Tarkle vs Wayfront: client files or productized billing
Wayfront runs invoices, projects and forms for productized services. Tarkle delivers client files on your own domain.
Wayfront is better when you sell productized services and want invoices, projects, client forms and a client portal in one tool. Tarkle is better when your main job is delivering, collecting and getting approval on client files under your own name and domain. We make Tarkle, so read this as one vendor's view, and check the sources linked below.
What Wayfront is
Wayfront's pricing page says it was created for productized digital marketing agencies that need a better way to sell and deliver their services at scale. Its Base plan lists a CRM with unlimited clients, project and task management and a white-label client portal.
What Wayfront offers
Wayfront lists Base at $99 to $129 a month and Pro at $249 to $299 a month, depending on whether you pay monthly or yearly. Its Plus plan has no price on the page and is described as for scaling agencies.
Base includes 1 TB of file storage and Pro includes 5 TB. Wayfront says it has no transaction fees, and that your money goes directly to your own Stripe account. Its plan table lists invoice generation. The pricing page offers Base, Pro and Plus, and a 14-day free trial. Asked whether you need a credit card, its FAQ answers: "No, you can sign up and use Wayfront free for 14 days."
For files, Wayfront's file help says you can generate a public share link for any file or folder, and that this link can be shared with anyone. Its security page says magic link sign-in is available to clients only. Clients and team members can also sign in with a Google account, and users who have set a password can sign in with their email and password. Deleted files are permanently removed after 14 days, and files over 100MB upload in chunks.
The same security page says its servers and databases run on Amazon Web Services in the United States N. Virginia region, and that data may not stay within one region, such as the European Union. Each custom domain gets an SSL certificate at no extra charge.
What Tarkle does
Tarkle gives freelancers, agencies and small teams one place for their business files, and they can share them under their own name. A file request collects files from anyone with one link, into the folder you choose. Your logo, colors and favicon go on the transfer pages, request pages and portal, and a recipient of a link needs no account to download.
The Free plan includes 1 workspace, 5 GB of storage, file sharing and file requests, client feedback and approval, custom branding and a custom domain. Free supports uploads and transfers up to 1 GB each, and Powered by Tarkle stays on Free.
Pro is $29/month, or $19/month billed yearly ($228/year). It adds 2 workspaces, 3 TB of cloud storage, uploads up to 200 GB, 90-day file recovery and a fully branded client portal. On Pro you can switch the Powered by Tarkle line off.
Agency is $59/month, or $49/month billed yearly ($588/year). It includes everything in Pro, plus 20 workspaces for clients, 6 TB of cloud storage and a 100% white-label platform. Your clients log in and manage their files and team on your own domain. On Agency, set your name, logo, favicon and accent color, then turn on White label, and your agency name replaces the Powered by Tarkle line.
The client portal is included on Pro and Agency. You turn on portal access for a contact and send the invite. The invite email links to your sign-in page. There, the client enters their email, gets a 6-digit sign-in code, and then sees only what you shared with them and can send files back.
Client feedback turns images and PDFs into a review board that clients comment on and approve with one link, no account. Transfer status shows whether a transfer was delivered, viewed or downloaded.
Paid transfers let you charge for access to a transfer through your own Stripe account, on Pro and Agency. You can choose where your files are stored in Europe, the US, Asia-Pacific or Oceania. Deleted items wait in a recovery bin for 30 days on Free and 90 days on Pro. Tarkle's plans cover file sharing, file requests, feedback, storage and portals. Checkout for services, invoices and project management are not in those plans, and that is the part where Wayfront fits better.
Wayfront vs Tarkle
What | Tarkle | Wayfront |
|---|---|---|
Built for | Branded file delivery, file requests and client feedback | Selling and running productized services |
Invoices and payments | Paid transfers on Pro and Agency, paid through your own Stripe account | Invoice generation, with payments to your own Stripe account |
Client portal sign-in | Pro and Agency. A 6-digit sign-in code sent by email, no password | Magic link, password or Google |
Public link | Anyone with the link can download with no account | Public share link for any file or folder, no portal account |
Custom domain | Free includes a custom domain. Agency adds an organization domain | Custom domain with an SSL certificate at no extra charge |
White label | Agency: 100% white-label platform on your own domain | White-label client portal on Base, white-label reseller mode on Pro |
Storage | 5 GB Free, 3 TB Pro, 6 TB Agency | 1 TB Base, 5 TB Pro |
Deleted files kept | 30 days on Free, 90 days on Pro and Agency | Removed permanently after 14 days |
Free plan | Yes, 5 GB | 14-day free trial |
Where files are stored | Choose Europe, US, Asia-Pacific or Oceania | Amazon Web Services, US N. Virginia |
Wayfront facts come from its own pages. Tarkle facts come from its pricing page and its feature pages.
Who should choose Wayfront
Choose Wayfront if clients buy from you. If you want a form builder with rules, project and task management and invoices in one place, Wayfront covers all three on its pricing page.
Who should choose Tarkle
Choose Tarkle if the job is getting files to clients and back: a transfer on your own domain, a file request instead of an email chain, a feedback link where a client approves a PDF, and transfer status to see what happened next. Agency fits when you serve many clients, with 20 workspaces for clients and a 100% white-label platform.
A Free account has file sharing, file requests, client feedback and a custom domain, with up to 1 GB per file. That is enough to try one real delivery under your own name. The client portal is on Pro and Agency. For the portal question in general, read client portal vs file sharing.
Switching from Wayfront to Tarkle
Nothing forces you to leave Wayfront to test this.
Create a Free account and upload your logo and favicon, and set your accent color, in branding.
Download the files you want to move from Wayfront and upload them to folders in Tarkle.
Add your client under Contacts, turn on portal access on Pro or Agency, and send the invite.
Use a file request for the next delivery instead of an email attachment.
Move one active client first, and keep the rest in Wayfront until you are happy with how the first delivery looks to them.
FAQ
Does Wayfront have a free plan?
Its pricing page lists Base, Pro and Plus. Its FAQ says you can sign up and use Wayfront free for 14 days, with no credit card needed to start.
Can Tarkle replace Wayfront?
Only for file work. Tarkle's plans cover file sharing, file requests, feedback, storage and portals. Checkout for services, invoices and project management are not part of them, so keep Wayfront for those.
Can clients download from Tarkle without an account?
Yes. A link you send with file sharing needs no account to download. A client signs in to open the client portal, which is included on Pro and Agency.
Does Tarkle have a white-label client portal?
The client portal is on Pro and Agency. On Agency, your clients log in and manage their files and team on your own domain, on a 100% white-label platform.
How much storage does Tarkle give an agency?
Agency includes 6 TB of cloud storage. Pro has 3 TB and Free has 5 GB.
Where does Wayfront store data?
Wayfront's security page says its servers and databases run on Amazon Web Services in the United States N. Virginia region. Tarkle lets you choose Europe, the US, Asia-Pacific or Oceania for your workspace.
What to remember about Tarkle
Wayfront fits better for selling and running productized services. For delivering, collecting and approving client files on your own domain, Tarkle is built for that job, and the Free plan lets you test it with real files. Start for free or compare plans and pricing.
