7 Online Invoicing Apps for Freelancers
I love online apps and with the exception of my trusty Adobe programs, have taken to using virtually everything online from email to spreadsheets to money management. One area where online apps can be really beneficial to freelancers is for invoicing. In fact, online invoicing is so useful that there are a *ton* of options to choose from.
Here are 7 invoicing apps you might want to look into:
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LessAccounting
First up on the list is LessAccounting, partly because it’s a neat program and partly because they Allan Branch from LessEverything writes articles for FSw! LessAccounting does invoicing (sending and tracking) and it also helps you track your banking data by interfacing with Wesabe – the rather neat money-management app.COST: $0 – $20 p/month (Details)
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Freshbooks
Freshbooks is what we use here at FreelanceSwitch to invoice advertisers and what not. The neat thing about Freshbooks is that they have quite a few features like support ticketing, document branding, timesheets, the ability to send snail mail invoices and so on.COST: $0 – $149 p/month (Details)
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Blinksale
Blinksale is distinguished by the fact that it looks very cool! It lets you use CSS to design your invoices and interfaces with Basecamp to get client lists for you efficiently. Like many of these apps you can also send recurring invoices which is useful for things like hosting and domain bills which you are likely to forget otherwise.COST: $0 – $49 p/month (Details)
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SimplyInvoices
Back in July we profiled the SimplyInvoices Launch and it looks like the product is still going strong. It is easy to use and like Blinksale, also integrates with Basecamp.COST: $0 – $25 p/month (Details)
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Cashboard
Cashboard is one of the stronger applications in this roundup and takes care of everything from estimating to time tracking to invoicing. It’s been around for a while, has a lot of positive reviews, integrates with Basecamp and has a lot of customers.COST: $0 -$140 p/month (Details)
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SimplyBill
SimplyBill does timetracking (including a desktop widget), email alerts, customizeable templates, quotes, invoices and looks like a solid app.COST: $5 – $25 p/month (Details)
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InvoicePlace
InvoicePlace is not specifically targetted at freelancers, but does everything you would need and more. It allows you to bill in any of 19 different currencies and provides a lot of control over your invoices.COST: $0 – $32 p/month (Details)
More Apps …
There’s plenty more applications out there too! Like these:
- The Invoice Machine
- InvoTrak
- SideJobTrack
- BillingOrchard
- Bamboo Invoice
- Bfast (Bookkeeping for Australian Soletraders)
Know any more? Leave a comment!
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I use SideJobTrack and it works for me. Nothing fancy but it’s free and all I really need it for is invoicing.
BTW the link to SideJobTrack is wrong. It should go to http://www.sidejobtrack.com/
Been using InvoiceOn for iPhone. It’s very straightforward and easy to use/setup.
Also, a PayNow button in your invoices so you collect faster.
(http://invoiceon.com/)
No love for Invoice Journal…gee!
Tack it on the list of 100% free ones.
http://www.invoicejournal.com
I’m a happy Fresh Books customer. It sends out email notifications to customers when an invoice is due or 30 days late or when payment is received. It’s nice to check the time tracking data at the end of a project to ensure I’m estimating properly. The product is really solid.
Heck, the CEO even called me up out of the blue one day and took me and a few other customers out to dinner when he was in town. He listens to customers and has lots of ideas and insight which makes it easy for me to recommend them.
sadly sidejobtrack wont allow new user registrations so its not really worth looking into
But I do appreciate this post because I was looking for online invoice apps and now I have a list to look at and see which one fits my needs
P.S Another online invoice App to add is invoicejournal.com , its completely free and it works great for freelancers on a budget
Thanks, this is perfect. I have been looking for an invoicing program for a while now.
You can check out AJAXinvoice.com. It is a self hosted solutions, but flexible. I developed it for myself as an independent technology consultant. Works pretty good for my needs
Nice list, I’ve used a few of these myself.
Nice list. Its a wonder what amazing solutions you can find online these days.
Thanks for the mention Collis!
Freshbooks also integrates with Basecamp.
what do you guys use for your design company? thats not online?
reason i ask, i want a app that i can design my own invoices and quotes and use
it in the program.
like design them in illustrator or what ever and use it…
I use AcuInvoice.
chris,
do you have to pay for it?
and im not looking for anything online…
Thanks Benek, I’ve fixed that SJT link!
Tim,
i think you should use simpleinvoice or if you have budget for a very nice application to manage your business from start to end (accounting) then go for QuickBooks.
if you’re on a mac, MacFreelance. They have a free trial.
wow that was so nice, great job posting this one.
This is a great post. I’ll be checking out most of these online apps this week-end. However, I was hoping more experienced users could give me a hint which of these apps can do the following:
- create both invoices and estimates (or quotes)
- i need to be able to design the lay-out of my estimates/invoices myself. preferably through html/css.
- invoices/estimates in dutch, and perhaps an english template possibility as well (for foreign customers)
Thanks!
@ Tim
If you’re a Mac user, look at Billings. You can totally customize your invoices. It’s 59 USD.
Veerle Pieters wrote a post about it, sometimes ago.
No, I have the free account, and get 100 free invoices a month.
Thank you for this list. As a Virtual Assistant I use a lot of online Apps and these are new to me so I’ll be checking into them.
can anyone else guide me with what to get?
awesome! this will help.
FreeAgentCentral was reviewed a little while back – full control over your finances including time and project tracking, billing, bank transactions (including expenses) plus runs your UK personal/corporate taxes. An international version is coming very soon. It will have everything except the tax engines. We run support, customer feedback and ideas gathering through Satisfaction (a HIGHLY recommended service: http://www.getsatisfaction.com/freeagentcentral ) We’re also building a network of ‘FreeAgent Friendly’ accountants who work with us to ensure we interpret the rules correctly and to provide advice about how expenses are categorized.
http://www.freeagentcentral.co.uk
Disclosure: I have a very tiny stake in the company so yes, I’m biased.
