Clients, vendors and property teams — one platform

One Platform. Every Business Relationship.

Connect with service providers, manage clients, organize projects, streamline compliance, and automate the busywork — all in one place.

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Free for individuals and businesses. No credit card required to start.

Apex Plumbing · Vendor workspace
Sample data

Client relationships

48 active

Northgate Property added

Requests & quotes

12 open

3 quotes awaiting reply

Projects & work orders

Unit 4B repipeIn progress
Quarterly backflow testRecurring

Document compliance

W-9 approved
COI shared with Northgate
COI renewal in 30 days

Calendar

9:00Site visit · Elm St HOA
1:30Estimate · Riverside Lofts

Automation activity

Quote follow-up sent
COI reminder scheduled

Features

Everything between hiring and getting paid.

Relationships, requests, projects, documents, scheduling and payments live together, so nothing falls into an inbox and gets lost.

Relationships

Connect with clients and providers once. Every quote, job and document stays attached to the relationship.

Requests, quotes & RFPs

Request quotes from providers you know, or post a public RFP and compare bids side by side.

Projects & work orders

Quick jobs, multi-step projects and recurring services, tracked by both sides from request to sign-off.

Compliance

Request and share COIs, W-9s and credentials. Track expirations and send renewal reminders.

Scheduling

Appointments, booking links and reminders tied to the right client, job or site visit.

Contracts, invoices & payments

E-sign contracts, send invoices and collect payment through supported payment integrations.

Solutions

Who is VendorThread for?

Individuals & Clients

Find, hire, and manage service providers. Request quotes, approve work, sign documents, and track projects.

Service Providers & Small Businesses

Manage clients, quotes, jobs, recurring services, contracts, invoices, and communications.

Property Managers & Organizations

Coordinate multiple vendors, manage compliance, track work orders, and maintain organized relationships across properties or departments.

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Membership plans

Start free. Upgrade when automation pays for itself.

Hiring is always free. Running your service business is free. Paid Vendor plans add templates, automation and more AI.

Client

Hire & Manage Service Providers

$0

Free forever

For individuals, HOAs, property managers, and businesses hiring service providers.

  • Find and connect with providers
  • Request quotes and create RFPs
  • Manage provider relationships
  • Track projects and work orders
  • Request and review documents
  • Sign contracts
  • Communicate with providers
  • Basic AI assistance

Vendor Free

Run Your Business

$0

Free forever

Manage existing clients, receive requests, send quotes, and organize jobs without a subscription.

  • Unlimited client relationships
  • Send quotes and proposals
  • Manage work orders and projects
  • Create invoices and contracts
  • Manage recurring services
  • Basic document workstation
  • 2 marketplace bid credits at signup
  • Basic AI assistance
Most Popular

Vendor Growth

Organize & Grow Your Business

$5/month

Or $50/year when billed annually

For service providers ready to save time with templates, scheduling, and automation.

  • Everything in Vendor Free
  • 5 marketplace bid credits/month
  • 5 reusable onboarding templates
  • 5 reusable service templates
  • 3 active custom automations
  • 100 rule-based automation runs/month
  • 100 basic AI writing actions/month
  • 5 AI document reviews/month
  • Booking links and enhanced scheduling
  • 2 GB document storage

Vendor Pro

For teams

Automate Your Business

$20/month

Or $200/year when billed annually

For growing businesses that need advanced workflow management, compliance, and AI-powered operations.

  • Everything in Vendor Growth
  • 20 marketplace bid credits/month
  • Unlimited reusable templates
  • 20 active custom automations
  • 1,000 rule-based automation runs/month
  • 300 basic AI writing actions/month
  • 20 AI document reviews/month
  • Advanced compliance and approval routing
  • Advanced scheduling and reports
  • Up to 5 team members
  • 10 GB document storage

Marketplace bids, extra AI usage and optional phone add-ons are billed separately and shown before you're charged. Allowances are proposed launch limits.

Hire Services. Provide Services. One Account.

A business can be both a Client and a Vendor on VendorThread. Hire and manage service providers for free while independently managing the services your business sells.

  • No second account is required.
  • Switching roles does not remove existing relationships.
  • Client activities remain available for free.
  • Vendor subscriptions only unlock enhanced Vendor capabilities.
  • Subscription entitlements apply to the right business or profile context.
  • You never have to upgrade simply to hire another service provider.
One VendorThread Login

Client Workspace

Hire, request quotes, approve work

Free

Vendor Workspace

Sell, quote, invoice, automate

Free, Growth or Pro

Compare Every Feature

Start free and upgrade for advanced tools when your business needs them.

