Profit protection for creative-service firms
MarginFence stops the extra round, the “quick” landing page and the third revision from walking your margin out the door.
MarginFence gives 2–20 person design, web, social, video and branding teams one place to log out-of-scope work, price it correctly, and get a written client decision. Protect every dollar beyond the original scope.
No credit card required to set up your workspace. You categorize scope changes yourself — MarginFence does the money math, not the mind reading.
The loop, end to end
1. Set the baseline
Record the contract amount, estimated hours, internal cost rate, billable rate and target margin for each project. That baseline never changes.
2. Log the extra ask
Someone on your team logs the request in under a minute: what the client asked for, why it is outside scope, extra hours and any direct costs.
3. See the margin impact
MarginFence shows the internal cost, the recommended quote, and what happens to your margin if you absorb it versus charge for it.
4. Decide and get it approved
Comp, Decline, Trade, Charge Recommended or Charge Custom. Charged work becomes a plain-English change proposal your client approves with one click.
Honest reporting, not vanity numbers
- Protected Revenue counts only approved, charged change orders — never drafts, pending proposals, declines, comps or trades.
- Collected money is tracked separately from approved value, with manually recorded receipts.
- Complimentary work is reported at retail value and at the cost you absorbed.
- Baseline margin stays intact; revised margin derives from what was actually accepted.
Protected revenue
$4,275.00
Collected
$2,150.00
Pending proposals
$1,125.00
Complimentary (retail)
$900.00
| Change | Decision | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Extra homepage concept | Charged | $1,125.00 |
| Fourth logo revision | Comped | $450.00 |
| Added reel edit | Pending | $1,125.00 |
Pricing
Monthly billing only in V1. Limits are provisional and configurable.
Starter
$49.00/month
Solo operators protecting their first fixed-fee projects.
- 1 seat
- 10 active projects
- Scope baselines & change log
- Margin impact calculator
- Client approval links
Studio
$99.00/month
Small studios with a producer and a few delivery leads.
- 5 seats
- 30 active projects
- Everything in Starter
- Per-client and per-project rollups
- CSV export
Agency
$179.00/month
Agencies running many retainers and fixed-fee engagements.
- 20 seats
- 100 active projects
- Everything in Studio
- Role-based access (owner / admin / member)
- Full audit history