Don’t forget PayPal. We use their invoicing feature and clients can pay with their credit card or PP account — which means we can accept credit cards without having to set up merchant accounts. The fees are quite reasonable.
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has tried MacFreelancer? I saw it at the Apple store when I got my new Macbook but no one at the store seemed to know much about it.
I also must say that http://www.invoicejournal.com/ is one of the best I’ve used. It has all of the features that you want from an Invoice application, however it is free. Why not use it? I am very happy with it, and I highly recommend it.
Invoice Journal and probably most free ones track your business. Read the fine print about they can take ideas etc from your business.
tim,
i used to use quickbooks and i created a custom invoice template.
Michelle,
but can i use design my own in illustrator and use it in quickbooks?
or can anyone else tell me?
sorry, i meant to say “Can i design my own”
You guys didn’t mention, but on Cashboard you can get paid with PayPal, or Authorize.net. I use PayPal.
Also you can design your own invoices coming up! They say they will release a HTML editor for them this week and even turn it into PDF. I just read that on the forum. Looks good to me!!!
As always, an intriguing article gets comments that are helpful too. I love reading the articles and the comments here.
Tim,
Yes you can do whatever you want in your invoice/bill template. Quickbooks is very huge but its really complete solution for a business owner. I am running 3 ecom websites and all data is compiled under quickbooks. it gives me all info about which product doing well, how much i earned in financial year and other stats which helps me to grow my business in right direction.
But the only problem may be its not cheap.
If you’re an architect (or a design professional) you should try the free excel template for invoicing at http://www.easyaec.com. It allows for phased fees that you bill by percent complete, reimbursables with markups, and contract addenda (ASAs).
Craig
How about just using google docs. I have a template for an invoice, I save a copy and fill out the info. Save it as a new file, everything belongs to me, it’s free, no monthly fees. Takes me all of 3 minutes, my graphic is embedded, the file can be exported to many types. Then I can email the PDF to the client or share it in other ways.
-ms
I need that template! It sounds like what Im looking for. I want to combine my google apps contacts with my invoicing software for easy lookup. Can you email me or guide me to that template your using?
so with quickbooks, i can use a layout from one of my design programs and import it in and add the input fields in the same areas of my layout?
Awesome List, Collis!
Keep Rocking!
Aloke Pillai
I think this is not the right place to talk about a program but yes you can do that. I has a inbuilt layout designer and you can create custom templates for you. No problem.
For more info, check htp://quickbooks.intuit.com
I figured since they were talking about invoicing etc.. i would ask. Didn’t mean anything by it.
Thanks for all your helps guys.
I use http://www.tradeinvoice.com.au simple to use and easy to understand. Aus made too!
Hi, I’ve been using http://www.openair.com since way back in the late ‘Web 1.0′ days
Surprisingly i find a similar kind of post with less descriptions here
you have one added to the list (CreativeOffice) 
http://shoutat.blogspot.com/2007/09/one-task-too-many-webapps-invoicing-and.html
This is a great list and perfect timing as I need to get some invoices out to web advertisers! Thanks!
I am not the biggest fan of web based apps, so I use Billable so far it has been great.
Surprised to find Pelago’s Intervals (http://www.myintervals.com) not listed here. Originally designed as an internal project mgmt and time-tracking app, they’ve recently added some robust invoicing features as well.
Fantastic time-tracking capabilities, including the ability to run have multiple time-timers running simultaneous (useful for when you have to pause a project to work on something else, then return to the original project). I wish it had a desktop widget like some of these others since I always seem to lose (or even sometimes accidentally close) the tracking browser window, but even if you close it, the time tracking data is not lost, and running timers even continue to run. Can’t believe this feature isn’t in other apps. (Who has the luxury of only ever working on one distinct project at a time?)
Perhaps the most crucial feature to us is the task types. We bill for our time at different rates depending on the task—client interaction, HTML design, graphic design, database administration, etc. Intervals lets you set up as many as you like, all at different billable rates.
More reports, charts and stats than you can shake a stick at, which can be overwhelming or a godsend, depending upon whether you want that or not. Intervals is dense but powerful. No integration with BaseCamp and doubt they’ll ever add it, since it’s intended for project mgmt itself. Anyway, worth a look.
For the open source crew you may want to check out Simple Invoice http://www.simpleinvoices.org
LAMP based solution that you can run on your own server – no need to pay for monthly subscriptions – its yours for free forever!
Cheers
Justin
Exactly what i’m looking for to start off my business. thank you Justin.
Careful, this application is full of bugs. Apparently still a work in progress
Blatant plug
Saasu.com has Inventory, Assembly, API, Payroll, Timesheet features on top of what most invoicing systems do at a similar cost level. Connectors have been built to other Web apps like Salesforce, Virtuemart and others. Will be launching in US/UK in coming months even though we have implemented Zone based tax codes for those regions already. 1,000′s of paying users.
Cashboard now allows you to custom design your invoices/estimates. Nice!
I have made my own with logo and everything and looks very proffesional.
http://www.time59.com — Timekeeping, Expense Tracking, Invoicing, Payment Processing.
30 day free trial, then $19.95 per year for unlimited use.
Looks good. I was looking for something to invoice my clients. Now I will try a couple of those and will figure out which one will work better with my project management tool – Wrike.com [http://www.wrike.com/]
Hello all,
Does anyone know a good site similar to invoicing solution but, for quoting purpose? I am using excel right now to do itemized quotes but, its too much of a hassle to manage all this.
Thanks!
UniversalWeb, you can do that with Cashboard. It calls quotes ‘estimate’.
Thanks Jim!
This is exactly what I was looking for.
Check out http://www.phpbms.org for a FREE system you host yourself. It really is a great system.
Web based but not online app is Webolize TimeTracker – http://www.webolize.com/
It tracks detailed time, expenses and creates invoices. Downloadable and installs on Windows.
