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Yes. What you’re describing is usually called a multi-tenant agency platform, white-label platform, or client workspace platform. The ideal setup is:

• One agency admin account
• Separate workspace per client/brand
• Each client has its own:

• Brand templates (logos, colors, fonts, assets, layouts)
• Users and permissions
• Approval workflows
• Billing/subscription
• Usage tracking
• Data isolation
• Agency can switch between clients from one dashboard

A few platforms that fit parts of this model:

For more agency-as-a-SaaS models (where you want clients to feel like they’re logging into your product), look at white-label/multi-workspace tools:

• StackFill — built around agency templates, client workspaces, isolated templates, and per-client billing options. StackFill
• Vercid — focuses on branded client workspaces with custom branding, roles, and billing widgets. Vercid
• Agency Label — combines client management, reporting, invoicing, and white-label portals. Agency Label

If you’re building something closer to a creative production platform (think “each client has their own Canva-like environment”), I’d look for:

• Template inheritance: agency creates master templates → client gets controlled variants
• Field locking: clients can edit copy/images but not break layout
• Role hierarchy: agency admin → account manager → client editor → client approver
• Client billing isolation: each client can have their own Stripe/customer account
• Brand tokens: colors/fonts/assets stored per workspace
• Audit trail: who changed what and when

A common architecture is:

Agency Account
│
├── Client A Workspace
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users/Roles
│   └── Billing
│
├── Client B Workspace
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users/Roles
│   └── Billing

If you mean for a marketing/design agency, a franchise network, or a SaaS product you want to resell under your own brand, the best options differ quite a bit.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially multi-client brand management: one agency account, with each client having its own brand assets/templates, users, permissions, and ideally billing.

A few platforms are particularly relevant:

• Marq — probably the closest functional match. It supports brand-specific template libraries, locked templates, brand assets, user/group permissions, approval workflows, and multiple brand kits. It also explicitly supports agencies working across multiple clients/brands. Marq Marq Help Center Marq Help Center
• Canva Enterprise/Business — strong for agencies managing multiple client brands. It has Brand Kits, Brand Folders, Brand Templates, and controls over who can edit/publish/approve. Canva
• Marq is especially interesting if the workflow is “agency builds templates → client gets access → client can customize but can't break the brand.” Its locking and permissions are designed specifically for that. Marq Help Center Marq

The important distinction: billing

If by “billing per client” you mean:

Client A has 5 seats and pays $X/month, Client B has 12 seats and pays $Y/month, while the agency administers everything from one place

that's a more specific requirement. Many design platforms handle client separation + permissions, but don't necessarily provide a true agency reseller/multi-tenant billing layer.

If you're actually looking to build or buy a platform for your agency, I'd define the ideal architecture as:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Client B workspace
→ Client C workspace

Each client workspace has:

• Brand kit / logos / fonts / colors
• Template library
• Template-level permissions
• Client users + roles
• Approval workflows
• Asset library
• Usage/storage limits
• Separate billing/subscription
• Client-facing login/portal
• Agency admin who can switch between clients

And ideally, one template can be reused across clients while automatically swapping the brand kit—Marq now supports this kind of brand-kit swapping. Marq Help Center

If you tell me what kind of templates you're managing (social posts, proposals, PDFs, ads, email, print, etc.) and whether the clients themselves need to log in and edit them, I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that actually fit.

And ideally, one template can be reused across clients while automatically swapping the brand kit—Marq now supports this kind of brand-kit swapping.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-client brand/content platform: one agency account, but isolated workspaces/brands with their own templates, users, permissions, and ideally billing.

A few platforms are close:

Marq is particularly close

Marq explicitly supports multiple brands in one account, with users seeing templates based on their assigned brands. It also lets you assign templates to particular brands, maintain separate brand assets, and switch between brands when creating content. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center

Its permission model goes fairly deep: groups/subgroups can have different access to projects, templates and folders, and there are separate user, template-admin and team-admin roles. Marq Marq Help Center

marq.com

The important distinction: billing

If by “billing per client” you mean:

Agency has Client A, B, C → each client has its own users/brand/templates → agency can charge Client A $X/mo, Client B $Y/mo → ideally client can pay directly

that's a more specific requirement. Most design/brand platforms don't handle this natively as a true agency billing hierarchy. They tend to treat the agency as one organization/account and billing as an account-level function.

So if you're evaluating this because you're looking to build or buy something for an agency, I'd define the ideal architecture as:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users & permissions
│   ├── Projects
│   └── Billing / subscription
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users & permissions
│   ├── Projects
│   └── Billing / subscription
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand kit
    ├── Templates
    ├── Users & permissions
    ├── Projects
    └── Billing / subscription

The agency admin can see/manage everything, while a client admin sees only their own workspace.

If that's the exact product you're looking for, I can also give you a shortlist of 5–10 platforms specifically designed for agencies managing multiple client brands, including which ones support white-labeling, client portals, Stripe/subscription billing, template locking, and separate client workspaces.

Yes. If by “agency” you mean one agency account that can manage many clients, with each client having its own brand assets/templates, user permissions, and ideally billing, there are platforms that get quite close.

Best fits

• Marq — probably the closest fit for an agency doing repeatable branded content. It supports multiple brands in one account, brand-specific access, smart templates that automatically swap logos/colors/fonts, and granular roles/permissions. Marq Help Center Marq Marq Help Center

marq.com

• Frontify — stronger if you're essentially building a brand portal for each client. It explicitly markets to agencies with “multiple clients, one dashboard,” and supports separate brand homes, templates, assets, external-partner permissions, and granular access. Frontify Frontify Frontify Knowledge Base

frontify.com

The important distinction: billing

The brand/template/permission side is well covered by these platforms. The harder requirement is client-level billing—e.g.:

Agency account
→ Client A → Brand A → 8 users → $500/mo
→ Client B → Brand B → 3 users → $250/mo
→ Client C → Brand C → 15 users → $900/mo

That's less common. Many platforms treat billing at the agency/account level, rather than making each client a completely isolated billable tenant.

If you're asking because you're thinking about building this as a SaaS/product, that's actually a very recognizable product architecture: Agency → Clients → Brands → Workspaces → Templates → Users/Roles → Usage/Billing.

If you tell me what the agency is producing (e.g. social posts, ads, PDFs, websites, presentations, email campaigns, AI-generated content), I can give you 5–10 platforms that specifically support this agency/multi-client model, including which ones handle separate client billing.

Yes. If you mean one agency account where each client has their own brand/templates, users & permissions, and billing, there are several platforms that get fairly close.

Best fits

• marq.com — probably the closest fit if the core product is branded templates / marketing collateral. It supports brand templates, locked elements, brand assets, groups, granular permissions, and multiple brand kits. It also specifically supports applying different brand kits to templates, which is useful for agencies managing multiple clients. Marq Marq Help Center

Caveat: its model is more enterprise/team-oriented than a clean "agency → client workspaces → each client pays separately" SaaS model.

• orshot.com — interesting if you're talking about automated creative generation. It has isolated client workspaces, separate templates/brand assets/API keys, white-labeling, and agency/partner pricing. Orshot
• stackfill.com — unusually close to the architecture you're describing. It explicitly has one workspace per client, isolated templates/assets, per-client billing options, audit logs, and locked approved artwork. StackFill
• postana.app — more focused on social/content workflows, but has separate brand workspaces, client-specific brand context, roles, approvals and agency management. Postana

If you're thinking about building this

The architecture you're describing is essentially:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users + permissions
│   ├── Assets
│   └── Billing
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users + permissions
│   ├── Assets
│   └── Billing
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand kit
    ├── Templates
    ├── Users + permissions
    ├── Assets
    └── Billing

And the agency needs a master layer above that:

• Switch between clients from one login
• Agency-owned templates that can be deployed to multiple clients
• Client-specific template overrides
• Roles like agency admin / account manager / designer / client
• Client-level billing and usage
• Optional white-label client portal
• Audit trail showing who changed/generated what
• Ability to clone a client setup
• Client data isolation

There are platforms that solve pieces of this, but the exact combination—agency hierarchy + isolated client workspaces + reusable template system + granular permissions + per-client billing—is still a surprisingly underserved niche.

If you're asking because you're considering building a product like this, I can also map out the existing competitors and identify what's missing in the market / where there may be a SaaS opportunity.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency/multi-tenant platform: one agency account, multiple client workspaces, with each client having its own brand configuration, permissions, and billing.

