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Switching from a paid app

Eight invoicing apps, each compared with a free one that stores nothing.

If you are paying for Wave, FreshBooks, Zoho, Square, Invoice Simple, Jobber, Housecall Pro or Bill.com and only using the invoicing part, these pages lay out what you would keep and what you would lose.

The short version

Each page below compares one paid invoicing app with InvoiceTools.com on the things that decide a switch: what it costs, whether it needs an account, what it stores, what it watermarks, and what you lose. They are written to be fair to the other app. Where it does something this site does not, the page says so.

The comparisons

Bill.com AlternativeBill.com automates approvals and accounting sync, priced per user. This free alternative covers making and sending the invoice, with no account.FreshBooks AlternativeFreshBooks bills monthly and caps billable clients on cheaper plans. This free alternative makes the invoice in your browser, no account, no client limit.Housecall Pro AlternativeHousecall Pro runs dispatch and booking for home service teams. This free alternative covers the estimate and the invoice, with no account.Invoice Simple Free AlternativeInvoice Simple caps its free plan at 3 invoices a month. This free alternative has no cap, no signup and no watermark: type, download the PDF, done.Jobber AlternativeJobber runs scheduling and dispatch, priced per user monthly. This free alternative does the quoting and invoicing part, with no account.Square Invoices AlternativeSquare Invoices is free to send but takes a cut on card payments. This alternative makes the invoice with no account and no processing cut.Wave Invoicing AlternativeWave is genuinely free but wants an account, US or Canada, and your books. This no-signup alternative makes the invoice in your browser and stores nothing.Zoho Invoice AlternativeZoho Invoice is free but wants a Zoho account. This alternative makes the invoice in your browser with no signup and nothing stored on a server.

What is the same on every page

  • InvoiceTools.com is free, needs no account to build and download a document, and stores nothing you type. The pricing page has the full list.
  • The other app is described from its own published pricing and features on the date the page was written, with the date it was checked. If something has changed, the contact page is the fastest way to get it corrected.
  • None of these pages carry affiliate links. Every link to the other app goes to its own site.

Not on the list yet

PayPal Invoicing and Invoice Ninja do not have a page yet.

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Invoice generatorThe tool the comparisons are about Nothing you type leaves your browserThe difference most of these pages come down to PricingFree, and what that covers exactly

Send it yourself, or send it and watch it

Everything here is free with no account. Send a document as a link instead and you see when it was opened, which line they questioned, and who signed it, so chasing becomes a decision rather than a guess.

How invoice tracking worksBuild a document free

The first four documents you send as a tracked link are free with an account. Everything else on InvoiceTools.com stays free and needs no account.