Accounting software that also sends invoices.
FreshBooks is small-business accounting software: expense tracking, receipt scanning, tax reports and accountant access, with plans from $23/mo (Lite) that cap billable clients at 5, rising to $43/mo for 50 clients and $70/mo for unlimited, plus $11/mo per additional team member. ServiceInvoicing is not accounting software — it is built around the invoice itself, from $0 to $39/mo, with trade-specific custom job fields FreshBooks has no equivalent for and team seats included rather than billed per head. Choose FreshBooks if you want your books and your invoices in one place; choose ServiceInvoicing if you already have a bookkeeper and simply need to bill.
Last reviewed against FreshBooks’s published pricing page.
FreshBooks is built for bookkeeping: expenses, receipt scanning, tax reports and an accountant login. Its limits are on billable clients — 5 on Lite at $23/mo, 50 on Plus at $43/mo, unlimited on Premium at $70/mo — and every extra team member is $11/mo. The headline prices you see advertised are promotional and renew at those higher rates.
ServiceInvoicing is not trying to be your accounting system. It is built around the invoice, with reusable trade-specific job fields, contracts and a client portal, and team seats included in the plan price rather than billed per head.
Choose FreshBooks if you want your books and your invoices in one place.
FreshBooks pricing and features checked against their public pricing page in September 2026.
| Feature | ServiceInvoicing This site | FreshBooks Accounting first |
|---|---|---|
| Price & limits | ||
| Free planA usable plan that costs nothing, not just a trial. | YesYes — 2 clients, unlimited invoices | No30-day trial only |
| Entry paid plan | $9/mo | $23/mo |
| Top plan | $39/mo — unlimited everything | $70/mo (Premium) |
| Invoices per monthThe number of invoices you can actually send. | YesUnlimited on every plan, including free | YesUnlimited (clients are capped instead) |
| What the plan caps | Active clients (2 / 10 / 25 / unlimited) | Billable clients (5 / 50 / unlimited) |
| Team members includedExtra people who can work in the account at no extra charge. | Yes2 / 10 / unlimited, included in the plan price | No1 user; +$11/mo each |
| Contract or commitment | YesMonth-to-month, cancel any time | PartialHeadline prices are promotional and renew higher |
| Invoicing | ||
| Itemized line items, tax, discounts, deposits | Yes | Yes |
| PDF download and print | Yes | Yes |
| Trade-specific job fieldsReusable custom fields — permit number, VIN, serial number, claim reference — that attach to every invoice. | YesCustom schemas you define per trade | No |
| Payment status trackingDraft, Pending, Paid, Overdue — filterable by client or status. | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-currency invoicing | Yes18 currencies, set per invoice | Yes |
| Free invoice templates without an account | Yes30 printable trade templates | Yes |
| Clients & contracts | ||
| Client address book | Yes | Yes |
| Contracts with e-signature | YesIncluded from $19/mo | PartialProposals on Plus and above |
| Client portalYour clients sign in to view invoices and sign contracts. | YesIncluded from $19/mo | Yes |
| Time entries billed to invoices | Yes | Yes |
| Revenue reports with CSV export | YesBilled, collected and outstanding by date range | Yes |
| What we deliberately do not do | ||
| Processes card paymentsWe produce invoices and track their status. We never touch your money — you get paid however you already do. | NoNo — and no processing fees either | YesProcessing fees apply |
| Scheduling, dispatch and GPS routing | No | No |
| Full bookkeeping, expenses and tax reports | No | YesCore strength |
| Native mobile app | NoWeb app; works in a phone browser | Yes |
FreshBooks is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with ServiceInvoicing. Prices shown are FreshBooks’s published list prices in September 2026 and exclude promotional discounts, add-ons and taxes. Source: www.freshbooks.com/pricing
For invoicing, yes. For accounting, no. FreshBooks does expense tracking, receipt scanning, tax reports and accountant access that ServiceInvoicing does not. If you use FreshBooks mainly to send invoices and track who has paid, ServiceInvoicing does that from $0 to $39/mo instead of $23 to $70/mo.
No. ServiceInvoicing reports on revenue — total billed, collected and outstanding across a date range, with CSV export — but it does not track expenses, scan receipts, categorise transactions or produce tax filings. Many customers pair it with a bookkeeper or accounting package.
Both cap billable clients rather than invoices. FreshBooks allows 5 clients on Lite ($23/mo), 50 on Plus ($43/mo) and unlimited on Premium ($70/mo). ServiceInvoicing allows 2 clients free, 10 on Starter ($9/mo), 25 on Professional ($19/mo) and unlimited on its $39/mo plan.
Reusable trade-specific job fields — permit number, VIN, serial number, claim reference — that attach to every invoice, and included employee access rather than $11/mo per seat. ServiceInvoicing is also built specifically for service trades, with 30 trade-specific invoice templates.
Start on the free plan, add a client, and send a real invoice today. No credit card, no trial clock, nothing to cancel.