Can I invoice per finished video or per edit day?

Yes. Enter the number of videos or days as the quantity and your price as the unit price, for example 10 shorts at $85 for $850, or 2.5 edit days at $480 for $1,200. Quantities can be decimals, so half days work too.

How do I take a deposit and a payment at the rough cut?

Turn the accepted quote into one invoice for the full fee and record each stage as a partial payment when it arrives. Recording a payment waits for your approval as owner or admin. Clodou keeps the balance on the invoice until the final payment marks it paid.

How do I bill stock footage and music licences?

Log what you paid as an expense on the client's project, then ask Clodou to add each cost to the invoice as its own line at what you paid, such as stock footage, 3 clips, $90. Write any licence terms the client needs in the invoice note. Clodou does not buy, price or check licences.

Can I charge for extra revision rounds?

Yes. Ask for a line at your flat price per round, such as 1 extra revision round at $150, or log the extra time as billable on the project and turn the unbilled hours into an invoice. Writing the included rounds in the quote's note means the client has seen the limit before the first cut.

Will Clodou tell me what to charge?

No. You set your price per video, your day rate or your hourly rate, and Clodou uses exactly those. If a price is missing, it asks you instead of guessing.

Free covers up to 5 clients and 20 AI actions a month, with no separate cap on quotes and invoices (making them in the chat uses AI actions). Solo, with your payment link on invoices, is $29 a month per workspace. Team, with 5 seats and automatic reminders, is $79 a month. Prices are in USD, and the first 14 days are a free Team trial.

Who it's for / Video editors

Quotes and invoices for video editors, done while it renders

Video editors bill in several ways: a price per finished video for creators and social clips, a project fee for a brand film or a wedding, a day rate for edit days on agency work. On top come revision rounds, rush turnarounds and the stock footage or music you bought for the edit. Tell Clodou what you agreed and it writes the quote, turns it into the invoice and keeps track of the deposit and the balance.

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Sound familiar?

Quotes rebuilt from scratch for every brief, from a 30-second ad to a wedding film
A fourth round of changes done for free because nobody counted the rounds
Stock clips and music licences bought for a client and never billed back
A deposit, a rough-cut payment and a balance tracked across email threads

How Clodou helps

Invoices from one sentence

"Invoice Halcyon Studio for 6 short-form edits at $120 and a $100 rush fee" creates the client if needed and the invoice with two lines: $820 before tax. Edit days work the same way, and half days are just a quantity.

Stock, music and plug-ins billed back

Log stock footage, music licences and plug-ins as expenses on the client's project, or snap the receipt and confirm the amounts Clodou reads. The project shows these costs next to its budget, and you ask for them as separate invoice lines at what you paid.

Rounds and terms on every PDF

Your logo, business details and a note for the terms that matter: revision rounds included, delivery formats, the payment schedule and any licence terms you write. The note carries over when the quote becomes an invoice.

How video editors bill, and how Clodou handles it

Per finished video, per project or per edit day

Short-form and channel work is often priced per finished video, brand films and event edits as a project fee, and agency or post-production work by the edit day, with a half-day rate for shorter sessions. Clodou takes any quantity and unit price: 6 short edits at $120 is one line of $720, and 3.5 edit days at $500 is one line of $1,750. For a project, quote the fee first and turn the quote into the invoice once the client books.

Deposits, milestones and extra rounds

Project work is often paid in stages: a deposit to start, a payment when the rough cut is delivered and the balance on the final export. Turn the accepted quote into one invoice and record each payment as a partial payment when it arrives; Clodou keeps the balance on that invoice. Write the included revision rounds in the quote's note, and bill extra rounds, rush turnarounds or an extra vertical version as their own lines at the price you agreed. Clodou never adds a fee you did not give it.

Monthly packages for weekly channels

Creators and brands that publish every week often pay a fixed monthly fee for a set number of edits, such as four long-form videos and eight shorts. Set it up as a retainer with the amount, the start date and what it covers, and Clodou prepares one draft invoice each month. You review it, add any extra videos or rush fees as separate lines, and only then send it.

A brand film, from quote to rough-cut payment

Step 1
Quote Northwind Coffee for a 90-second brand film: 4 edit days at $550 and a licensed music track at $100, at cost. Note: two revision rounds included; $1,000 deposit to start, $650 at rough cut, $650 on final delivery.
Adds Northwind Coffee as a client and creates quote DEV-0012 with two lines: edit days, 4 at $550, $2,200; music licence, $100. No tax is set on this workspace, so the total is $2,300. The rounds and the payment schedule print in the note.
Step 2
Northwind booked. Turn DEV-0012 into an invoice.
Creates draft invoice INV-0034 for $2,300 with the same lines and note, plus a reference to DEV-0012. You download the PDF and send it to Northwind.
Step 3
I sent INV-0034 to Northwind and they paid the $1,000 deposit
Marks INV-0034 as sent and shows an approval card to record $1,000 received. Once you approve it, $1,300 is still owed.
Step 4
Northwind paid $650 at the rough cut on INV-0034
Shows an approval card to record the payment. Once it is approved, $650 is still owed, the payment due on final delivery, and you can ask what Northwind owes at any time.

Just ask

Quote Northwind Coffee for 4 edit days at $550 and a $100 music licence at cost

Invoice Halcyon Studio for 6 short-form edits at $120, plus a $100 rush fee

Log $90 of stock footage on the Northwind brand film project

Questions

Can I invoice per finished video or per edit day?: Yes. Enter the number of videos or days as the quantity and your price as the unit price, for example 10 shorts at $85 for $850, or 2.5 edit days at $480 for $1,200. Quantities can be decimals, so half days work too.
How do I take a deposit and a payment at the rough cut?: Turn the accepted quote into one invoice for the full fee and record each stage as a partial payment when it arrives. Recording a payment waits for your approval as owner or admin. Clodou keeps the balance on the invoice until the final payment marks it paid.
How do I bill stock footage and music licences?: Log what you paid as an expense on the client's project, then ask Clodou to add each cost to the invoice as its own line at what you paid, such as stock footage, 3 clips, $90. Write any licence terms the client needs in the invoice note. Clodou does not buy, price or check licences.
Can I charge for extra revision rounds?: Yes. Ask for a line at your flat price per round, such as 1 extra revision round at $150, or log the extra time as billable on the project and turn the unbilled hours into an invoice. Writing the included rounds in the quote's note means the client has seen the limit before the first cut.
Will Clodou tell me what to charge?: No. You set your price per video, your day rate or your hourly rate, and Clodou uses exactly those. If a price is missing, it asks you instead of guessing.
What does it cost?: Free covers up to 5 clients and 20 AI actions a month, with no separate cap on quotes and invoices (making them in the chat uses AI actions). Solo, with your payment link on invoices, is $29 a month per workspace. Team, with 5 seats and automatic reminders, is $79 a month. Prices are in USD, and the first 14 days are a free Team trial.

Guides

Getting paid · November 5, 2026
Deposit Invoices: How to Bill a Deposit and the Balance
How much deposit to ask as a freelancer, how to word it on a quote, how to invoice the deposit and the balance, record partial payments and bill milestones.
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Quote vs Estimate: The Difference and a Quote Template
Quote vs estimate explained: what each means, when to send a quote, estimate or proposal, and how to write a freelance quote clients accept, with a template.
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Fixed Price vs Hourly: How to Price a Freelance Project
Fixed price vs hourly for freelancers: when each fits, day rates and retainers, how to turn an hourly rate into a fixed fee, and invoice examples for each.
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