For Startups
Kovarro for Startups
Skip the tool stack. Run product, sales, and team comms on one platform that scales with you.
Early-stage startups can't afford a SaaS stack and don't need to be enterprise-ready yet. They need to ship product, talk to customers, and not burn cash on twelve tools.
Kovarro starts free for up to 5 members and 3 projects. By the time you graduate to Pro at $19/seat, you're already cancelling Linear, Notion, Slack, Pipedrive, and Harvest - five line items for one.
Today's reality
What Startups usually feel
Pain 1
Every tool is $10-20 per seat
Linear, Notion, Slack, Hubstaff, Pipedrive. With 8 seats you're paying $640/month before product even ships.
Pain 2
Founders context-switch between five UIs daily
Engineering ticket in Linear, sales note in Pipedrive, team msg in Slack, doc in Notion - same brain, different rooms.
Pain 3
Hiring contractors complicates billing
Each tool adds the contractor seat at full price. Some tools don't even allow guest accounts.
Pain 4
Investors ask for metrics from systems that don't talk
Pipeline value from Pipedrive, burn from QuickBooks, velocity from Linear - reconciling them eats a day.
How Kovarro answers
Built for the way you actually work
Free for 5 members, 3 projects
Enough for the founding team. Upgrade only when you hire the sixth person.
One UI, one URL, one login
Sprints, CRM, chat, docs, time tracking - same workspace. Context never leaves the tab.
Free guest access on Pro
Contractors join workspaces as guests at no extra seat cost. Limit them to specific projects.
Cross-module KPIs on day one
Pipeline funnel + sprint velocity + open tasks on a single dashboard. Investor updates write themselves.
Modules that matter
What Startups use most
Boards + sprints
Velocity, burndown, sprint planning - the engineering surface your team needs to ship weekly.
Sales CRM
Track the first 50 customers without paying for HubSpot. Custom fields cover the seed-stage need.
Team chat
Channels for #eng, #sales, #investors. DMs and group spaces. No Slack bill.
Cado AI
Drafts your next sprint based on velocity and workload. Read-only by design - it proposes, you approve.
A week in the life
What it actually looks like
A representative week using Kovarro for this kind of team.
- 1
Day 1: signup
Founder creates a workspace. Invites the first 4 hires. Three projects: Product, Sales, Ops.
- 2
Week 1: first sprint
Engineering board fills up. Cado drafts sprint #2 from velocity data after the first one closes.
- 3
Week 4: first customer call
Sales rep logs the lead in CRM, adds custom fields. Won-deal handoff creates onboarding tasks.
- 4
Month 3: hire #6
Trial Pro for 7 days, decide it's worth $19. Pricing scales with seats, not features.
- 5
Month 6: investor update
Pull pipeline funnel + sprint velocity + cohort retention from the dashboard. Screenshot, paste.
FAQ
Common questions
Is the free tier really free, forever?
Yes - 5 members, 3 projects, all the core modules. No card on file. We don't trial-trap.
Can we invite advisors and board members for free?
Yes - Pro adds free guest seats. They get read-only access to specific projects you grant.
What happens when we close a Series A?
Switch to Business at $39/seat for SSO, audit log, priority support, and a dedicated CSM. Or stay on Pro - the modules are identical.
Run your whole team in one place.
Plan sprints, track work, and talk to your team — without the tool sprawl. Start free, then make it yours with your own brand and domain.