Matchstick is the calm operating system for creative studios. Capture every brief, align the team in one board, and ship client work in days — not weeks of Slack threads.
Trusted by the studios defining 2026
§ 01 — The spark
Manifesto
The studios we love — the ones shaping brands, products, and culture — spend half their week hunting for briefs, chasing feedback, and reconciling versions. The tools they use were built for engineers and sales teams. Not for people who think in moodboards, type specimens, and gut instinct.
Matchstick is a calm, opinionated workspace built for creative teams. One inbox for briefs. One board for the work. One click to ship. We handle the operations so your studio can go back to the craft.
Before Matchstick
With Matchstick
§ 02 — Features
Six modules, one opinionated flow. Designed for studios of 3 to 300 — and every tricky client in between.
Capture inbound briefs from email, forms, or Slack. Matchstick parses the intent, assigns an owner, and opens a project — before your coffee's cold.
Threaded, in-context comments pinned right to the pixel. Resolved threads collapse. No more “see note 3 in the Slack DM.”
Export specs, tokens, and assets in the formats your dev team already uses. Figma-native, Webflow-friendly, zero re-draws.
“Drafted a 2-week scope for Aperture using your last 4 retainer agreements. Ready to review.”
Summarize briefs, draft scopes, and pre-fill timelines in your studio's own voice. You keep the pen. Matchstick just sharpens it.
A live read on who's overbooked, who has runway, and what's due Friday. Staff the right project to the right person, first time.
Clients approve via a clean public link — no logins, no 12-step onboarding. Sign-off lands in your inbox with a timestamp.
§ 03 — How it works
The whole studio, from first brief to final invoice, in a workflow that takes less than fifteen minutes to learn.
Every brief, note, reference, and voice-memo lands in one calm inbox. Matchstick tags it, routes it, and opens a project card — no forms, no friction.
Teams, timelines, and threaded feedback collapse into a single board. Everyone sees the same truth. The work moves because the context moves with it.
Approvals, exports, invoices, and client hand-off all happen in one click. Finish the project on Friday. Send the invoice before lunch.
§ 04 — Studios on the record
“We went from three project managers to one. Same output, calmer team, happier clients. It's the first ops tool I've actually recommended to my peers.”
“Matchstick did in a month what our last ops hire couldn't unstick in a year. Our revision rounds are down 47%.”
“We replaced four tools and a very anxious Google Doc. My PMs got their nights back.”
“The approvals link alone paid for the year. Clients click, sign, done. No more hunting Marissa in Finance.”
“It feels like software made by people who've actually run a studio at 11pm on a Thursday.”
§ 05 — Pricing
For freelancers and one-person shops shipping their first brand.
Start freeFor studios of 3–30 who've outgrown the group chat.
Start 14-day trialBilled annually. Cancel any time — your data exports cleanly.
For agencies of 30+ with compliance, SSO, and a dedicated CSM.
Book a walkthrough30-day happiness guarantee. If Matchstick doesn't calm your week, we'll refund every cent — no exit interview.
§ 06 — FAQ
Still deciding? Our team replies to every question within a business day. Email us →
§ 07 — Strike
Join 1,200+ studios shipping client work 3× faster with Matchstick. Start free today — no card, no commitment, no catch.