Client portal software
The lighter alternative to client portal software: one page per client.
Most client portal software is a full workspace with logins, tasks, invoices and file storage. Pagelive is not that. It gives each client one branded page on your own domain for the proposal, reports, status updates and deliverables, private behind a password or a verified email, updated at the same link. You get an alert when they read it, and their comments, approvals and replies on the page.
Free for 2 public pages. Start your 10-day trial. $15/mo after, cancel anytime.
The short answer
Do you need a full client portal?
A full client portal is a workspace your clients log in to: shared files, invoices, tasks, messages and onboarding forms in one place. It suits a firm running many clients through the same process, where billing and document collection are half the work.
Many consultants and small agencies need less. The client wants one place to see where things stand: the proposal they signed off, this week’s status, the latest report. One private page per client, kept current at the same link, does that without asking the client to learn a new tool. That is what Pagelive does, and it is all Pagelive does.
How it works
A client page in three steps
Build the client page with AI
Ask Claude or ChatGPT for one HTML page per client: the proposal, this week’s status, the latest report, links to the deliverables. Your brand, your structure.
Publish it on your domain
Paste the HTML, drop the file, or say “publish this” in Claude. It goes live at clients.yourstudio.com/acme, behind a password or a verified email.
Update it at the same link
Each week, publish the new version. The client keeps one bookmark, you get an email when they open it, and version history keeps every round.
On the page
What goes on a client page
It is a web page you build with AI, so it holds whatever the engagement needs. These are the common ones.
The proposal
Scope, timeline and price, with Approve or Request changes above the page.
Status updates
What shipped this week, what is next, what you need from them. Replace it each week at the same link.
Reports
A monthly report with live charts that stay interactive, not a PDF attachment.
Deliverables
Links to the files wherever they live today, next to the notes that explain them.
Decisions
Comments on the exact line in question, and a record of what was approved on which version.
A way to reply
A plain form on the page for sign-offs, feedback or a request. Answers land in your inbox.
The difference
A full portal, or a page per client?
Full client portal
- → Clients log in to a workspace
- → Files, invoices, tasks and messages in one place
- → Content lives in the portal’s layout
- → Setup time, and a tool your client has to learn
A Pagelive page per client
- ✓ One link, opens in any browser
- ✓ The page you built with AI is the page they see
- ✓ An alert when they read it, with reading time
- ✓ No invoicing, tasks or file uploads: keep your tools for those
After you update
Know when the client reads the update
A status page nobody opens is a status page you will be asked about on the next call. Pagelive tells you when it is opened and how long they read, and with a verified email or a recipient link, who it was.
- Mon 09:00
Week 6 status published, same link
- Mon 11:24
Opened · 3m 40s on the page
- Tue 08:51
Comment on “Launch date”: can we move it?
- Tue 16:10
Approved on v6
Keep control
Private, branded, yours
Password or verified email
Lock the page with a password, or ask for a verified email first (a one-time code). Limit the email gate to named people or the client’s whole domain.
Your own domain
Every client page sits on your domain with the Pagelive badge removed: up to 5 domains on Solo, 25 on Team.
One link per person
Send each stakeholder their own recipient link. Their opens and comments show under their name.
Kept off Google
Every page is noindex by default and served separately from your account and billing.
Honest answer
When a full client portal is the better pick
If your clients need to log in to one place for files, invoices, tasks and messages, pick a portal. Three we checked, as listed on their own sites in September 2026:
SuiteDash
An all-in-one business platform with a white-label client portal: client logins, file exchange, invoicing, projects and messaging. From $19/mo, flat, unlimited clients and staff.
Assembly (formerly Copilot)
A client portal for service firms: client sign-in, messaging, billing and payments, project trackers. Free for 5 contacts, Starter from $29/mo billed annually.
Moxo
Client portals inside a workflow platform for operations teams: document requests, payments, messaging, approvals. Team is $5,000/yr; larger plans are quoted.
Plans change; check each pricing page. Pagelive fits next to any of them, or instead of one when all you need is a private page per client and the signal that they read it.
Pricing
What it costs
Free for 2 public pages. Solo is $15/mo or $150/yr for everything on this page, with unlimited client pages. Team is $49/mo per workspace for up to 10 people.
Client portal FAQ
Software that gives each client one private place to see their work with you. Full client portals add client logins, file storage, invoicing, tasks and messaging. A lighter version is one private page per client that you keep up to date. Pagelive is the lighter version.
Not a full one. Pagelive has no client workspace logins, no task boards, no invoicing and no file vault. It gives each client one branded, private page on your domain that you update at the same link, with an alert when they read it, comments and approvals, and a reply form.
When clients need to log in to one place for files, invoices, tasks and messages across many engagements, or when you want billing and onboarding in the same tool. SuiteDash, Assembly and Moxo are built for that. If what you need is a place to show the client their proposal, status and reports, a page per client is lighter and cheaper.
No. The link opens in any browser. They see a password or email prompt only if you added one, and to comment they confirm their email once with a one-time code, unless they already did at the gate or came through their own recipient link.
Yes. You get an email when the page is opened, with how long they read, and the dashboard shows opens, unique viewers, reading time and which days. With a verified email, or a recipient link for each person, you also see who it was.
Not as uploads. Pagelive has no file vault. A reply form on the page can collect answers and links, and comments carry questions and approvals. If clients need to upload documents to you, a full portal does that.
Free for 2 public pages. Solo is $15/mo or $150/yr with unlimited client pages, and Team is $49/mo per workspace for up to 10 people. No per-client fees.
Sending proposals first? See AI proposal software. More on custom domains, password-protected pages, reply forms and version history.
Give each client one page. Know when they read it.
Your domain, private by default, updated at the same link. Start your 10-day trial. $15/mo after, cancel anytime.