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Proposal to payment, faster.

We have no problem saying it: Ignition is a great proposal tool. It’s just that Canopy Engagements are built inside your practice management platform—where proposals automatically trigger workflows, invoices, and client communication. All in one place.

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Packages
Customizable Engagements
Automate Invoice Creation
Collect & Save Payment Details
Customize Billing Frequency
Unlimited eSignatures
Automate Task Creation
Service Item Reporting
Time Tracking & WIP
Custom Domain & Client Portal
Packages
Customizable Engagements
Automate Invoice Creation
Collect & Save Payment Details
Customize Billing Frequency
Unlimited eSignatures
Automate Task Creation
Service Item Reporting
Time Tracking & WIP
Custom Domain & Client Portal

This month, we’re officially moving every single one of our engagement letters into Canopy. Why? Because simpler is better. For us, this is about more than just paperwork. It’s about creating consistency, simplifying processes, and making sure our clients experience the reliability and visibility they deserve — all in one platform.

Brittany Malidore / Co-Founder & Managing Partner

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Proposals that sell themselves

Give Your Clients Choices…

…nd your firm higher-value work. With packages now in Canopy, you can see a revenue uplift simply by showing clients additional offerings. Surprise yourself and your clients, and watch how, on average, you increase average proposal value by 30%. Canopy Engagements is only one powerful part of our all-in-one Practice Management solution.

Improves Cashflow

Demand more from your proposals than just looking good (which ours do). Automatically create invoices and capture payment details. In fact, you can say goodbye to out-of-scope requests. With clear T’s & C’s, every out-of-scope request becomes a new engagement opportunity. $ound$ awe$ome, right?

Get Paid Fast

Two business days. Reliably. That’s it. That’s the blurb.

IGNITION VS CANOPY

Proposal to Profit Minus the Patchwork

It’s time to look at engagements differently. Ignition is a single-purpose tool for proposals and payments, which means you’re going to spend a lot of time app-hopping. With Canopy, you get Engagements in the same system you manage your work. Making it easier than ever to turn an out-of-scope request into your next set of billable hours (conveniently, also tracked in Canopy).

Mobile e-signature process for signing and accepting client contracts within accounting practice management software.

Want a full overview of Canopy?

What you need is a central hub for everything from proposals to payments to modern innovations like AI and whatever else will make your firm’s work easier. Which is precisely what Canopy is. Watch this short video to see it in action.

IGNITION VS CANOPY

A Less Stack-y Tech Stack

Ignition users often add tools for billing, workflows, and client communication. But integrations break. Vendors point fingers. And firms are left trying to track down a fix. Canopy brings it all together with one login, portal, and bill. Spend your time advising and working on your business, not following pointed fingers.

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IGNITION VS CANOPY

Start Smarter

Firms used to think “practice management” just meant tracking projects. Then came Canopy—where every Engagement kicks off the work automatically, every Smart Intake populates your CRM instantly, and every workflow stays connected to your client, your billing, and your bottom line.

Canopy doesn’t just help you manage your practice. It runs your practice—intelligently.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Engagements, engagement letters, proposals and other similar terms are used interchangeably or to mean specific things in a specific firm’s operations. Engagement Letters, as a term, seems to be the most non-modern from this list of terms. Canopy offers the ability to create templates and compose all of the information an accountant needs to communicate with a client that has traditionally been communicated through an Engagement Letter. We do not call this an engagement letter because it is not a static document, rather a guided experience.