The Synclio platform

Six tools every small business needs, on one platform.

The average 10-person business runs on a dozen SaaS subscriptions — scheduling here, surveys there, HR somewhere else, customer reviews in a fourth tool, timesheets in a fifth. Synclio is the bet that all of that should be one product, with one login, one bill, and one brand. Built for the segment that current players overcharge for or undersell to.

6
specialized modules
1
shared sign-in
$9-49
flat per module · no per-seat
90
day founders' trial
$0
to start
The thesis

Small businesses are over-served and under-built-for.

Every SMB software category has the same story: an enterprise vendor charging hundreds per month for features nobody uses, plus a "free" alternative that's clearly built for someone else. Synclio is the third option — built specifically for businesses with 5-50 people who need real workflows but not enterprise overhead.

If a small business has to choose between Calendly, Typeform, BambooHR, Birdeye, TSheets, and Acuity — that's six logins, six bills, six brands, six learning curves. And six places to lose customer data.

01 · The wedge

Specialized, but bundled.

Each module is good enough to compete on its own merit — not a watered-down version of an enterprise tool. We win the category by being focused, and we win the customer by being bundled.

02 · The moat

Shared identity.

Once an employee exists in Synclio, they exist everywhere. Add them in Time, they appear in HR and Pulse. Customer in Book, surfaces in Surveys. Every module compounds the value of the others — competitors can't replicate without rebuilding from scratch.

03 · The model

Flat per-module pricing.

No per-seat charges. A 30-person business pays the same as a 5-person business for a given module. Cuts the friction of "what'll this cost as we grow" — the #1 objection to enterprise SaaS for SMBs.

The Suite

Six modules. One platform.

Each one solves a real, painful, recurring problem for the small business it sits in. Tap any to jump into the details.

Synclio · Scheduling

Pick a time without the back and forth.

The original Synclio module — and the one that gets businesses in the door. Group availability polls without guest accounts, single dates or recurring events, heat-map visualization of the overlap. Drop the link in a group chat or email and watch the dots fill in. The customer-acquisition wedge for the whole platform.

Pain
Group scheduling is still done over text chains and Google Calendar invites that nobody RSVPs to. When2meet is from 2008 and looks it. Doodle wants a subscription for basic features. SMBs lose real hours every week to "when works for everyone?"
Heat-map view of the overlap
Single date, range, or recurring events
No accounts for guests — ever
Anonymous voting option
SMS & email reminders to non-responders
Timezone-aware (auto-converts per voter)
One-tap "confirm this slot" finalization
Contact info auto-deleted post-event
Embed-anywhere short links (syncl.io/e/abc)
Optional comments per voter
Replaces: When2meet (free but dated) · Doodle ($14.95/mo) · Calendly group polls · Google Forms + manual tally
Free forever
Unlimited single-date polls, Synclio-branded
$9/mo
Pro · recurring + SMS + custom brand
syncl.io/e/k2x9j
Team offsite — May
8 of 9 responded · best: Thu May 22, 2-4 PM
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SynclioSurvey · Insights

AI-built surveys that actually get answered.

The shortest path from "I need a real answer" to "I have a real answer." Describe what you want to learn — AI drafts a balanced survey with the right question types in seconds. Share via link or QR. Live charts populate the second the first response lands. Open-text answers get sentiment-scored automatically so you don't have to read every comment.

Pain
Surveys take 30 minutes to build, fall apart on mobile, and 90% never get answered. Typeform looks great but costs $75/mo. SurveyMonkey is enterprise overkill. Google Forms is free but ugly and the analytics are nothing.
🤖
AI question builder
Type "I want to know how customers feel about our checkout flow" — get a 6-question survey draft with mixed types. Edit and ship.
📊
Live analytics
Bar charts, trend lines, response heatmaps. Updates in real time as responses come in. Branded PDF export for stakeholders.
Pre-tested templates (NPS, CSAT, employee pulse, event)
Open-text sentiment scoring
Public share links + printable QR codes
Anonymous by default — opt-in contact
"Share results" public read-only mode
No respondent accounts ever
Mobile-first — looks right on every phone
CSV / Excel export per survey
Replaces: Typeform ($75/mo) · SurveyMonkey ($39/mo) · Google Forms (free but ugly) · Qualtrics (enterprise overkill)
Free
1 survey, 100 responses/mo, no AI
$19/mo
Pro · AI builder + unlimited
Customer Pulse · 142 responses · live
How likely to recommend us?
Very likely
72%
Likely
21%
Neutral
5%
Unlikely
2%
NPS · +67↑ 12 since last month
SynclioHR · People ops

Six people-ops tools, one module.

Performance reviews are the wedge — review season is when SMBs realize they need this. But once they're in, they get every other people-ops form they've been meaning to set up: check-ins, exits, hiring, suggestions, manager feedback. One module replaces six different SaaS subscriptions.

