Comparison
AlphaI+ vs Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets and email get you surprisingly far. Then one day a formula breaks in a client meeting, an invoice never goes out, and you realise the manual work is quietly costing you money.
Most firms start on spreadsheets, a shared inbox, and a separate invoicing tool. It works until you have more than a couple of clients, then hours go untracked, invoices slip, and every status update is another email. AlphaI+ replaces the whole patchwork with one workspace: client requests, retainer hours, timesheets, invoicing, and collections, from $19/mo.
Monthly cost · Solo practitioner
AlphaI+
$19
From $19/mo (Solo) - per active client, every paid tier unlocks every feature
Spreadsheets
$0 + ~15 hrs
Free, but roughly 10 to 15 hours a month of manual tracking, invoicing, and status chasing
Spreadsheets are free until they cost you a day a month in manual invoicing and status chasing, plus the billable hours and invoices that slip through the cracks.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | AlphaI+ | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|
| Client request portal | ||
| Retainer hours tracking | Automatic | Manual |
| Timesheets to invoice | Manual | |
| Branded invoices | Automatic | Manual |
| Recurring + milestone billing | Manual | |
| Partial payments, aging & auto-reminders | ||
| AI features (17) | Every paid tier | |
| Single source of truth | ||
| Multi-currency + tax labels | Manual | |
| Setup | 10 minutes | Already using |
Why firms switch to AlphaI+
Where Spreadsheets may be better
The bottom line
There is no shame in spreadsheets. Almost every firm starts there, and they are genuinely fine for a client or two. The problem is that the manual work does not scale: the hours you forget to log, the invoices that go out late or not at all, and the day a month you spend stitching it together. AlphaI+ turns that patchwork into one workspace for $19/mo, set up in about 10 minutes, and it usually pays for itself the first time it catches an invoice you would have missed. When the spreadsheets start to creak, that is the signal.
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