Freelancers, stock, prints, travel for the shoot: creative work runs on small, frequent spend that belongs to a client. Kestrel tags it as it happens, so project margins are right before the invoice goes out.
Usage figures from a survey of 214 customer workspaces, July 2026.
Give each project its own card and budget. Producers spend without borrowing the company card, and finance sees every charge as it lands.
Pass-through costs are tagged to the client at the moment of purchase, so rebilling is one export at month-end.
Each client card shows spend against the retainer in real time, so out-of-scope work is spotted in week two, not at the quarterly review.