A few examples that fit particularly well:

• orshot.com — Strong fit if you're talking about creative/design production. It has one workspace per client, isolated templates/brand assets, role-based permissions, white-labeling, and client-specific API keys. Orshot
• ploy.ai — Good if the product is more website/site-building oriented. You can have one organization with separate client workspaces, custom domains, and centralized agency billing, or separate organizations where clients pay themselves. Ploy Support Docs
• relato.com — Interesting for content/AI workflows. Each client gets a workspace with its own brand library, workflows, team members, and permissions, while the agency manages everything from one dashboard. Relato
• agentivan.ai — More of an agency/reseller operating system. It has client sub-accounts, reusable templates, per-client budgets, white-labeling, and Stripe-based rebilling. Agent Ivan
• orchstack.ai — Particularly relevant if you're building AI agents for clients: isolated workspaces, client-specific configurations, role permissions, reusable templates, white-labeling, and usage-based billing. OrchStack

The feature set you're probably looking for

Ideally, the platform should model things like:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Team permissions
│   ├── Usage/billing
│   └── Client portal
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Team permissions
│   ├── Usage/billing
│   └── Client portal
│
└── Client C
    └── ...

The important distinction is client-level tenancy, rather than simply having folders/projects. You want Client A's users, templates, assets, usage and billing to be genuinely isolated from Client B.

If you're looking to build this kind of platform yourself, rather than looking for software to use, that's an even more interesting question—I can lay out the architecture and the existing platforms/APIs you could use to build the agency layer.

Yes. What you’re describing is usually called an agency management platform with multi-tenant workspaces, client portals, or white-label SaaS infrastructure. The ideal setup is:

• One agency account
• Separate workspace per client/brand
• Client-specific brand templates/assets
• Role-based permissions
• Client-specific usage tracking and billing
• Optional white-label client experience

A few platforms that fit different versions of this:

Creative production / brand template management

• Orshot — Built specifically around agency creative production. It supports isolated client workspaces, separate templates, brand assets, API keys, render logs, role-based permissions, and white-label embedding. Orshot

Good for: agencies producing lots of branded graphics, ads, social assets, PDFs, etc.

• Canva (with Canva Enterprise features) — Strong for brand kits, templates, approvals, and team permissions.

Good for: marketing/design teams where clients need to edit approved templates.

Marketing/content agencies

• Relato — Uses separate client workspaces with brand libraries, workflows, team permissions, and client approval access. Relato

Good for: content agencies managing many brands.

• Postana — Provides multi-brand workspaces with brand context, content, channels, approvals, reports, and member roles. Postana

Good for: social/content operations.

Client portal + billing model

• Ploy — Uses an organization/workspace model where agencies can keep all clients under one organization (agency pays) or separate organizations where clients pay their own subscriptions. Ploy Support Docs

Good for: agencies running websites/products for clients.

• Taskaido — More project-management oriented: separate client workspaces, external users, permissions, billable time, and invoices. Taskaido

Good for: service agencies needing delivery + billing.

If you’re trying to build your own agency SaaS

Look for platforms that provide:

• Multi-tenancy (each client is isolated)
• Template cloning
• Brand variables (logo, colors, fonts, tone)
• RBAC (admin/editor/viewer/client)
• Usage metering
• Stripe Connect or client billing
• White-label domain/login

A common architecture is:

Agency Account
│
├── Client A Workspace
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users + Permissions
│   └── Billing
│
├── Client B Workspace
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Users + Permissions
│   └── Billing

If you mean a platform you can resell as your own agency SaaS (clients log in under your brand and pay you), the shortlist changes quite a bit. If you mean a creative template factory like “Canva for agencies”, that’s a different category too.

Yes. What you're describing is essentially an agency-oriented multi-tenant platform: one agency account, with isolated client workspaces, each having its own brand system, templates, users/permissions, and billing.

A few platforms that look particularly close:

• ploy.ai — Especially interesting if you're managing websites. It supports one agency organization with separate client workspaces, with the option for the agency to pay centrally or for individual clients to own/pay for their workspace. Ploy Support Docs
• picnie.com — Strong fit if you're producing creative assets. It has client workspaces, per-client permissions, brand kits, locked templates/presets, and template inheritance. Picnie
• beeblu.com — More specifically focused on brand systems: each client gets a live brand portal, templates, guidelines, assets, design tokens, and controlled agency/client access. BeeBlu OS
• beamly.au — More of an all-in-one agency platform, with multi-client workspaces, granular permissions, white-labeling, and per-client billing. Beamly
• help.zoviz.com — Built specifically around agencies managing many client brands, including separate brand kits/templates and white-labeling. Zoviz

If you're thinking of a specific product architecture

The ideal setup would look something like:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Users & permissions
│   └── Billing
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Users & permissions
│   └── Billing
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand kit
    ├── Templates
    ├── Assets
    ├── Users & permissions
    └── Billing

The important distinction is whether you're looking for a platform to use, or you're considering building this as a SaaS product for agencies.

If it's the latter, there are some interesting gaps in the existing market—particularly around reusable master templates + per-client brand variables + client-specific permissions + agency-controlled billing. I can map out the existing competitors and show you where the opportunity is.

Yes. What you’re describing is usually called a multi-tenant agency platform, client workspace platform, or white-label agency operating system. The key features to look for are:

• Separate client workspaces/accounts
• Per-client brand kits/templates
• Granular team permissions
• Client-facing portals or approvals
• Separate or pass-through billing
• Ability to reuse templates while keeping brands isolated

Some platforms that fit this model:

A few newer platforms are explicitly built around the "agency manages many brands" model:

• Easil has an agency mode where agencies can manage client teams and restrict template access. Easil
• Relato uses separate client workspaces with brand libraries, workflows, and scoped permissions. Relato
• Orbit focuses on agency client portals with branding overrides and role-based access. Orbit
• Ploy supports agency setups where clients can have separate workspaces and billing arrangements. Ploy Support Docs

If you mean something closer to "our agency runs 50 brands, each client has their own templates, users, and invoice, but our team has one master dashboard", the closest category is probably:

1. HighLevel-style subaccounts → marketing/sales agencies
2. Canva Enterprise/Figma libraries → creative production agencies
3. SuiteDash/Copilot-style portals → client delivery agencies
4. Custom multi-tenant SaaS → if you want to build your own branded platform

A useful way to narrow it down: are you looking for a platform to manage creative assets/templates (logos, social posts, decks, ads), client operations (projects, approvals, invoices), or to actually resell a software product under your agency brand?

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-tenant brand/content platform: one agency account, multiple clients/brands, with each client having its own templates, users, permissions, assets, and ideally billing.

A few platforms are particularly close:

My strongest match: Frontify

Frontify is probably closest to the agency operating system you're imagining.

It explicitly supports agencies managing multiple clients from one dashboard, with separate brand homes, guidelines, assets, and projects. Frontify Frontify

You can have, for example:

YOUR AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand guidelines
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   └── Client users
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand guidelines
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   └── Client users
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand guidelines
    ├── Templates
    ├── Assets
    └── Client users

It has granular permissions by brand, region, partner, etc., including controlling who can view, edit, download, or publish. Frontify Frontify Knowledge Base

frontify.com

Marq is worth looking at too

Marq may actually be better if the core product you're envisioning is editable templates rather than a full brand-management/DAM system.

Its multi-brand functionality lets you manage multiple brands within one account, assign users to specific brands, and create templates that dynamically use the appropriate logos, colors, fonts, and imagery. Marq Help Center

It also has role-based template access, locked templates, approvals, and brand asset management. Marq Marq

marq.com

The interesting gap: billing

Per-client billing is where this gets more interesting.

Most of these platforms are designed around:

company → brands → users

rather than:

agency → clients → independent billing accounts

So you may need to manage billing outside the platform, or negotiate an enterprise arrangement.

If what you're asking is “Does a platform already exist where my agency can sell this as a SaaS-like service to clients?”, with:

• Client A pays $299/mo
• Client B pays $499/mo
• Client C has 15 seats
• each client has completely isolated brands/assets/templates
• client admins manage their own users
• agency admins can see everything
• agency can create/manage templates across clients
• Stripe/subscriptions/invoices are handled per client
• potentially white-labeled client portals

that's a more specific category, and there are fewer off-the-shelf options.

If that's the model you're considering, I can identify the 5–10 platforms that come closest and specifically compare their multi-tenancy + client billing + white-label capabilities.

It explicitly supports agencies managing multiple clients from one dashboard, with separate brand homes, guidelines, assets, and projects. Frontify Frontify

You can have, for example:

YOUR AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand guidelines
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   └── Client users
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand guidelines
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   └── Client users
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand guidelines
    ├── Templates
    ├── Assets
    └── Client users

It has granular permissions by brand, region, partner, etc., including controlling who can view, edit, download, or publish. Frontify Frontify Knowledge Base

frontify.com

Marq is worth looking at too

Marq may actually be better if the core product you're envisioning is editable templates rather than a full brand-management/DAM system.

