Frequently Asked Questions

What is Prilet?

Prilet is an online platform that connects companies looking to hire IT consultants with consulting companies and independent professionals offering their services. We handle the entire process from discovery through automated billing and payments, so both sides can focus on the work instead of administration.

How does it work for hiring companies?

As a hiring company, you search for IT consultants by skill, availability, and location. When you find the right fit, you send an assignment proposal with your preferred dates, hours, and payment terms. Once the consulting company accepts, the assignment activates on the start date and billing happens automatically. You receive invoices on the agreed cadence (monthly by default, or biweekly/weekly) and can pay via ACH auto-pay or manual bank transfer.

How does it work for consulting companies?

As a consulting company, you create profiles for your consultants listing their skills, experience, availability, and rates for different payment terms. Hiring companies discover your consultants through search and send assignment proposals. You review and accept or reject proposals. Once active, billing is automatic — invoices are generated on your chosen cadence (monthly by default; biweekly or weekly on Solo Pro and above) and payments arrive directly in your bank account via secure payment processing.

You can also create shareable offer links with custom rates to proactively reach out to potential clients.

Can I interview a consultant before hiring?

Yes. Hiring companies can request an interview with any consultant directly from their profile. You propose one or more time slots, and the consulting company selects the one that works best. When the interview is accepted, both parties receive a calendar invite via email with contact information to conduct the interview.

Interviews are completely optional — you can always skip straight to sending an assignment proposal if you prefer. But they're a great way to assess fit before committing.

What are the fees?

Hiring companies are never charged anything by Prilet. You pay only the hourly rate you agreed to with the consulting company — no platform fees, no processing fees, nothing on top.

Consulting companies have three categories of charges to be aware of:

• 5% origination fee on engagements with new clients that Prilet introduced you to (not pre-existing relationships). The fee applies for the first 12 months from the agreement start date and is automatically deducted from each payout. After 12 months, no more origination fees on that agreement — it's yours to keep at full rate. Engagements you mark as pre-existing relationships have zero origination fee. See the payouts question for an example, or the Help Center for the full mechanics.
• Subscription fee to use Prilet (free, base only, or base + per-active-consultant depending on plan). Charged automatically at the start of each month for the prior month's actual usage — no upfront commitment. See the subscription question below for plan details, or the pricing page.
• Stripe ACH transfer fee — currently $5 per payout — for depositing your earnings into your bank account. Charged by Stripe (not Prilet) and deducted automatically from each payout.

What subscription plans does Prilet offer?

Subscription plans are for consulting companies only — hiring-only companies pay nothing to use Prilet. There are four tiers:

• Solo Sub — Free. For individuals who only do subcontracting work through other consulting companies on Prilet (no direct agreements with hiring companies).
• Solo Pro — $29/month. For 1-person consulting firms working directly with hiring companies — custom-branded invoices, hours & revenue reporting, integrations (QuickBooks, etc.), and weekly/biweekly invoice cadence.
• Agency — $99/month + $12 per active consultant. For consulting firms operating as a team — multi-user access with roles, hire subcontractors, approval workflows, job costing, and priority support.
• Enterprise — Custom annual contract. For larger firms with custom requirements (SSO, audit logs, dedicated success manager, custom SLAs). Contact sales.

Billing is monthly in arrears. On the 1st of each month, Prilet generates one invoice for the prior month's actual usage (subscription fee + active-consultant fees, if applicable) and auto-charges the payment method on file. If you sign up mid-month, your first invoice is prorated by calendar days for the partial period. Plan changes mid-cycle are also prorated automatically.

An "active consultant" is any consultant on your roster who logged billable hours during the month. Consultants who didn't log any hours are free.

For the full plan-by-plan breakdown, see the pricing page or the subscription billing section of the Help Center.

How do consulting company payouts work?

When a hiring company pays an invoice, Prilet collects the full amount and (if applicable) deducts the 5% origination fee. The remainder is paid out directly to the consulting company’s bank account via Stripe, typically within 2 business days.

Stripe charges its own fees on received payments, separate from the Prilet origination fee. For ACH and wire transfers this is typically $5 per received payment. These Stripe fees are deducted from the payout automatically by Stripe, not by Prilet.

The Prilet subscription fee is billed separately on the 1st of each month — it does not come out of individual payouts.

Example payout breakdown (assuming a new-client engagement subject to the origination fee):

Pre-existing client relationships you brought to Prilet have no origination fee — the same payout would arrive minus only the Stripe transfer fee.

Additional Stripe fees may apply in some cases (e.g., cross-border transfers, currency conversion, or instant payouts). For full details, see Stripe’s pricing page.

