One Platform for Every Design Studio Workflow
Creative projects have their own rhythm — many rounds of revisions, client feedback across timezones, brief-to-invoice pipelines that take weeks. AuxBOS gives design studios project boards, a client feedback portal, sales pipeline, invoicing and time tracking in one self-hosted license.
The problem for Design Studios
Fragmented today. Unified tomorrow.
Fragmented workflow
Most design studios operate across a stack of disconnected tools:
- Client feedback scattered across email threads, Figma comments, WhatsApp voice notes
- Big files (mockups, videos) blowing up your Slack storage quota
- Sales handoffs where the account manager doesn't know what was promised
- Timesheet apps that designers won't actually use
- SaaS bills that scale with team size — punishing for busy quarters
The AuxBOS way
AuxBOS unifies every one of those in one platform, deployed on your own server:
- One place for HR, time tracking, tasks, CRM, invoicing and the client portal
- Single login, unified data, real-time visibility
- One-time license (PKR 500,000 or USD $3,000) — no monthly fees
- White-label rebranding included so it launches as your product
How AuxBOS helps Design Studios
The modules that matter most for your workflow
Project boards designers actually use
Kanban-style task boards per project, with owners, statuses and per-task time logs. Simple enough for designers who'd rather be designing.
Client feedback in one place
Client portal where clients see the work-in-progress, leave comments, approve deliverables and chat directly with the account lead — no more inbox archaeology.
Sales pipeline from brief to won
Log every brief in the CRM, track through pitch → proposal → won. Handoffs to the delivery team happen in the same platform.
Branded invoices and quotations
PDF quotations during the pitch, invoices linked to the actual project hours, all sent from your own domain — professional handling from proposal to paid.
Optional screenshot audit for freelancers
When you bring in freelance designers for a big campaign, screenshot audit gives you the confidence to trust and verify remote work.
White-label as your own studio product
Rebrand the portal with your studio logo, colors and name. Clients think you built the whole thing.
A typical day on AuxBOS
What a design studios team's workflow looks like
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New brief comes in — sales rep logs it as a lead in the CRM pipeline, moves through pitch and proposal stages.
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On win, the project card converts to a delivery project with tasks per phase (concept, refine, deliver) and hours estimated.
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Designers work on tasks, log time as they go. Uploads (mockups, videos) attach to the task and show up in the client portal.
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Client comments and approves inside the portal — no more email chains with 47 attachments named "final_v3_FINAL.pdf".
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Final invoice generates from real tracked time; brand-consistent PDF sent from your domain; paid status tracked from draft to received.
Common questions from Design Studios
Can clients see design files and leave comments in the portal?
Yes — you upload files to a task, the client sees them in their portal view, and threaded comments live on the task itself. Direct in-app chat too.
What about integrating with Figma or Adobe Creative Cloud?
Files upload as attachments to tasks. Native Figma/Adobe integrations are on the roadmap; in the meantime, you paste Figma share links into task descriptions and clients open them from the portal.
How do we handle recurring retainer clients vs one-off projects?
Both work — retainer clients have ongoing task boards, recurring invoices, and time budgets that roll over monthly. Project clients get one-time boards, quotes and final invoices.
Is this affordable for a small 5-person studio?
The license is one-time PKR 500,000 or USD $3,000 regardless of team size. For a 5-person studio, that's equivalent to less than 2 years of a typical SaaS stack (Asana + Toggl + HubSpot + a portal tool). Run the ROI calculator for your numbers.
Ready to run your design studios on AuxBOS?
Own the platform with a one-time PKR 500,000 or USD $3,000 self-hosted license.