Not workflow management — workflow deletion

Features that delete your workflow.

Other CRMs give you tools to manage busywork. Clearframe eliminates it. AI handles your phone, reads your email, chases your invoices, and books your clients. Oh, and it’s free.

Built-in

AI Phone System

Never miss a call. Never miss a lead. Your AI receptionist answers when you can’t — which, if you’re a photographer, is most of the time.

Dedicated business number

Stop giving out your personal number. Get a professional business line that routes through your CRM.

AI answers and takes messages

When you can’t answer, AI picks up with a professional greeting, takes a detailed message, and logs it to the CRM with caller info.

Transcription and sentiment

Every call is recorded, transcribed, and analyzed for sentiment. Know if a caller is excited or frustrated before you call back.

Automatic lead creation

Missed call from a new number? AI creates a lead in your CRM, logs the call details, and assigns a follow-up task.

What competitors offer: Nothing. HoneyBook, Dubsado, 17hats, Bloom, Sprout Studio — none of them have a phone system. You’re on your own with your personal phone.

Smart Calendar

Online booking that collects deposits, respects your availability, and syncs with Google and Apple Calendar. Clients book themselves — you don’t lift a finger.

Availability rules

Set your working hours, break times, and buffer between sessions. Block out dates. Clearframe only shows times you’re actually free.

Deposit collection at booking

Require a deposit when clients book. Payment is processed immediately through Stripe — no chasing required.

Two-way calendar sync

Syncs with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar in both directions. Personal events block availability. Bookings appear everywhere.

Automatic reminders

Clients get email reminders before their session. Reduce no-shows without lifting a finger.

Most CRMs treat booking as an afterthought. Clearframe builds it directly into your workflow — from enquiry to deposit to calendar, in one click.

Reach — Email Marketing

Stop paying Mailchimp on top of your CRM. Clearframe includes email marketing with segmentation by client history — something external tools can’t do because they don’t have your CRM data.

Campaigns and automations

Send one-off campaigns or set up drip sequences. Welcome new leads, re-engage past clients, or announce seasonal specials.

CRM-powered segmentation

Segment by job type, booking value, last session date, lead source, or any CRM field. Send the right message to the right people.

Per-brand templates

Run multiple brands? Each gets its own templates, sender identity, and unsubscribe handling. No workarounds.

2,000 free sends per month

Enough for most photographers. Need more? Pay per send — no monthly minimum.

No competitor includes email marketing. HoneyBook, Dubsado, 17hats, Bloom, Sprout Studio — none of them. You’d need Mailchimp ($13–350/mo) or Flodesk ($35/mo) on top of your CRM subscription.
AI-powered

Pulse — AI Business Assistant

Not a chatbot. Not a template generator. Pulse reads your actual business data, understands context, and suggests specific actions you can execute with one click.

Email analysis

Pulse reads every inbound email and extracts actionable information. “Client wants to change headcount from 20 to 25 on Quote #4521.” You approve — it’s done.

Smart suggestions

Overdue invoice? Pulse suggests sending a reminder. Stale lead? Pulse suggests a follow-up. Capacity full? Pulse alerts you.

One-click execution

Every suggestion is a specific, executable action. Not “you should probably follow up.” It’s “Send Payment Reminder for Invoice #1234 to Sarah Chen.” Click approve.

Full audit trail

Before-and-after JSON snapshots on every action Pulse takes. You always know exactly what changed and why.

No competitor has AI that takes action. Some mention “AI” in their marketing, but it’s rule-based automation — not intelligence. Pulse uses Claude to understand context, not just match patterns.

CRM Foundation

The backbone of everything. Clients, leads, jobs, invoices, payments, contracts, questionnaires, workflows, and a full client portal — all connected.

Client Management

  • Full contact database with activity timeline
  • Lead scoring and pipeline management
  • Job tracking with custom statuses
  • Multi-brand support

Billing & Payments

  • Professional quotes with line items
  • One-click quote to invoice conversion
  • Payment plans and deposit schedules
  • Automatic invoice reminders (two tiers)

Documents

  • Digital contracts with e-signatures
  • Customizable questionnaires
  • Client portal for self-service
  • Branded templates per business

Automation

  • Workflow templates for every job type
  • Automatic email sequences
  • Task creation and assignment
  • 20+ background automations

Ready to try it?

AI phone. AI email. AI assistant. One-click quoting. Built-in marketing. No subscription.

AI answer summary

What features does Clearframe include?

Clearframe Core brings together an AI phone system, smart calendar, email marketing, an AI assistant, and CRM workflows for service businesses that want less manual administration. The features page describes Clearframe as software built to delete workflow rather than manage it: AI can answer calls, take messages, log caller details to the CRM, create leads from missed calls, assign follow-up tasks, support online booking, collect deposits, respect availability rules, and sync with Google and Apple Calendar.