Phase fees and extra services

Architecture invoicing software

Architecture invoicing software for fees billed by design phase. Schematic design, design development and construction documents are invoiced one phase at a time, additional services fill in from the hours your team logs, and printing or travel you paid for is on the project to bill back.

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Architecture fee invoice example

The design development phase of a residential project, with an added-scope hour block.

Smarfle · Fee invoice

Invoice

AR-0219

Phase 2 of 4

Sent · awaiting payment

Bill to

Whitcombe Residence

Attn. Julian Whitcombe · Windermere FL 34786

Design development

Phase 2

$14,500.00

Additional services, porch redesign

6 hrs

$900.00

Reimbursable, large-format prints

1

$86.00
Total due$15,486.00
Emailed at phase sign-offPay now

Example with sample data

Free invoice template

An invoice per design phase

Bill schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration one at a time on the project, sending each when the client signs off that phase.

Invoicing

Additional services by the hour

When the owner adds a porch redesign, your team logs the hours on the project. Invoice it, and the billable entries appear as lines at each person's rate.

Time tracking

Reimbursables on record

Prints, permit fees and site visit mileage are logged as project expenses when you pay them, so they are listed and ready to bill back at the next phase.

Job expenses

Scope changes signed

A fee proposal for added scope is sent as an estimate for the owner to sign on screen, so extra work is agreed in writing before it reaches the invoice.

Estimates and e-signatures

Architect invoicing software features

What it does

  • Separate invoice per phaseOn the same project
  • Hours billed as additional servicesFrom logged time
  • Reimbursable expenses trackedBill them back as lines
  • Signed fee proposalsE-signed estimates

What it doesn't do

  • Percent-complete billingInvoice each phase amount
  • AIA G702 and G703 formsPrepared separately
  • Fee as a percent of constructionEnter the fee amount
  • Multiple rates per personOne hourly rate each

Architecture invoicing pricing

Phase invoices, time tracking and expenses are on every plan; a five-person studio fits on Starter at $99.

Solo

Sole operators getting started

$19/mo

  • 1 user
  • Up to 500 clients
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Starter

Small teams adding tools and growth

$99/mo

  • Up to 5 users (1 owner + 4 techs)
  • Up to 2,000 clients
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Professional

Growing service businesses

$199/mo

  • Up to 10 users
  • Up to 5,000 clients
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Business

Multi-location operations

$349/mo

  • Up to 30 users
  • Up to 10,000 clients
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Questions principals ask about fee invoices

Is there invoicing software for architecture firms?

Yes. Phase fees, logged hours and reimbursables are billed from each project in Smarfle.

Can I bill by design phase?

Yes. Each phase is its own invoice on the project, sent when the client signs off.

Can I bill a percentage of construction cost?

Not as a formula. Work out the fee and enter it as the phase amount.

How do additional services get billed?

Log the hours on the project, and they become invoice lines at each person's rate.

Can I bill reimbursables?

Yes. Record them as project expenses, then add them to the next phase invoice.

Does it produce AIA pay applications?

No. Smarfle invoices the client directly; prepare G702 and G703 forms separately.

Can a developer pay by ACH?

Yes. Turn ACH on for that client, and Stripe's charge stays at $5 or less per payment.

Do staff see the fee?

Engineers and designers log their time; fees and invoices stay with the principals and office.

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