# Free — CRM, Estimates & Invoicing, $0 Forever | EternalEngine ClientForge CRM, PayGate payments and ThreadRealm community — free forever, no card. 5 invoices + 5 estimates a month, 100 contacts, 250 MB storage. EternalEngine $0 forever · No card · No trial to track For trying it before you commit a dollar # Run client work in one place.Free. Forever. ClientForge CRM, PayGate payments and the ThreadRealm community — no card, no trial clock, no expiration date. Upgrade the moment you outgrow it, or don't. - No card to start — not today, not ever, unless you choose to upgrade - 5 invoices + 5 estimates a month, 100 contacts, 250 MB storage - Export everything, any time — even if you never pay us a dollar Encrypted & isolated per account Export everything, any time Built and supported in the USA Your first week on Free 1. Day 1Add your first clients — type them in, or import a CSV in one shot. 2. Day 1Send your first estimate. It carries our footer — fair enough, since you’re not paying us. 3. Day 2They approve it. PayGate collects the deposit. No gateway to set up. 4. This month4 more invoices or estimates before Basic’s unlimited (and unbranded) tier starts to make sense. Free plan $0/mo, forever No card. No trial. No time limit. - ClientForge CRM, PayGate & ThreadRealm - 5 invoices + 5 estimates a month - 100 contacts · 250 MB storage - About 17 AI assists a month [Create your free account →](https://app.eternalengineos.io/signup?plan=free&interval=annual) 🔒 Isolated & encrypted·$0 today·Nothing to cancel·Export anytime Takes about a minute. Your workspace is ready the moment you activate. Everything in Free ## A real CRM. Not a lite version. The same code every paid plan runs on — sized for trying it out, not a stripped-down demo. ClientForge CRM Every client, lead and deal in one place — the same CRM every paid plan runs on. 5 invoices + 5 estimates a month Send them straight from ClientForge. Each one carries a small "Powered by EternalEngine" footer — that's the only string attached. Get paid online PayGate takes the card the moment a client approves an estimate — the same payment processor every plan uses. Email from your domain 200 sends a month through PostFrame — receipts and follow-ups that land in the inbox. The community ThreadRealm — read and post. Ask how other owners price, hire and handle the hard clients. Albedo, your AI assistant About 17 AI assists a month: draft the email, summarize the call, answer "what did I quote them?" ScrollForge Browse and buy from the in-app store — every app, in one place. 100 contacts · 250 MB storage Room for a real side business, with the files that go with it. Community support No ticket queue on Free — ask in ThreadRealm and get answers from people who run the same kind of business. See it before you sign up ## This is what Free looks like on day one Real screens from a working account. Click any one to see it close up. Click to enlargeOne dashboard for revenue, deals and leads.Click to enlargeTake cards and ACH the moment a client approves.Click to enlargeA community your customers come back to. The catch ## Yes, there's a catch. It's small and we're saying it out loud. Every invoice and estimate you send on Free carries a small "Powered by EternalEngine" footer, and the plan has real caps. That's the whole deal — no hidden fees, no surprise bill, no countdown timer. Free must stay smaller than Basic in every row, on purpose — otherwise it wouldn't be honest to call Basic "the next step." 5 branded documents a month is enough to run a side gig; when you want more, or want the footer gone, Basic is $9.95. Every limit is enforced the same way, server-side, listed here — never a surprise discovered mid-invoice. 1 user 5 invoices + 5 estimates a month, EternalEngine-branded 100 contacts · 250 MB storage PostFrame email200 sends/mo Albedo AIabout 17 assists a month Documents carry our footerBasic removes it ## One minute to your first client. 1 Create your account Name, email, password. No card, no billing step, nothing to fill in you’d rather skip. 2 Add your first client Type one in or import a CSV. Your workspace is live the moment you click the activation email. 3 Send an estimate They approve it with one button, and PayGate can collect the card the same moment. ## Our promise, in plain words. - ✓ $0, forever. We never ask for a card on Free. - ✓ No trial clock — nothing quietly turns into a bill. - ✓ Your data exports any time, whether you upgrade or not. - ✓ The limits on this page are the limits. No add-on fees for what is listed. - ✓ Upgrade the moment you outgrow it — one click, same data. - ✓ Downgrade back to Free any time; nothing is deleted. ## Questions people ask before they sign up What's the catch?+ Honestly: your invoices and estimates carry our footer, and the plan is capped — 5 invoices + 5 estimates a month, 100 contacts, 250 MB of storage, and support is community-only. That's the whole catch — no card, no expiration, no fine print beyond that. Does it expire?+ No. Free is $0 forever, not a trial with a clock. There's nothing to remember to cancel and nothing that quietly turns into a bill. Do I need a credit card to start?+ No — not to sign up, and not ever, unless you choose to add one when you upgrade. What happens when I hit a limit?+ The app tells you plainly and shows the next plan. Nothing breaks silently and nothing is ever charged without you choosing to upgrade. What do I get by paying?+ Basic is $9.95/mo: unlimited invoices and estimates with our footer removed, 2,500 contacts, 5 GB storage, and email support. See the full offer on the Basic page. Can I bring my clients with me?+ Import contacts from a CSV on day one. And export everything — clients, estimates, invoices, files — any time, even if you stay on Free forever. Is my data safe?+ Every account is isolated at the database level, encrypted in transit and at rest. Card numbers never touch our servers — PayGate, our PCI-compliant payment system, handles every card. What if EternalEngine shuts down?+ Your data is yours. Export everything — contacts, deals, estimates, invoices, files — as CSV and PDF from Settings at any time, and we commit to 90 days of export access after any wind-down notice. Why is support "community" and not email?+ Free keeps costs low so it can stay free. ThreadRealm gets you real answers from other owners; the moment you're on Basic or above, email support is included. Can I upgrade or downgrade later?+ Yes, in one click, with your data intact. Upgrade when you outgrow a limit; downgrade back if you don’t need it. No lock-in either way. ## Nothing to lose. Not even a card number. $0 today, $0 next month, $0 forever — until you decide you want more. [Create my free account →](#checkout) Takes about a minute. [Start free — $0 forever](#checkout)