Its multi-brand functionality lets you manage multiple brands within one account, assign users to specific brands, and create templates that dynamically use the appropriate logos, colors, fonts, and imagery. Marq Help Center

It also has role-based template access, locked templates, approvals, and brand asset management. Marq Marq

marq.com

The interesting gap: billing

Per-client billing is where this gets more interesting.

Most of these platforms are designed around:

company → brands → users

rather than:

agency → clients → independent billing accounts

So you may need to manage billing outside the platform, or negotiate an enterprise arrangement.

If what you're asking is “Does a platform already exist where my agency can sell this as a SaaS-like service to clients?”, with:

• Client A pays $299/mo
• Client B pays $499/mo
• Client C has 15 seats
• each client has completely isolated brands/assets/templates
• client admins manage their own users
• agency admins can see everything
• agency can create/manage templates across clients
• Stripe/subscriptions/invoices are handled per client
• potentially white-labeled client portals

that's a more specific category, and there are fewer off-the-shelf options.

If that's the model you're considering, I can identify the 5–10 platforms that come closest and specifically compare their multi-tenancy + client billing + white-label capabilities.

Yes. The closest fit I found is Marq—especially if your agency needs to manage multiple client brands from one environment rather than just give clients access to a shared design tool.

Best fits

• marq.com — probably the closest match. It supports multiple brands/brand kits, brand-specific templates, locked design elements, granular permissions, groups, approval workflows, and admin/billing roles. Importantly, its multi-brand system lets you control which users can access which brands. Marq Marq Marq Help Center
• frontify.com — stronger if you're essentially building a brand portal for each client. You can create separate portals for brands/sub-brands with their own permissions and templates, including controlled access for external agencies/partners. Frontify Frontify
• Canva — excellent for design production and has agency/partner workflows, but its organization around independent client accounts + agency-level billing/permissions isn't as naturally designed around a multi-client agency operating model as what you're describing. Canva Partners

If you're describing this product model...

Imagine your agency has:

And you, as the agency, want a single admin dashboard where you can:

• Create a workspace for each client
• Upload that client's logos, fonts, colors, imagery
• Create/lock templates
• Decide which client employees can access which templates
• Invite/remove users
• Set different subscription tiers or billing per client
• Keep Client A completely isolated from Client B
• Potentially have your agency designers administer everything
• Let clients self-serve without giving them access to your other clients

That's a very specific SaaS/agency use case, and Marq is unusually close to it. It even supports applying different brand kits to the same template, which is useful if you're producing the same type of asset across many clients. Marq Help Center

One caveat: Marq's documentation clearly covers permissions, brands, teams and billing administration, but I'd verify with their sales team exactly how their billing/account hierarchy works for an agency managing many separate client accounts. Their public documentation is stronger on multi-brand organizations than on a "master agency account with 50 independently billed client tenants" model. Marq Marq Help Center

If you're actually looking to build something like this yourself, rather than find a tool to use, that's an interesting product category too. I can map out the existing competitors and identify the gap in the market for an agency-first version.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency/multi-tenant platform: one agency account, with isolated client workspaces, each having its own templates/brand settings, permissions, and billing.

A few platforms currently fit that model:

• agentivan.ai — particularly close to your description. It supports separate client sub-accounts, cloned templates, workspace-level access, and billing/rebilling. It’s positioned more as an agency operating system/CRM/automation platform. Agent Ivan
• apaya.com — client workspaces with separate brand assets, granular roles, client-only access, and per-brand pricing. Apaya
• agencysuits.com — focused on agency/client content workflows. Each brand gets its own workspace, templates/content, permissions and approval flows; higher tiers add white-label portals. Suits™
• syncsignature.com — if you're specifically talking about email/signature templates, this is almost exactly the model: parent agency account → separate brand workspaces → isolated templates/users/permissions → consolidated billing. SyncSignature
• postavel.com — for social media agencies: client-brand billing, client portals, brand-specific context, approvals, and pricing based on number of clients rather than seats. Postavel

If you're thinking about building this

The underlying architecture would usually look like:

Agency
→ Client A
→ Client B
→ Client C

Each client/tenant has:

• Brand templates
• Brand assets
• Custom fields/settings
• Users + roles
• Approval workflows
• Usage limits
• Billing/subscription
• Client-facing portal
• Audit history

While the agency has a master dashboard where it can switch between clients, manage templates, see usage, and control billing.

The interesting part is that “templates + permissions + billing per client” is becoming a fairly standard SaaS architecture, but the exact combination depends heavily on what the templates are for.

If you tell me what kind of templates you're talking about (social posts, websites, proposals, ads, email signatures, reports, documents, AI-generated content, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that most closely match your exact use case, including pricing and whether they support white-labeling.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially a multi-tenant agency platform: one agency account, with a separate workspace/client environment for each brand, including its own templates, permissions, assets, and billing.

A few platforms are particularly close:

• Marq — probably the closest fit if the core product is brand templates/content creation. It supports multiple brands, brand-specific access, locked templates, groups/roles, and separate billing administration. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center Marq
• Canva — strong for agencies managing multiple client brands, with Brand Kits, Brand Templates, folders, and controls over who can publish/approve. Canva
• Postana — more focused on social-media agencies. Each client gets an isolated workspace containing brand context, content, channels, approvals and reporting, with workspace-specific members and billing ownership. Postana
• XainFlow — explicitly offers client workspaces with their own brand settings, team permissions, assets, and billing, including separate usage tracking. XainFlow
• Ploy — interesting if you're building/managing client websites rather than creative content. It separates organizations (people/access/billing) from workspaces (sites/assets/brand system) and supports either agency-paid or client-paid setups. Ploy Support Docs

If you're asking because you want to build something like this

The architecture I'd look at is:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A workspace
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Team + permissions
│   └── Billing / usage
│
├── Client B workspace
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Team + permissions
│   └── Billing / usage
│
└── Client C workspace
    └── ...

The important distinction is whether you want:

1. Agency-owned billing — agency pays one platform bill and allocates costs to clients.
2. Client-owned billing — each client has their own subscription/payment method.
3. Hybrid — agency pays for some clients while others pay directly.

If you're looking for a platform that does all three cleanly, I'd put Marq and Ploy on the shortlist, but for a creative/template-generation SaaS, Marq is much closer to the model you're describing. Marq Marq Help Center

If you tell me what the agency is actually producing (social posts, ads, websites, presentations, videos, AI-generated content, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 5 best platforms and compare their client/workspace/billing models.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially a multi-client brand-management / templating platform: one agency account, separate client brands, controlled access, reusable templates, and ideally client-level billing.

Best fit: Marq

Marq is probably the closest match I found.

It supports:

• Multiple brands in one account — each brand can have its own logos, colors, fonts, imagery, etc. Marq Help Center
• Brand-specific access — users only see the brands they're assigned to. Marq Help Center
• Reusable/locked templates — you can lock critical design elements while allowing clients/users to edit designated fields. Marq Marq
• Granular permissions — Viewer, User, Template Admin, Team Admin, plus group-based sharing. Marq Marq Help Center
• Client-specific template collections and external/client sharing. Marq Help Center
• Brand swapping — particularly interesting for an agency: the same template can be adapted to different brand kits without rebuilding it. Marq Help Center

marq.com

Another possibility: Adobe Express Enterprise

Adobe's Adobe Express Enterprise has projects, brand kits, templates, and fairly sophisticated roles/permissions. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

However, Marq feels more purpose-built for the "centralized branded templates + controlled end users" use case than Adobe Express.

The billing caveat

The one part I'd investigate carefully is billing per client.

There's a big distinction between:

"I can put Client A and Client B in separate brands/workspaces and control who sees what"

and:

"Client A gets its own subscription/invoice/seat budget, while my agency has one master account."

Marq clearly handles the first category, but I wouldn't assume from the public documentation that it provides the second exactly the way an agency SaaS platform would.

If you're actually looking to build or buy something for an agency, I can also map out the current options specifically around:

1. client workspaces → 2. brand kits → 3. template permissions → 4. client approvals → 5. separate billing → 6. white-labeling

and tell you which platforms handle all six.

Yes. If by “agency” you mean one agency account that manages multiple client brands, with each client having its own templates, users/permissions, assets, and potentially separate billing, there are a few platforms worth looking at.

Best fits

• Frontify — probably the closest match for a multi-client agency model. It explicitly markets itself to agencies with “multiple clients, one dashboard” and lets you create separate brand homes/portals, with different guidelines, assets, templates, and permissions. Frontify Frontify

frontify.com

• Marq — particularly strong if the main thing you're trying to manage is client-specific editable templates. It supports brand templates, custom groups, role-based permissions, approval workflows, and template access at the team/user level. Marq Marq Marq Help Center

marq.com

• Canva Enterprise can work for this concept as well, especially if clients need to create content themselves, but I'd investigate its organization/team and billing model carefully if your requirement is truly agency → many independent clients → separate client billing. It isn't as naturally agency-centric as Frontify.