Your team and you can access it via a web browser and going to the maching it was installed on (even if it’s the same machine), so it’s multi-user.
Eli
billingmanager.com (from intuit) is pretty solid. it’s actually free to use as much as you want unless you sign up for credit card processing support – then intuit takes a percentage of each charge transaction.
Any one of them sound like the perfect solution for freelance or small businesses that get involved with too much.
Cheers
I started using Simply Bill in January and it was a great experience. However, recently the software is saving the dates of the invoices as either some time in 2010 or back to January 1, 2008. All my attempts to change this prove fruitless and my repeated attempts at contacting them have gone unanswered. As of now, I can’t recommend Simply Bill to anyone. I’ll try some of the others on this great list.
HI
I am a small ISP I would like a online solution where i can send invoices to my clients each monty and they can pay with a credit card or what ever. I would like them to have controll and be able to have cards charged automatically or click a button to pay the bill.
all I want is a solution for me to have happy users.
has anyone tried http://www.invoice.com ?
Apparently it has all the things that have been mentioned above and it’s completely free
Cashboard seems to be doing a lot of design changes lately. Looks good!
Hi,
Last month our zoho team released online invoicing product. Name is Zoho Invoice.
Try this http://invoice.zoho.com
1. This is very easy to use
2. Data Security
3. Multi currency support
etc….
if you want see the help documentation http://invoice.wiki.zoho.com
Tasksy (http://www.tasksy.com/) does basic invoicing and timetracking very well, if I may say so myself.
great topic and great comments. i got as much from the comments as i did from the article (no backhanded compliment intended). after reading your article and trawling the comments i was able to review 8 or 10 applications very rapidly. i went with billingmanager in the end because it is free (that is a strong USP), because it will integrate with quickbooks which is most likely the software i would use if i don’t outsource the bookkeeping, and it seems no nonsense. congrats on the google ranking btw number 2 or 3 for my search and i knew the blog though not a regular reader. keep up the good work freelance switch team and freelance switch community.
I’ve been very happy with Freshbooks. They have all the features I need now and seem to have all the features I’ll need as my business grows.
If you’re interested in getting a free month off a paid subscription to Freshbooks, email me at ecgranata [at] gmail [dot] com. I’ve got some gift cards.
Nice list here.
I’ve been very happy with http://invoicesontherun.com/
It doesn’t cost me anything and its simple to use. You can email as many invoices to as many clients as you want. They have some pretty cool templates too.
Try CurdBee. It’s a just launched simple billing app targeting freelancers. It allows you to accept payments from PayPal and Google Checkout. And it’s totally free !
I highly recommend PositiveWare billing, budget, project and time management software. It is because it integrates all of these things into one easy to use web based interface that it works seamlessly with our organization. Here I wrote a small review…
http://www.thecmsblog.com/2008/05/if_your_not_tracking_then_you_dont_know.html
You can also view the software web site…
http://positiveware.com/
Customer service was very helpful in getting us all setup and familair.
i use https://www.SalesKing.eu
The Intuit Billingmanager seems to be the only service that doesn’t have box’itis. Just because the web encourages boxes and tables for page layout shouldn’t mean that all the invoices generated should follow suit. Look at your recent utility bills and telephone bills, if they are anything like mine some of them are a work of art.
For all you creative types I’m surprised you haven’t mentioned this, you provide your client with all manner of presentation, writing and branding flair and then send them some ugly invoice!?!
Unfortunately Intuit Billingmanager does suffer from xenophobia, and thinks that there are only businesses in America. I would really like to use their system but I bill in the UK and Aus.
Hi, I use Billing Boss – http://www.billingboss.com. It’s free and easy to figure out. No customization but you can send as many invoices as you want and you can bill in USD, CAD, GBP & Euros. You can also accept payments from your merchant account or PayPal.
Lori
Why would anyone use anything other than Freshbooks?
Um maybe because you work for them Sultan.
PocketBusinessTools.com is a good choice it lets me do everything fomr my web browser or get this my cell phone. I can make invoices take credit card payments while i am standing at a job site using my treo phone. they have a 30 day free trial and even 30 days more befor you acutally have to pay to give it a try. It has many more features other that just invoicing
http://pocketbusinesstools.com
Samuel
@Sultan: Because you can get nearly as many features at a fraction of the price from other products.
We’re new to the scene, but check us out Ronin at http://www.roninapp.com. We’re focused on the freelance work from (from clients to project to invoices) instead of trying to cover the bases for all small business like our larger competitors.
Ack, it’s late and I can’t type worth a lick. “We’re focused on the freelance work FLOW (from clients to project to invoices)” is what I meant to say. + at least 3 other typos :p
There’s also the possibility of working with a portable employer of record. In that case, you usually don’t have to worry about invoicing, because they handle it for you.
I confirm the invoicesontherun.com comment. They have the sexiest invoice templates I’ve seen! makes me look so professional, and free to use!
Juffler is an easy to use invoicing, contact and project management application. Only $10/year.
http://www.juffler.com
I have been trying PocketBusinessTools.com and have found it to meet my needs. I really like the fact i can do most if not all of my invoicing and payment collections using my cell phone.
http://pocketbusinesstools.com
Check out Jexxe Freelancer, it covers invoicing and project management from both an admin and client perspective. Its also integrated with PayPal and supports easy setup of PayPal subscriptions.
A little different to most other offerings I’ve seen mentioned already as its a downloadable product that you can host on your own website so it completely re-brandable. Its not free but is pretty cheap and you only have to pay once, no monthly subscriptions
http://www.jexxe.com
Must say the post is extremely informative as it mentions all the resources at one place. Very convenient for people to find what they are looking for. I would like one more resource to the list. I am working on an online invoicing application http://www.invoicera.com. It is a simple to use web based application made to end invoicing and billing woes. For more product related information you can visit my corporate blog at http://www.invoicera.com/blog. This application is currently not live, but one can register his/her interest for free beta version.
