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Overview
FreshBooks is accounting software that makes running your small business easy, fast and secure. Spend less time on accounting...
Stripe is an online payment processing tool for internet businesses. Stripe handles everything, including storing cards,...
- Platforms supported
- Web-based
- iPhone app
- Android app
- Windows Phone app
- Typical customers
- Freelancers
- Small businesses
- Mid size businesses
- Large enterprises
- Customer support
- Phone
- Online
- Knowledge base
- Video tutorials
- Platforms supported
- Web-based
- iPhone app
- Android app
- Windows Phone app
- Typical customers
- Freelancers
- Small businesses
- Mid size businesses
- Large enterprises
- Customer support
- Phone
- Online
- Knowledge base
- Video tutorials
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Pricing
Starting from
- Free trial available
- No credit card required
- Free account
- Subscription based
Starting from
- Free trial available
- No credit card required
- Free account
- Subscription based
User reviews
4.5
5
4
3
2
1
2,005
1,194
230
32
22
- Value for money
- Ease of use
- Features
- Customer support
4.7
5
4
3
2
1
1,342
378
54
14
18
- Value for money
- Ease of use
- Features
- Customer support
Pros
Pros
Cons
Cons
Key features
- Total features71
- API
- Access Control
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting Integration
- Accounting Management
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Attendance Tracking
- Authentication
- Automated Billing
- Automated Expense Input
- Automatic Notifications
- Billable Hours Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Billing Rate Management
- Brainstorming
- Calendar Management
- Client Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Collaborative Workspace
- Contact Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Currency Conversion
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Reporting
- Customizable Templates
- Data Filtering
- Data Import
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Data Visualization
- Deadline Management
- Discount Management
- Document Storage
- Document Templates
- Electronic Payments
- Email Integration
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Estimating
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Feedback Collection
- Feedback Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Fraud Detection
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Alerts
- Mobile Integration
- Multi-Country
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Language
- PCI DSS Compliance
- POS
- Partial Payments
- Performance Reports
- Permission Management
- Preview Functionality
- Profit / Loss Statement
- Project Accounting
- Project Budgeting
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Project Time Tracking
- Projections
- Proposal Generation
- Real Time Updates
- Receipt Management
- Recurring Billing
- Recurring Tasks
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role Management
- Role-Based Permissions
- Sales Reporting
- Sales Tax Management
- Spend Control
- Status Tracking
- Summary Reports
- Third Party Integration
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Time Clock Integration
- Timer
- Timesheets
- Transaction History
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Visual Analytics
- Total features27
- API
- Access Control
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting Integration
- Accounting Management
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Attendance Tracking
- Authentication
- Automated Billing
- Automated Expense Input
- Automatic Notifications
- Billable Hours Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Billing Rate Management
- Brainstorming
- Calendar Management
- Client Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Collaborative Workspace
- Contact Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Currency Conversion
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Reporting
- Customizable Templates
- Data Filtering
- Data Import
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Data Visualization
- Deadline Management
- Discount Management
- Document Storage
- Document Templates
- Electronic Payments
- Email Integration
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Estimating
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Feedback Collection
- Feedback Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Fraud Detection
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Alerts
- Mobile Integration
- Multi-Country
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Language
- PCI DSS Compliance
- POS
- Partial Payments
- Performance Reports
- Permission Management
- Preview Functionality
- Profit / Loss Statement
- Project Accounting
- Project Budgeting
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Project Time Tracking
- Projections
- Proposal Generation
- Real Time Updates
- Receipt Management
- Recurring Billing
- Recurring Tasks
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role Management
- Role-Based Permissions
- Sales Reporting
- Sales Tax Management
- Spend Control
- Status Tracking
- Summary Reports
- Third Party Integration
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Time Clock Integration
- Timer
- Timesheets
- Transaction History
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Visual Analytics
Integrations
- Total integrations266
- Authorize.net
- Dropbox Business
