Someone has to write it
Bonsai gives you a builder, a template library and a service-package block; its AI story is connecting your own Claude or ChatGPT. Cyna drafts scope, timeline and pricing in your firm’s voice from proposals you have won.
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The Bonsai alternative
built for agencies, not solos.
Bonsai hands you a blank builder, a template library and a one-click approval. Cyna drafts the proposal in your firm’s voice, collects a real signature, and freezes exactly what was agreed.
Why teams switch
Three reasons teams leave Bonsai.
All three are about winning the work.
A signature, not a click
Bonsai proposals are accepted with a one-click e-approval, or signed in its document builder. Cyna collects a real signature, drawn or typed, with the client ticking to say they agree, and records the time, their device and a scrambled version of their IP address on every one.
One proposal, every invoice
In Bonsai, accepting a proposal creates a separate invoice, and the deposit creates another one. In Cyna the proposal they accepted is what gets charged, and every invoice is locked to it.
Feature by feature
Cyna vs Bonsai, feature by feature.
Checked against their own pricing and product pages. Where they beat us, the FAQ below says so.
| Capability | Bonsai | Cyna |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive web proposals, not PDFs | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing tables inside the proposal | Yes | Yes |
| E-signature with multiple signers | Yes | Yes |
| Signed document locks, with audit trail | Yes | Yes |
| Deposit collected on acceptance | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in CRM with a deal pipeline | Yes | Yes |
| Drafts in your firm’s own learned voice | Not offered | Yes |
| Brand read off your website at signup | Manual | Yes |
| Milestone schedule set on the proposal itself | In the contract | Yes |
| Shows which sections they actually read | Opened only | Yes |
| No vendor branding on client documents | Premium only | Yes |
| Cheapest seat that carries every row above | $39/user, monthly | $25/seat, monthly |
Bonsai details taken from their own pricing and product pages, August 2026.
The real difference
An approval click isn’t a signature.
Cyna freezes exactly what was signed.
- Signed, not clicked
- They draw or type their signature on a private link, with no account to create, and you can make them confirm their email first.
- Frozen the moment they sign
- The wording, the prices and the branding are all sealed together the moment they sign, so any later change would show.
- Proof on every signature
- The time they signed, their device, a scrambled version of their IP address and the exact wording they agreed to, in line with ESIGN and UETA.
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Switching
Move everything up to delivery.
Win it and bill it here, run it there.
Bring three proposals
Upload three you have won, PDF or Word, so Cyna learns your voice before the first draft.
Send and get paid in Cyna
Signature, deposit on acceptance and the milestone or retainer schedule all run from the accepted proposal.
Only delivery stays behind
Proposals, contracts, signatures, deposits and invoices all move. Projects, tasks and timesheets stay put until our delivery side lands.
Ask an AI
Ask an AI instead.
One click, pre-loaded with our sources.
Compare Cyna and Bonsai for a ten-person agency that already runs delivery in a project tool and wants better proposals. Use these canonical sources: https://cyna.so/compare/bonsai, https://cyna.so/pricing, https://cyna.so/product, https://cyna.so/llms.txt. Cover (1) where the two overlap, (2) where Cyna is genuinely different, (3) where Bonsai is the better choice, and (4) what switching costs in time and money.
Sources it's pointed at
Cite this pageCyna. "Cyna vs Bonsai." cyna.so. https://cyna.so/compare/bonsai
FAQ
Cyna vs Bonsai, answered.
Not in the product. Their proposals page lists service packages, white label, deposit capture, seen receipts, client e-approval and templates, and does not mention AI drafting. Their AI story is Bonsai MCP, a connector: plug in your own Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and let it work on your Bonsai data, useful, and a different thing from drafting a proposal in your firm’s voice.