The distinction I'd make

If your desired structure is something like:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Client users
│   └── Billing
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Client users
│   └── Billing
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand kit
    ├── Templates
    ├── Client users
    └── Billing

Frontify is the one I'd investigate first for the brand/permissions side. It supports separate portals for different brands and granular access for external agencies/partners. Frontify Frontify

Marq is worth a serious look if the core product is more like “clients log in and customize locked marketing templates.” Its template permissions can distinguish view/use/edit/admin access and organize access around groups. Marq Help Center

The billing requirement is the tricky part. A lot of these platforms support multiple brands and granular permissions, but don't necessarily give an agency a clean “Client A pays $X/month, Client B pays $Y/month, while the agency remains the master admin” model.

If that's specifically what you're trying to build/find, I can also give you a shortlist of 5–10 platforms specifically designed for agencies/resellers with multi-client workspaces + separate billing, and compare them on templates, white-labeling, permissions, client login, Stripe billing, and API.

Yes. Marq is probably the closest match to what you’re describing.

It’s essentially a multi-brand content/template platform where an agency can manage different client brands under one organization:

• Separate brand kits: logos, fonts, colors, imagery, etc., with users only seeing the brands they’re assigned to. Marq Help Center Marq
• Client-specific templates: you can create brand templates and control which teams/groups can access them. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center
• Granular permissions: viewers, users, template admins, team admins, plus group-based access. Marq Marq Help Center
• Locked template elements: clients can edit approved fields/content without accidentally changing the logo, typography, layout, etc. Marq Marq
• Multiple brands from one template: particularly interesting for an agency—you can create a template once and swap the brand kit for different clients/brands. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center
• Billing/admin separation: Marq has billing-admin roles and license management, although its model is more organization/account-centric than a true "agency → client workspaces → each client gets its own invoice" SaaS model. Marq

marq.com

If you're describing a product you want to build

There is actually a pretty clear product category here:

Agency Workspace
→ Client A
→ Client B
→ Client C

Each client gets:

• Brand kit
• Template library
• Asset library
• Users & roles
• Approval workflow
• Usage limits
• Billing/subscription
• Optional client-facing portal

While the agency admin gets a master dashboard to manage all clients.

Marq handles a lot of the brand/template/permission side, but I don't think it perfectly nails the agency-as-a-reseller with completely isolated client accounts + per-client billing model.

If that's the workflow you're envisioning, I can also give you 5–10 platforms that specifically support the agency → multiple client accounts → per-client billing model, and compare them in a table.

Yes. If you mean an agency platform where you manage multiple clients, each with their own brand templates, users/permissions, and potentially separate billing, there are a few options—but they differ quite a bit.

Best fit: Marq

marq.com is probably the closest match if you're talking about design/content templates.

It supports:

• Multiple brands in one account — each brand can have its own logos, colors, fonts, and assets. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center
• Brand-specific template libraries — you can restrict particular templates to particular brands. Marq Help Center
• Granular permissions — users, groups, template admins, viewers, etc. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center
• Locked template elements — clients/users can edit designated areas without breaking the underlying design. Marq Marq
• Client/external access and branded sharing links. Marq Help Center
• Brand switching — one template can dynamically apply different client brand kits. Marq Help Center

The interesting part for an agency is that you could structure it roughly as:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand Kit A
│   ├── Templates A
│   ├── Client users
│   └── Permissions
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand Kit B
│   ├── Templates B
│   ├── Client users
│   └── Permissions
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand Kit C
    ├── Templates C
    ├── Client users
    └── Permissions

The caveat: Marq is primarily a brand/content creation platform, not a purpose-built "agency operating system" where billing is inherently modeled as Client A pays X, Client B pays Y. I'd verify their current enterprise billing model if that is a hard requirement.

If billing + client workspaces are the core requirement

There are also platforms specifically positioning themselves around agency/client management. For example, influentials.com advertises multi-brand workspaces, granular roles, client-level approvals, and consolidated or per-client billing. Influentials

But that's more oriented toward influencer/campaign management rather than a Canva/Marq-style template system.

If you're actually thinking about building this

There is a pretty clear product category here:

"Multi-tenant brand portal for agencies."

The ideal product would let an agency create:

If that's what you're looking for, I can also give you a shortlist of 5–10 platforms specifically for this use case and compare their multi-client architecture, white-labeling, permissions, templates, and per-client billing.

Yes. If by “platform” you mean one agency account where each client gets their own brand/templates, users/permissions, and billing, there are several options.

Best fits

• orshot.com — particularly strong if you're talking about creative/design production. It has isolated client workspaces, separate template libraries and brand assets, role-based permissions, white-labeling, and agency-oriented pricing. Orshot
• canva.com — strong for design teams. Canva supports Brand Kits, Brand Templates, brand controls, folders, and approval permissions. Canva canva.dev The caveat is that its organization/billing model isn't quite as purpose-built for “one agency → many independently managed client accounts.”
• relato.com — very close to the agency model you're describing: one workspace per client, client-specific brand libraries, templates/workflows, scoped freelancer permissions, and client approval access. Relato
• docs.ploy.ai — interesting if you're managing websites/content systems rather than primarily graphics. It explicitly supports either agency-controlled billing with multiple client workspaces or separate organizations where each client pays their own bill. Ploy Support Docs
• eden.so — aimed at agencies doing ongoing content/social work, with separate client workspaces, shared agency credits/seats, and brand separation. Eden

If you're thinking about building this

The underlying model you're describing is basically:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Brand Kit A
→ Templates A
→ Users + permissions A
→ Billing A

→ Client B workspace
→ Brand Kit B
→ Templates B
→ Users + permissions B
→ Billing B

while the agency has a master dashboard to switch between clients and potentially create a new client from a template.

That's becoming a fairly common multi-tenant agency platform pattern. Orshot and Relato are especially close to that model. Orshot Relato

If you tell me what the templates are for (e.g. Canva graphics, social posts, websites, proposals, ads, AI-generated images, documents, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that actually fit, including which ones support client-level billing vs agency-paid/rebilled billing.

Yes. If you mean an agency-facing platform where each client can have its own brand environment, templates, users/permissions, and ideally billing, there are a few options—but they differ quite a bit.

Best fits

• marq.com — probably the closest match if your core need is client-specific branded content production. It supports centralized brand assets, lockable templates, template-level permissions, user groups, and approval workflows. Marq Marq Marq Help Center
• canva.com — stronger if you want a familiar, broad design platform. Canva supports multiple brands, Brand Kits, brand folders, templates, and controls over who can publish/approve. Canva Canva
• Marq is particularly interesting for an agency because templates can be shared with specific groups or individuals rather than exposing everything to everyone. Marq Help Center Marq Help Center

But there's an important distinction

If what you're describing is more like:

Agency → Client A / Client B / Client C → each has its own templates, users, permissions, usage limits, and billing

then you're looking for a multi-tenant agency platform, not merely a design tool.

The ideal architecture would look something like:

Marq gets quite close on the content/brand-management side, while Canva is stronger as a general-purpose creative ecosystem. But if per-client billing + isolated client workspaces + agency-level administration are non-negotiable, I'd specifically look for an agency/white-label SaaS rather than choosing purely on design features.

If you're asking because you're thinking of building something like this, I can also map out the existing competitors and identify the gap in the market.

Yes. If by “platform” you mean one agency account where you can manage multiple clients, with each client having their own brand templates, users/permissions, and billing, there are platforms in this category.

Closest fit: Marq

Marq is probably the closest match if the core product you're thinking about is branded content/template production.

It supports:

• Multiple brands in one account, with separate brand assets and access controls. Marq Help Center
• Brand templates with locked elements, smart fields, and controlled editing. Marq Marq
• Granular permissions by role, group, individual, and template. Marq Help Center Marq
• Multiple client/brand workspaces without necessarily duplicating everything; brand kits can be swapped on templates. Marq Help Center
• Billing/license administration, including billing-admin roles and license management. Marq
• Enterprise features such as custom roles, groups, approval workflows, API/webhooks, and SSO/SCIM. Marq

marq.com

But there's an important distinction

If what you're actually looking for is “Agency OS” / multi-tenant SaaS, where:

Agency → Client A / Client B / Client C → each gets its own branded workspace → each has its own users → each has its own templates → each has its own billing/subscription

then Marq isn't necessarily the perfect answer. Its model is more enterprise/multi-brand content management than a purpose-built “agency manages hundreds of independent client accounts” platform.

