Freelancing made simple.

Track your bookings, when you'll get paid, how your year's going, and much more — all in one place.

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FINALLY, A BUSINESS TOOL

For Creative Freelancers.

Know exactly how your business is doing, from your next booking to your last invoice.

Track Your Holds & Bookings

See every first hold, second hold, and confirmed bookings in one calendar, without your personal life mixed in.

Safely Import Your History Automatically

Upload PDFs, Excel files, Google Sheets, TXT, or CSV files with your historical freelance data and watch Firsthold set itself up for you. All data is encrypted.

Annual Earnings. Monthly. Daily. Hourly.

Track your year in real time — total earnings, average day/hourly rate, and progress towards your annual goal, always in view.

Data to Help You Plan the Year

Compare your pace against last year, check how many billable days are left, see your most valuable clients, and more — Firsthold's stats give you full clarity on your business.

Goal Tracking

Set an annual income target and know exactly how many days of work you need, and how achievable it is. Watch the bar fill up with every booking.

Invoice Management

Generate numbered invoices in seconds — no more spreadsheets, no more chasing your own paperwork.

Pay Date Estimator

Firsthold tells you the exact day you should be getting paid on a NET30 or NET60 schedule. No more guessing when the invoice actually clears.

Estimated Taxes

Know what to set aside before the bill arrives. Built-in tax profiles for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and the Netherlands — or set up your own for anywhere else.

Annual Earnings Report

Make tax season simple! Export any year as a tax summary to easily pass to your tax accountant.

Track Expenses & Tasks

Log business expenses as they happen and keep a running to-do list, all without leaving your dashboard. Come tax season, your deductions are already organized.

Supports 25+ Currencies

Everything from viewing your data to generating invoices fully supports your preferred currency.

Visually Simple by Design

Firsthold is created to be understood at a glance — powerful insights, zero clutter.

Built from the inside out.

Created by Freelancers, for Freelancers

We know the exact pain points you face every day because our team has lived them, freelancing across some of the biggest names in the creative industry.

Firsthold is designed to make life simpler for freelancers and the self-employed.