getnewbusinesshub.com

What It Is

New Business Hub is an online collaboration product from PBworks, Inc., positioned as “a new business development collaboration platform for creative agencies.” It aims to centralize the process from prospect to pitch, helping agencies manage prospects, RFP responses, proposal creation, and reuse of case-study assets. The site says it is suitable for organizations ranging from single-office boutique agencies to global agency networks, including PR, social, and other types of agencies.

Core Features and Collaboration Capabilities

The product is designed around key stages of new business development: Prospecting is used to track potential clients; Pitch provides an online war room for coordinating teams to produce better proposals; the RFP module speeds up responses with a “Wikipedia”-style answer library; and Case Studies enables quick search across a case-study repository. It also offers a visual one-screen summary for each pitch, reuse of winning proposals and project assets, automatic notifications, and access from computers, phones, and tablets. For team collaboration, the site emphasizes secure collaboration, centralized management, comprehensive access controls, and support for inviting external users—such as clients, partners, or vendors—via guest user licenses.

Pricing, Deployment, and Security

The website does not publish standard plan pricing and only offers a Request a Demo option, noting that sales can be contacted for a custom quote. The terms of service mention that PBworks offers a free Basic Edition, but only for non-commercial use, so it is unclear whether New Business Hub includes a free trial. In terms of deployment, the site says no servers or programming are required and that the service is accessible across multiple devices, so it can reasonably be understood as a cloud-based SaaS product. On security, content in private workspaces is treated as customer confidential information; PBworks states that it will disclose such information only to necessary personnel or authorized users for the purpose of providing the service, and that it will handle government or court requests as required by law. However, it does not disclose certifications such as SOC 2, ISO, or GDPR compliance.

Pros, Cons, and Best Fit

Its main strength is its vertical focus: it is built for agency new-business workflows rather than being a generic collaboration tool. Case-study search, the RFP knowledge base, and proposal asset reuse can be genuinely useful for teams that bid frequently. The drawbacks are limited public information, with no visible details on third-party integrations, API, SLA, compliance certifications, or clear pricing. The page copyright shows 2014, so product activity should also be verified before procurement. It is best suited to creative agencies that want to replace SharePoint with a lighter-weight way to manage pitch, RFP, and case-study assets.

Access in China and Alternatives

Mainland China access, payment methods, and localization support are not specified, so its accessibility status is rated unknown. If your team is mainly based in China, you may also want to evaluate Feishu, DingTalk, and WeCom Docs/project collaboration tools. International alternatives include SharePoint, Notion, Confluence, Airtable, Monday.com, Asana, and others.