Invoice Simple Alternatives Compared
What Invoice Simple offers, reasons you might look elsewhere, and six other invoicing tools, each described from its own website. Billed publishes this page.
Quick Verdict
Invoice Simple's plans limit how many invoices you send each month, from 3 on Essentials to unlimited on Premium. If you need more invoices on a free plan, time tracking or projects, compare the tools below, and check each one's current pricing page before you switch.
Billed publishes this page, and Billed is one of the tools listed. We haven't ranked, scored or tested the tools. Each description comes from that tool's own website, opened on October 29, 2026. Plans and prices change, so check the linked vendor pages before you decide.
Invoice Simple (also written InvoiceSimple) is an invoicing and estimating app for iOS, Android and the web. Its features page lists invoices and estimates from 60+ templates, online payments, automated reminders, expense tracking with a receipt scanner, and reports on revenue, expenses and top clients. Its estimate-to-invoice page says you can schedule recurring invoices.
Through Invoice Simple Payments, clients can pay by credit or debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo and ACH bank transfer; Venmo and ACH are US only. Payments run through Stripe, PayPal or both.
Its pricing page lists three plans after a 14-day free trial: Essentials at $6.99 a month for up to 3 invoices a month, Plus at $14.99 a month for up to 10, with due date reminders and summary reports, and Premium at $21.99 a month for unlimited invoices, with client signatures and deposits. Prices are in USD, and annual plans include 2 months free.
What to compare
- You send more than 10 invoices a month and don't want the Premium plan: Essentials allows up to 3 a month and Plus up to 10
- You want a free plan rather than a 14-day trial followed by a paid plan
- You want to track billable time, which Invoice Simple's features page doesn't list
- You manage projects and tasks alongside your invoices, which its features page doesn't list
- You want due date reminders or deposits without moving up to the Plus or Premium plan
InvoiceSimple Alternatives at a Glance
| Tool | Price (as listed) | Free plan | Estimates / quotes | Card payments on invoices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billed | Free $0/mo; Pro $10/mo or $99.99/yr; Premium $25/mo or $250/yr | Yes: Free plan, $0/mo | Yes, on all plans | Yes, through Stripe; no Billed fee, Stripe's standard rates |
| Wave | Starter $0; Pro $190 USD/yr, billed annually | Yes: Starter, $0 | Yes, unlimited | Yes: 2.9% + $0.60 per card payment (Starter) |
| Zoho Invoice | Free | Yes: free | Quotes | Multiple payment options |
| Invoice Ninja | Free $0; Pro $14/mo billed monthly | Yes: $0, 5 clients | Quotes | Yes, on Free |
| PayPal Invoicing | — | — | — | Cards: 2.99% + fixed fee per invoice payment (US) |
| FreshBooks | Lite $23/mo (USD); offer shown: $4.60/mo for 4 months | — | Yes, all plans (proposals from Plus) | Yes: cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
InvoiceSimple alternatives compared by price (as listed), free plan, estimates / quotes and card payments on invoices, as each tool's own website stated them on November 4, 2026.
Billed
- Price (as listed)
- Free $0/mo; Pro $10/mo or $99.99/yr; Premium $25/mo or $250/yr
- Free plan
- Yes: Free plan, $0/mo
- Estimates / quotes
- Yes, on all plans
- Card payments on invoices
- Yes, through Stripe; no Billed fee, Stripe's standard rates
Wave
- Price (as listed)
- Starter $0; Pro $190 USD/yr, billed annually
- Free plan
- Yes: Starter, $0
- Estimates / quotes
- Yes, unlimited
- Card payments on invoices
- Yes: 2.9% + $0.60 per card payment (Starter)
Zoho Invoice
- Price (as listed)
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes: free
- Estimates / quotes
- Quotes
- Card payments on invoices
- Multiple payment options
Invoice Ninja
- Price (as listed)
- Free $0; Pro $14/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes: $0, 5 clients
- Estimates / quotes
- Quotes
- Card payments on invoices
- Yes, on Free
PayPal Invoicing
- Price (as listed)
- —
- Free plan
- —
- Estimates / quotes
- —
- Card payments on invoices
- Cards: 2.99% + fixed fee per invoice payment (US)
FreshBooks
- Price (as listed)
- Lite $23/mo (USD); offer shown: $4.60/mo for 4 months
- Free plan
- —
- Estimates / quotes
- Yes, all plans (proposals from Plus)
- Card payments on invoices
- Yes: cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay
A dash (—) means the tool's own pages didn't state it when they were checked.