Pain
Review season is dreaded, done in Word docs, never finished. Exits, hiring, weekly check-ins — each lives in a different tool or nowhere at all. The people-ops debt compounds quietly until somebody quits.
Performance reviews
Quarterly / annual cycles. Manager + self forms. Side-by-side compare across cycles to track growth.
Weekly check-ins
2-minute pulse forms. Longitudinal picture of how each person feels. Spot burnout early, not at the exit interview.
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Exit interviews
Anonymous by default. Patterns surface across roles and managers. Finally learn why people leave.
💼
Hiring pipeline
Public job postings + branded application page. Applicant tracking with stage flow. Replaces a $400/mo ATS.
💡
Suggestion box
Always-on anonymous channel for ideas, kudos, complaints. Triage queue with status replies back to the team.
🔄
Manager feedback
Direct reports rate their manager. Aggregated to protect anonymity. Surfaced to managers AND skip-level.
Respondents never need an account
Autosave + cross-device resume
Anonymous mode where it matters
Branded PDF exports for HR files
SMS / email nudges to drive completion
Inline comments tied to individual scores
Replaces: BambooHR ($75/mo) · Lattice ($110/mo) · 15Five ($60/mo) · CultureAmp ($150/mo) · Officevibe · Suggestion Ox · a separate ATS
Founders' 90
Free 90-day trial · no card
$29/mo
Starter · all 6 workflows
$79/mo
Business · multi-location
Q2 Performance Reviews · 8 of 12
Engineering Team
Manager · Sarah · Due May 18
JL
Jordan L.
Senior Engineer
DONE
RM
Riley M.
Engineer
DONE
AK
Alex K.
Engineer II
PENDING
SynclioPulse · Customer feedback

Two QR codes. Two problems solved.

Pulse turns the front of a shop — counter, nametag, receipt, table card — into a one-tap customer feedback channel. One QR system, two distinct workflows: reputation management for the business overall, and service-quality tracking per employee. Customers don't see the seams.

Pain
Customer reviews live in spreadsheets if anywhere. The receipt-survey nobody fills out. The "please leave us a Google review" ask that gets ignored. Employees who actually move the needle never get credit; the ones who don't never get caught.
Mode 01 · Reputation
Happy customers get a one-tap path to Google / Yelp / Facebook while smiling. Unhappy ones go private — straight to the manager's phone — before they post anything public.
👤
Mode 02 · Service quality
Per-employee QR on the nametag / receipt / table card. Every rating ties to whoever served the customer. Leaderboards make it a game, not a chore.
Branded QR codes — your logo, not ours
Per-employee + per-location codes
Auto-route 5★ to Google / Yelp / Facebook
Real-time SMS alerts on 1-3★
Customer follow-up form on low ratings
Employee leaderboards + monthly winners
Boost analytics + CSV export
Branded customer-facing rating page
Replaces: Birdeye ($299/mo) · Podium ($349/mo) · NiceJob ($75/mo) · receipt-survey URLs · spreadsheets the manager keeps
Founders' 90
Free 90-day trial · no card
$49/mo
Starter · both modes, full features
$129/mo
Multi-location · up to 5
Ace Hardware · May leaderboard
🏆 Marcus T.4.93 ★
Priya S.4.81 ★
Jake R.4.67 ★
Leah V.4.52 ★
147 ratings this month+38% MoM
SynclioTime · Timesheets

Three things employees never log — done in one app.

Hours, mileage, expenses — three things every SMB needs to track for payroll and taxes, three things every SMB tracks badly. SynclioTime collapses them into one weekly form. Manager configures once, employees fill in from a link, manager approves with one tap. Already exports to QuickBooks.

Pain
Timesheets live in Excel. Mileage logs on paper if at all. Receipts get lost between the gas station and Friday. Weekly approval turns into an hour of chasing 12 people. QuickBooks Time wants $20/user; nobody can justify it.
Hours
Day-by-day entry with project / vendor tags. Billable vs. labor cost separated automatically.
🚗
Mileage
Real driving distance from Google Maps — type two addresses, it does the math. IRS-default rate ($0.67/mi).
🧾
Expenses
Snap a receipt, categorize, done. Photos upload inline. Storage included.
Invite-by-link, no app to install
One-tap weekly approvals
CSV + QuickBooks export
Manager-set projects / vendors
Salary vs hourly handled distinctly
Auto-renews each pay period
Replaces: QuickBooks Time ($20/user) · Harvest ($12/user) · Toggl ($10/user) · Expensify ($5/user) — and the spreadsheet they're really using
Founders' 90
Free 90-day trial · no card
$19/mo
Pro · unlimited team, all features
Week of May 13 · ready to approve
Hours · billable38.5h
Mileage · 142 mi × $0.67$95.14
Receipts · 3 uploaded$84.20
Week total$1,367.34
SynclioBook · Appointments

Customers book themselves.

A branded booking page customers can hit any time of day. Multiple services with different durations and prices. SMS + email reminders before. Reschedule links during. Payment collection if you take deposits. The Calendly model — but built for haircuts, dental cleanings, dog grooming, tattoo consults, home services, not just B2B sales calls.

