Billed vs Paymo

Time tracking and timesheets

Paymo: its home page says "With Paymo, you can track time from your browser, desktop computer, phone, or tablet," and that "Paymo Track records what you do on your computer and generates a detailed timesheet based on your activity." Its time tracking page describes daily, weekly and monthly timesheet views and time reports you can share with clients.

Billed: its features page says "Collaborate and track your team's time in one place," and "Get daily and weekly breakdown and track your progress easily." Its projects page says you can "Create hourly rate projects, set hourly rates and track task charges automatically when you log tasks."

Projects, tasks and teams

Paymo: "Create and assign tasks to one or more team members in a few clicks." Its task management page lists "Simple, Table, Kanban Board, Calendar, or Gantt Chart views." Paymo also describes resource scheduling to "Manage workloads, availabilities, and leave days on a visual schedule."

Billed: "Billed has complete project management software which lets you manage your projects and tasks in one place." Its projects page also says: "Add your team, track your tasks and create Invoices in one place."

Invoices from tracked time

Paymo: "Turn timesheet data into an invoice and make adjustments manually in just a few clicks." You can "Add your company logo, edit existing templates with HTML/CSS, or add a personalized thank-you note for your client." For repeat billing, Paymo says to "Choose the start date, frequency, and the number of occurrences, then let Paymo do the job for you."

Billed: its features page says "Easily create invoices for the tracked time and get paid." Its invoice software page says to "Choose an invoice template, add your logo and business details, and save the products and services you sell so you can pull them into an invoice instead of retyping them," and for recurring invoices to "Choose the billing frequency (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) and how many invoices to send, or keep sending until you stop."

Estimates, expenses, discounts and tax

Paymo: "Plan your project first, then convert it into an estimate with pre-filled tasks, hourly budgets, and costs. Once your client accepts it, turn it into an invoice to streamline delivery." It says you can "Record every expense at a client or project level," and "Reward your loyal clients with a global invoice percentage discount and add or subtract VAT for fiscal reporting." Its pricing page lists recurring invoices and estimates and expenses on the Plus plan.

Billed: "Convert your estimate to invoice with a single click after getting approval from your client." "An expense in Billed records who you paid, when, how much and which category it belongs to, with the receipt attached to the same entry." Billed's invoice software page says "Give a client a discount on an invoice, or create coupons," and "Save your tax rates and settings once, and Billed calculates taxes automatically when you create invoices and estimates."

Payments and currencies

Paymo: its payments page describes PM Payments as "A convenient method for your clients to pay you quickly and securely via credit card and ACH," marked "Feature currently available for US customers only." Its complete feature list says: "Allow your clients to pay you directly from the invoice through a payment gateway from PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net." Its invoicing page says "Whether PM Payments or others, you can set up payment gateways and make it easy for your clients to pay you securely, directly from an invoice," and that you can "invoice your clients in 85+ currencies within the same account."

Billed: "Connect your Stripe account and every invoice you send gets a pay button, so clients can pay by card. Connect PayPal to add a PayPal option as well." Billed's invoice software page also says "Invoice customers in multiple currencies, choosing a different currency for each invoice or customer."

Clients and the client side

Paymo: "In Paymo, clients have access to their invoices and the uploaded expenses in a dedicated client portal."

Billed: "Save all of your clients in one centralized place."

On a phone

Paymo: its mobile apps page says you can "Manage projects, track time, and invoice clients from your smartphone."

Billed: its mobile app page says you can "Create invoices, send estimates, log expenses, and accept payments from wherever you are."