FuseBase, Teable and Agency Handy are often grouped together as productivity tools for small teams, and all three have run lifetime deals on AppSumo. Look closer and they solve different problems. This comparison explains what each tool does, what it costs now, which deal is still live, and which kind of business should pick which.
FuseBase vs Teable vs Agency Handy at a glance
FuseBase (formerly Nimbus Note, around since 2014) is a client portal and team workspace. You get docs, tasks, files and chat for your team, plus white-labelled portals, deal rooms and sites for clients, with AI agents and hosted tools such as n8n and Paperclip.
Teable is an AI-native no-code database, pitched as an Airtable alternative. It has spreadsheet-style tables with an AI assistant, AI fields, automations and an app builder that turns data into apps, dashboards and portals. It can be used in the cloud or self-hosted.
Agency Handy is an agency management platform. Clients pick a service from your catalogue, fill in an intake form, pay, and then follow the project, share files and give feedback in their own portal, while you handle tasks, proposals, tickets and invoices.
FuseBase, the client workspace
FuseBase suits consultants and agencies that want to keep internal work and client work in one place. Internally there are pages, task lists, Kanban boards, calendar views, dashboards and file management. Externally, you create branded portals with permissions and secure access, and white labelling is included. AI agents and transcription are metered by plan, and the FuseBase Work module adds AI coworkers on Claude or ChatGPT. The trade-off is a learning curve, because there are a lot of moving parts.
Teable, the AI database
Teable suits teams whose work is really data: leads, orders, inventory, content calendars, candidate lists. The AI assistant can analyse a table or selected records in plain language, AI fields fill in summaries, tags or extracted values, and the app builder turns tables into tools that staff or clients can use. The free plan is generous enough to test properly. AI features use credits, and pricing is per seat.
Agency Handy, the agency operating system
Agency Handy suits productised service businesses: SEO packages, design retainers, monthly content. Its service catalogue supports pricing tiers, add-ons, coupons, setup fees and self-checkout, and invoicing covers subscriptions, automated reminders, multiple currencies and payments through Stripe, PayPal, Wise or crypto. The CRM, client portal, tasks, time tracking, proposals and tickets cover delivery. Custom domain and email, webhooks and the API start on Team Starter.
Integrations, permissions and team collaboration
All three work for small teams, but they handle access and connections differently. FuseBase offers role-based access, granular permissions, secure magic links and custom HTML and CSS, and its integrations include Calendly, Data Studio, Google Docs, HubSpot and Zapier, plus APIs and MCP. Teable has an authority matrix for detailed permissions, SSO and domain verification on Business, an IM Bot for Slack and Telegram, and GitHub sync for app code. Agency Handy keeps client conversations and internal team conversations separate, and connects to Google Drive, Docs and Sheets, Figma, Gmail, Slack, Notion, Airtable, Calendly and Zapier, with webhooks and an API from Team Starter. For reporting, Teable can build dashboards from your data, while FuseBase and Agency Handy focus on project and client status.
Pricing and lifetime deals compared
FuseBase costs $39 a month for Solo (1 member), $99 for Essentials (5 members) and $399 for Advanced (50 members), with lower prices billed annually. Its AppSumo lifetime deal is live at the time of writing at $79 per code, stackable, with a 60-day refund window. One code gives 1 user, 50 workspaces, 1 client portal, 5 client accounts and 50 GB of storage.
Teable has a free plan, then Pro at $24 per seat a month ($13 billed yearly) and Business at $36 per seat a month ($20 yearly). Its AppSumo lifetime deal is sold out at the time of writing.
Agency Handy costs $29 a month for Freelancer (1 user), $99 for Team Starter (10 users) and $199 for Business Pro (30 users), with yearly and 3-year discounts. Its AppSumo deal and the lifetime option on its own pricing page are both sold out at the time of writing.
Which tool should you choose to grow your business?
Choose FuseBase if your main problem is sharing work with clients in a professional, branded space, and you also want team docs, tasks and AI tools. It is the only one of the three with a live lifetime deal, which makes it the cheapest to try long term. Budget for 2 or 3 codes if more than one person will use it.
Choose Teable if you are drowning in spreadsheets and want a proper database your team can build on, with AI to help with data entry and analysis. Start on the free plan.
Choose Agency Handy if you sell defined services and want the whole flow, from order to payment to delivery, in one portal. Use the 7-day trial to set up one real service.
If you run an agency, FuseBase and Agency Handy are the two that genuinely compete, because both offer client portals. The deciding question is whether your clients mainly need to see and discuss work (FuseBase) or buy and pay for services (Agency Handy).
Verdict
These three tools barely overlap, so there is no overall winner. Match the tool to the way you work: a client workspace, a data platform, or an agency operating system. Of the three, FuseBase is the only one you can still buy as a lifetime deal at the time of writing.
