Keito is built for the consulting billing model — project-based and retainer engagements where hours need to be tracked against client scope, reviewed for accuracy, and billed from a record the client can audit.
Invoice review
Consulting billing
$28.4k
Active engagements
7
Hours reviewed
312h
Billable
88%
Engagement hours captured
Strategy and advisory work
Partner review complete
All billable time approved
Client invoices prepared
Per engagement with scope evidence
Consulting billing is an engagement discipline — every hour captured and reviewed before it reaches the invoice.
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.
Engagement billing
Consulting clients pay for advice, analysis, and expertise — and the billing record needs to reflect that clearly. When a client questions a consulting invoice, the answer cannot be a spreadsheet built the night before the invoice deadline. Keito gives consultancies a structured billing workflow: every hour logged carries engagement and deliverable context, partners or principals review the billing record before the invoice is prepared, and clients receive summaries that justify the fee with evidence rather than assertions. This is particularly important for hourly engagements, project-based work, and retainer clients who review invoices closely.
Log consulting hours by engagement, deliverable, and billable classification as the work happens
Review all billable time with your partners or principals before invoices go to clients
Produce billing summaries that match the engagement scope clients agreed to, not just total hours
Workflow fit
Keito keeps consulting billing software connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Log consulting hours by engagement, deliverable, and billable classification as the work happens
Review all billable time with your partners or principals before invoices go to clients
Produce billing summaries that match the engagement scope clients agreed to, not just total hours
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.
Engagement billing records
Every consulting hour is tagged to the engagement, deliverable, and billable status so the invoice is supported by a structured billing record.
Generic time trackers log hours without the engagement and deliverable context consulting invoices need to survive client scrutiny.
Pre-invoice review
Partners or principals review and approve all billable time in Keito before invoices are sent, catching gaps and misclassifications early.
Without a review layer, billing errors — missed entries, non-billable time included, wrong engagement codes — reach the client invoice.
Flat consulting team pricing
Flat-rate pricing means junior consultants, senior advisors, and principals can all be in the billing workflow without adding per-seat cost for each new hire.
Per-seat pricing penalises growing consulting firms every time a new consultant joins who needs billing access.
Consulting firms need billing software that captures hours by engagement and deliverable, separates billable from non-billable work, supports a review and approval step before invoicing, and produces billing summaries the client can understand. Keito is designed for this model: structured billing records, approval workflows, and flat-rate pricing that includes the whole consulting team.
The most reliable approach is to log time against the specific engagement and deliverable throughout the work, classify each entry as billable or non-billable at the point of capture, and run a billing review before the invoice cycle closes. This prevents reconstructed timesheets, missed entries, and the invoice disputes that follow them.
General time trackers capture hours without the consulting billing context: engagement scope, deliverable tagging, billable vs. non-billable classification, partner-level review, and client-ready billing summaries. Consulting billing software is designed for the full billing cycle — capture, review, approve, and invoice — not just for logging hours.
Yes. Keito supports hourly engagements where clients are billed for actual time and retainer engagements where hours are tracked against a monthly scope. For retainer clients, you can set a monthly budget and track consumption in real time so partners know when a client is approaching scope limits before the invoice cycle closes.
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