Billed vs ZipBooks
Quick Summary
Billed publishes this page. It compares Billed and ZipBooks using only what each company's own pages said on October 30, 2026, and it doesn't rank them. Both companies' pages describe invoices with your logo, estimates, taxes and discounts, multiple currencies, recurring invoices, saved items, payment reminders, card and PayPal payments, expenses and receipts, time tracking, projects, team permissions, reports and a mobile app.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Billed | ZipBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Logo on invoices Invoicing | ||
| Estimates and quotes Invoicing | ||
| Taxes Invoicing | ||
| Discount Invoicing | ||
| Multi-currency Invoicing | ||
| Recurring invoices Invoicing | Paid plans | |
| Saved items Invoicing | Paid plans | |
| Payment follow-ups Invoicing | Paid plans | |
| Payment by card Payments | ||
| PayPal Payments | ||
| Expense tracking Tools | ||
| Receipts Tools | ||
| Time tracking Tools | Paid plans | |
| Projects Tools | Paid plans | |
| Team roles Tools | Paid plans | |
| Reports Tools | ||
| Mobile app Tools |
Comparison based on publicly available information.
Which Should You Choose?
Choose ZipBooks
ZipBooks suits a business that wants invoices, estimates, recurring invoices, card and PayPal payments, time tracking, projects and expenses.
Choose Billed
Billed suits a business that wants invoices, estimates, recurring invoices, card and PayPal payments, time tracking, projects and expenses with receipts in one account. Its invoice software page says "For clients you bill on a schedule, set up a recurring profile once.", and its projects page says "Create hourly rate projects, set hourly rates and track task charges automatically when you log tasks."
Detailed Feature Analysis
Creating invoices and estimates
ZipBooks' billing page says: "Customize your invoices according to your needs by adding your logo, specific colors, and contact info." Its pricing page lists "Send custom quotes and estimates", "Add VAT, taxes, and invoice discounts", "Invoice in multiple currencies" and "Save items and tasks for use on future invoices". Its Smarter plan lists "Schedule recurring invoices with auto-bill", "Automate reminders" and "Save invoice line items".
Billed's invoice software page says "Choose an invoice template, add your logo and business details", and its features page says "Create professional estimates with Billed App estimate templates." Its invoice software page says "Billed calculates taxes automatically when you create invoices and estimates.", "Give a client a discount on an invoice, or create coupons." and "Invoice customers in multiple currencies". It says you can "save the products and services you sell so you can pull them into an invoice instead of retyping them", that "For clients you bill on a schedule, set up a recurring profile once." and that "Payment reminders can be customized."
Getting paid
ZipBooks' homepage says you can "get paid seamlessly with all major credit cards or PayPal", and its Starter plan lists "Accept digital payments (Square or PayPal)".
Billed's accept payments page says "Billed integrates with Stripe to enable online payments on invoices." and "Add your Paypal account to Billed to start accepting payments via Paypal on your invoices."
Time, projects and team
ZipBooks' pricing page lists "Track time live or record manual entries", "Auto-import and bill time entries", "Create and manage projects", "Set fixed or hourly billing rates" and "Manage team permissions for invoicing, accounting, time tracking & more".
Billed's features page says "Log time for your tasks quickly and easily and save time.", "Easily bill for time tracked." and "Manage your flat rate projects and create Invoice at any stage of the project." Its projects page says "Create hourly rate projects, set hourly rates and track task charges automatically when you log tasks." Its invoice software page says "Invite your team, accountant or contractors and give them permissions in your account."
Expenses, reports and mobile
ZipBooks' pricing page lists "Add expenses, sales, transfers and other transactions", "Store and track receipts", "Income Statement and Balance Sheet reporting" and "Export reports to PDF and CSV". Its mobile page says "Create an invoice right from your job site or service call, add all the details you need, and send it off."
Billed's expense tracking page says "Record what your business spends", and "Attach the receipt when you record the expense". Its financial reporting page says "Billed offers several built-in reports". Its mobile app page says: "Create invoices, send estimates, log expenses, and accept payments from wherever you are."
More on ZipBooks' pages
ZipBooks' bank connect page says "Once we verify your account, all your transactions will be streamed in automatically." Its pricing page lists "Automate categorization with personalized Machine Learning", "Tag transactions by location, contact, project, or custom", "Consolidated reports for multi-location accounting" and "Integrate with other small business software (Gusto)". Its intelligence page describes "the ZipBooks Business Health Score, Invoice Quality Score, and smart recommendations".
More on Billed's pages
Billed's invoice software page says "When a client pays by check or cash, record it as an offline payment", "Refund your customers from within Billed and keep track of refunds." and "Add files to your invoices and estimates." Its features page says "Yes your clients can approve or reject your estimates online." Its invoice software page also says "If you run more than one business, manage them in one place and switch between them." Its Zapier integration page says "Billed has an app on Zapier".
In-Depth Comparison Guide
Billed publishes this page. We haven't ranked, scored or tested either product. Every statement about ZipBooks comes from ZipBooks' own pages, and every statement about Billed comes from Billed's product pages, all opened on October 30, 2026. Features and plans change, so check both companies' current pages before you choose.
Features both companies list
Both companies' pages describe invoices with your logo, estimates, taxes and discounts, multiple currencies, recurring invoices, saved items, payment reminders, card and PayPal payments, expenses and receipts, time tracking, projects, team permissions, reports and a mobile app. The table above shows only these shared rows. Where ZipBooks lists a feature on its paid plans rather than its Starter plan, the table says so. Each company's other features are described, in its own words, in the detailed feature analysis.
ZipBooks' plans
ZipBooks' pricing page lists four plans:
- Starter: "Free", with "Send unlimited invoices", "Accept digital payments (Square or PayPal)", "View Basic Reports" and "Connect 1 bank account".
- Smarter: "Everything in Starter", plus "Schedule recurring invoices with auto-bill", "Automate reminders", "Save invoice line items", "Track time" and "Add 5 team members".
- Sophisticated: "Everything in Smarter", plus "Reconcile every account quickly", "Lock completed books", "Generate insightful reports" and "Invite unlimited users".
- Accountant: "For businesses offering accounting and bookkeeping services".
This page doesn't repeat either company's prices, because they change. Check ZipBooks' pricing and Billed's pricing for current figures.
How to choose
- List the features your business needs.
- Check each one on both companies' current pages, and note which ZipBooks plan includes it.
- Try the tool you're leaning toward with one real invoice before you move your client list.
Sources
Opened October 30, 2026.
- ZipBooks: homepage, pricing, billing, mobile, time tracking, bank connect and intelligence.
- Billed: invoice software, accept payments, expense tracking, projects, features, financial reporting, mobile app, Zapier integration and client management.
Switching from ZipBooks?
If you move your client list to Billed, its client management page says "Billed supports client imports so you can quickly onboard your existing client list without entering each contact manually." Keep your ZipBooks records until you've checked that your open invoices and balances are recorded where you need them.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Bottom Line
Billed and ZipBooks both send invoices and estimates, take card and PayPal payments, track time, projects and expenses, run reports and offer a mobile app, according to their own pages. ZipBooks suits a business that wants those features. Billed suits a business that wants invoices, estimates, recurring invoices, payments, time tracking, projects and expenses in one account. Billed publishes this page and doesn't rank the two; check both companies' current pages for the features you need.
Ready to Try Billed?
Set up your account and send your first invoice with Billed.
When this isn't for you
If you aren't sure which features your business needs, or how your books should be set up, ask your accountant before you choose either product.