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Ask HN: What invoicing program are you using?

16 points by lbr 12y ago

What is the best invoicing program for a freelancer to use? For billing as a designer or web developer?

geoffwoo 12y ago
Curious to know the answer to this as well. I usually just use a template on Excel or Word.
eswat 12y ago
I’ve settled with FreshBooks for now. UI is a bit clunnky but it gets the job done. http://www.freshbooks.com/ http://www.freshbooks.com/
- codegeek 12y ago
  I second freshbooks. Free for upto 3 clients. Not sure why you think the UI is clunky. I like their simple and elegant UI/UX. Been using it for almost 3 years now. Gets the job done without too much baggage.
  - JamesSwift 12y ago
    I think you must be grandfathered into the 3 client free account, it is limited to 1 now.
roybarberuk 12y ago
I used to use freshbooks, it's great. But Freeagent does so much more: http://fre.ag/43i723zz http://fre.ag/43i723zz
- mattgrigsby 12y ago
  FreeAgent is great, I've used it. But since I discovered Nutcache, I got to save 20 bucks a month, as they give it all for free. http://nutcache.com http://nutcache.com
brandon272 12y ago
I use Freshbooks.
rowofpixels 12y ago
I used to use freshbooks, but the last couple years I've used harvest.
marcomassaro 12y ago
http://getballpark.com http://getballpark.com I've used this for a few years. Great app - lets customers pay on invoices with stripe or paypal.
sycren 12y ago
Fast, simple & free - http://invoiceable.co/ http://invoiceable.co/ I can bang out an invoice in under 2 mins :)
- logn 12y ago
  I also use them. I set up an Apache reverse proxy to them from my domain so that their invoices appear to be mine completely. I paid for their freemium upgrades (one-time payment of about $150+). For me they hit the right pricepoint where I'd rather pay than invest my own time on a solution. I wish they supported Stripe or another credit card processor though (instead of PayPal only).
michalu 12y ago
I use tradeshift.com it;s free an when it comes to invoicing, the best I have found so far
jkaykin 12y ago
Square just released it's own invoicing tool: https://squareup.com/invoices https://squareup.com/invoices
bergerb 12y ago
https://www.zoho.com/ https://www.zoho.com/ Invoicing and Time Tracking
navyrain 12y ago
I've been using Freckle: http://letsfreckle.com http://letsfreckle.com , which is promoted primarily as a time tracking tool, but has good invoicing built in as well.
gee_totes 12y ago
I've been using freeagent for about a year now. it's a little pricey, but the UI is great and it's built for freelancers
gonepostal 12y ago
Currently using http://www.freshbooks.com http://www.freshbooks.com Definitely not the best in terms of user experience but it has enough features I didn't know I need, that it keeps me happy. Things like multiple auto-reminders for late payments and reoccurring invoices saved me alot of time. I didn't need them when I was looking around at invoicing software but now I do.
chriswoodford 12y ago
I was using invoicemachine.com but their API just wasn't cutting it for me so I switched to FreshBooks. The FreshBooks API is great: in a matter of minutes I was able to pull my hours from Harvest and generate a FreshBooks invoice. That's all I need
munimkazia 12y ago
I was using Curdbee. They have been acquired by another company called Hiveage, and we had to migrate our accounts there. So that's what I am using right now. I just needed a simple invoicing app which generates and sends clean invoices, so their free plans work perfectly for me. Links: http://www.curdbee.com http://www.curdbee.com http://www.hiveage.com/ http://www.hiveage.com/
andyhnj 12y ago
I've been using Harvest: http://www.getharvest.com/ http://www.getharvest.com/ Works fine for me, though I don't do a lot of freelance work, so I'm not a heavy user.
stevekemp 12y ago
http://invoiceto.me/ http://invoiceto.me/ is what I use for sending out monthly invoices. The site is simple, and I keep good records. The only thing I need externally is a pretty PDF to mail to clients, and that site gives me that.
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sdfjkl 12y ago
Solar Accounts - UK specific, suitable for both sole traders and Ltds, with or without VAT registration. Does invoicing and accounting in one nice package. http://www.solaraccounts.co.uk/ http://www.solaraccounts.co.uk/ I didn't want to entrust my accounting to some web SaaS thing.
mattgrigsby 12y ago
Nutcache - http://nutcache.com http://nutcache.com The thing about Nutcache is that is totally free and stable.

