MateHQ is live.
The first tool — ReportMate — launched a few weeks ago. The second, BillMate, is in early access. And there are six more planned after that.
This blog is where I'll document what I'm building, why I'm building it, and what I'm learning along the way.
What MateHQ is
MateHQ is a family of tools built for freelancers. Each tool solves one specific problem that freelancers face — reports, invoices, proposals, contracts, follow-ups, scheduling, portfolio, time tracking.
The philosophy is simple:
- One tool, one job. No feature bloat, no all-in-one compromise.
- Fast. Every tool should deliver value in under 10 minutes.
- Affordable. Starting at $19/mo — priced for a solo operator, not an agency.
- Beautiful. Output that makes clients think you have a whole team behind you.
Why I'm building this
I've been freelancing for a while. The admin side of it — sending reports, writing invoices, following up with clients — takes more time than it should. And the tools that exist are either built for teams (too complex, too expensive) or too basic to look professional.
So I started building my own.
ReportMate started as a script I wrote to automate my own client reports. It worked. I made it into a proper product. People are using it.
Now I'm building the rest of the stack.
What's coming
The plan is to build the full set of tools a freelancer needs to run their business:
- ReportMate ✅ — client reports
- BillMate 🔨 — invoicing
- ProposalMate — proposals
- ContractMate — contracts
- FollowMate — client follow-up CRM
- ScheduleMate — booking and scheduling
- PortfolioMate — portfolio builder
- TimeMate — time tracking
This blog will cover the journey: what I build, how I build it, what works, what doesn't.
If you're a freelancer, join the waitlist to get notified when each tool launches.