The operating system for studios who care how things look.
CRM, invoicing, time, books, and calendar — in one app, with a real AI agent that drafts the deal, sends the deposit invoice, and starts the timer when you say so. Built for 1–10 person design and branding studios who bill in multiple currencies and won't put up with software that looks like it was designed in 2014.
Multi-currency · CSV import · 1-minute setup · No card required
A studio day, in one app.
Brief in, deposit out, hours logged, kickoff scheduled, follow-up queued. By voice. Before coffee.
Why design studios switch.
Software you don't have to apologize for.
You judge interfaces in four seconds. So do your clients when they see the invoice. Hey Otto is built with the same aesthetic care you put into your work — modern type, considered color, no purple-pink-gradient SaaS clichés. It feels like a tool a designer would build.
Multi-currency, the way studios actually bill.
A Berlin client in EUR. A New York client in USD. A Tel Aviv retainer in ILS. Hey Otto handles all three in the same dashboard with primary/secondary currency, per-deal override, live FX, and PDF invoices in any currency. No "international add-on" tier.
Built for the day you hire your second person.
Solo today, three-person next quarter. Studio plan ($69) covers up to 5 users with role-based permissions. Real-time sync. Your designer-developer-bookkeeper trio doesn't step on each other.
An AI that drafts, you decide.
Otto is a power tool — 35 actions across the whole app, voice or chat — with editable confirmation cards before every write and 30-day undo. He drafts; you approve. The agent makes admin disappear without making decisions you didn't ratify.
What you stop paying for.
The studio stack you can retire when Hey Otto goes live.
Things design studios ask.
Why do design agencies pick Hey Otto over HoneyBook or Folk?
HoneyBook is wedding-vertical-coded and US-only on billing — a wall for European or Israeli studios. Folk is a beautiful CRM but it's pipeline-only; you still need invoicing, time tracking, and books elsewhere. Hey Otto bundles the whole back office (CRM + invoicing + time + books + calendar) with native multi-currency and a real AI agent. The aesthetic stays out of your way; the work gets done.
How does Hey Otto handle creative project workflows?
Each deal has customizable stages (e.g., Brief → Discovery → Concepts → Refinement → Delivery → Invoice), payment plans for staged billing (deposit + on-delivery + retainer), time tracking against deals, and a calendar that links events to deals. Otto can draft the deal, send the deposit invoice, schedule the kickoff, and start the timer — by voice or chat.
Does Hey Otto support international clients and currencies?
Yes — natively. USD, EUR, GBP, ILS, AUD, CAD, plus per-deal currency override. A single client can have a EUR retainer and a USD project simultaneously. Live FX rates. Invoices go out in whatever currency the client agreed to.
What about contracts and proposals?
Hey Otto ships PDF invoicing today; contracts and proposals are on the roadmap. If signed proposals are core to your studio's intake, run a tool like Bonsai or HelloSign in parallel for that one workflow until we ship it natively. Everything else lives here.
Can my whole studio use it?
Yes. The Studio plan ($69) covers up to 5 users; Agency ($149) covers up to 10+. Role-based permissions (14 flags, 3 roles, 3 presets). Real-time sync across devices. Your designer, project manager, and bookkeeper can all be in the same app without competing for the same login.
How does the AI agent help a design agency specifically?
Otto runs 35 actions across pipeline, invoicing, time, books, and calendar. Drop a brief PDF and ask Otto to create the deal with a deposit invoice and kickoff event. Forward a client email and ask Otto to log it as a contact and follow up next week. Voice control means you can dictate the next steps walking from one studio to another.