Article was pretty useful and we use http://curdbee.com, which we like. Simple and also free
We just launching http://greenbill.com. We are carbon neutral and give 10% of our profits back to sutainable “green” projects.
Green billing and invoicing is a big priority for us. Based on calculations we have and the research we have done green invoicing can have a huge impact (payitgreen has some really good stats). If we all just stop sending 1 million paper bills and allow our customers to pay online without a paper check for those invoices, the numbers are staggering. http://greenbill.com has a green invoice calculator on the home page so you can check out your companies impact but here are the results for 1 million invoices a month
1,118,700 — pounds of paper
10,669,710 — gallons of nasty mill wastewater discharging into lakes, streams and rivers
1,433,700 — gallons of gas consumed by mailing your bills, statements, and payments
44,519,356 — pounds of greenhouse gases avoided
43,849,051 — miles not driven in your car
517,785 — trees planted (and grown for 10 years)
6,135,426 –square feet of forest preserved from deforestation
By my side, I’ve tried http://www.invoicemachine.com which is also great to use. The interface is really clear, and really ergonomic/intuitive. They’ve done a wonderful job on the usability interface.
A new one that’s well adapted for freelance is Onsharp’s GoSmartPay — find it at http://www.GoSmartPay.com. It has a custom portal and pricing according to the number of invoices you send, so you can have a big-firm look at an economical rate.
I’m a freelancer and I use http://www.fastdue.com. It’s completely free and I can upload my own logo to any document I use. Plus I can set it to send out repeat invoices at the intervals I choose until the client marks it paid via email, or pays it with PayPal. When I get a new client I ask whether they would prefer me to print out the invoice and mail it, or send it by e-mail, and everyone so far has loved getting it by email. I travel a lot so I like being able to access my account (free) from wherever I am.
There’s also an expense form that has come in handy a few times (not nearly often enough IMO!)
There are a lot of legal agreements and other forms that I don’t have a need for right now (my business is pretty straightforward) but I like knowing I’ve got easy access to them if necessary.
Hello,
CannyBill.com is our new application. Not only does it handle invoicing but also web hosting automation.
You can sell web hosting packages, domain names and SSls:
http://www.cannybill.com/
Kind Regards,
Wladimir
Zoho Invoice (https://invoice.zoho.com) is our invoicing service, here are some of the features,
Re-branding invoices & estimates
Predefined templates & layout customization
Multicurrency support
Invoices & Estimates as PDF
Invoice tracking & overdue reminders
Online payment integration & thank-you mails
Support for recurring invoices
User friendly reports
Zoho Projects integration
SSL encryption, firewall protection, data backup
Quick Customer support
Kind Regards
Nagendra
I use FreshBooks and love the customer support!
I use Jexxe Freelancer http://www.jexxe.com – inexpensive, simple to use and as comprehensive as I need as a freelance web designer. You can also customise the layout to match your site
Here’s a good review of Harvest, Blinksale and Freshbooks invoicing platforms. We wrote it up as we couldn’t find any good reviews on invoicing apps for freelancers. Hope it helps!
Hi everyone,
We just launched Ballpark, our new online invoicing app. We’ve built it with teams in mind and added some features that we think really set us apart from the pack. We’d love to hear what everyone thinks!
Thanks,
Andrew
another open source option: http://www.siwapp.org
Now on early stages of development.
we just launched a new accountancy tool: cobaltapp.com
it’s more then just creating and mailing invoices, it keeps track of invoices, expenses, payments and that all project-based. try it out!
I just wanted to add http://timr.com to this list. timr is a time tracking and drive log application that can be used via a modern web UI and from your BlackBerry or iPhone.
We are currently in an Open Beta program and you can get 3 months of free usage.
I have using Net2Invoice.com(http://www.net2invoice.com) lately. It is very powerful product. Very clean and simple. One can create and send invoices, estimates and contracts. You can track time, expenses and mileage. Manage project and upload documents. It is free to use but you can get a cheap plan for $6 that does everything a freelancer need.
I recommend CurdBee for online invoicing. I’ve been using Fresbooks for almost a year and its costly. I paid close to $30 per month before I switched over to CurdBee and now I am saving $20 on my invoicing app.
I recently switched from Freshbooks to Net2Invoice -http://www.net2invoice.com
I think it is way cheaper than other products out there. Some of the products are just loaded with tons of feature but nothing as simple as Net2Invoice.Com
I am constantly doing freelance and I also us http://www.net2invoice.com. For me personally it is my favorite at the moment. They accept pay-pal so at least I can get paid quickly.
http://www.workingpoint.com – Currently free for single user access.
Harvest was my favorite application for online invoicing. I was recently told about Freshbooks and Net2Invoice. I like both of them but Freshbooks has loads and loads of features and I felt lost. In compare, I like http://www.net2invoice.com It is super simple, even my aunt who runs a women belt cart in a mall, is using it. I like how one can send invoices as fax. I work with a lot of handy man and home contractors and they don’t have web access. So that feature comes handy.
link: http://www.net2invoice.com
Please consider:
http://invOOice.com
Another online invoicing apps in the market.
I use http://www.freelanceassistant.ca . It’s a Canadian online invoicing and business management tool.
Moobiz http://www.moobiz.com is worth checking out if you’re looking for something that adds project management, accounting, website management and ecommerce options for a similar price.
Great Article for a person like me (how is just starting freelancing) and very very informational and intelligent comments. I must say that freelanceswitch.com has a very helpful and intelligent community.
I’m sure a lot of these websites are great, but http://invoicesontherun.com is quite possibly the simplest website i’ve ever used. You login, write your invoice details, then you’re away. I can’t recommend it enough…. seriously http://invoicesontherun.com/
One we feel you left out is Oasis CRM. The offer an Intuit QuickBooks interface which leverages many companies existing accounting system investment. For a full review see Oasis and other hosted CRM solutions at http://www.crmsoftwarefreetrial.com . We have put together extensive line of hosted CRM software products here for your review and trial.
thanks
Has any of those packages got the capability to create Credit Notes?
