Free Online Invoicing Solutions

I’m primarily interested in services that have free basic options for small businesses that are just getting going and who would rather not spend anything at this stage.

Most services that offer a “Free” account are either temporary or so limited as to be worthless, I mean who sends 5 invoices a month or only has 5 clients?

I’ll try list the free versions that could possibly work for most freelancers. Please, please, please correct any mistakes, give your opinion and send me any notables I may have missed.

Ideally I’d like to be able to export – contacts, invoices – any data I enter so I can transport it to another system if necessary.

Recurring billing is a must for my web-hosting business.

• Invoice Ninja – Invoices, Expenses and Tasks built with Laravel, Flutter and React. Can be self-hosted, for more info
• WaveApps – This is the service I use and love. Get’s better all the time and keeps expanding its services.
• Numia – Archaic interface and non-existent look and feel. Not at all intuitive or simple.
• BillingBoss – Free – really free, no options for payment – added features will cost in future but hey it does all you need already. discontinued
• SutiInvoice was invoicejournal – Free unlimited clients, 30 invoices per month or $20-40/month
• Billfor.it – Looks worthwhile only downside is Branded invoices, small price to pay.
• Billing Manager – by Intuit – discontinued

How ironic that two of the free offerings by large corporations are now discontinued. Please remember big business sells the idea that it gives a shit but too often their actions tell another story.

Totally useless “free” account

Each of the following offer either fewer than 11 invoices per month, invoicing to fewer than 5 clients or fewer than 10 products, which I think makes them pretty useless as far as free accounts goes.

• b2bee – 3 clients free or $14/month
• CannyBill – 5 clients free or $6-48/month – sounds like Cannibal – domain is strange
• Hiveage was CurdBee – 5 clients, $19-49/month
• InvoicePlace – A whole 5 invoices per month, $12-20/month
• Invotrak – 2 invoices per month, $10-45/month
• LiteAccounting – 2 invoices monthly, $10-25/month
• PHP Invoice – 5 clients, $15-30/month
• Clientary was ronin – 2 clients, $19-59/month
• SmartInvoice – 3 clients
• SnapBill – 5 clients, this is the service that instigated this entire post, I have been using them for the past 6 months or so, they recently changed their “Free” service to limit it to the extent that I now have to pay a monthly fee. I don’t agree with the rules changing during the game so I’m moving shop. [If they do it once, what stops them from doing it again.] $20-100/month
• The Invoice Machine – a whopping 3 invoices per month for your ice sales to eskimos company, $12-48/month
• WINKbill – 3 invoices, Plans range between $10-40/month
• ZOHO Invoice – 5 invoices per month or $15-30/month

No “free” option only Free Trials

• Ballpark – 14-day trial – $19/month + $9 a month per additional team member
• billfaster – 30-day trial, flat $25/month
• Bill4Time – 14-day trial – $29-89/month
• BillingOrchard – 15-day trial – $29/month
• billQ – 30-day trial – includes project management @ $4 per month for the billQ +plus account
• BlinkSale – 30-day trial – $19/month
• Cashboard – Starts at $8.25/month
• FreeAgent – Free, if you have a business current account with NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank NI – £19-29/month
• Freshbooks – 30-day free trial, (used to be 2ndSite) $17-27.50/month or R170-700 fo South Africa
• Invoices Made Easy – flat $9.95 fee
• Invoicera – 15-day trial then $19-149/month on a per month basis
• ofuz – $25 special usually $100
• ProProfs Project was Project Bubble – 15-day trial – $50/month – Simple project management software, easy time tracking, collaboration and fast invoicing – all rolled in to one!
• Quaderno was Endeve – $12-48/month
• SimplyBill – 14-day trial – $5-25/month
• Smarter Invoices – hosted version of Simple Invoices Web App – $10/month
• Subernova – $14.99 monthly, includes an Adobe Air based Desktop App
• Vebio – $12-40/month
• Worketc – 14-day trial – $78-395/month

Want to manage your own solution on your own hosting

These will need some technical knowhow to setup on your hosting

Free Web App Versions

• Argentum
• Due was BambooInvoice – need to check this out more
• Siwapp

Paid For

• Jexxe
• SmartPay – $100-900/month

http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2009/05/02/online-invoicing-services/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/05/invoice-like-a-pro/

http://sixrevisions.com/tools/20-invoicing-tools-web-designers/