FreshBooks is invoicing and accounting software for freelancers and small service businesses. It handles invoices, expenses, time tracking, online payments and accounting reports.
FreshBooks invoices can pull in your tracked time and expenses automatically, work out taxes and display the payment options you choose. You can send estimates and proposals that set out a project’s scope, timeline and deliverables, and clients can approve a project with one click. Estimates can be turned into ready-to-pay invoices. Expenses come in through mobile receipt scanning and bank account imports, with automated categorization. The iPhone and Android apps include mileage tracking, and FreshBooks also offers payroll for paying yourself and your team.
FreshBooks names freelancers, solopreneurs and businesses with employees or contractors as its audiences. Industries it lists include marketing and agencies, creatives, construction and trades, consulting, IT, legal and professional services. Projects let you invite contractors, employees and business partners and decide which files they can see with team permissions. You can share files with clients and collect their feedback in the project. A project profitability report breaks down each project by service and expense category.
The FreshBooks App Store lists apps that connect to your account, and developers can build their own integrations with the FreshBooks API, backed by documentation. On the Plus and Premium plans, you can invite accountants to your business at no extra cost. FreshBooks says its support team never transfers you to other departments, and its help center covers common customer questions.
Reports help you track income, expenses and taxes over time. Current prices are in the pricing box above.