Comments on: Cashboard Product Review

By: Adrienne Adams

Adrienne Adams — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:06:29 +0000

I’ve been using Cashboard for about a week and I think it’s amazing. I’ve been a FreshBooks user for over a year, but Cashboard is a strong contender to capture all my time tracking & invoicing needs. I also used Blinksale for a while as I really liked how it handled invoices, but to me it makes sense to integrate time tracking and invoicing in one app. I don’t use Basecamp much so I can’t evaluate Cashboard’s ability to integrate the two. Here are some features of Cashboard I like:

Fully customizable invoice and estimate templates. You get to do pretty much whatever you want to the HTML and CSS.
Overview page is great. I especially like that it tells me if there’s uninvoiced time on a project, something FreshBooks doesn’t do (or if it does, I never figured out where that info is…)
Estimates: easy to create & send to client. The first time I created an estimate my client remarked on how professional it looked.
Cash stats: if you have employees, see at a glance who’s making you money.
Account balances: see at a glance who owes you money & who you owe time to.
Developers: Seth is right there to answer questions or check into a problem you’re having. He also seems very receptive to suggestions on how to make the app better.

A few things I’d like to see included as the application develops:
Better account management. Right now there’s no good way to deal with people who don’t pay their invoices in full.
Some tweaks to the UI. Sometimes I get a bit lost, though overall I think the design is very logical and well thought out. The web 2.0-ish look might turn some people off, but it’s LIGHT YEARS ahead of FreshBooks “party like it’s 1999” interface.

I’d recommend you sign up for the 30-day trial and put the app thorough its paces. Everyone has different needs, but for me I think it’s just the ticket.

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By: sascha/hdrs

sascha/hdrs — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:02:52 +0000

I’ve started to try out the free package of Cashboard. But how do I handle different currencies there? Right now I’m having a Job from a swiss company and I live in Japan. It seems Cashboard only allows me to deal in one currency?!?

By: Ryan Terry

Ryan Terry — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:03:45 +0000

I use Fanurio, http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com/. It’s a stand-alone application that costs $49 one-time. I don’t like the subscription based payment plan. After years you end up spending a lot of money. I get free upgrades with Fanurio.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:39:09 +0000

Hey Trebor, sorry to hear you’re dissatisfied with the graphic design - but thanks for the compliments about it being a nice product.

Many small companies are doing large things on the web these days, which is a great trend for freelancers and consultants alike. It’s awesome that a small company like ours can be so successful. Just look at some of the other successful products out there run by small teams. 37Signals suite of products, Blinksale, etc.

I’m not sure if you’re aware, but you can brand the interface and change the colors to be as dark, or light as you wish.

I’d be interested to hear how “many others” you consulted with to come up with that insightful opinion. Was this a formal evaluation, or a show of hands between you and your pets?

If I remember correctly, you wrote me an email offering your services as a graphic designer. I’m sorry, but we’re quite happy with the current visual quality of the product.

As for the “cheap” comments, I really don’t know how to take that one. All I’ll say is that our thousands of customers seem to disagree with you. They’ve collected over 1.2 million dollars in payments through Cashboard in the short 4 months we’ve been in service.

By: Trebor

Trebor — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:06:41 +0000

I went around and used just about every invoicing/time tracking application there was, Freshbooks was on my top list then came CashBoard, nice product although it has an overall cheap feeling. I don’t always feel secure knowing that only 2 guys are working on it. In addition to that the 1 developer (seth) is set in his ways about the “great design” they came up with for the product and have apparently no interest in changing it. A good design for a web app is a must, Everything is too big, and too web 2.0 feely, its too dark and just doesn’t appeal to me or many others. Change the design so it won’t feel as cheap and i’m sure some more people will jump on board.

By: allan branch

allan branch — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:35:00 +0000

Cashboard is such a strong app, we’re lucky to be considered competition. We (http://www.LessAccounting.com) have many different functions & the functions we do share with Cashboard, we do them differently. Cashboard is a beautiful solution and will make many people’s lives less stressful.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:11:26 +0000

I’ve been using this for a few weeks now and I am finding it very useful. I find I am capturing more billable time now, which is great.
I also like the way one is presented with the value of the time you have yet to invoice for. That always gives me a boost towards the end of a long day.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:10:27 +0000

Regarding Basecamp integration, this one seems to suffer from the same problem as Simply Invoices - only one Basecamp account can be integrated. I don’t know about the rest of you freelancers out there, but that just isn’t how I work. Although I do have a Basecamp account, the bulk of my work is done in my clients’ Basecamp accounts. It’s not very useful to only be able to integrate with one.

I wrote to the Simply Invoices guy, and he had already realized the need for multiple Basecamps and will be implementing the feature soon.

I still haven’t found much reason to switch from using Slimtimer, myself. It’s lightweight, kicks out terrific reports, handles multiple clients and multiple projects without charging me extra - in fact, it’s totally free. It lacks invoice generation and tracking, but handles the time tracking itself superbly.

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:40:49 +0000

Thanks for the great review!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are addressing many points made, and I listen to any and all feedback about the application.

There’s lots of new stuff going into the application all the time, and to keep an eye on things make sure you stay tuned to the Cashboard news and information site.

Hot on the list:
- Timezone support (working on that as I type this actually)
- Billing in other currencies
- Full customization of invoice/estimate documents

You will see a lot of other stuff as well, but I’m keeping that under wraps for the time being