- FreshBooks
- Magento Commerce
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Excel
- NetSuite
- PayPal
- QuickBooks Online
- QuickBooks Online Advanced
- SAP Business One
- Sage Intacct
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Shopify
- Slack
- Stripe
- WooCommerce
- Workato
- Xero
- Zapier
- Total integrations967
- Authorize.net
- Dropbox Business
- FreshBooks
- Magento Commerce
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Excel
- NetSuite
- PayPal
- QuickBooks Online
- QuickBooks Online Advanced
- SAP Business One
- Sage Intacct
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Shopify
- Slack
- Stripe
- WooCommerce
- Workato
- Xero
- Zapier
Security
- Encryption of sensitive data at rest
- HTTPS for all pages (web-based apps)
- Reports/alerts for security breaches
- Multifactor authentication options
- Customer data removed upon service cancellation
- Encryption of sensitive data at rest
- HTTPS for all pages (web-based apps)
- Reports/alerts for security breaches
- Multifactor authentication options
- Customer data removed upon service cancellation
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Amy Honey
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees
Used weekly for 1+ years
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I liked the ease of use with freshbooks, and I probably would have liked it more had I had more clients to bill, however, they charge for extra clients, so you are limited. And for $20 a month, I didn't feel it was worth it. I used the free month, and then paid for it for 2 months and decided it wasn't for me. However, it was super easy to use and it integrates with stripe, which I liked. It was more just a tad bit too expensive for what it was. There was also a bit of a learning curve there to figure out how to use it, but, once you figured it out it was all good.
that it integrated with Stripe
too expensive and a bit of a learning curve to use
Anonymous Reviewer
Music, self-employed
Used monthly for 1+ years
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It was easy. It flowed greatly
The app is easy to use. When we open the app it is clear. All the functions are easy to find in the app. The support page is nice. It is a great tool to organize the business. When I click on invoice i can see a page where I can see all the funcionalities.: customer information, date issued, customized invoiced numbers etc. I can put my logo or brand. I can accept credit card which is a great funcionality. I can automatically bill the customer, payment reminders and I can choose a lot of currencies to charge the customer.
I think Stripe is a little better than Freshbooks payments
Varun Kumar
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Used weekly for 3+ years
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FreshBooks
Freshbooks helps to quickly stand out in the crowd with professional estimates
They offer a free trial version for 30 days which is very sufficient to learn how the app works. During this trial period I was given all the features. I started to use FreshBooks as one of my clients recommended it. As it was recurring long term client, I used FreshBooks for bookkeeping and some minimal accounting functions.
They asked me to connect to another payment service called 'Stripe' to start receiving payments directly. I could see that Stripe doesn't support sign up from India. So I couldn't use to get paid.
John Kilbride
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 4+ years
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We deal with entrepreneurs and start-ups every day and we always ask them about their accounting because it's such a critical component of any business, and yet often overlooked. We recommend Freshbooks for all our clients.
So easy to use in general and set up credit card payment gateways. This gets the business going fast.
Could use a few more integrated payment gateways - Stripe and Mijereh for sure.
Anonymous Reviewer
Internet, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for 2+ years
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FreshBooks
They updated the UI of the application and it is great now. Simple to use and to set up.
I handle invoicing some clients using this product. I receive money via Stripe and handle invoices and receipts using FreshBooks.
- The user interface is modern and simple to use. - The information is neatly organized around projects, clients, invoices, payments, and expenses. - You are able to integrate with stripe, so your clients pay the invoices via stripe.
I could not sync with my SVB account. I tried many different ways of doing it but somehow I could not link it. It could be an issue with SVB account. I did try to take it with their support team, but we could not find a solution to it. Anyway, I continue to use the software as I found another way to input expense information into Freshbooks
Anonymous Reviewer
Internet
Used weekly for 4+ years
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It is easy to use and I can take online payment which helps me to be more efficient.
I can synchronize my WooCommerce sales and take recurring payment with ease thanks to the WooCommerce + Freshbooks + Stripe combo
I am still in the old version, I don't understand why it takes so long to migrate to the new version. But this will not affect new users.
Khurram Mubarak
Accounting, 1-10 employees
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