Leadsie vs ClientInvite: The Better Choice for Agencies

Growing a marketing agency is hard work. I'm talking from experience. I was in your position, running my own Facebook marketing agency, and the single biggest bottleneck I found was maintaining the fine line between a smooth onboarding experience and a fast one.

While trying to onboard clients at scale, our user experience took a back seat. And as you know, onboarding is the single most important process for new clients. You mess this up, and they'll forever question their confidence in your service.

So manually collecting access to a client's Facebook, Instagram, or Google account is out of the question. If you're still the agency emailing clients asking for their Business Manager ID, godspeed to you.

That leaves you with two options: Leadsie vs ClientInvite. I built ClientInvite after living this problem, so I'm not a neutral party — but I've tried to keep the numbers below honest and current, including the places where Leadsie genuinely wins. For the full feature-by-feature breakdown, see our detailed Leadsie alternative guide.

The 60-second verdict

Choose ClientInvite if you onboard more than two or three clients a month, want a flat predictable bill, and care about how the onboarding screen looks to your client.

Choose Leadsie if you need platforms we don't support yet, run a lot of view-only prospect audits, or operate multiple agency brands under one roof.

The core difference: Leadsie charges per client through credits. ClientInvite charges a flat monthly fee. Almost every cost difference below flows from that one design decision.

What both tools actually do

Both solve the same problem. You send your client one link. They click it, log in with the account they already have, and approve access. You get admin or manage permissions on their ad accounts, pages, pixels and analytics — no passwords shared, no screen-share call, no back-and-forth about Business Manager IDs.

Neither tool stores your client's password. Both use the official OAuth flows from Meta, Google and the rest, which means the client can revoke your access at any time from their own settings. That part is table stakes.

Leadsie pricing vs ClientInvite pricing

(Verified against leadsie.com/pricing in July 2026.)

Run out of credits mid-month with Leadsie, and you buy overage packs at $50 each — 5 extra client credits on the Agency plan, 10 on Pro. To their credit, unused credits roll over, and annual billing pools your credits across the whole year and includes two months free.

What it actually costs over a year

Sticker price isn't the real number. Here's what three realistic agencies pay in year one, billed monthly:

The third row is where the models really diverge. Fifteen clients a month on Leadsie's Agency plan means 10 included plus one $50 overage pack, every month — $179/mo.

And credit pricing punishes your best months hardest. Land a group of franchise locations and onboard 30 clients in one month, and Leadsie's Agency plan costs you $129 plus four overage packs — $329 for that month. On ClientInvite it's $89, the same as every other month. Your onboarding bill spikes in exactly the month your workload does.

Feature comparison at a glance

User interface

Are you a visual person? So am I. Out of these two screens, which one looks the easiest to understand and navigate?

ClientInvite has spent a lot of time crafting an interface that's genuinely pleasant for everyone involved. The dashboard is clean, creating and managing access links takes seconds, and the client-facing screen was designed to look like something your agency built.

By contrast, many users find Leadsie's interface clunky and dated. It gets the job done, but it hasn't evolved much in look and feel. If you value a smooth client onboarding experience, that first impression matters more than a feature checklist.

Platform integrations

Here's where I'll be straight with you: we don't match Leadsie's platform list one-for-one. They support more platforms than we do, and if the one you need is on their list and not ours, that's a real reason to pick them.

What we do cover is the Facebook Business Suite, the Google stack (Ads, Analytics, GTM, Search Console, Business Profile), LinkedIn, and — the one Leadsie doesn't offer — Shopify Partner access.

For ecommerce and Shopify development agencies, that last one is decisive. Gone are the days of asking "how do I request Shopify partner access" and walking a client through the collaborator code process step by step. Anyone who's done it knows how awkward and slow it is.

Beyond Shopify, we're actively adding integrations, and you can suggest a platform you need.

Customizable onboarding page

Leadsie keeps a tight grip on their onboarding page — you can upload a logo and set colours.

ClientInvite goes further. Upload your logo, edit the colour of individual onboarding components, and — if you want the experience to have some personality — display any GIF you like on the welcome screen. Too childish for your agency? Turn it off in one click.

You can also edit the messaging of the onboarding screen, so your brand voice comes through at the most crucial stage of welcoming a new client.

When Leadsie is the better choice

I'd rather you pick the right tool than pick mine. Leadsie is genuinely the better option if:

• You run a lot of prospect audits. Leadsie meters view-only audit access separately and generously — 250/month on Pro. If your pitch process depends on auditing prospects' accounts, that's a real advantage.
• Your volume is low and lumpy. Annual billing pools credits across the year, so a quiet Q1 subsidises a busy Q3. Flat pricing doesn't reward you for slow months.
• You need a platform we haven't built yet. No amount of price advantage fixes a missing integration.
• You run multiple agency brands. Their Pro plan supports up to three, which we don't currently match.
• You want a longer track record. They've been at this longer and have a bigger install base. That's worth something.

Who each tool is for

Leadsie suits agencies who use many platforms outside the big 3 - HubSpot access. Active Campaign access. MailChimp... They're great for many platforms, but you shouldn't be overpaying if you just need Facebook and Google access.

ClientInvite suits digital marketing freelancers and agencies onboarding Facebook + Google clients regularly who want a predictable bill, Shopify Partner access, and an onboarding experience they're proud to send.

Conclusion

ClientInvite is the smarter, more modern Leadsie alternative for most agencies — dramatically better pricing at volume, a friendlier interface, and Shopify support Leadsie doesn't offer.

But "most" isn't "all", and the sections above should tell you honestly which camp you're in. If you're onboarding more than a couple of clients a month and the platforms you need are on our list, the maths isn't close.

Want to talk it through? Book a demo call with me.