There are platforms specifically positioning themselves around that multi-tenant model. For example, OpenCals explicitly describes separate client tenants with their own domains, themes, staff, services, and billing, managed centrally by the agency. Opencals

opencals.com

So yes, the concept definitely exists, but the best platform depends heavily on what you're selling.

If you're thinking about building this as a SaaS product for agencies—e.g. “one login for the agency, unlimited client workspaces, per-client branding/templates/permissions/billing”—that's a particularly well-defined product category, and I can map out the existing competitors + what the gap in the market is.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-brand workspace: one agency account, multiple client “workspaces,” with each client having its own brand kit/templates, users/permissions, and billing.

A few platforms are close:

• marq.com — probably the closest match if the core need is brand templates + client-specific permissions. It supports multiple brands in one account, brand-level user access, smart brand templates, custom roles, groups, and separate billing administration. Marq Help Center Marq Marq Help Center
• canva.com — excellent for multiple Brand Kits and templates; Canva says you can manage up to 100 separate brands, with locked template elements and approvers. The weaker point is that its model is more organization/team-centric than purpose-built for an agency managing independently billed clients. Canva
• influentials.com — explicitly built around agencies and has client/brand switching, granular team roles, client approvals, and consolidated or per-client billing. It's more of an agency-management platform than a pure design-template platform. Influentials

If you're thinking about building this

There actually seems to be a useful product gap here.

The ideal structure would be:

Agency
→ Client A
→ Brand Kit A
→ Templates A
→ Client users A
→ Permissions A
→ Billing A

→ Client B
→ Brand Kit B
→ Templates B
→ Client users B
→ Permissions B
→ Billing B

while the agency has a master admin view across all clients.

The particularly valuable piece would be client isolation without requiring separate accounts, plus the ability for an agency to charge clients individually while paying the platform centrally.

If that's what you're considering, I can also map out the existing competitors and where the gap is—including what I think an agency-focused version would need to beat Canva/Marq.

Yes. What you’re describing is usually called a multi-tenant agency platform, white-label client portal, or agency operating system. The right choice depends on whether you’re managing marketing services, websites, branding assets, SaaS products, or client operations.

Platforms that fit this model:

For an agency wanting:

• Different brand templates per client → look for workspaces/tenants with custom themes, brand kits, reusable templates.
• Different client permissions → look for RBAC (role-based access control), client/team roles, approval workflows.
• Separate billing per client → look for per-workspace billing, invoices, usage tracking, Stripe integration, or reseller billing.
• Your agency as the “master account” → look for multi-tenant architecture or white-label mode.

A common setup looks like:

Agency Admin
│
├── Client A Workspace
│   ├── Brand templates
│   ├── Client users
│   ├── Billing
│   └── Approvals
│
├── Client B Workspace
│   ├── Different branding
│   ├── Different permissions
│   ├── Different subscription
│   └── Different assets

If you mean something closer to “I want to sell a productized service where every customer gets their own branded version of the platform”, you’re probably looking for a white-label SaaS / reseller platform rather than a normal agency CRM.

If you tell me what kind of agency (marketing, web design, branding, AI automation, social media, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best-fit platforms.

Yes. If you mean an agency manages many client brands from one platform, with each client having its own templates, users/permissions, and billing, there are a few options—but they differ quite a bit.

Closest fit: Marq

Marq is probably the closest match to what you're describing.

It supports:

• Multiple brands within an account, with brand-specific logos, colors, fonts, assets, and templates. Marq Help Center
• Template permissions so different users/groups can view, use, or administer templates. Marq Help Center
• Client-specific collections and external sharing, including branded sharing links. Marq Help Center
• Roles and license management, including admins, billing admins, template admins, groups, etc. Marq Marq Help Center
• Locked template elements, so clients can customize copy/images without breaking the underlying brand design. Marq Marq
• Enterprise pricing with custom roles, group management, API/webhooks, SSO/SCIM, and template management. Marq

marq.com

But there's an important distinction

If what you actually want is something like:

Agency account → Client A workspace → Client A's brand/templates/users/billing
Agency account → Client B workspace → Client B's brand/templates/users/billing
Agency owner can administer all clients, while each client only sees their own workspace

…then Marq isn't necessarily a perfect SaaS-agency/multi-tenant solution. Its multi-brand functionality is primarily designed around organizations managing multiple brands, rather than an agency operating completely isolated client accounts with separate subscriptions/invoices.

There are also white-label client portal platforms that handle the client/workspace/billing side much better, but they generally aren't as sophisticated for actual brand-template creation.

If you're evaluating this as a product idea

There is actually an interesting gap here. The ideal agency platform would combine:

Marq covers a surprisingly large portion of the template/brand/permission side. Marq Marq

If you're asking because you're considering building something like this, I can also map out the existing competitors (Marq, Canva, Frontify, Brandfolder, Bynder, etc.) and identify exactly what is missing for an agency-first multi-client platform.

Yes. There are platforms that get pretty close to exactly that model—one agency account, multiple client environments, client-specific brand templates, permissions, and billing.

Best fits

• Marq — probably the strongest fit if the core need is branded templates + permissions. It supports brand-template libraries, locked design elements, custom roles, groups, and permissions at the brand/team/user level. Its enterprise plan also includes custom roles, group management, approvals, and template governance. Marq Marq Marq

marq.com

Caveat: Marq's billing model is primarily based on licenses within an account, so it isn't necessarily designed around agency → Client A pays X, Client B pays Y as separate billing entities. Marq

• Ploy — interesting if you're managing websites/sites for clients. It explicitly supports organizations + separate client workspaces, and lets you choose whether the agency owns billing or each client pays independently. You can also mix the two models. Ploy Support Docs

ploy.ai

• Orshot — very agency-oriented if you're talking about automated visual content/templates. It provides one isolated workspace per client, with separate templates, brand assets, API keys and render logs, plus white-labeling and partner pricing. Orshot

orshot.com

If you're describing a product you want to build

The model you're describing is essentially:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Client B workspace
→ Client C workspace

Each workspace has:

• Its own brand kit
• Its own template library
• Its own users/roles
• Its own approval rules
• Its own assets
• Its own usage limits
• Its own billing/subscription
• Optional white-label/client portal

And the agency gets a master admin view across all clients.

That's actually a pretty compelling multi-tenant SaaS/agency platform architecture. The distinction I'd pay attention to is whether you want the agency to resell the software under its own pricing or simply manage separate client subscriptions. Platforms like Ploy explicitly support the former-ish agency billing structure, while Marq is stronger on the actual brand/template governance side. Ploy Support Docs Marq Help Center

If you tell me what kind of templates you're talking about (social posts, ads, presentations, websites, email, documents, AI prompts, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that most closely match your exact use case.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-workspace platform: one agency account, with a separate environment for each client/brand, including its own templates, assets, permissions, and ideally billing.

A few options stand out:

The closest matches

1. Canva — if the core requirement is brand templates + design production. Canva supports Brand Kits, Brand Templates, folders, brand controls, and granular team permissions. Its Enterprise offering can also manage multiple teams centrally. www.canva.com

2. Orshot — interesting if you're building an agency around programmatic/automated creative. It explicitly supports isolated client workspaces, separate template/brand libraries, role-based permissions, API keys, usage tracking, and white-label embedding. orshot.com

3. Ploy — probably the cleanest example of the "agency owns the platform, clients are separate workspaces" model. It explicitly supports either one agency organization with a workspace per client (agency pays) or separate organizations where each client pays, and you can mix the two. docs.ploy.ai

4. XainFlow — particularly close to your description if you're talking about an AI/content-generation platform. Each workspace has its own brand settings, assets, team permissions, and billing, with usage tracked separately for invoicing. www.canva.comwww.xainflow.com

If you're thinking about building this

The underlying architecture I'd look for is:

Agency
→ Client Workspace A
→ Client Workspace B
→ Client Workspace C

Each workspace has:

• Brand kit / brand guidelines
• Template library
• Assets
• Custom workflows
• Client users + roles
• Agency users + scoped permissions
• Usage/credits
• Billing/subscription
• Audit/activity history

And the agency gets a single admin dashboard to switch between clients.

That's materially different from simply having "folders for each client." The important piece is tenant/workspace isolation.

If you're asking because you're evaluating this as a software product opportunity, I can also map out the existing competitors and where there's still a gap—because the combination of agency → multiple brands → templates → granular permissions → client-specific billing is surprisingly underserved.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-tenant platform: one agency account, with a separate workspace for each client/brand.

