A progress report responds to only one key question for a doubting reader: has progress been made on the task/s you were hired to work on? Once that question is answered the supporting detail flows. This is often reversed in draft responses, which is a common mistake.
We base our responses on your milestone schedule and the information provided. We provide your recovery plan rather than justifying a reason for failure when something slides.
Progress reports have legal weight. A funder reads yours according to the grant agreement, and stating significant progress on milestone three is a failure based on the reading. Rather than stating the work, the author states every claim in order of something a reader can verify, a delivered output, signed acceptance, and counted.
Where AI falls down on progress reports
Generated progress reports produce activity rather than evidence. Work continued on the second workstream, stakeholder engagement was maintained. No date, no output, nothing a funder can tick off, and the phrasing comes out nearly identical in every reporting period.
How We Research and Structure No-AI Progress Reports
The writer checks lists in the order of importance. Again, the first step is to read the agreement or statement of work. Then it’s on to the milestone schedule. The last part is whatever evidence exists that each item occurred. For a claim in which you are missing evidence, you are sent a query before delivery, rather than having a gap written around it.
Presenting Findings in No-AI Progress Reports
This report contains a table of information at the start. The data includes milestone, due date, status, and evidence. The text that follows the table is only to clarify and elaborate if necessary. Most funders review multiple of these reports, and they appreciate a document that allows them to check a box and move on rather than coping a lengthy document that requires a great deal of review.
What progress reports cost
One rate, whatever the format: $10 per 100 words. You are paying for the writer’s time and judgement, so the price scales with the words rather than with a package tier.
Typical progress report
Words
Writing
Fee (1%)
You pay
Summary report
1,200
$120
$1.20
$121.20
Standard report
3,000
$300
$3
$303
In-depth report
6,000
$600
$6
$606
The writer receives 100% of the writing price. Our 1% fee is added on top of it, and 0.5% is donated to tree planting.
Full pricing breakdown.
Questions About No-AI Progress Reports
As detailed as the brief and the word count allow. Because you pay by the word rather than by tier, depth is a decision you make rather than a package you upgrade to. Tell the writer what the reader already knows and they will pitch it there.
Yes. Send the template, a previous example, or the structure you are required to use, and the writer works inside it. If a required section does not fit the material honestly, they will flag it rather than pad it out.
Yes. Include the template and any guidance notes you have with the brief. Per-section word limits are usually rigid, and if a section goes beyond a word limit, it is either returned unread or truncated, so we should treat them as limits.
Completely. Copyright transfers to you on delivery, with no attribution requirement and no licence back to us. Nothing written for you is resold, repurposed or republished.
Reviews
What clients say about our progress reports
Reviews from completed, paid orders in this category.
LJLotte JInsights Lead, Sablefield Research
Did not oversell a small sample
The sample size was 214 responses. More importantly, that information appears in the second paragraph of the report instead of being placed in an appendix. Percentages always retain the base number. There are agency reports that mean to mislead and do neither.
Verified orderSurvey reportsNovember 2025
CSCamila SPrograms Director, Lumbre Foundation
Good report, chart labels messed up
The narrative was strong, and the board approved of it without any changes or comments. Two chart captions had the wrong year, and while I can say I caught it, I shouldn’t have to. They fixed it within an hour of me pointing it out. The rest of the report was in good order.
Verified orderImpact reportsDecember 2025
SVSanne VHead of Content, Duinhof Energy
The caveats strengthened the argument
We anticipated the typical one-sided whitepaper on heat pump retrofits, but this one actually named the two building types for which the economics do not work. Sales Initially pushed back against this whitepaper, but it is now the asset type that converts best because engineers trust it.