Ask HN: What invoicing program are you using?

16 points by lbr 11 years ago | 23 comments

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

eswat 11 years ago |

I’ve settled with FreshBooks for now. UI is a bit clunnky but it gets the job done.

http://www.freshbooks.com/

codegeek 11 years 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 11 years ago | | |

I think you must be grandfathered into the 3 client free account, it is limited to 1 now.

munimkazia 11 years 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.hiveage.com/

gonepostal 11 years ago |

Currently using 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.

navyrain 11 years ago |

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

roybarberuk 11 years ago |

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

mattgrigsby 11 years 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

sdfjkl 11 years 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/

I didn't want to entrust my accounting to some web SaaS thing.

bergerb 11 years ago |

https://www.zoho.com/

Invoicing and Time Tracking

stevekemp 11 years ago |

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.

chriswoodford 11 years 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

geoffwoo 11 years ago |

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

andyhnj 11 years ago |

I've been using Harvest: 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.

marcomassaro 11 years ago |

http://getballpark.com

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

mattgrigsby 11 years ago |

Nutcache - http://nutcache.com

The thing about Nutcache is that is totally free and stable.

sycren 11 years ago |

Fast, simple & free - http://invoiceable.co/

I can bang out an invoice in under 2 mins :)

logn 11 years 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).

jkaykin 11 years ago |

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

gee_totes 11 years 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

michalu 11 years ago |

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

rowofpixels 11 years ago |

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

brandon272 11 years ago |

I use Freshbooks.