Tool details
Billed
Billed is a web app for invoicing, estimates, expenses, time tracking and projects, and it runs in a web browser with nothing to install. Invoices can recur daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. Connect your own Stripe account to add a pay button to every invoice, or add PayPal as a pay option; you can also record offline payments. You can send payment reminders, convert approved estimates to invoices, bill tracked time, invite team mates with permissions and manage multiple businesses. Billed's pricing page lists a Free plan with limits and paid plans.
- Free plan listed on Billed's pricing page, with limits
- Recurring invoices daily, weekly, monthly or yearly
- Time tracking for projects, billed to invoices
- Projects and tasks with your team
- Stripe pay button and PayPal on invoices
- Expenses with receipts
- Manage multiple businesses in one account
- Plan limits apply; check Billed's pricing page for current limits
- Card and PayPal payments carry Stripe's or PayPal's own fees
Who it's for: Businesses that want invoicing, time tracking, projects and expenses in one web app
Pricing: Free $0/mo; Pro $10/mo or $99.99/yr; Premium $25/mo or $250/yr
Wave
Wave's pricing page lists a Starter plan at $0 with unlimited estimates, invoices, bills and bookkeeping records, invoicing in the mobile app and optional online payments at 2.9% + $0.60 per credit card transaction. Its Pro plan, listed at $190 a year, adds a discounted card rate, bank transaction import, receipt capture and automated late payment reminders.
- Free Starter plan with unlimited invoices and estimates
- Bookkeeping records included
- Invoice from the mobile app
- Automated late payment reminders on Pro
- Card payments have a per-transaction fee (2.9% + $0.60 on Starter)
- Receipt capture and late payment reminders need the Pro plan
Who it's for: Businesses that want free invoicing with bookkeeping records
Pricing: Starter $0; Pro $190 USD/yr, billed annually
Zoho Invoice
Zoho's pricing page calls Zoho Invoice a "forever-free invoicing solution". It lists quotes, recurring invoices, automated payment reminders, multiple payment options, expense recording, time logging and projects, a self-service customer portal, reports, and integrations with Zoho CRM, Books and other Zoho apps. For more advanced billing, it points to Zoho Billing.
- Free, described by Zoho as forever-free
- Recurring invoices and automated payment reminders
- Time tracking and projects
- Self-service customer portal
- Expense recording and reports
- For more advanced billing, Zoho points to a separate product, Zoho Billing
- Support is by email and voice, 24/5
Who it's for: Businesses that want a free invoicing tool with time tracking and a customer portal
Pricing: Free
Invoice Ninja
Invoice Ninja's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 for up to 5 clients with unlimited invoicing, recurring invoices and auto-billing, projects and billable time tracking, expenses, a client portal, and deposits and partial payments. Ninja Pro, listed at $14 a month, adds unlimited clients, automatic late payment reminders and reports; Enterprise adds account users and permissions.
- Free plan for up to 5 clients with unlimited invoicing
- Recurring invoices and auto-billing
- Projects and billable time tracking
- Client portal, deposits and partial payments
- Automatic payment reminders and reports start on Ninja Pro
- Extra users and permissions need the Enterprise plan
Who it's for: Businesses with a few clients that want recurring billing and time tracking
Pricing: Free $0; Pro $14/mo billed monthly
PayPal Invoicing
PayPal's invoicing page says you can create, send and track invoices on desktop or in the PayPal app, and customers can pay even without a PayPal account, by PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, cards, Pay Later or Pay by Bank (ACH). It lists recurring invoices, automatic reminders and sync with QuickBooks or Xero. The page lists fees per transaction: 3.49% + $0.49 for PayPal and Venmo, 2.99% + $0.49 for cards and Apple Pay, and 1% with a $10 cap for Pay by Bank.
- Sign up for free; you pay a fee per payment received
- Clients can pay without a PayPal account
- Recurring invoices and automatic reminders
- Sync with QuickBooks or Xero
- A fee applies to each payment received
- Invoicing is built around PayPal's own payment service
Who it's for: Businesses whose clients pay by PayPal, Venmo or card
FreshBooks
FreshBooks' pricing page lists Lite, Plus, Premium and Select plans after a 30-day trial. Lite covers invoices to 5 clients, Plus to 50 and Premium to unlimited clients. It lists unlimited time tracking, expenses, estimates and proposals, automated recurring invoices and late payment reminders, deposits, project budgets and billing, accounting reports, and payments by card, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Buy Now, Pay Later. Team members are an add-on.
- Unlimited time tracking
- Project budgets and billing
- Automated recurring invoices and late payment reminders
- Accounting reports
- Plans limit billable clients: 5 on Lite and 50 on Plus
- Team members are an add-on at $11 a month per user
Who it's for: Businesses that want invoicing with accounting, time tracking and projects
Pricing: Lite $23/mo (USD); offer shown: $4.60/mo for 4 months
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