Keito captures hours by person, role, and seniority behind a single client-facing rate, reviews them before invoicing, and shows whether the blended rate actually covers the cost of the team that delivered.
Rate review
Blended rate margin
38%
Active work
24
Reviewed
91%
Ready to bill
$18.4k
Time captured with context
blended rate billing
Billing review complete
Client and project checked
Invoice evidence ready
Approved summary prepared
blended rate billing needs more than a timer. The billing record has to keep client, project, approval, and invoice context together before the work reaches finance.
Record billable time by client, project, task, and person so the billing source of truth is created during delivery, not reconstructed at month end.
Approve entries, expenses, and budget movement in one place so managers can catch missing context before finance creates the invoice.
Use the same tracked data for invoices, client summaries, margin reviews, and internal capacity conversations.
Simple rate, real cost
Blended rate billing charges a client one rate for the whole team regardless of who does the work — a partner, a senior consultant, and a junior all bill at the same agreed figure. Clients like it because it is predictable, and firms like it because it is simple to quote. The risk is hidden in the mix: the blended rate is profitable only when the actual blend of senior and junior hours matches the one assumed when the rate was set. The moment a project leans harder on expensive senior time than planned, the blended rate quietly turns into a loss, and most firms do not notice until the engagement is over. Keito keeps the blend honest. Every hour is captured against the person, role, and seniority that delivered it, billable status is set at entry, and a manager reviews the records before they become invoice evidence. Because the underlying cost of each contributor is known, Keito can show the real margin behind the single client-facing rate — which engagements are tracking to the assumed blend, which are drifting senior-heavy, and where the rate needs to be renegotiated. The client still sees one clean rate; the firm sees whether that rate is still earning the margin it was designed to.
Capture hours by person, role, and seniority behind a single blended client rate
See whether the actual seniority mix still supports the quoted blended rate
Review entries before invoicing so a simple rate does not hide a thin margin
Workflow fit
Keito keeps blended rate billing connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Capture hours by person, role, and seniority behind a single blended client rate
See whether the actual seniority mix still supports the quoted blended rate
Review entries before invoicing so a simple rate does not hide a thin margin
Keito keeps time, expenses, approvals, and client context together so the invoice is backed by the same record your team used to deliver the work.
Invite the people who capture, review, and explain client work without turning each new contractor or reviewer into another per-seat charge.
Spot budget drift, missed entries, and low-margin work before the month closes and the client conversation becomes harder.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
Blended rate margin from reviewed records
Keito keeps blended rate billing tied to clients, projects, billable status, approvals, and billing summaries in one workspace.
Typical setups capture time in one tool and rebuild the billing explanation later from exports, comments, or spreadsheet cleanup.
Review before invoicing
Managers review entries before they become invoice evidence, so missing context is fixed internally rather than during a client dispute.
Raw timer exports usually reach finance before delivery leads have confirmed whether the work is billable, complete, or client-ready.
Predictable team pricing
Flat-rate plans let delivery staff, reviewers, contractors, and finance users participate without per-seat pricing friction.
Per-seat time trackers make teams choose between clean billing participation and controlling tool spend.
The best way to manage blended rate billing is to capture work at source, attach it to the right client and project, review it before invoicing, and use the reviewed record as billing evidence. Keito is built around that workflow so time, approvals, and invoice context stay connected.
Yes. Keito helps with blended rate billing by tracking work by client, project, task, person, billable status, and review state, then turning approved records into client-ready summaries. That makes the data useful for billing, profitability, and client reporting rather than just attendance.
Keito is different because it treats time as billing evidence, not just duration. A generic timer records how long something took; Keito records who did the work, where it belongs, whether it was reviewed, and how it should appear in client billing context.
Turn blended rate billing into invoice-ready evidence by reviewing every entry for client, project, billable status, approval state, and billing notes before finance creates the invoice. Keito keeps those checks in the same workflow so the client summary is backed by reviewed work, not a late spreadsheet cleanup.
A client-ready blended rate billing report should include the client, project, task, contributor, billable status, approval state, and a concise explanation of the work completed. Keito keeps those details connected so reports can answer client questions without exposing internal delivery noise.
Solo includes 1 licensed user, unlimited AI agents, Mac desktop and iOS apps, Stripe payments, and standard CSV and Excel exports. Pro adds your team. Business adds integrations, planning, advanced reporting, and stronger controls.
1 licensed user
For independent consultants, freelancers, and small studios running work with AI agents.
Team collaboration
For teams that need shared workspaces, approvals, and team-level project visibility.
Advanced operations
For organizations that need integrations, planning, advanced reporting, and stronger controls.
AI agents do not require licenses on any plan.
Solo, Pro, and Business can use API keys for agent workflows.
Solo, Pro, and Business include standard CSV and Excel data export.
Start with Solo, add people on Pro when you need reviewers or collaborators, and see how Keito turns tracked effort into clearer reports.