A few platforms currently fit that model particularly well:

• orshot.com — probably the closest match if you're talking about creative/template production. Each client gets an isolated workspace with its own templates, brand assets, API keys and logs. It also supports role-based permissions, white-label embedding, and workspace transfer to a client. Orshot
• picnie.com — built specifically around agencies producing assets for many brands. It has client workspaces, locked brand kits, templates, role permissions and client-specific production pipelines. Picnie
• canva.com — strong if you want a mainstream design tool. It supports Brand Kits, Brand Templates, brand folders, brand controls and permissions around publishing/approval. The main limitation is that its agency/client account structure isn't as explicitly "one isolated tenant per client" as the newer agency platforms. Canva
• relato.com — more oriented toward content/AI workflows than graphic design. Each client workspace can have its own brand library, workflow, members and permissions, while the agency gets a unified dashboard. Relato
• useaims.com — another interesting model: one account can contain multiple isolated brand workspaces, each with its own Brand Kit, assets, history and team. Billing/settings can be restricted to owners/admins. AIMS - AI-Powered Content Creation

If billing is the key requirement

There's an important distinction between:

A. Agency pays the software bill

Agency → Platform
Client A/B/C are just workspaces.

versus:

B. Agency controls client-level billing

Agency
├── Client A → $500/mo
├── Client B → $1,200/mo
└── Client C → $300/mo

For the second model, Invent is particularly interesting: it explicitly offers dedicated client workspaces, feature delegation, managed billing, spending caps, and a consolidated agency dashboard. Invent

The product architecture you're describing

If you're thinking about this as a platform you might build, I'd model it roughly as:

AGENCY
│
├── Team
│   ├── Admin
│   ├── Account Manager
│   └── Designer
│
├── CLIENT A
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Users / Permissions
│   ├── Usage
│   └── Billing
│
├── CLIENT B
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Users / Permissions
│   ├── Usage
│   └── Billing
│
└── CLIENT C
    └── ...

The really valuable part isn't just "multiple workspaces." It's letting the agency create a client workspace from a template, then customize the brand, permissions, templates and billing rules without duplicating the entire account.

If you're asking because you're considering building something like this, I can also break down the existing landscape and identify the gap none of these platforms seem to solve well.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-tenant platform: one agency account, with a separate workspace for each client/brand, where you can control templates, access, branding, and billing independently.

A few options stand out:

If your main need is design templates

I'd look closely at Marq. It supports multiple brands within one account, brand-specific access, locked templates, brand assets, permissions, and approval workflows. Marq Marq Help Center

marq.com

If you want a separate mini-platform for every client

Orshot is particularly interesting. It gives you isolated client workspaces with their own templates, brand assets, users/roles, API keys, etc., and can even embed the editor into your own white-labeled client portal. Orshot

orshot.com

If billing per client is the important part

Invent is closer to the SaaS/reseller model you're describing. It explicitly supports sub-organizations, feature delegation, managed billing, spending caps, team/role management, and consolidated agency reporting. Invent

useinvent.com

There are also newer platforms explicitly building around this exact architecture. For example, XainFlow describes each client workspace as having its own brand settings, team permissions, assets, and billing, while Relato has a workspace-per-client model with separate brand libraries and scoped permissions. XainFlow Relato

The architecture I'd look for

If you're evaluating this because you want to build or buy something for your agency, the ideal setup is:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Client B workspace
→ Client C workspace

Each workspace should have:

• 🎨 Its own brand kit / fonts / colors / logos
• 📐 Its own template library
• 👥 Its own users and permissions
• 🔒 Isolation from other clients
• 💳 Its own subscription/billing
• 📊 Its own usage/accounting
• 🏷️ Client-specific branding/white-labeling
• 🔄 Ability for your agency team to switch between clients
• 📋 Ability to clone a standard template/workflow when onboarding a new client

If you're specifically talking about a platform where your agency sells template-based creative production to clients—e.g. “Client logs in → chooses their brand → edits approved templates → downloads/publishes → agency bills them monthly”—I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that most closely match that exact business model, including pricing and whether clients can pay separately.

If your main need is design templates

I'd look closely at Marq. It supports multiple brands within one account, brand-specific access, locked templates, brand assets, permissions, and approval workflows. Marq Marq Help Center

marq.com

If you want a separate mini-platform for every client

Orshot is particularly interesting. It gives you isolated client workspaces with their own templates, brand assets, users/roles, API keys, etc., and can even embed the editor into your own white-labeled client portal. orshot.com

orshot.com

If billing per client is the important part

Invent is closer to the SaaS/reseller model you're describing. It explicitly supports sub-organizations, feature delegation, managed billing, spending caps, team/role management, and consolidated agency reporting. useinvent.com

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency/multi-client brand management platform where the agency has one master account, but each client gets an isolated workspace with its own templates, users, permissions, and ideally billing.

A few options stand out:

1. Marq — closest fit for templates + permissions

Marq

Marq is probably the closest match if the core product is branded templates/content creation.

It supports:

• Separate groups/subgroups for different teams
• Brand-specific template libraries
• Template-level permissions
• View-only, user, and admin roles
• Brand assets, fonts, logos, colors
• Template locking so clients can't break the design
• Approval workflows
• Enterprise roles for template, group, billing, etc. www.marq.com

The catch: its pricing is fundamentally based around licenses within an account, rather than being purpose-built as an agency "Client A / Client B / Client C" hierarchy. Enterprise gives you much more control, including group management and custom roles. www.marq.com

2. Canva — good if clients mainly need to create/edit designs

Canva

Canva can be structured with teams, Brand Kits, templates, folders, permissions and roles, and agencies can manage branded environments for clients. There are also Canva agency partners specifically doing this kind of setup. partners.canva.com

But it's less naturally designed around:

Agency → 30 clients → each client has their own billing, permissions, templates, users

You can make it work, but the account/workspace architecture and billing model are important limitations to investigate.

3. A custom/white-label client portal

If what you really mean is something more like:

Agency
→ Client A
→ Client B
→ Client C
→ Client D

with each client having:

• their own brand
• their own template library
• their own users
• client-specific permissions
• client-specific subscription/billing
• agency admins who can see/manage everyone
• optional white-labeling

then I don't think the mainstream design tools are quite the perfect product.

There are platforms built around the multi-client workspace concept. For example, Draftbase explicitly supports one agency login with separate organizations per client, isolated content/templates, client-specific billing and scoped roles. draftbase.co

If you're asking because you're thinking about building this

There's actually a pretty clear product gap here.

I'd model it as:

Then you could have something like:

Agency Dashboard

Acme Creative

→ Nike — 12 users — $299/mo
→ Starbucks — 8 users — $199/mo
→ Local Dental — 3 users — $79/mo
→ Real Estate Co — 17 users — $399/mo

Agency staff can jump between clients without separate logins, while each client sees only their own brand environment.

That architecture is substantially more compelling for agencies than simply giving them a giant Canva/Marq account.

If you tell me what kind of templates you're talking about (social posts, websites, proposals, ads, emails, documents, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 5–10 platforms that actually fit and compare their multi-client + permissions + billing architecture.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-tenant platform: one agency account, with isolated client/brand workspaces, each having its own templates, permissions, users, and billing.

A few platforms are particularly close:

If you mean a platform for creative templates specifically

Orshot looks unusually close to your description. It explicitly supports a workspace per client, with isolated templates, brand assets, API keys and users, plus role-based permissions. It can also be white-labeled/embedded into your own client portal. orshot.com

Canva Enterprise is stronger if the core product is actual graphic design. It supports multiple brands, Brand Kits, brand templates, approvals and granular admin controls. www.canva.com

If you're thinking about building this

The architecture I'd look for is:

Agency
→ Client/Brand A
→ brand kit + templates + users + permissions + usage/billing

→ Client/Brand B
→ brand kit + templates + users + permissions + usage/billing

→ Client/Brand C
→ brand kit + templates + users + permissions + usage/billing

while the agency has a master dashboard to switch between clients.

There are actually relatively few products that combine all four of these cleanly:

1. Per-client template/brand isolation
2. Per-client roles and permissions
3. Agency-wide admin view
4. Per-client billing/usage controls

For example, Canva nails #1–3 but isn't really designed around an agency reselling separate client environments and billing each client. Invent is much closer to the latter model, with sub-organizations, feature delegation, managed billing and spending caps. www.useinvent.com

If you're asking because you want to build a platform like this, I can also map out the existing competitors and identify the gap in the market / what nobody seems to do well yet.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency/multi-tenant brand management platform: one agency account, multiple isolated client workspaces, with each client having its own templates, brand assets, users/permissions, and billing.

