With smart files, you can continue to use all the familiar HoneyBook features such as sending invoices, contracts, services, and questions. However, smart files offer even more possibilities for customization and enhanced capabilities.
Your legacy file templates are still available in your account and have not been deleted. You can locate these templates in the Legacy Files tab of your Templates section and continue to send them to your clients.
Differences in key features
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create standalone invoices, contracts, proposals, questionnaires, and brochures | Yes | Yes |
Create a document that includes the HoneyBook Scheduler | No | Yes |
Combine any number of client actions or content elements within one document | No | Yes |
Create a reusable, time-saving template of any document | Yes | Yes |
Create documents, send documents, and view client actions via mobile app | Yes | Yes |
Edit and resend documents via mobile app | Yes | Yes |
Differences in invoices
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create and send invoices | Yes | Yes |
View notifications: file statuses, payment status updates, and payment reminders | Yes | Yes |
Dynamically insert selected services into an invoice within one document | No | Yes |
Set up custom payment schedules | Yes | Yes |
Add custom purchase order and invoice numbers | No | Yes |
Edit field visibility for individual items or packages | No | Yes |
Edit a client's view of an invoice | No | Yes |
Add custom labels for additional taxes, service changes, etc. | No | Yes |
Customize the document title, design, fonts, colors, background, and more | No | Yes |
Expire invoices at any time | Yes | Yes |
Make edits and resend to the clients at any point in the process | Yes | Yes |
Set a custom expiration notice to create urgency with the client | No | Yes |
Create monthly recurring payment schedules | Yes | Yes |
Create custom recurring payment schedules (daily, weekly, biweekly, annually, custom) | No | Yes |
Pause, edit, and mark recurring payments as paid | No | Yes |
Pair an invoice with any number of client actions or additional content elements, all within one document | No | Yes |
Differences in contracts
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create and send a contract | Yes | Yes |
View notifications: file status, signature updates, reminders | Yes | Yes |
Dynamically insert selected services into a contract from the same document | No | Yes |
Add smart files to connect the contract to project details | Yes | Yes |
Dynamically pull responses to smart file questions into a contract smart field | No | Yes |
Customize the document title, design, fonts, colors, background, etc. | No | Yes |
Toggle "signature required" on or off for a team member or client | No | Yes |
Add more than one contract to sign within one document | No | Yes |
Make edits and resend to the client at any point in the process | Yes | Yes |
Expire the contract at any time | Yes | Yes |
Set custom expiration notices to create urgency with the client | No | Yes |
Pair a contract with any number of client actions or additional content elements, all within one document | No | Yes |
Differences in proposals
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create and send a proposal (a contract and invoice combined) | Yes | Yes |
Rearrange the order of client actions (reviewing the invoice, signing, paying) | No | Yes |
Expire the proposal at any time | Yes | Yes |
Make edits and resend to the client at any point in the process | Yes | Yes |
Set a custom expiration notice to create urgency with the client | No | Yes |
Pair a proposal with any number of client actions or additional content elements, all within one document | No | Yes |
Differences in questionnaires
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create and send a questionnaire | Yes | Yes |
Choose from six difference question types: short text, long text, drop-down menu, single choice, multiple choice, and date picker | Yes | Yes |
View and print all client responses into one easy to read response summary | No | Yes |
Customize the document title, design, fonts, colors, background, etc. | No | Yes |
Expire the questionnaire at any time | Yes | Yes |
Set questions as required | Yes | Yes |
Link a question's response to project detail fields | Yes | Yes |
Link a question's response to a contract's smart files within the same document | No | Yes |
Make edits and resend to the client at any point in the process | Yes | Yes |
Set a custom expiration notice to create urgency with the client | No | Yes |
Pair a questionnaire with any number of client actions or additional content elements, all within one document | No | Yes |
Differences in brochures
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create and send a document with selectable services | Yes | Yes |
Have client selections generate a draft proposal (combining an invoice and contract) | Yes | Yes |
Allow for selecting services and paying at the same time by inserting the selected services into the invoice | No | Yes |
Allow for selecting services and signing at the same time by inserting the selected services into the contract | No | Yes |
Choose how selected services will appear in corresponding invoices (hiding the image, changing the quantity, etc.) | No | Yes |
Manage the look of services, with options to hide images or descriptors | No | Yes |
Make edits and resend the document to clients at any point in the process | No | Yes |
Customize the button CTA to submit the document | No | Yes |
Customize column layouts | No | Yes |
Expire the document at any time | Yes | Yes |
Set a custom expiration notice to create urgency with the client | No | Yes |
Pair a brochure with any number of client actions or additional content elements, all within one document | No | Yes |
Differences in timelines
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Create and send a timeline | Yes | No |
Differences in automations
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Send a client document with questions and service selections with an automation step | Yes | Yes |
Send a client document with an invoice using an automation | No | Yes |
Send a client document with a contract using an automation | No | Yes |
Send a client document with the Scheduler using an automation | No | Yes |
Differences in building and managing documents
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Pull specific pages of files into other templates or files | No | Yes |
Preview a desktop view of the document before sharing it with the client | Yes | Yes |
Preview a mobile view of the document before sharing it with the client | No | Yes |
Send a test document to yourself before sharing it with the client | No | Yes |
View a complete summary of the document (status, responses, services selected, payments, signatures, etc.) | No | Yes |
Differences in design options
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Add images and text | Yes | Yes |
Add full-width background images | No | Yes |
Customize button CTAs on each page of the document | No | Yes |
Create custom design layouts | No | Yes |
Add multi-column layouts in any document | No | Yes |
Customize the document's theme (fonts, colors) | No | Yes |
Pull company info from your settings into the document using a company info area (like the header or footer) | No | Yes |
Upload and use custom fonts | No | Yes |
Embed videos | No | Yes |
Copy and paste entire sections of the document | No | Yes |
Undo actions when creating the document with an undo button | No | Yes |
Differences in the client experience
Key features | Legacy files | Smart files |
Redirect clients to a URL after submitting the document | No | Yes |
Link to the scheduler using hyperlinked text in the document | Yes | Yes |
Share the document via email through the project workspace | Yes | Yes |
Share the document via a direction link (within an email, DM, etc.) with any project participants | No | Yes |
Allow for additional legal protection for the booking experience through a security access code setting | No | Yes |
Reduce the back and forth: the client can complete multiple actions all in one document (for example, by selecting services, paying, and signing all at once) | No | Yes |
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