all-in-one software for freelancers · updated 2026-08-03
All-in-one software for freelancers
Lyto is all-in-one software for freelancers: one login that covers a CRM, invoicing, time tracking, task management, a support inbox and reporting, from €10 per seat per month billed annually (€13 monthly), all seven apps included. For a solo freelancer that is €10 a month for the whole back office, instead of four or five separate subscriptions with four or five logins, renewal dates and bills to reconcile.
Lyto · all 7 apps, one login
from €10 / seat / mo
billed annually · €13 monthly · one bill
The usual way · 4 separate tools
A CRM to remember leads and follow-ups
An invoicing app to bill clients and chase payment
A time tracker to log billable hours
A task or notes app to keep the work straight
Lyto vs the usual separate-tools setup
| Lyto · the whole suite | The usual way | |
|---|---|---|
| What one login covers | CRM, invoicing, time tracking, tasks, helpdesk and reporting | One app per job, each a separate signup |
| Monthly cost, solo | €10 billed annually (€13 monthly) — everything | Four small subscriptions that quietly add up |
| Where the client lives | One shared record — the same client in the CRM, the invoice and the time log | Re-typed into each tool, out of sync by the third one |
| Getting paid | Log hours in Tally, raise the invoice in Sum from the same data | Export a timesheet, re-enter it into the invoicing tool |
| Scaling to a second person | Add a seat — same suite, same login | Re-buy every tool again, per person |
Any competitor prices checked July 2026; see each vendor's pricing page for current figures.
Why freelancers end up with a drawer full of subscriptions
Freelancing starts simple and then sprouts tools. You pick up a free CRM to stop forgetting to follow up. You add an invoicing app because the CRM cannot bill. A time tracker joins so you can prove the hours. A notes or task app lands somewhere in the middle. Within a year the solo business runs on four or five separate logins, each with its own price creep, its own renewal date, and its own copy of the same client — typed in by hand, and wrong somewhere by the third tool.
None of these are bad apps. The problem is the seams between them. The client you just invoiced does not know they exist in your CRM. The hours you tracked do not become an invoice on their own. You are the integration, doing the copy-paste that the tools will not do for each other.
What “all-in-one” actually means here
Lyto puts the whole freelance back office behind one login: Pipeline for a light CRM, Sum for invoicing and costs, Tally for time tracking, Workstream for tasks, Solve for a support inbox, Pulse for reporting, and Workspace to tie them together. All seven are in every plan — there is no “invoicing tier” to upgrade into.
The point is not the count of apps; it is the shared customer record underneath them. A person exists once. Log billable hours against them in Tally and the invoice in Sum draws on the same data. Win the work in Pipeline and they are already the client you invoice and support. One record, not five copies drifting apart.
The honest limits
Lyto is built for one-to-ten-person teams, so a freelancer is at the small end of its range, not the centre of it. If you need a heavyweight sales CRM, deep vertical accounting, or a marketplace of niche integrations, a specialist tool will go deeper than Lyto’s version. The trade is deliberate: you give up some depth in each app to stop paying for — and maintaining — five of them.
What it costs a solo freelancer
One seat is €10 per month billed annually, or €13 month to month, and that one seat includes all seven apps. The 14-day free trial asks for a card up front — we say so at every sign-up button — and a trial cancelled before day 14 is never charged. Cancelling later is one click inside the app, never an email you have to send.
Questions people ask
What is the best all-in-one software for a freelancer?
The best all-in-one for a freelancer is whichever tool covers the jobs you actually do without charging for a sales team you do not have. Lyto bundles a CRM, invoicing, time tracking, tasks, a support inbox and reporting into one login from €10 per seat per month billed annually, so one person runs the whole business from a single account and a single bill rather than stitching four subscriptions together.
Do I need a CRM as a freelancer?
Most freelancers do not need a sales CRM built for a ten-person team, but they do need somewhere leads and follow-ups do not fall through the cracks. Lyto Pipeline is a light CRM that derives a contact's status from real activity instead of manual dropdowns, and it is included in the same €10 seat as your invoicing and time tracking — so you get the memory without buying and maintaining a separate tool.
Can I start solo and add people later?
Yes. Lyto bills per seat, so as a solo freelancer you pay for one seat and add more only when someone actually joins. Seed covers 1–5 people; past six seats you move to Grow at €19 per seat per month billed annually. The apps, the login and the shared data stay the same — you are not migrating to a different product as you grow.
Try the whole suite, not a demo
Every plan includes all seven apps — from €10 / seat / mo, billed annually.
14-day free trial · card required · cancel in one click