A few options stand out:

Closest match: Orshot

Orshot for Agencies

Orshot is particularly interesting if you're talking about generating branded visual content for many clients. It explicitly supports one isolated workspace per client, with separate templates, brand assets, API keys, and render logs. It also offers a white-label studio that can live inside your client portal. orshot.com

Best for sophisticated brand-template management: Marq

Marq

Marq is stronger if the core problem is "clients need to create things from approved brand templates without breaking the brand." It supports locked template elements, brand assets, custom template libraries, groups, roles, and granular template permissions. help.marq.com

Its Enterprise plan adds custom roles, group management, template management, approvals, API/webhooks, and SSO/SCIM. www.marq.com

The catch is that Marq's pricing is primarily based on licenses within an organization, rather than being purpose-built around "Client A pays $X, Client B pays $Y" under one agency master account. www.marq.com

If billing + client operations matter as much as templates: Trellis

Trellis

Trellis is more of a client operating system. It has multi-tenant access, granular permissions, client portals, Stripe invoicing/billing, and white-label branding. www.justtrellis.com

So if your desired setup is something like:

Agency
→ Client A → Brand A → Templates A → Users A → $500/mo
→ Client B → Brand B → Templates B → Users B → $1,200/mo
→ Client C → Brand C → Templates C → Users C → $300/mo

…and your agency staff can move between all three clients without logging into separate accounts, Orshot/Trellis are closer to the architecture you're describing than Canva-style team accounts.

If you're actually thinking about building a platform like this, that's an even more interesting distinction: the feature set is basically multi-tenancy + brand/template management + RBAC + client-level billing + agency-level administration. I can also map out what the existing competitors do and where there’s a gap in the market.

Yes. If by “platform” you mean one agency account where each client can have its own brand kit/templates, isolated permissions, and separate billing, there are a few options.

Closest matches

1. Marq — probably the closest for brand/template management

Marq supports:

• Multiple brands in one account
• Client/brand-specific template access
• Brand kits with logos, colors, fonts, etc.
• Locked template elements
• Role/group-based permissions
• Separate access to different brands
• Agency-oriented setup and custom account configuration www.marq.com

It even lets you swap brand kits on a template, which is useful if an agency has a common template structure but different client identities. help.marq.com

Marq

Caveat: Marq is strongest on brand governance/content creation. If you specifically need each client to have its own subscription/invoice/payment method, I'd verify that with their sales team rather than assuming the multi-brand functionality equals multi-client billing.

2. Orshot — interesting if you're generating lots of client content

Orshot is explicitly designed around agencies: you can create an isolated workspace for each client, with its own templates, brand assets, API keys and render history. It also offers white-label Studio and agency/partner pricing. orshot.com

Orshot for Agencies

This is particularly interesting if your agency wants to let clients generate their own social graphics, ads, PDFs, etc. from controlled templates.

3. Influentials — closer to an agency operating system

It explicitly offers:

• Multi-brand workspace switching
• Client-level approvals
• Granular agency roles
• White-label reporting
• Consolidated or per-client billing www.influentials.com

Influentials for Agencies

However, its focus appears to be influencer/creator campaign management rather than a general-purpose template/design platform.

If you're actually describing a product you want to build...

The feature combination you described is quite specific:

Agency → Clients → Brand Kits → Templates → Users/Permissions → Billing

I'd model it something like:

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Client users
│   ├── Agency users with access
│   └── Billing/subscription
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Client users
│   ├── Agency users with access
│   └── Billing/subscription
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand kit
    ├── Templates
    ├── Client users
    ├── Agency users with access
    └── Billing/subscription

That's actually a fairly underserved SaaS pattern. A lot of tools support multi-brand or team permissions, but fewer treat agency → client → isolated workspace + client-specific billing as a first-class object.

If you tell me what kind of templates you're talking about (e.g. Canva/social posts, email templates, websites, proposals, ads, PDFs, presentations, or something else), I can give you a much tighter list of platforms that support this exact agency model.

Yes. If you mean one agency account where you can manage multiple client brands, each with its own templates/assets, user permissions, and billing, there are several platforms that get close.

Best fits

Orshot is particularly interesting if you're talking about a design/content-production agency. It gives you a separate workspace for each client, with isolated templates, brand assets, API keys and render history. Your agency can switch between clients from one login, while each client can have its own users and roles. It can also be white-labeled/embedded into your own client portal. orshot.com

Orshot for Agencies

ManyRequests is probably the stronger choice if you mean a broader agency operating system: client portals, requests, subscriptions, invoicing, CRM, files, permissions, etc. It specifically supports client-side teams and granular permissions. manyrequests.com

ManyRequests

Tarkle is another good fit if you're selling standardized/productized services. It has white-label client portals, branded checkout, client-managed team access, orders, payments and deliverables. orshot.commanyrequests.comtarkle.com

Tarkle

If you're imagining something more specific...

For example:

Agency
→ Client A
→ Brand A
→ Brand templates A
→ 5 client users
→ Client A pays $2,000/mo

→ Client B
→ Brand B
→ Brand templates B
→ 3 client users
→ Client B pays $750/mo

Agency admins can access everything, but clients only see their own brand.

Yes — that architecture exists, and Orshot is probably the closest match if templates/brand assets are the core product. If billing + projects + client management are equally important, I'd look harder at ManyRequests/Tarkle.

If you're asking because you're considering building this platform, that's also an interesting SaaS model. The combination of multi-tenant client workspaces + brand/template management + agency permissions + per-client billing is still not particularly well served by the mainstream tools.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially a multi-client / multi-workspace agency platform where each client gets an isolated environment, while your agency has a master view.

A few platforms that fit:

The closest match to your description

Orshot looks particularly close if you're talking about creative/design templates.

It gives an agency:

• One workspace per client
• Separate templates and brand assets for each client
• Role-based permissions within each workspace
• Separate API keys and usage tracking
• Ability to white-label the editor
• Ability to transfer an entire client workspace to the client later orshot.com

Audienceful is another strong match if this is specifically for email marketing. Each client gets separate templates, branding, data, team permissions, and billing, while your agency manages everything from one account. www.audienceful.com

And Canva's agency offering handles the brand/template/permission side very well: Brand Kits, Brand Templates, Brand Folders, and controls over who can edit, publish, or approve. www.canva.com

If you're thinking about building this as a product

The architecture you're describing would usually be:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Brand Kit A
→ Templates A
→ Users/permissions A
→ Billing A

→ Client B workspace
→ Brand Kit B
→ Templates B
→ Users/permissions B
→ Billing B

while the agency gets a master dashboard to switch between clients.

There are actually platforms doing almost exactly this. For example, XainFlow describes isolated workspaces with per-workspace brand colors, fonts, style guides, team permissions, asset libraries, and separate billing/usage tracking. www.xainflow.com

If you tell me what kind of templates you're talking about (social graphics, ads, websites, presentations, emails, proposals, AI-generated content, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that most closely match, including pricing and whether the client can log in themselves.

Yes. If you mean an agency operating one platform across many clients, with each client having its own brand kit/templates, user permissions, and ideally separate billing, there are a few good fits.

Best matches

1. Medal Social — probably closest to your exact agency model

Medal Social for Agencies

It explicitly supports:

• One workspace per client
• Separate brand voice/data per workspace
• Different users/seats per client
• Per-client billing
• Agency-wide dashboard to switch between clients
• White-label client-facing experience

This is particularly compelling if the "templates" you're talking about are social/content templates and AI-generated content rather than graphic-design templates.

2. Frontify — strongest for brand/template governance

Frontify is much more mature if you're talking about a creative/marketing agency managing brand guidelines, assets, and reusable templates.

It lets you create separate brand portals with their own permissions, while managing multiple brands centrally. You can also lock portions of templates so clients can edit approved fields without breaking the brand. www.frontify.com

The catch: it's more of an enterprise brand-management/DAM platform than an agency billing/workspace platform. You'd likely need to work out the client billing model separately.

3. Marq — strong for client-specific templates

Marq is worth looking at if the core requirement is:

"I build templates for each client, clients can use them, but they can't mess up the underlying design."

It supports brand templates, locked design elements, user/group permissions, client-specific template collections, and approval workflows. help.marq.com

The distinction I'd make

If your desired architecture is:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Client B workspace
→ Client C workspace
→ each with its own templates + users + permissions + billing

then Medal Social looks unusually close to that model.

If it's more:

Agency
→ 30 different brands
→ each has brand guidelines + logos + fonts + templates + asset library
→ clients/partners get restricted access

then Frontify is probably the better fit.

If you're thinking about building a SaaS product with this architecture yourself, that's also a very recognizable product category: multi-tenant agency workspace / client portal + brand template management + usage-based or seat-based billing. There are still relatively few platforms that do all of those pieces elegantly in one place.

Yes. If you mean a platform where one agency account can manage multiple clients/brands, with each client having its own templates, brand assets, user permissions, and billing, there are a few options.

