Adobe Workfront is a system you adopt. Forge builds the tool you need and looks after it.
Adobe Workfront covers intake, approvals, resourcing and proofing in one internal system you configure and pay for per seat. Forge is a different kind of answer. Instead of migrating to another platform, we build custom software for people businesses - agencies, accountants, lawyers, consultants, recruiters - around the apps you already use, and look after it on a monthly plan: client onboarding, reporting, portals, syncs, time and margin tracking.
Nothing technical on your side · we build it and look after it · runs on your own accountsForge isn’t another tool to configure. We build the tool you actually need and look after it.
Adobe Workfront is a platform. Forge is a service.
Adobe Workfront is a capable system for running intake, approvals, resourcing and proofing. If you're ready for the rollout and have someone to own it, it can be the right call - and if you already run it happily, keep it; we can build around it.
But many agencies don't need a new system of record - they need the manual work gone. Forge finds where your team's hours go, then builds the custom tools that give them back, then looks after them on a monthly plan. It all runs on your own accounts, so you own it - and nothing technical lands on your team.
A team that does the work, not another tool.
We build it - you don't configure anything
You don't buy a tool and then spend weeks setting it up. We find the manual work slowing your team down, then design, build and test the tools that give those hours back. Nothing technical on your side.
We look after it, too
It runs on your own accounts, so you own it. We monitor it, fix it when a connected tool changes and update it when your process changes - all part of your run plan. Nobody in your firm becomes the part-time admin.
Works with the tools you already have
ClickUp, Trello, Google Sheets, Slack, your CRM, your invoicing tool. We build the links between them, so your team keeps working where it works today - no migration project.
Made for how you actually work
Client onboarding, reporting, branded client portals and status pages, time and margin tracking, AI assistants for the team - built around your clients, your process and your terminology. AI drafts, people decide.
Published pricing, no per-seat fees
A run plan from $2,000 a month (Starter, Growth or Embedded) with your first build included, 3-month minimum, AI usage at cost. Your price doesn't climb as your team grows.
Starts with a 2-week ops audit
We map where your team's hours go and put a number on it, then recommend what to build first. The $2,500 audit is credited to your first month.
Forge vs Adobe Workfront
| Forge | Adobe Workfront | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Custom software built for your firm, looked after on a monthly plan | An enterprise creative-ops platform on the Adobe stack |
| Who does the work | We do - we build it, then monitor, fix and improve it on your own accounts | You and your implementation team |
| Your existing tools | Kept - we build around the apps your team already uses | Your work moves into Adobe Workfront |
| Client-facing | Branded portals, status pages and reports, fed automatically | Limited client access inside the system |
| When your process changes | Tell us in plain English - we update and test it | Reconfigure the system yourself |
| Pricing model | A run plan from $2,000 a month with your first build included - no per-seat fees | Custom enterprise contracts, per seat |
| Getting started | A 2-week ops audit ($2,500, credited to your first month), then a monthly run plan | An enterprise implementation |
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Start with a 2-week ops audit. We’ll show you where your team’s time is going, then build the tools that win it back and look after them on a monthly plan.