Feature
Client Free
Vendor Free
Vendor Growth
Vendor Pro
Individual/business profile
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Public directory profile
Client profile
Basic
Enhanced
Premium
Search and connect
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Existing relationships
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Direct quotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create public RFPs
Free
When hiring
When hiring
When hiring
Marketplace bid entry
—
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
Included bid credits
—
2 at signup
5/month
20/month
Winning marketplace bid fee
—
1%, $99 cap
1%, $99 cap
1%, $99 cap
Direct-client contract commission
None
None
None
None
Request management
Full client access
Standard
Advanced
Advanced

Every plan can accept connection requests and manage existing relationships without upgrading. Direct quotes and marketplace bids are separate activities.

On small screens, swipe the table sideways; the feature column stays in place. All limits are proposed launch allowances and can be adjusted by VendorThread administrators.

Marketplace

Bid on Opportunities. Pay for Results.

Step 1

Discover Opportunities

Find public RFPs and marketplace projects matching your services.

Step 2

Submit a Bid

Marketplace bid entry costs $0.50 per bid, unless you have included bid credits available.

Vendor Free2 credits at signup
Vendor Growth5 credits/month
Vendor Pro20 credits/month
Step 3

Win the Job

When a qualifying marketplace bid is awarded, you pay 1% of the winning contract value, capped at $99 per winning bid.

Winning fee calculator

Enter an example awarded contract value.

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Estimated marketplace winning fee$80

Illustration only, not a bill. The fee applies only to qualifying awarded marketplace bids. Payment-processing fees are separate.

Awarded value
Winning fee
$500
$5
$2,500
$25
$5,000
$50
$10,000
$99
$50,000
$99

Your Existing Clients Stay Yours.

VendorThread does not charge marketplace success commissions on contracts with clients you manage directly outside of the marketplace bidding process.

AI Wallet

Powerful AI. Only Pay for What You Need.

Each membership includes useful AI tools. Purchase additional AI processing when you need it, without upgrading your entire subscription.

Premium AI actionPrice
100 additional basic writing actions$1
AI proposal generation$0.10/action
COI extraction and review$0.20/action
AI RFP analysis$0.25/action
Contract review/summaryFrom $0.50/action
Extra AI voicemail processing$0.10/message
Live AI phone usage overage$0.25/minute
Premium phone agentFrom $0.45/minute

Proposed launch prices. No plan includes unlimited AI.

AI Wallet

Sample preview

Wallet balance

$12.40

Monthly spending cap

$25.00

Included AI writing62 of 100 used
Included document reviews4 of 5 used
COI review · Apex PlumbingIncluded
RFP analysis · Elm St HOA$0.25 Wallet
Proposal draft · Riverside Lofts$0.10 Wallet
Low-balance alert at $5Auto-refill offConfirm before premium actions
Add-on

AI Voice Inbox

Starting at $5/month

Let AI receive, transcribe, summarize, and organize voicemail messages, then connect them to the right client, request, project, or follow-up.

  • Voicemail transcription
  • AI-generated summaries
  • Caller information capture
  • Conversation association
  • Suggested follow-up actions
  • Optional workflow automation

Available on Vendor Free, Growth and Pro. Included usage is set at launch.

Add-on · Growth & Pro

Live AI Phone Agent

Starting at $9/month

An AI-powered phone assistant that can answer qualifying calls, gather information, route inquiries, and support scheduling and follow-up workflows.

  • AI answers inbound calls
  • Client and vendor inquiry intake
  • Appointment assistance
  • Request and quote intake
  • Call summaries
  • Communication history linking
  • Escalation to a real person
  • Usage controls and spending limits

Usage beyond included allowances may be billed separately.

AI & Automation

Less Administrative Work. More Time for Business.

Click through three example workflows. These are demonstrations, not live automations connected to an account.

Vendor Growth · $5/month

Automatic Quote Follow-Up

Demo workflow · not connected
Step 1 of 5

Trigger: you send a quote to a client.

Each completed run counts toward your rule-based automation allowance (100 runs/month on Growth).

How it works

Up and running in three steps.

1

Create Your Profile

Register as an individual or business and complete your profile.

2

Connect and Organize

Find service providers, add existing clients, manage requests, and organize work.

3

Grow With VendorThread

Use free features indefinitely or upgrade to automate repetitive business processes.

Client · FreeVendor FreeVendor Growth · templates & schedulingVendor Pro · automation & teams

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Client Free and Vendor Free are free-forever memberships, with optional premium tools and usage-based marketplace or AI charges.

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