
Yes. Any MonoDesk Invoice can be made recurring from its menu, and invoices handle deposits and part payments.
What does MonoDesk’s AI Co-Worker actually do?
It works from your real clients and projects. It plans your day, drafts Proposals, Invoices and Client Updates, and can log a forgotten day of time.
How much does MonoDesk cost compared with Moxie?
MonoDesk is free during beta, and has a Free plan that stays free afterwards. Current plans are on the MonoDesk pricing page. Moxie has no free plan; its plans are a flat monthly price after a free trial.
Can I bring my Moxie clients and projects across?
Yes. Export them to CSV or a spreadsheet, then use Import in MonoDesk. MonoDesk matches the columns and shows every row before anything is saved.
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