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From Improvements to Setbacks: Why HoneyBook Is Failing Its Users

  • September 16, 2025
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Jones Media
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Dear HoneyBook Team,

I don’t usually share feedback publicly, but after months of “improvements” that have only slowed my business down, I feel I need to. When I contact support, I’m told “we’ll pass this along to our team,” but nothing seems to change. So I’m writing here in hopes of being heard.

Task Management Page

The recent changes have been a major setback. Previously, my team could view all tasks on the Task Management page, regardless of who they were assigned to. Now, they can only see tasks assigned to themselves individually. This has disrupted our entire workflow, which is not set up around individual task ownership.

Instead of having a clear view of all client tasks in one place, my team is forced to click into each project just to check for open tasks. This is extremely time-consuming for a small business already juggling countless responsibilities. To compensate, I’ve been copying and pasting our tasks into Google Docs to manually create a master list every day, an unnecessary burden that wasn’t there before.

 

With Automations 2.0, we can no longer use project dates to trigger automations. I would love to adopt the new automations, but without this functionality, it simply isn’t practical. This feels like another case where client feedback is being overlooked.

 

After 10 years on HoneyBook, I am extremely frustrated that updates seem to remove useful features instead of improving them. These changes are slowing down my team, not helping us.

I urge HoneyBook to listen to the community before rolling out updates that have such a negative impact on daily operations. Small businesses rely on these tools, and when they’re made less functional, it directly hurts our ability to serve clients.

Because of this pattern, I am now actively searching for another CRM that better supports small businesses both in functionality and affordability.

Thank you for your attention.

 

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GSMacMillan
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  • December 11, 2025

might be helpful to have a cross section of users/industries test the upcoming changes to ee impacts to existing workflows and ensure its meeting the requirements. 

I’m from tech moved to event planning and the usability for basic functions is fine, but the fact that there are so many little things we can't do without needed to review, duplicate efforts, or functions that exist for client vs a vendor is so frustrating. I’m like OP and ready to start looking for something more comprehensive with more functionality that just seems like basic features and shouldn't just be tied to projects. 


Tonisha J Stalnaker
Explorer
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Hey ​@Jones Media I am sorry for all the frustration. I know how frustrating it can be when an improvement seems to take you backwards a bit. 

I don’t have a solution for the task issue, but I can flag ​@Monica R to see if there are any feature requests related to that issue.

That being said, you can trigger an automation based on a project date, as I just built this for a client earlier today. If you start an automation from scratch, the project date triggers are toward the bottom of the list of triggers. If you do not see them, please let me know, and I can help dig a bit deeper.

 


Tonisha J Stalnaker
Explorer
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@GSMacMillan It is helpful to have businesses from different industries participate in trials and/or surveys. There is a Beta Community within this platform where you can opt in to test new features. I understand you are considering going to a different platform. While I am definitely not trying to talk you away from HoneyBook, my company builds, tests, and optimizes many different tools. If you have questions on the comparison of features, I am happy to help. There are a few competing platforms conducting beta tests right now, and I would hate for you to transition from a hopefully temporary frustration to a much longer one with a different platform.