Pain
Service SMBs lose hours per week to phone-tag scheduling. Calendly is built for B2B sales calls. Square Appointments wants you on their POS. Acuity costs $20-50/mo with feature gates. The market need is "Calendly for the place that does my haircut."
🌐
Customer-facing
Branded booking page at syncl.io/b/your-name. Pick service → pick time → done. Mobile-perfect.
💸
Owner-facing
Set services, durations, deposit amounts, blackout dates. Reminders auto-fire. Payments hit your Stripe. See the day's bookings at a glance.
Multi-service catalog (unlimited)
SMS + email reminder cadence (24h, 2h)
Customer self-reschedule links
Optional Stripe payment collection
No-show protection via deposits
Google / iCloud calendar two-way sync
Customer history per booking
Multi-staff scheduling (Pro tier)
Replaces: Calendly ($16/user/mo) · Acuity ($20-50/mo) · Square Appointments ($29/mo + POS lock-in) · Setmore ($25/mo)
Free
1 service, 10 bookings/mo, Synclio-branded
$19/mo
Pro · multi-service + payments + your brand
syncl.io/b/mariposa-salon
Mariposa Salon
Pick a service
Haircut + style
45 min · $65
SELECT
Color (single process)
90 min · $120
SELECT
Balayage
2 hr · $180
SELECT
The moat

Built to work together.

Each module is good on its own. Together they form a single graph of every customer, employee, and event in the business — which no competitor can replicate without rebuilding from scratch.

One identity
Customer scans a Pulse QR → already exists in Surveys. Employee added in Time → shows up in HR. No re-importing, no syncing, no duplicate accounts.
One bill
Each module is priced independently. Use one or all six — one card on file, one invoice. No procurement battle, no renewal coordination.
One brand on customer-facing pages
QR sheets, booking page, survey, review form, hiring posting — all carry the customer's logo and colors, not ours. Their customers never see "Synclio."
SynclioLive
SynclioSurveyLive
SynclioHRLive
SynclioPulseLive
SynclioTimeLive
SynclioBookLive
acme-co.syncl.io · single tenant, six products
Market

Who buys, and why now.

A 30-million-business segment in the US alone, currently buying scattershot from 8+ point-tools that weren't built for them.

33M

US small businesses

Most have 5-50 employees. Most still run on a mix of Google Workspace, paper, group texts, and an enterprise SaaS tool or two they over-paid for. None of them have a CTO. They make buying decisions based on a recommendation from one peer or a Google search at 11pm.

$200/mo

average SaaS spend per SMB

Across 6-12 tools. Calendly + Typeform + BambooHR + Birdeye + TSheets + Acuity adds up to $400+/month before per-seat charges. We replace that stack with a $100-150/month bundle for the same business.

2026

why now

SMB SaaS pricing has crept up 30% over the last 3 years. AI has commoditized question-writing, scheduling logic, and form-building. The technical moat that justified premium pricing on point tools is gone — what's left is brand and bundle.

6x

ACV per customer

Each module starts at $0 and ladders to $19-79/month flat. A customer on three modules averages $60/month in revenue. Cross-module attachment is the unlock — same CAC, multiplied ACV.

The stack we replace

For a typical 15-person service business, here's the before-and-after.

The old stack — $618/mo

Calendly Pro$16
Typeform Plus$75
BambooHR Core$120
15Five Engage$60
Birdeye Basic$299
TSheets · 15 users$48

Synclio — $145/mo

Synclio Pro$9
SynclioSurvey Pro$19
SynclioHR Starter$29
SynclioPulse Starter$49
SynclioTime Pro$19
SynclioBook Pro$19

$473/month saved · 6 logins → 1 · 6 brands → 1

Pricing

Per-module. Per-strategy.

Three pricing models, applied per module to match each one's acquisition pattern. Two viral / commodity-comparison modules have a limited free tier. Three revenue modules use a 90-day Founders' Trial — no permanent free, no per-seat charges, no surprises.

Module Entry tier Starter / Pro Business / Multi
Synclio
Scheduling
FREE FOREVER
Unlimited polls, Synclio-branded
$9/mo · recurring + SMS + custom brand
SynclioSurvey
Insights
FREE
1 survey, 100 responses/mo, no AI
$19/mo · AI builder + unlimited
SynclioHR
People ops
FOUNDERS' 90
90-day trial, no card
$29/mo · all 6 workflows $79/mo · multi-location
SynclioPulse
Customer feedback
FOUNDERS' 90
90-day trial, no card
$49/mo · full features $129/mo · up to 5 locations
SynclioTime
Timesheets
FOUNDERS' 90
90-day trial, no card
$19/mo · unlimited team
SynclioBook
Appointments
FREE
1 service, 10 bookings/mo, Synclio-branded
$19/mo · multi-service + payments + brand

Free tiers on Main, Survey, and Book serve acquisition. Main is viral (every shared poll is brand exposure); Survey and Book compete with Google Forms and Calendly's free tiers. Founders' 90 trials on HR, Pulse, and Time give an honest evaluation without a permanent zero-revenue tier.

Build one of these this week.

Free entry on Main, Survey, and Book. 90-day Founders' Trial on HR, Pulse, and Time — no card required. Start with whatever fits your day-one need.

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