I’ve checked quite a few already and none of them had.
It is one of the most important features of every Invoicing Software – I don’t know why companies ignore this fact.
Im looking for an online invoicing solution that ingrates with Gmail or Google Apps. I want to have one contact list that I can tap into using Google Apps and my invoicing software.
Any suggestions? Paid or free, doesnt matter.
@Jonathan
Try Zoho Invoice https://invoice.zoho.com/ . It is also owned by Google. I hope it could meet your requirements.
Check out http://www.bestinvoices.com – the complete list of all online billing/invoicing applications in a form of a poll. Vote and see which one’s the best
If we missed any, let us know.
Very nice site!
I am freelancer and I use fresh books.
Nice post. Thanks!
Great article. I am the partnerships guy at Blinksale and we feel we are the easiest and best way to invoice online for, well, anyone who needs to invoice.
We’d love to help anyone in any way. Give me a shout at patrick@blinksale.com…
Have a great day.
Patrick
None of these applications support issuing refunds. WEAK!
You can easily send paper invoices (snail mail) from most of the services mentioned above by using PostalMethods (http://www.postalmethods.com).
Read detailed instructions showing how to send invoices by postal mail from many online invoicing services and applications: http://www.postalmethods.com/send-mail-from/
EasyTasker is great for managing projects, timesheets and invoices on iPhone or Blackberry. Check it out: http://www.easytasker.com
I use Zoho Invoice – http://invoice.zoho.com , a feature rich and easy to use online invoicing system
Checkout Billing Manager from Intuit. It is a completely free online invoicing solution. Create unlimited invoices, recurring invoices and estimates, all for free. It’s pretty cool
Hi,
We have been using Insight – http://www.arquila.com the advantage that this application gave over others we tried was that it not only processed out invoicing but also assisted in managing the design projects that we were working on.
In fact all design projects were able to be automatically invoices. Such a time saver!!
Thanks
Time59 (www.time59.com) now features complete accounts receivable including partial payments, over payments, refunds, credit adjustments, legal trust accounting and more. It is fully compatible with the iPhone Mobile Safari browser.
Found another invoice maker, We have a lot of free lance interpreters invoicing us week on week and quite a few use http://www.invoicemywork.com I have had a look at it myself and have used it. it is quite good; the thing i like the most is it is very very simple not like most of the online apps available; most have so many features, buttons and whistles the whole thing can get a bit confusing. its nice and simply but could do with a bit of updating the graphics look a bit eh! but is more than functional. http://www.invoicemywork.com
http://billfaster.com – FREE
Invoicing AND cash flow management
http://curdbee.com/ Simple and Free…
MyClientBase is another option if you wish to have something installed locally on your own server and away from prying eyes. It is free and open source software written in PHP/MySQL on top of the excellent CodeIgniter framework. Please check it out (http://www.myclientbase.com) and let me know what you think.
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Billing Boss is a free online invoicing tool that allows you to send unlimited invoices to unlimited customers. Its built and managed by Sage Software so you can be assured that your data and transactions are safe and secure.
Billing Boss has a different revenue model than all the other billing tools – Billing Boss allows you to create, manage, send and track an unlimited number e-invoices to unlimited number of customers all for free – there is no limitation.
Unlike other billing tools – Billing Boss doesn’t force you to sign up for a merchant account in order to get paid online through Billing Boss. For $5 a month, you can use your existing Moneris Canada, Authorize.net, Cybersource or E-xact Canada merchant account to get paid online. This is great because it allows you to consolidate and manage your payments into one central account which makes it easier to manage cashflow as well as reduce your overall transaction, monthly and discount costs related to managing multiple merchant account.
An added benefit to Billing Boss is that you can share your invoicing data with your accountant/bookkeeper – this is great because you don’t have to worry about sending excel files, setting up time with your accountant to review data etc. Your accountant can go in when it works for them to access your invoicing and payments data and prepare you financials.
You can sign up for your free BillingBoss account to send unlimited invoices to unlimited customers at http://www.billingboss.com
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Very useful post thanks… But does anyone know of an invoicing system that integrates with Quickbooks? Reason is my bookkeeper uses quickbooks and will manually enter my invoices sent into QB from a list I give her, then let me know which ones are paid, then I (should) manually mark them as paid in my current system. What I am looking for is an invoicing system that can export the invoices to QB, my bookkeeper marks them as paid, then invoicing sys imports it back to mark as paid. Synchronisation.
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During my research into a new billing system for my adventure travel business I came across SnapBill. http://www.snapbill.com – an online billing and service provisioning system.
The system is comprehensive, affordable and has a high degree of automation. It allows me to manage my clients, issue and track invoices/quotes, receive up to the minute stats and set recurring charges. SnapBill also manages my communications with clients and allows me to receive and process payments.
SnapBill integrates fully with my brand – all my invoices and web based order forms are completely customized. I’ve been very happy with the service and support I have received from SnapBill – it’s definitely worth a look too.
I use Sugar CRM with JCRM time and Invoice module
Or you can use Vtiger which contains invoicing by default
Another nice invoicing solution: http://www.litesale.com/litesale/show.jspa
Free to use, produces PDF invoices with own identity what look nice and professional.
Has also notification services (both email and SMS) and could be used to store incoming invoices.
What we like about http://www.litesale.com is the ability to have printed version of invoices in own language (in our case in Estonian). Also one nice feature to mention is that you can organize and do your marketing campaigns directly in Litesale.
I’ve looked at many online invoicing apps. Many of them are already listed here, but one of the ones I liked that isn’t on the list is CompassBill (http://www.compassbill.net). Very simple to use, and quick to email many PDF inovices at a time.