Closest fits

1. Marq — probably the closest for brand/template management

Marq is specifically built around brand templates and governance. It supports:

• Multiple brand kits
• Brand-specific templates
• Locked design elements
• Permissions by user/group
• Client-specific template collections
• Multiple teams/subgroups
• Admin vs. template-admin vs. user roles
• Separate control over billing/account administration help.marq.com

It even has functionality for people working across multiple clients, locations, or sub-brands, including swapping brand kits on the same template. help.marq.com

The catch: Marq's pricing is primarily per license within an account, rather than being purpose-built as an agency "one account → 50 independent client workspaces → each client gets its own invoice" system. Enterprise is where the more sophisticated group/role/template management lives. www.marq.com

2. Plai — closer to the agency/client model

Plai explicitly has client/brand workspaces, where an agency can switch between clients, control which platforms/features each client sees, and assign role-based access. It also supports Stripe billing and client subscriptions. www.plai.io

This is a better fit if you're thinking:

Agency → Client A → Brand + users + assets + billing
Agency → Client B → Brand + users + assets + billing
Agency → Client C → Brand + users + assets + billing

But it's more of a marketing/ads platform than a dedicated brand-template production platform.

3. Influentials — interesting if reporting/campaigns are the main use case

It specifically advertises a multi-brand workspace switcher, granular agency roles, client-level approvals, and consolidated or per-client billing. www.influentials.com

If you're describing a product you want to build

There is actually an interesting gap here.

What you're describing sounds like an "Agency OS for branded content":

AGENCY
│
├── Client A
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Users / Permissions
│   ├── Approvals
│   └── Billing
│
├── Client B
│   ├── Brand Kit
│   ├── Templates
│   ├── Assets
│   ├── Users / Permissions
│   ├── Approvals
│   └── Billing
│
└── Client C
    ├── Brand Kit
    ├── Templates
    ├── Assets
    ├── Users / Permissions
    ├── Approvals
    └── Billing

Marq gets closest on the template/brand-governance side; Plai gets closer on the agency → client workspace → billing side. I don't see an obvious dominant platform that combines those two models exceptionally well.

If you tell me what the templates are for (Canva-style social posts, proposals, PDFs, ads, websites, email, print collateral, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that actually fit your workflow, including pricing and whether each supports true client isolation.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially an agency multi-tenant platform: one agency account, with isolated client workspaces where each client can have its own templates, branding, users/permissions, and billing.

A few examples worth looking at:

For your exact description, Orshot is particularly interesting if the "templates" are visual/design templates. It gives an agency separate client workspaces with isolated templates, brand assets, API keys and permissions, plus a white-label editor. orshot.com

If the bigger requirement is "I want to sell a service to clients and control exactly what each client gets/pay for," I'd look closely at Medal Social. It explicitly supports one workspace per client, per-workspace seats/roles, white-labeling, and different billing arrangements per client. www.medalsocial.comseven16groupsupport.com

And Seven16 is closer to the model where the agency itself becomes the reseller: each client gets a branded, isolated workspace, while the agency can choose who pays and bill clients through its own Stripe account. seven16groupsupport.com

If you're thinking about building this

The underlying architecture you'd want is roughly:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Client B workspace
→ Client C workspace

Each workspace has:

• its own brand kit
• its own template library
• its own users + roles
• its own assets/data
• its own usage limits
• its own billing/subscription
• optional custom domain/white-labeling

Meanwhile the agency gets a global admin view and can jump between clients without separate logins.

That's a pretty established SaaS pattern now, often called multi-tenant / parent-child workspaces / agency workspaces.

If you tell me what kind of templates you're talking about (e.g. Canva/social posts, websites, proposals, reports, AI content, ads, email, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 3–5 platforms that most closely match your exact use case.

Yes. What you’re describing is basically an agency operating system with isolated client workspaces:

• One agency account
• Separate workspace/brand per client
• Client-specific templates + brand kits
• Role-based permissions for your team and the client
• Ability to restrict users to specific clients
• Per-client billing or the ability to pass billing through
• Ideally white-labeling so the client sees your agency rather than the underlying software

A few platforms are getting close:

1. Marq — strongest fit for brand/template management

Marq is particularly strong if the core problem is creating and managing branded collateral for many clients.

It supports multiple brands, brand-specific access, lockable templates, user/group permissions, and custom roles. help.marq.com

The interesting part is that its multi-brand system can let a single template adapt its logos, colors, fonts, and other assets depending on the selected brand. help.marq.com

Caveat: Marq is more of a brand/content production platform than a complete agency client-management + billing platform. You'd want to verify exactly how its account/brand structure maps to separate client billing.

2. Medal Social — very close to the agency OS you're describing

Medal Social explicitly markets one workspace per client, separate brand voice/data, per-client seats/billing, and white-labeling. www.medalsocial.com

This is particularly interesting if you're talking about social/content production rather than graphic design.

3. Influentials — another agency-oriented option

Influentials has a multi-brand workspace switcher, granular team roles, client-level approvals, white-label reporting, and consolidated or per-client billing. www.influentials.com

If you're thinking about building this as a product

There is actually a pretty clear product category here:

“Shopify Organizations + Canva brand kits + agency billing, but purpose-built for agencies.”

The key abstraction would be:

Agency → Clients → Brands → Templates → Users/Roles → Usage/Billing

For example:

Your agency employees could have access across clients, while a client user only sees their own workspace.

If that's the product you're considering, I'd say there's still room here. The existing products tend to specialize in one piece—brand management, social media, reporting, CRM, or white-labeling—rather than making client isolation + templates + permissions + billing the central primitive.

If you tell me what kind of templates/content the agency is managing (social posts, websites, ads, proposals, documents, email, etc.), I can narrow this down to the 5–10 closest products and show you where the gaps are.

Yes. What you’re describing is essentially a multi-client agency platform with:

• Separate workspace/account per client
• Client-specific brand templates/assets
• Role-based permissions for agency staff vs. clients
• Separate client billing or usage tracking
• Ideally, one agency login/dashboard across all clients
• Optionally white-labeling so clients see your agency’s branding

A few platforms currently fit that model particularly well:

1. Orshot — strongest fit for branded templates/content production

Orshot is specifically built around agency workflows. Each client can have an isolated workspace with its own templates, brand assets, API keys and render history, while your agency manages everything from one account. It also supports role-based permissions and embedding/white-labeling the studio. orshot.com

Orshot for Agencies

2. Medal Social — strongest fit if this is social/content management

Medal Social offers one workspace per client, separate brand voice, client-level users/permissions, and per-client billing. It also supports white-labeling on its higher tier. www.medalsocial.com

Medal Social for Agencies

3. Relato — good for content workflows

Relato has a workspace-per-client architecture with separate brand libraries, workflows, team members and permissions. You can create a reusable workspace template and then customize it for each new client. www.relato.com

Relato for Agencies

4. MB Suite — good if you want broader client portals

MB Suite uses parent/child workspaces: your agency sits at the top, with each client having an autonomous account, separate data, dashboards, integrations, roles and a white-labeled portal. mb-suite.com

MB Suite for Agencies

The key distinction: if by "brand templates" you mean something like Canva-style templates where each client has their own logo/colors/fonts and your team can produce assets from those templates, Orshot is probably closest to what you're describing. If you mean a broader agency operating system—CRM, projects, reporting, client portals, etc.—I'd look at the workspace-based platforms instead.

If you tell me what you're actually producing (social posts, ads, PDFs, websites, presentations, email campaigns, etc.), I can narrow this down to 3–5 platforms that fit and compare templates + permissions + client billing + white-labeling.

Yes. If by “agency” you mean one agency account that manages multiple clients/brands, with each client having its own templates, users/permissions, and ideally its own billing, there are a few platforms worth looking at.

Closest fit: Marq

Marq is probably the closest match to what you're describing.

It supports:

• Separate brand templates and brand assets
• Template-level permissions — control who can view/use/edit templates
• Groups/subgroups for organizing users by client/team
• Different roles such as account admin, template admin, user, viewer, and billing admin
• Locked templates so clients can customize content without breaking the design
• Approval workflows
• Enterprise/API/SSO capabilities www.marq.com

Marq

The catch: Marq's pricing is fundamentally organized around accounts and licenses, rather than being purpose-built as an agency “Client A / Client B / Client C” multi-tenant system. Its billing admin controls the subscription for the account. help.marq.com

If your requirement is specifically “agency → many independent clients”

That's a slightly different category. You'd ideally want something like:

Agency
→ Client A workspace
→ Client B workspace
→ Client C workspace

And each workspace has:

That true multi-tenant structure is less common among design/template platforms. Many tools can technically accomplish it with separate teams/accounts, but aren't designed around agencies managing dozens of clients.

If you're evaluating this because you want to build/buy something for an agency, I can also give you a shortlist of 5–10 platforms specifically designed around multi-client agency management, and compare them on white-labeling, separate billing, client portals, brand templates, permissions, and API.