16 points by lbr 12y ago

What is the best invoicing program for a freelancer to use? For billing as a designer or web developer?

geoffwoo 12y ago

Curious to know the answer to this as well. I usually just use a template on Excel or Word.

eswat 12y ago

I’ve settled with FreshBooks for now. UI is a bit clunnky but it gets the job done. http://www.freshbooks.com/ http://www.freshbooks.com/

codegeek 12y ago
I second freshbooks. Free for upto 3 clients. Not sure why you think the UI is clunky. I like their simple and elegant UI/UX. Been using it for almost 3 years now. Gets the job done without too much baggage.
- JamesSwift 12y ago
  I think you must be grandfathered into the 3 client free account, it is limited to 1 now.

roybarberuk 12y ago

I used to use freshbooks, it's great. But Freeagent does so much more: http://fre.ag/43i723zz http://fre.ag/43i723zz

mattgrigsby 12y ago
FreeAgent is great, I've used it. But since I discovered Nutcache, I got to save 20 bucks a month, as they give it all for free. http://nutcache.com http://nutcache.com

brandon272 12y ago

I use Freshbooks.

rowofpixels 12y ago

I used to use freshbooks, but the last couple years I've used harvest.

marcomassaro 12y ago

http://getballpark.com http://getballpark.com I've used this for a few years. Great app - lets customers pay on invoices with stripe or paypal.

sycren 12y ago

Fast, simple & free - http://invoiceable.co/ http://invoiceable.co/ I can bang out an invoice in under 2 mins :)

logn 12y ago
I also use them. I set up an Apache reverse proxy to them from my domain so that their invoices appear to be mine completely. I paid for their freemium upgrades (one-time payment of about $150+). For me they hit the right pricepoint where I'd rather pay than invest my own time on a solution. I wish they supported Stripe or another credit card processor though (instead of PayPal only).

michalu 12y ago

I use tradeshift.com it;s free an when it comes to invoicing, the best I have found so far

jkaykin 12y ago

Square just released it's own invoicing tool: https://squareup.com/invoices https://squareup.com/invoices

bergerb 12y ago

https://www.zoho.com/ https://www.zoho.com/ Invoicing and Time Tracking

navyrain 12y ago

I've been using Freckle: http://letsfreckle.com http://letsfreckle.com , which is promoted primarily as a time tracking tool, but has good invoicing built in as well.

gee_totes 12y ago

I've been using freeagent for about a year now. it's a little pricey, but the UI is great and it's built for freelancers

gonepostal 12y ago

Currently using http://www.freshbooks.com http://www.freshbooks.com Definitely not the best in terms of user experience but it has enough features I didn't know I need, that it keeps me happy. Things like multiple auto-reminders for late payments and reoccurring invoices saved me alot of time. I didn't need them when I was looking around at invoicing software but now I do.

chriswoodford 12y ago

I was using invoicemachine.com but their API just wasn't cutting it for me so I switched to FreshBooks. The FreshBooks API is great: in a matter of minutes I was able to pull my hours from Harvest and generate a FreshBooks invoice. That's all I need

munimkazia 12y ago

I was using Curdbee. They have been acquired by another company called Hiveage, and we had to migrate our accounts there. So that's what I am using right now. I just needed a simple invoicing app which generates and sends clean invoices, so their free plans work perfectly for me. Links: http://www.curdbee.com http://www.curdbee.com http://www.hiveage.com/ http://www.hiveage.com/

andyhnj 12y ago

I've been using Harvest: http://www.getharvest.com/ http://www.getharvest.com/ Works fine for me, though I don't do a lot of freelance work, so I'm not a heavy user.

stevekemp 12y ago

http://invoiceto.me/ http://invoiceto.me/ is what I use for sending out monthly invoices. The site is simple, and I keep good records. The only thing I need externally is a pretty PDF to mail to clients, and that site gives me that.

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sdfjkl 12y ago

Solar Accounts - UK specific, suitable for both sole traders and Ltds, with or without VAT registration. Does invoicing and accounting in one nice package. http://www.solaraccounts.co.uk/ http://www.solaraccounts.co.uk/ I didn't want to entrust my accounting to some web SaaS thing.

mattgrigsby 12y ago

Nutcache - http://nutcache.com http://nutcache.com The thing about Nutcache is that is totally free and stable.