Anyone who is looking for a free invoicing application, should go for http://www.invoicedude.com
I have tried may other free online applications but this one is the best !!!
http://mytooq.com is currently in open beta. No credit card needed for signup, competitive pricing model, and free trial to get you started (completely free while we’re in beta).
We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions.
-Brian
Thanks for the comprehensive list and all the comments posted under this thread. I’ve been searching for a reliable invoicing client over the last few weeks and your thread helped me to nail it down to following three apps, as I am looking in to something really simple and value for money, being a freelancer.
1. Freshbooks
2. Curdbee
3. Harvest
Curdbee looks awesomely attractive and comes free of charge compared to other two. Even their paid version costs $5/mo and with all modules loaded still it will cost less than what others charge for similar.
Any thoughts on these three apps are greatly appreciated.
I have been visiting this periodically over the last 6 months and WOW! You freelancers have such a variation on needs I don’t think there is any one package that will suit you all; which means you’ll have to try a few to get the one that suits you best. I own http://www.invoicemywork.com and what I have now done is set up a test account so anyone can log in and have a play around anytime for FREE just to see how it works. username : ” test@invoicemywork.com ” password is ” tester ” go have a look, I’m sure it’s not for everyone but it has been designed to be gimmick free and all it does is produce and track invoices.
Should anyone open an account we will give you 6 months FREE unlimited access if you use the promotional code ” FSwitch”
I’ve been using Ballpark, a really simple and quite elegant invoicing application, for quite a while. It seems to be part of a trend to make business applications much more intuitive and visually appealing – looks great on my Mac. I think that’s important that my clients are met with a very professional and elegant invoice; there’s something about the design of Ballpark that inspires trust. You can try it out for free at http://www.getballpark.com/
I use Timetrack that has a very fast system to encode activities in Timesheet, creates my invoices and gives me a lot of usefull reports
The one that I am using is http://billingboss.com. It has reoccurring invoicing and online payments. And it is THE ONLY ONE that is FREE!
An excellent resource – comments as well – thank you.
Another we’re considering at the moment is xero.com, as well. Very important is the ability to send recurring invoices (we have a large number of hosting clients) and the ability – either in-built or customisable – to have good looking invoices.
Dang, what about b2Bee??
The Bee is Invoicing, Expense tracking, and Profit reporting online for freelancers, contractors, solopreneurs, and other service providers. It’s simple and easy to use. The Bee is all you need. Nothing more. The Bee IS your accounting system. Tax reporting is a snap, so your accountant will love you.
We offer customer support you can rely on. We provide education on best practices for your business. It’s totally secure and you can get started in 5 minutes!
Another vote for FreeAgent here, particularly if you’re in the UK – http://bit.ly/bxnvsb
Thanks for sharing. Am still looking for good online invoice app.
Have you tried invoicemywork.com quite simple but functional and very easy to get to grips with
Check out Blinksale’s several new features…
-A new skin
-Free PDFs on all paid plans
-A new Platinum plan
-Estimates
Check it all out at http://www.blinksale.com and let me know if I can help you by e-mailing patrick at blinksale dot com.
I’ve just had an invite from http://www.billfor.it – looks interesting but in prelauch mode at the moment. It looks like it does quotes & invoices, has an iPhone app and also has an API.
Matt, just checked out http://www.billfor.it and very impressed – looks like the iPhone app is still in prelaunch though?
Have you started to use it? Any issues you’ve found as yet?
I’ve just signed up for http://www.billfor.it as thought I’d be nosey! For a free service, I’m actually very surprised – it’s really well thought out and works well. Only criticism on first looks is that PayPal isn’t currently accepted
Just thought I’d update and say I got an email the other day saying that they’d integrated PayPal adaptive payments.
Haven’t tried it yet – but I’ve got some invoicing to do later this week I’m going to add PayPal on http://www.billfor.it and see if anyone pays via PayPal rather than the usual cheque/bacs. If it does what it claims and updates automatically it would save me a bunch of time.
As others, I’m using http://www.billfor.it now – maybe you should update this article to review?
I have been using Blinksale for a number of years now and it does do what I require at a price.
1: it is incredibly slow (I’m UK based) and if I were more computer literate and able to copy all my clients and balances to another package I would.
2: It doesn’t allow for automatic sending out of overdue invoices, which means that due to the incredible slowness of the program, it is quicker to telephone the clients rather then sending a reminder!!
3: The presentation of the sent invoices, reminders etc is a little unprofessional, but there are some exceptions.
4: I haven’t used any other packages, so can’t compare.
5: On a good day or very early in the morning (UK time) the package is a little faster.
6: I have grown used to the package and will most probably remain.
7: The pricing is good.
8: Very few updates in the last 4 years of use.
Michael,
I am sorry to hear that you are not 100% satisfied with your Blinksale account.
E-mail me at patrick at blinksale dot com and I’d love to help make the product better for you and address the issues you listed.
Have a great day!
Patrick
HEY, Simply invoice—where do you simply add some friggin information?
Here’s a tip: Don’t make everything so simple that it becomes painful to put any information in.
Here is a simple invoice format for you:
1. Who you billing?
2. What would you like to charge?
3. Sending it by email?
4. Any other message you’d like to add?
Worst app ever. Simply garbage.
James why not give this a try? It does just as you’ve asked for. Put my name “sam” in the promotional code box and I will make sure you get a free ride for 6months; if you like it of course.
Hi everyone,
Here’s one more for your consideration: Vebio Online Invoicing. Designed specifically for freelancers, Vebio offers great looking PDF templates, plus some unique features like our integrated Punch Timer.
Thanks,
Tony
I just started using Kiwili (http://www.kiwili.com) a few days ago and so far I’m amazed by the features!
(projects, customers, invoices, estimates, etc.)
Tom
P.S.: I’m using the free version
I’m using the free version. Have a great day!
