Accelo automates your service ops. Forge builds your client tools.
Accelo connects sales, projects, retainers, tickets and billing into one internal workflow - priced per seat. Forge builds, brands, hosts and runs the custom client-facing tools your agency needs - client portals, status pages - on your domain, for one flat monthly price.
no code · we run the infrastructure · flat monthly pricingForge isn’t an app builder. It’s the managed internal-tools team for your agency.
Accelo automates the back office. Forge owns the client-facing layer.
Accelo is a strong internal automation platform - it ties together sales, projects, retainers, service tickets and billing so the operational side of the agency runs with less manual work. If that internal glue is what you need, it's a capable system you configure and run.
But Accelo is built for your team and your back office, not for a branded client experience custom to your agency. Most agencies still want the thing clients actually log into - a portal, a live status page - shaped to how they work and run for them. Forge builds exactly that, hosts and maintains all of it, and charges one flat fee instead of per seat.
Built for agency owners, not builders.
Opinionated presets, not a blank canvas
You don't want to describe an app from scratch - you want the right one. Forge gives you a catalog of agency tools (client portals, status pages, time tracking), set up by answering a few plain questions.
Fully managed - zero tech tax
Hosting, database, domains, secrets, updates - all on infrastructure we own and run, that your clients never see. You never connect a service, watch a meter, or redeploy anything.
Built for your whole client roster
Forge is designed around the agency-to-client relationship: a separate, branded, separately-tracked tool for each client - not one app at a time.
It gets better after launch
Every tool ships with usage analytics you can share with clients to prove value, and a feedback channel that quietly improves it - without you lifting a finger.
Flat, predictable pricing
One monthly subscription covers the AI and the hosting. No credits to burn, no usage meter to watch, simple to expense.
Improves for everyone, automatically
Because tools are built from structured presets, feedback from one agency improves the preset for all of them. The whole catalog gets better over time.
Forge vs Accelo
| Forge | Accelo | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Agencies that want branded client-facing tools, managed | Agencies automating internal sales-to-billing ops |
| What you actually get | A custom client portal or status page, built for you | An internal workflow and automation platform you run |
| Who runs it | We do - end to end | You configure and maintain Accelo |
| Per client | A separate, isolated, branded tool per client | One internal system; the client portal is basic and generic |
| When the work changes | Ask in plain English - we update and republish | Reconfigure your workflows and automations yourself |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly - no per-seat cost | Per user, per month |
Glossary & calculators
Free agency concepts and tools from Forge - plain-English definitions and instant calculators.
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The Accelo alternative your agency can actually hand off.
Pick a tool, answer a few plain-language questions, and we build, host and run it for you. No code, no infrastructure, nothing to maintain.