Notion is a great doc. Forge builds the tools around it.
Notion is brilliant for internal docs and SOPs. It's harder as a client portal or an ops system - permissions confuse clients, updates get copied in by hand, and someone ends up maintaining the template. Forge builds custom software for people businesses - agencies, accountants, lawyers, consultants, recruiters. We build and look after the client portals, status pages and syncs your agency needs, around Notion and your other tools.
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.
Keep Notion for docs. Hand us the manual work.
Notion is a strong tool for internal documentation - SOPs, playbooks, onboarding guides, brainstorming. Most agencies use it for some of that, and there's no reason to stop.
Where it strains is as a client-facing layer or as the glue between your tools: shared pages leak structure, the brand is Notion's, and keeping it current is manual. Forge builds and looks after what sits around it - branded client portals and status pages fed automatically from your tools, client reports, onboarding flows - so your team stops updating things by hand.
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 Notion
| Forge | Notion | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Custom software built for your firm, looked after on a monthly plan | A docs and wiki workspace you build in |
| Who does the work | We do - we build it, then monitor, fix and improve it on your own accounts | You build the templates and keep them current |
| Your existing tools | Kept - we build around the apps your team already uses | Notion becomes another place to update by hand |
| Client-facing | Branded portals, status pages and reports, fed automatically | Shared pages on a Notion URL |
| When your process changes | Tell us in plain English - we update and test it | Rebuild the template yourself |
| Pricing model | A run plan from $2,000 a month with your first build included - no per-seat fees | Per member, per month |
| Getting started | A 2-week ops audit ($2,500, credited to your first month), then a monthly run plan | Sign up and build your workspace |
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The Notion alternative your agency can actually hand off.
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.