every pitch deck
leaves the studio
on brand.
Recto is where creative teams design, send and read their proposals, decks and case studies — one canvas, one brand kit, one link. Built for the directors who sign off on all of it.
for
art directors
creative directors
managing directors
and the teams they grow
7-day free trial · no card needed
identity · no. 014
a new
identity for
northwind
pitch · halcyon hotels
03
rooms that
remember you.
the dock, rebuilt
rate card
lumen press · 2026
$55,000
brand book · field & fable
Aa
proposal · atlas coffee
a year of
packaging
total · $24,000
Good studios aren’t let down by their ideas.
They’re let down by the handoff.
The fonts that fell back. The logo from 2019. The deck someone “just tweaked” at midnight. Recto keeps the work exactly the way the studio made it — and tells you what happened after it left the building.
grow a team that ships the same standard every time.
- ✺studio templates with the brand kit locked in
- ✺fixed pages, snap guides, pixel-exact PDF
- ✺paste straight from Illustrator, Affinity and the web
- ✺comments pinned right onto the page
- ✺every saved version, one click back
- ✺one link for the team, the client and the board
- ✺who opened it and how long they read each page
- ✺proposals, contracts and invoices in one place
- ✺passwords and expiry on anything sensitive
the work,
as it was made.
Identities, pitches, case studies, rate cards. Hover a line to pull the proof.
- 014a new identity for northwindNorthwindidentity18
- 022rooms that remember youHalcyon Hotelspitch deck24
- 031the dock, rebuiltThe Dockcase study12
- 037rates for the yearLumen Pressrate card04
- 040the field & fable bookField & Fablebrand book36
- 046a year of packagingAtlas Coffeeproposal09
sample documents · studio names are fictional
- 01
brief
Start from a studio template. Logos, fonts and palette are already loaded — nobody hunts for the 2019 logo again.
- 02
make
Design on a real canvas with fixed pages. Paste artwork from Illustrator or Affinity and it lands exactly where you put it.
- 03
review
The team and the client pin comments on the design itself. Every version is kept, so you can always go back.
- 04
send & read
Share one link or a pixel-exact PDF. Then turn the page over and read the verso: views, time per page, replies.
the front
is for the client.
the back
is for the studio.
recto is the page the client sees — polished, on-brand, exactly as designed. verso is what happens after you hit send: views, reading time per page, comments and every saved version.
proposal · no. 014
a new identity for northwind
verso · last 7 days
“love route B — can we see it on the app icon?”
simple rates.
serious work.
free trial
- the full editor for 7 days
- every template and block
- “made by recto” watermark
- then upgrade to keep going — your work is kept
studio
house pick- or $9.99 a month paid 3 months ahead ($29.97) · $99 a year — paid in crypto
- unlimited documents & pages
- no watermark
- brand kits — logos, fonts, palette
- custom links & password protection
- client feedback pins
- verso insights & analytics
- high-res PDF exports
enterprise
- everything in studio
- SSO / SAML & custom SLA
- bespoke templates by our team
- a dedicated account manager
asked often.
- What is Recto?
- Recto is an online document studio for creative teams. Design agencies, studios and freelancers use it to make proposals, pitch decks, case studies, rate cards and contracts that look designed, then send them to clients as a link or a PDF.
- What is the best proposal software for a design agency?
- Look for three things: layouts that match a studio's standard of design, your own brand applied automatically, and a way to see how the client reads it. Recto was built for exactly that — studio-grade templates and blocks, a one-click brand kit, and share links that show time spent on every page.
- Can I see if a client opened my proposal?
- Yes. Every Recto share link records views, time spent on each page and how far the client read. Clients can also pin comments to a page, and everyone viewing the link sees new comments live.
- Can I password-protect or expire a shared document?
- Yes. A Recto link can have a password and an expiry date, and you can unpublish it at any time. Password-protected documents are checked on the server, so the content isn't sent until the password is right.
- Does Recto export PDF?
- Yes. Any document exports as a print-ready PDF at its exact page size, with text kept as real text, or as high-resolution PNG images of each page.
- Does Recto support Arabic and Kurdish?
- Yes. Recto includes Arabic-script fonts checked letter by letter for Kurdish (Sorani), right-to-left text, and a warning when a chosen font can't show a Kurdish letter.
- How much does Recto cost?
- Recto starts with a free 7-day trial. Studio costs $13 for a month, $29.97 for 3 months or $99 for 12 months, paid in crypto. Enterprise is priced by agreement.
- Is Recto a Canva, Pitch or DocSend alternative?
- Recto sits between them: a page-based design editor like Canva, made for client documents like proposals and decks, with DocSend-style tracked links and comments built in — focused on creative studios rather than general users.
made in recto
- Proposal software for creative agencies and design studios
- Pitch deck maker for design studios — present as a book, magazine or slides
- Case study and portfolio builder for designers and agencies
- Rate card, contract terms and payment schedule templates for creatives
- Send proposals and decks as a link — see who read which page
- Arabic and Kurdish (Sorani) proposals and presentations — fonts that work