Wave vs. FreshBooks
Compared to FreshBooks, Wave offers accounting, invoicing, and everything money management, starting at free. Explore this FreshBooks alternative today!
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Our plans start at $0/month. And you can easily upgrade or add-on more features, anytime.
Wave is more than powerful invoicing and accounting. Our plans + add-on features include payments, payroll, coaching, and more.
We don’t believe in trials or demos to get started. You can create your Wave account, set up your business in minutes, and see for yourself.
Wave vs. FreshBooks
Wave's Starter and Pro Plans are affordable and easy-to-use ways to set up invoicing and accounting solutions for your business.
Wave plans
FreshBooks (all plans)
Customers love Wave
4.4 out of 5 stars based on user reviews collected by G2Crowd as of January 2024.
This application blows the doors off FreshBooks. Wave is full of awesome tools and their focus on details like user experience, layout, and color, all get a thumbs up from this website developer!
Wave vs. FreshBooks
Here's why we think you'll love Wave.
Accounting
- Powerful, cloud-based accounting software
- Unlimited, secure bank connections with Wave's Pro Plan*
- Easy-to-use for freelancers and small business owners (while making accountants happy with robust reports and functionality)
Invoicing
- Professional and customizable invoices that are quick and easy to create
- Send unlimited recurring invoices to as many customers as you want
- Download Wave’s free apps for iOS and Android to send invoices on-the-go
Online payments
- Seamlessly connects with Wave’s invoicing and accounting software
- With our Pro Plan, you can unlock rates starting at 2.9% + $0** for the first 10 credit card transactions each month and—until June 3, 2024—you can process unlimited credit card transactions for the same rate.
- Time-saving features like scheduled payment reminders and automatic credit card payments
1 Rates are 1% for bank payments (minimum fee of $1). For information on credit card rates, visit Pricing for details.
Plans to make
your plans happen.
Just starting your business or looking for the basics? This is the place.
Create unlimited estimates, invoices, bills, and bookkeeping records
Option to accept online payments
Invoice on-the-go via the Wave app
Manage cash flow and customers in one dashboard
Want to look more polished, save more time, and conquer cash flow? It’s Pro time.
Option to accept online payments at a discounted rate
Auto-import bank transactions
Auto-merge and categorize bank transactions
Digitally capture unlimited receipts and track expenses
Automate late payment reminders
And more!
Create unlimited estimates, invoices, bills, and bookkeeping records
Option to accept online payments
Invoice on-the-go via the Wave app
Manage cash flow and customers in one dashboard
Option to accept online payments at a discounted rate
Auto-import bank transactions
Auto-merge and categorize bank transactions
Digitally capture unlimited receipts and track expenses
Automate late payment reminders
And more!
Just starting your business or looking for the basics? This is the place.
Create unlimited estimates, invoices, bills, and bookkeeping records
Option to accept online payments
Invoice on-the-go via the Wave app
Manage cash flow and customers in one dashboard
Want to look more polished, save more time, and conquer cash flow? It’s Pro time.
Billed annually
Billed annually
Option to accept online payments at a discounted rate
Auto-import bank transactions
Auto-merge and categorize bank transactions
Digitally capture unlimited receipts and track expenses
Automate late payment reminders
And more!
Create unlimited estimates, invoices, bills, and bookkeeping records
Option to accept online payments
Invoice on-the-go via the Wave app
Manage cash flow and customers in one dashboard
Billed annually
Billed annually
Option to accept online payments at a discounted rate
Auto-import bank transactions
Auto-merge and categorize bank transactions
Digitally capture unlimited receipts and track expenses
Automate late payment reminders
And more!
*We use Plaid to facilitate bank connections. Not all financial institutions are supported so we can’t guarantee that you will be able to connect an account. Check Plaid's troubleshooting guide for more information or learn more about how bank connections work at Wave.
**Active subscription required. While subscribed to Wave’s Pro Plan, get 2.9% + $0 (Visa, Mastercard, Discover) and 3.4% + $0 (Amex) per transaction for an unlimited number of transactions during the offer period. After the offer ends: over 10 transactions per month at 2.9% + $0.60 (Visa, Mastercard, Discover) and 3.4% + $0.60 (Amex) per transaction. Discover processing is only available to US customers. See full terms and conditions