I have looking for Invoicing Application that use to bill my customers. I want it free, open source, and web base application so I can host it on my own hosting and access it everywhere. I found out five applications, those are BambooInvoice, Simple Invoices, MyClientBase, Siwapp and Argentum.
I’ve used http://sendinvoice.co.uk for the last year or so, and it’s great. Haven’t looked back since. It’s very user friendly and they’ll send the invoice by e-mail or by post for you.
@Alex – man that’s an ugly site. Doesn’t work in chrome either.
I have seen some tools in Workforcetrack there you may find Project Management, CRM, Accounting and Finance tools, some android and iPhone apps.
I just started using http://www.bookinginvoice.co.uk a few weeks ago and so far I’m amazed by the ease of use.
@john
Flipping heck the 1990′s were just on the phone, they want to know if they can have their website back!
What is it with these last 2 site recommendations? The sites are truely horrific !
baahhaaa geez I think I’m blinded that’s got to be the worst design I’ve seen in a long time!
I’ve been using Billingboss for almost a year, so far I’m really happy with it. A few features that stand out for me is that it’s really simple and quick to use,
you can attach the invoice as a PDF to the emails,
Recurring bills if you offer hosting services or payment options.
hooks up with my paypal acc,
I can include direct deposit(funds transfer) info in the invoice templates.
And probably the biggest clincher is that it’s free.
I’ve just signed up to Curdbee though to test them out, so far I can’t see any thing that Curdbee offers that makes them worth changing over to but I like to keep my options open.
@PinkInk Upgrading to CurdBee PRO paying $5 per month totally worth..With PRO you can do partial payments, compound tax and PDF attachments, which are really essential.
I’ve been looking for billing software that I can use on my existing website without paying a web developer to custom build it. I stumbled across SoftPay Solutions. They have a cool plugin that was easy to put on my website so my customers can manage their online account and make payments. They also have a management site where I can run reports and manage customers. It’s been great for my business. Try it out!
http://softpaysolutions.com
Hi,
Can you please include http://www.Beejak.com in your list as it is also free and offers a lot of functionalities.
I am a new user to your site but I had to add my bit. I just lost my job after 7 years as a graphic designer, so now I am a free lancer looking for some cheap apps to help me look like I know what I am doing.
Well I signed up for a free account @Web Suite Pro and I am very impressed with the apps they have inside, one drawback for me was the sheer size of it and no instructions.
Although I got an email from a support staff that hooked me up with online training and I must say I am rocking and a rolling. I can do my invoicing, manage my contacts and some other thing I don’t need right now but, I am happy that I have all the options. Just my two cents.
Hey David,
you’re right this site is awesome!
https://www.websuitepro.com
Paymo is what I’ve used for the past year and a half, very powerful, well designed, well priced (also with a free account), and they’re constantly improving things.
http://www.paymo.biz/
Stumbled upon this link and found it very helpful. Here is how we think where online invoicing solutions have a lot of work to do
- easy to use, time saving features
- safe and secure data policies
- ability to manage from one to a lot of clients, with reports and dashboard to show full story
- ability to create drafts, expenses during lifecycle of the project
- ability to send snail mail invoices for offline clients
- simple payment integrations so you can get paid
- extras like: estimates, timesheets, multiple logins
Its easy to get lost in all of the features, but really important questions to ask
- Are you saving time by using this application?
- Are you able to get a better view on your clients and projects?
- Can you have information easily exported for your accountant?
- Will the invoicing tool let me manage up when my business is growing?
In case you are wondering our company serves the same very purpose of providing an easy to use online invoice and expense management system. If you are shopping for an invoicing application definitely check out http://www.billgrid.com.
@BillGrid.com of course whatever you say is true in a way but anything that you say in your article will reflect your own product your are trying to sell. Anyone who tries to chuck marketing blurb my way gets rejected for many reasons. Anyone would say anything that sounds good to sell a product that they profit off.
@elastikhosting – definitely agree with you. Its easy to use any name during commenting but we choose to be very transparent.
In our defence, previous posting only ment to contribute to the content of this article in full disclosure about our identity. We hope it may help people looking for the right invoicing software.
This is a great start. We also used invoice templates until our business grew so much that we had to switch to an online service called oneclick statements
-Andy
I am currently on a trial for Ronin and so far so good. http://www.roninapp.com
Take a look at accountium.com – it does invoicing, bookkeeping and general accounting. All online. Invoices are sent as PDF and will integrate with paypal pay-now options, directly on the invoice.
I use Curdbee. It’s great, it’s cheap and it’s one of the very few that accept Spanish taxes. Love it.
You should try -
http://www.fetchflow.com
This is the easy way to issue an invoice for free!!!!
Highly recommend!!!
Ronin is an excellent service, anyone else using it? If your not, give them a try…absolutely love it!
http://www.roninapp.com/
Billings would have to be on here. I have been sing it for years and won’t look at anything else. It really is a great product and fits my needs perfectly. It can be upscaled for more users too and you can use it on the go. Well done marketcircle.
Because i’m always in terrain and i will not use always only my notebook, then i can create and send invoices for my partners comfortable from my mobile and therefor i use daily https://qunamobile.com/
You missed PancakeApp (http://pancakeapp.com/). It is a self hosted one, but for a one time $40 fee it beats paying a monthly fee. It does invoices, estimate, proposals and more
Had it for a year and it just keeps improving and the guys behind it are quick to respond to issues!
(I have nothing to do with the project, has just saved me a lot of money in service fees)
I played with the demo…this just might be the one for me. So simple! Thanks
you can include http://pancakeapp.com/ one of the best invoicing app.
Thank you very much for this great list of invoicing apps, consider http://www.kpi.com as well as a good alternative for these solutions
I recently found and have started using a free mobile invoicing app called invoiceASAP – http://www.invoiceasap.com. It’s pretty cool because I can create and send invoices from my phone or iPad. Plus I can attach photos and it’s all stored in the cloud
I love FreshBooks! It has to be the best invoicing system out there for freelancers.
