ArchiBoard vs Studio Designer: procurement and accounting for design firms
Studio Designer is project management and accounting software for interior design firms: a product catalog, procurement, proposals, purchase orders and invoices, a client portal with time billing, full general ledger accounting and payments. ArchiBoard is built around procurement without the accounting module: estimates with supplier discounts and markup, order deadlines from the installation schedule, deliveries and supplier payments.
Studio Designer fits US firms that want design accounting and the general ledger in the same system. ArchiBoard fits studios and procurement teams that need ordering, delivery tracking and margin control and keep the books elsewhere. ArchiBoard has a free plan and works in 9 languages.
Task by task
| Task in a design project | ArchiBoard | Studio Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Add a product from any shop by link: photo, price, dimensions | Yes | Yes |
| Rooms, and one item split across several rooms | Yes | Partly |
| Quantity with waste allowance, rounded to whole packs | Yes | Partly |
| Supplier discount, markup and profit on every line | Yes | Yes |
| Client sees only the client price, never your cost | Yes | Yes |
| Client approval of items, with history | Yes | Partly |
| Order deadlines computed from the installation schedule | Yes | No |
| Delivery status and acceptance on site | Yes | Yes |
| Supplier payments, advances and balances | Yes | Yes |
| Tasks created automatically by item status | Yes | No |
| Change history per item and undo | Yes | Partly |
| Client portal with estimate, payments and timeline | Yes | Yes |
| Any structure and your own formulas | Partly | No |
| Works offline | No | No |
Based on the vendor's public pages as of October 2026. Yes — available out of the box. Partly — available with limitations or not as a dedicated feature. No — not found in the product description. Prices and features change; check the vendor's site before deciding.
Stay with Studio Designer if
- You want full general ledger accounting inside your design software.
- You bill time to clients and need inventory management.
- Per-user pricing from $69 per month (billed annually) with mandatory account setup fits your firm.
Move to ArchiBoard if
- You need supplier discount, markup and profit on every estimate line, while the client sees only the client price.
- You want order deadlines computed from installation stages and delivery times, with tasks created automatically.
- You want to start on a free plan, and to work with clients and suppliers in several languages.
How to move from Studio Designer in one evening
Step 1
Export your items
Export items or a proposal to Excel or CSV and import it into ArchiBoard: columns are mapped to name, room, quantity, unit, price and link.
Step 2
Let the links work
Product links are parsed for photos, prices and dimensions; the web clipper adds new products from any shop in one click.
Step 3
Turn on the schedule
Set installation stages and delivery times; ArchiBoard computes order dates and creates tasks for orders, payments and checks.
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