What payment methods are supported?

Prilet supports two payment methods:

• ACH Auto-pay — Connect your bank account and payments are automatically debited on the due date. This is the recommended option.
• Manual Bank Transfer — Initiate payments manually via ACH or wire transfer using the provided bank account details. Best suited for enterprise accounts payable processes.

What are payment terms?

Payment terms define when invoices are due after they are issued. Consultants can set different hourly rates for different payment terms, allowing hiring companies to choose the option that fits their budget and cash flow. Available terms include:

• Due on Receipt (Net 0) — Payment due immediately upon invoice
• Net 15 — Due within 15 days
• Net 30 — Due within 30 days
• Net 45 — Due within 45 days
• Net 60 — Due within 60 days
• Net 90 — Due within 90 days

Longer payment terms typically correspond to higher hourly rates, since the consulting company has to wait longer for payment. Faster payment terms may offer lower rates.

How does billing work?

Prilet uses a "no timesheets" approach. Hours are calculated automatically each week from the assignment terms (hours per day, working days, minus holidays and time off). A billing week normally runs Monday through Sunday, but if a calendar week crosses a month boundary it is automatically split so that each portion is billed to the correct month. If an adjustment is needed — for example, a sick day — the consultant submits a quick adjustment request. The hiring company has 2 business days to approve or reject it (unanswered requests are auto-approved).

Ready-to-invoice billing weeks are consolidated into invoices on the agreement's invoice cadence. The default is monthly (generated for the prior month), and consulting companies on Solo Pro or above can instead bill biweekly or weekly — useful for subcontracting and faster cash flow. By default, all billing for a given client is combined into a single invoice per period. However, hiring companies can create Invoice Groups to split billing by project, department, or cost center — each group generates its own separate invoice. Every invoice includes a line-by-line breakdown of each week, and a downloadable PDF is attached to the email notification.

Can I pause or hold payments?

Yes. Hiring company admins have two options for pausing payments:

• Invoice-level hold — Place a hold on a single invoice from the invoice detail page. Useful for resolving a specific dispute while other invoices continue to be paid normally.
• Company-level hold — Block all payments to a consulting company from the Payment Holds page on your dashboard. This holds all current unpaid invoices and automatically holds any future invoices generated for that company. Ideal when you need to proactively freeze payments before new invoices arrive.

When a hold is in place, auto-pay is skipped and the consulting company is notified. When the hold is released, payment processing resumes. Company-level holds only release invoices that were held by the company hold — any invoice you manually held for a different reason stays held.

What happens if an invoice is wrong, or never gets paid?

The consulting company that issued an invoice has two terminal actions for cleaning it up:

• Void — for an invoice that was billed in error (wrong hours, wrong rate, wrong assignment). Available while the invoice is still sent with no payment recorded. Voiding cancels the invoice and reopens its billing weeks so a corrected invoice can be issued.
• Write off — for an invoice that was billed correctly but the open balance will never be collected (client is bankrupt, dispute settled for a partial amount, etc.). Available from sent and partially paid. The work stays invoiced, any payment received is kept, and the unpaid portion is recorded as bad debt. Both parties are notified by email.

Both actions are irreversible and require typing the invoice number to confirm. Once an invoice is paid (or in payment processing), neither action is available — contact support if you need a refund or correction at that point. See the Help Center for the full step-by-step guide and a side-by-side comparison.

Do I need to submit timesheets?

No. Prilet eliminates traditional timesheets entirely. Billing is automatic based on the assignment terms — hours per day multiplied by working days. Time off (vacation, sick days) and public holidays are tracked separately and automatically deducted from the weekly hours calculation. The only manual step is if an adjustment is needed for an exception, which is a simple one-click request.

How do I get started?

Getting set up on Prilet takes just a few minutes:

• 1. Create an account — Sign up with your email and set up your company profile, choosing your primary role (hiring or consulting). You can enable the other mode later from Settings.
• 2. Set up your team — For consulting companies: add consultant profiles with skills, rates, and availability. For hiring companies: configure your preferred payment methods.
• 3. Start connecting — Search for consultants or wait for proposals to come in. Create assignments and let the platform handle the rest.

Is my data secure?

Yes. Prilet uses industry-standard security measures including encrypted data transmission (TLS/SSL), secure password hashing, and role-based access controls. All payment processing is handled by a PCI-compliant third-party processor — we never store full credit card numbers or bank account details on our servers. You can also enable two-factor authentication for added protection, and company administrators can require it for all users.

Still have questions?

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