Hi all, and thanks for this great resource of invoicing tools, including those mentioned in the comments. I’m glad there’re plenty of choice for this purpose, and even more happy there’re enough customers for all of them.
Full disclosure: I work at https://invoicebus.com and I’m really curious about one thing.
If you could rid of a feature from your invoicing tool, which one would be?
Another fan of Billable ( http://billable.me/ )
Its free, very very simple, neat and work offline as well
I have used the Bilomat Online Tool and I think is a good choise for a small business or a freelancer.
Its very easy in use and its quite cheep for the service level it offers.
You should think in revieving it in the next post of this type
.
Cheers,
Archie
I like Invoice2Go for iphone & ipad. They’re supposed to be coming out with a mac version too.
Hi,
I highly recommend Ronin App (http://www.roninapp.com/?ref=CQIF8H07GE6) as an alternative to these sites. I’ve been using it for a few years and their support is awesome!
I can certainly recommend FreshBooks. They work great for me. I have both fixed price projects as well as hourly work and it easily handles both.
I’ve found that the simple invoice function on PayPal suits my graphic design invoicing needs just fine.
Check out paagoinvoice.com. Very useful free online invoicing software. I love it. definitely helped out my business alot.
Check out Inqonto, it offers online invoicing and easy accounting.
http://www.inqonto.com
Within inqonto you can create Credit Notes for refunds.
Unlike others it also offers a seperate menu to keep track of your depreciation cost for your assets like your computer or professional camera and deduct this from your profit (and save taxes!).
Ronin is excellent! http://roninapp.com ! I used to work with Zoho invoices, but i prefer using Ronin!
WP-Invoice is a free invoicing plugin for WordPress.
Hi there
Great list – there are some excellent choices here for freelancers.
I’d also like to throw http://www.sageone.com into the ring. I’ll put my hands up – I’m Marketing Manager for Sage One in the UK but I’ve noticed that a bunch of other people from companies have posted here, so I hope you won’t mind if I put my two cents in.
Sage One is an online accounting service for freelancers and small business owners. You can create and send invoices, manage your VAT and, if you have people working for you, you can also sign-up to Sage One Payroll and manage your pay runs easily. We’ve got both US and UK & Ireland versions of Sage One.
Like most of the other apps on the list, we offer a free trial if you fancy signing up and seeing if we’re right for you.
Cheers, and best of luck with your business!
I’ve been using Toast Invoice. It’s pretty cool, easy to use and really good looking. You guys should check it out at http://toastinvoice.com
I don’t bother with apps. There are hundreds of office templates to chose from, if you are a freelancer the software is simply overhead.
Hi there,
You forgot Invoice Journal http://www.invoicejournal.com, which pioneered the free online invoicing back in 2007. Over $40,000,000 in invoices done in over 60 currencies have been done. Version 2.0 will be released with tons of new features.
-Ven
Check out also our online invoicing app InvoiceOcean ( http://InvoiceOcean.com ) It’s easy to use and it’s also for free.
Hi,
If I’d choose one out of the seven apps you provided, I’d go with Invoice Place.
Of course, there are tons of other invoicing apps out there as you can see in the comments, and I hope you don’t mind me throwing our own name in here.
I work for http://www.beachcandynow.com. It’s a web-based invoicing application with a twist – if you sign up with us, part of the proceeds goes to various social projects.
We do have a free version, should you like to try it out.
Thanks!
If tried a few of these apps but the one I found most comprehensive for a trades person or anyone on the go with regular clines is Tradevoice.
Can someone else have a look at this app and tell me what they think? It keeps clien details and past invoices with the ability to send via iPad of print to a wiless printer perfect for me and my small business
If you use: Freshbooks, Harvest, Blinksale, LessAccounting, Ronin, QuickBooks (& QuickBooks Online) and soon Xero, check out http://www.zencash.com for the first cloud-based solution to manage your receivables. You’ll love what we’re doing and I am happy to help if you have any questions!
What about Invoicera? I believe its another best invoicing tool and needs to be considered.
I love
http://www.billbooks.com
It’s a new online invoicing and billing software that was just recently launched which lets you ‘pay per invoice’ and not ‘pay per month’
I am currently working with
http://www.morebills.com.
It was launched days ago, you can send unlimited free invoices up to 3 clients.
Very easy to work with, recommended !
How about Replicon’s time and expense software? which is one of the best expense tracking software.
Another good one it BlueSky (http://blueskyapp.com), I’ve been using it for the past few weeks. I think it’s fairly new but it does what I need and best of all it’s free so that’s a big bonus for me.
Another one to be use : Sale n’go
http://www.salengo.com
Manage multi currency, multi devises and easy to use. Good for everyone.
Elorus (http://www.elorus.com) is also an absolutely fresh online invoicing & cash flow management solution ideal for freelancers & small businesses. I believe the free plan (up to 4 clients/month) should cover most freelancers, but the first paid plan is cheap as well.
Why would you pay for freshbooks, harvest, invoicera or some other when you can manage invoices, estimates, expenses, timesheets, projects and employees for FREE. Simply register for nutcache at http://www.nutcache.com. It’s easy, simple and free. No time trial, no limitations, no pro version, no credit card.
Another option can be 1ClickBusiness. It’s relatively new, easy to use and cheap. It has a lot of user-friendly features and does not require any special knowledge to operate it. You can find it here:
https://www.1clickbusiness.com/
Come check out http://www.intilivoice.com
we only charge $1.00 and the standard 2.9% from pay-pal and it’s always free to sign-up and to get started is so breezy…. Keep in mind its in the beta stage so we are fixing up the website to make is better for all the new members all the time besides how can you beat a $1.00 dollar invoice.
Thanks for reading this post