It depends which side of it you are on, and the asymmetry runs the opposite way to the reward. If you are already a paying subscriber, a free month is straightforwardly worth one month's fee — the cleanest possible version of this reward, and for existing users genuinely good. If your friend is new, their free month is a trial that becomes a bill unless they act, so the thing to send with the link is the renewal date rather than the offer. The referrer gets the unambiguously good version and the new user gets the conditional one.

Two things. What a month costs — without it, "a free month" is unvaluable in exactly the way an unpriced coin is, and on business software the tiers differ substantially, so a free month of the entry tier and a free month of the top tier are different rewards. And whether the free month applies at the start or as a credit later, since a month deferred to the end of a subscription year is worth less than a month now, and worth nothing if you cancel before reaching it.

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Q: What does the Bonsai referral give?

One free month to each side — symmetrical, clearly stated, no inflated headline. It is also a subscription trial, and the same analysis applies as to any trial-as-reward: a free month is not a discount and not a payment, it is a period during which a recurring charge is suspended.

Q: Is the product worth it?

That turns on whether you need the bundle. Bonsai combines contracts, proposals, invoicing, time tracking and expenses into one platform, and the honest question about any bundle is how many of its parts you would otherwise pay for separately. A freelancer using a separate invoicing tool, a separate contract template and a spreadsheet is paying in switching costs and reconciliation errors, so consolidating is genuinely valuable. Somebody who invoices four clients a month may find a much cheaper single-purpose tool does everything they need. Count the parts before subscribing — that is the whole calculation.

Q: What should I check before committing?

Three things, and the first is the one people regret. Whether you can export your data — clients, invoices, contracts and time records — in a standard format, because a business's invoicing history is a legal and tax record rather than just convenience data, and if it cannot be exported that is a hostage situation rather than a subscription, which becomes apparent at exactly the moment you want to leave. Whether the contract templates are suitable for your jurisdiction, since a template drafted for one legal system may be unenforceable or simply wrong in another, and a contract is the thing you rely on when a client does not pay — a lawyer-reviewed template for your country is worth more than the subscription. And what payment processing costs on top, since invoicing tools frequently charge a percentage on payments collected through them, separate from the subscription and usually larger.

Bonsai gives both sides a free month — a subscription trial, not a discount, and its value depends entirely on a renewal date

Bonsai is a business management platform for freelancers and small agencies, combining contracts, proposals, invoicing, time tracking and expense records.

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Bonsai gives one free month to each side — symmetrical and clearly stated, and, like MaxRewards' referral programme, a subscription trial rather than a straightforward discount. A free month is neither a discount nor a payment but a suspension of a recurring charge, so its value turns on one date. The asymmetry runs opposite to the reward: an existing subscriber gets a month's fee unambiguously, while a new friend gets a trial that becomes a bill, so the renewal date is what should accompany the link. Neither the monthly price nor whether the month applies at the start or as a later credit is stated publicly. On the product, the bundle is worth what its parts would cost separately — and the thing people regret not asking is whether invoicing and contract data can be exported.

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Recognise the instrument

A free month is not a discount or a payment but a period during which a recurring charge is suspended. Its value turns on one date.

Note who gets the better half

An existing subscriber gets a month's fee, unambiguously. A new friend gets a trial that becomes a bill — so send the renewal date with the link.

Ask what a month costs and when it applies

Without a price the reward is unvaluable, and a month deferred to the end of a subscription year is worth nothing if you cancel first.

Count how many bundled parts you would pay for anyway

The bundle's value is proportional to that number. Someone invoicing four clients a month may need a much cheaper single-purpose tool.

Reward Details

Your Reward: One free month of service — a trial if you are new, which becomes a recurring charge unless you cancel.
Referrer Reward: One free month per friend referred. For an existing paying subscriber this is the cleanest version of the reward — straightforwardly worth one month's fee.
Minimum Purchase: Not stated.
Validity: Ask whether the free month applies at the start or as a credit later — a month deferred to the end of a subscription year is worth less, and nothing if you cancel first.
Available In: USA, UK, India, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, China, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Mexico, South Korea, Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Cyprus, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, New Zealand, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Qatar
Referral Limit: Not stated.
Payout Time: On a referred friend signing up.
Eligibility: The monthly price is not stated publicly, and business-software tiers differ substantially — a free month of the entry tier and of the top tier are different rewards.

Why Choose Bonsai?

A free month is a trial, not a discount

A period during which a recurring charge is suspended — not a discount and not a payment.

For an existing subscriber it is genuinely good

Straightforwardly worth one month's fee, with no condition attached. The conditional half falls on the new user.

Ask whether you can export your data

Invoicing history is a legal and tax record. If it cannot be exported that is a hostage situation, not a subscription — and you find out when you try to leave.

Check the contract templates suit your jurisdiction

A template drafted for another legal system may be unenforceable — and a contract is what you rely on when a client does not pay.

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Symmetrical, clearly stated, and the same instrument used by MaxRewards' referral programme: a free month is a trial, and its value turns on one date.

Bonsai's referral programme gives one free month for each friend referred, and both the referrer and the friend receive a free month of service. Symmetrical, clearly stated, no inflated headline. It is also a subscription trial, and the same analysis applies as to any trial-as-reward: a free month is not a discount and not a payment. It is a period during which a recurring charge is suspended.

So its value turns entirely on one date — and on whether the service would have been paid for anyway.
- If you are already a paying subscriber, a free month is straightforwardly worth one month's fee. That is the cleanest possible version of this reward, and for existing users it is genuinely good.
- If your friend is new, their free month is a trial that becomes a bill unless they act — so the thing to send with the link is the renewal date, not the offer.

Note that the asymmetry runs the opposite way to the reward: the referrer, an existing subscriber, gets the unambiguously good version, and the new user gets the conditional one. That is worth knowing when sharing it.

Two things are not stated publicly:
- What does a month cost? Without it, "a free month" is unvaluable in exactly the way an unpriced coin is — and on business software the tiers differ substantially, so a free month of the entry tier and a free month of the top tier are different rewards.
- Does the free month apply at the start or as a credit later? A month deferred to the end of a subscription year is worth less than a month now, and is worth nothing if cancelled before reaching it.

Now the product, because for a freelancer the choice matters far more than a month's fee. Bonsai bundles contracts, proposals, invoicing, time tracking and expenses into one platform, and the honest question about any bundle is whether the bundle is needed. A freelancer using a separate invoicing tool, a separate contract template and a spreadsheet is paying in switching costs and reconciliation errors, and consolidating is genuinely valuable. Somebody who invoices four clients a month may find a much cheaper single-purpose tool does everything they need — and the bundle's value is proportional to how many of its parts would otherwise be paid for separately. Count them before subscribing; that is the whole calculation.

Three things to check, and the first is the one people regret:
1. Can you export your data — clients, invoices, contracts and time records — in a standard format? A business's invoicing history is a legal and tax record, not just convenience data. If it cannot be exported, that is not a subscriber relationship, it is a hostage situation — and this becomes apparent at exactly the moment you want to leave.
2. Are the contract templates suitable for your jurisdiction? A template drafted for one legal system may be unenforceable or simply wrong in another, and a contract is the thing relied on when a client does not pay. A lawyer-reviewed template for your country is worth more than the subscription.
3. And what does payment processing cost on top? Invoicing tools frequently charge a percentage on payments collected through them, which is separate from the subscription and usually larger.