Projects · Website and product builds
Project management for website and product builds
For web and product consultants, freelance developers and small studios. A build has more sign-offs than any other kind of work: the spec, the designs, the staging site, the launch. Keep them next to the tasks, with a record of who approved what.
Needs Business or above · Designs tab with Figma and Canva and Briefs, contracts and e-sign from pro
What you get
Pick “Website, product or system build” and this is set up for you
When you create a project, Ambital asks what it's for. The answer sets the billing model, the phases and the tabs. Change any of it, or save your own version as a template.
How project setup works →Website, product or system build
Specs, designs, builds and testing with client sign-off along the way.
Phases
- Discovery
- Design
- Build
- Test
- Go-live
Tabs switched on
- Overview
- Financials
- Tasks
- Time
- Phases
- Milestones
- Gantt
- RAID Log
- Decisions
- Approvals
- Designs
- Client Portal
The setup also asks how the client signs off: in the portal, or by emailed link for clients who'd rather not log in.
How it runs
Website and product builds, run through Ambital
Designs and staging links, sent for sign-off
Attach work from your design tools (Figma and Canva today) or a staging URL, and send any of them for approval. The client approves or asks for changes from the portal, with versions compared side by side.
- Figma and Canva connectionsFrom Pro
- Approvals for designs and staging linksFrom Business
- Version compare with pinned commentsFrom Business
Phases the client can follow
Discovery, design, build, test, go-live, with a working-day countdown on the client's portal so nobody has to ask how long is left.
- Phases and milestonesEvery plan
- Go-live countdown on the portalFrom Business Pro
- Choose what the client seesFrom Business Pro
Scope changes priced, not absorbed
A change request records what changed, what it costs and who agreed. The fee stays honest and the margin stays visible.
- Change requestsEvery plan
- Fixed-price budget trackingEvery plan
- Profit per projectEvery plan
Start to finish
A member portal rebuild, from brief to launch
- Week 1Brief signedThe client signs the brief in Ambital. Scope and fee are on the project from day one.
- Week 3Designs approvedFigma frames go out for sign-off. The client compares versions and approves in the portal.
- Week 6A scope changeAn extra integration is requested. The change request prices it before anyone builds it.
- Week 9Staging sign-offThe staging link goes for approval, with comments pinned where they belong.
- LaunchGo-live and invoiceThe countdown hits zero, the final invoice goes out and the margin is there to see.
Client names are fictional, from Ambital's demo organisation.
Everything it uses
The features, and the plan each needs
Each links to a step-by-step guide in the help centre.
- Phases, Gantt and milestonesEvery plan
- RAID log and decisionsEvery plan
- Change requestsEvery plan
- Designs tab with Figma and CanvaFrom Pro
- Client approvals with versionsFrom Business
- Briefs, contracts and e-signFrom Pro
Works with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Google Drive, Xero, Fireflies.ai, Slack, Figma. Every integration →
Website and product builds questions
Straight answers
- Does it connect to Figma and Canva?
- Yes. Link designs to the project and send them for approval, so the version the client approves is the latest one.
- Can the client approve a staging site?
- Yes. Send a staging link for approval like a design. The client approves or asks for changes from the portal.
- Does it replace my developer issue tracker?
- No. Ambital runs the client side of a build: scope, sign-offs, changes and billing. Keep your issue tracker for the code.
- Which plan do I need?
- It needs Business (£59 a month) or above. Prices exclude VAT.
Often run alongside
Who runs website and product builds
Be first in when we launch
Ambital is in private beta. Apply to test and you'll get in first, with free months at launch for committed testers.
Free plan · No card required · Built in the UK