We built Briefance to kill the 1–2 hour client scoping ritual

Hey PH 👋

Every freelance project starts in the same place. A client sends something like this:

"Hey, I want a website. Something modern. Maybe like Apple but for our industry. Also can it do that thing where the menu sticks to the top? My cousin said we need SEO too. When can you start?"

Then the ritual kicks in. You read it three times. Open a notes file. Try to figure out what they actually want. Make a list of what they forgot (scope, deadline, budget, domain, tech). Guess the effort. Guess the price. Write a polite reply asking for details. Wait two days. Get half an answer. Repeat.

1 to 2 hours gone. Zero work done. Every single new lead. It's the silent tax on freelance income.

Briefance compresses that whole thing into 3 seconds.

Paste any chaotic input into it. An email, a Slack thread, a half finished PDF, a voice note. Briefance turns it into a proper project brief with scope, deliverables, timeline, a budget range, the questions the client forgot to answer, and risk flags for vague or conflicting stuff. One click and it becomes a branded proposal with client tracking and an acceptance flow.

A few things we cared about a lot. Output always has the same structure, no "sometimes it forgets the budget" moments. PDF export uses your own logo, colors and fonts. Client tracking is built in, so you actually know when they open your proposal. Templates with variables let you reuse scopes across similar jobs. It also works in English, Turkish, Spanish, German and French.

Under the hood it runs on Next.js 16, Anthropic Claude via the Vercel AI SDK, Supabase with row level security, Lemon Squeezy for global VAT, and react-pdf for PDF generation. We don't use any client data for training. Ever.

Pricing stays simple. Free plan gives you 5 briefs a month, no card. Pro is $19. Agency is $49 and includes teams and shared templates.

No VC, no fluff, built by freelancers for freelancers. I'd love honest feedback from anyone who has ever stared at a vague client email and had no idea where to start. What's the worst scoping message you've ever received? 👀

Halil, founder of Briefance briefance.com