Wave Accounting vs Sunrise Comparison

The tool is fully customizable. Everything can be changed and modified to fit your business. Their customer support is amazing.

There was some hassle to find stuff that we wanted to alter on the tool. We got ir figured out after talking to support. If we could have found a way how go do it, it would have been a lot faster.

I love that I can keep track of all my invoices, let clients pay with credit card or PayPal, and send invoices customized with my branding.

Honestly there's not much I dislike about it. Of course I don't use it for accounting, only invoicing, because it has limited functionality with accounting.

Billy provides a simple solution for accounting that is specifically designed for freelancers and agencies. It has a great user interface and is very easy to use. It is solid and I have never had a problem with.

The fact that key features have taken so long to evolve. I am talking about no PayPal integration and the fact that bank syncing has only just arrived in my country. The most annoying thing is that whilst key features are lagging behind the team are investing users money in having season Billy logos designed, which quite frankly is ridiculous. Their community management needs work as well.

Hi Gary, You didn't like our pumpkin head Billy face :(

The simplicity of use. The interface is intuitive, I like the invoices generated clean and sleek design.

The price is a bit high for my current use. Wish could get ability to generate receipts or send invoices marked as paid

Hi Paul, we do have three tier, the lowest tier still gives you access to the invoicing features. These features include adding payments and marking them as paid. If you'd like help with this feature, please feel free to ping us on chat from within the app. Happy to help.

Billy really makes your accounting easy! I recommend it to all of my friends, as I hate accounting and this software makes it a breeze.

Nothing is bothering me so far, and it keeps on improving.

Brings my clients and work together in one accounting program.

takes a bit to learn unless you know accounting software. For someone who uses pen and paper, changing over was a little slower than I would expect.

It's very easy to use. It has all the features I need to successfully manage my accounting, it even helps me to manage it more accurately and efficiently. I have to say the customer service is exceptional and they helped make the transition from QB to Billy seamless.

Sometimes there are a few extra steps to enter data that I'm not used to but once I learn the flow, it's pretty easy.

Billy is a great hassle free accounting app. It is very easy to use and becomes more intuitive as you use it.

It is very limited for a growing business that will eventually need more comprehensive accounting reports.

Simple and fully functional accounting & billing system that has multi-currency invoicing

Doesn't have recurring expenses, unable to generate customer statements, unable to apply a discount % or amount in an invoice. Website is not mobile responsive. app name "billyapp" sounds 'Naff', when i tell clients to check their email for our invoicing system sent from "billapp"... Could I use my own custom domain or you use another domain to send emails?

You are able to create customer statements and apply discounts to invoices. Please contact our support for help.

I have tried many different brands of accounting software, and Billy works the best for my needs. It's easy to use, has great support, and makes doing my accounting much easier than I experienced with other software.

I would like to have better reporting capabilities.

I already have and will continue to recommend this service to all I know, because of the unlimited ability within this accounting software I’m only beginning to understand. Thank you Sunrise.

Free service with power tool, with software Friendly interface. Wish there was a bit more customer service availability, via phone.

Thank you for your review, Danny. We've taken note of your feature suggestion and we will make sure it gets in the hands of our product development team. Our goal is to simplify bookkeeping for our customers, not make it more complicated. We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.

I like that I can easily see open invoices, and when things are due to be paid. I also love being able to track my expenses, and that everything is in 1 place vs. several spread sheets.

When I try to search invoices by number, for instance, the information collapses onto itself and I can't read unless I refresh every time. Could this be a Mac bug? Not sure if anyone else has mentioned. I also use in Chrome, so maybe I'll try another browser.

Simple to use and easy to get started. Great simple accounting interface with all your necessary reporting

No inventory management if you need it. Would like to see a PO module in the software in the future

Hi Jonathon, You can create a PO module by renaming Estimates to PO in the template. Contact our support to learn how. -Billy

I find the software very simple and basic. It does exactly what I need it to, with no complications or awkward stuff. That being said i am an accountant and I know what I'm doing - might be a little bit too basic for a total beginner....

Billy is still very much in start up phase, and not everything works exactly as I would want yet, although I think they are heading in the right direction. Over the last six weeks or so I finally managed to connect my bank account nd transfer transactions automatically - once I manage to connect my Paypal account too I will be in heaven

This product is way simpler to use for the average small business owner than other, more costly and more complicated accounting products. Everything is very intuitive and easy to understand.

I have had repeated issues with integrating my bank information to the software.

Hi Donna, thank you for providing us with feedback. You should not be jumping over hurdles when it comes to bookkeeping. We strive to simplify bookkeeping and will continue to improve our product for our small business owners. Regarding your bank sync issues, we recently launch an integration with Plaid, which we believe will solve a lot of bank sync issues. When you log into Sunrise, you'll be prompted to relink your bank accounts. Please reach out to us if you have any issues. Thanks!

I like because you can send recurring invoices and quotes and have your bank accounts in accounting all in one

Haven't really found anything that I like least about it but I am working to learn more about the app but it is easy to comprehend

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I loved when I first found my hero Billy

With Billy it is harder to match entries

Ease of use of available features; accounting section is pretty good too and certainly creating expenses based on uploaded receipts is a plus.

Needs number of features: customer statements, better VAT handling for Irish annual Trading details return

It is super easy to use and all invoicing and accounting features required for small businesses are included. Great value for the price!

Lack of translations available for templates. I would like to have templates available in other languages or be able to translate all text variables myself.

Since it is designed by freelancers, it is really convenient to use. Has so many features that are extremely useful for my accounting needs.

The application needs some improvements since it is just on the novice stage. But it serves all the basic needs of any freelance accountant.

Fairly easy for a non-techy person to get into and once set up makes the accounting process so much easier (almost enjoyable).

UK bank sync took time and I had to enter data manually.

(We don't use the accounting features so the focus is on the billing features). It is very easy to create a professional-looking invoice and share it with the customer instantly via email. It's simple to use, user-friendly and self-explanatory.

One feature that I would like to see is that I can go to the products overview and see all the invoices that have one of these products on it. In addition, it would be nice to be able to select certain products and bulk-change products (for example, increase pricing on all items selected by 2%).

Thank you for your positive feedback. Sunrise strives to make creating and sending professional-looking invoices to customers as seamless and stress-free as possible. We're glad to hear that you found the process effective! Unfortunately, we do not have the bulk-change product items capabilities yet, but we've brought the suggestion to our product team. However, if you want to change a product price and have it reflected across all invoices, go to Settings > Product > click to edit a product. Please reach out to us if you have any additional questions. Thanks!