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Wave vs WHMCS Comparison (2026)

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WHMCS

Overview

With Wave's comprehensive, free and unlimited invoicing tools, you can send invoices, keep track of who owes what, send reminders and more.

WHMCS is a web hosting automation platform which can manage signups, provisioning, billing and support for web hosting service providers

  • 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

19

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

18.95

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

1.7K

5

4

3

2

1

1K

451

107

34

78

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
78%
would recommend this app

4.1

112

5

4

3

2

1

60

30

9

3

10

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

Pros

“It helps save time with daily bookkeeping tasks, invoicing, and tracking payments. While it may not have all the advanced features of bigger platforms, it works well for basic business accounting needs.”
ST

Sai T.

Construction Project Manager

“The starter edition is free which is awesome, you are able to process payroll, invoice clients and perform monthly accounting at no cost. ”
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Tim O.

Partner

“I am able to track my spending with categories, as well, and that makes it easier to do my taxes at the end of each year.”
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Amber M.

Owner

Pros

“Easy tool to manage and sell VPS and domain registering which comes with open integration of payment providers like PayPal and stripe, income forecast feature is so good as it enables us estimate sales”
GD

Gladys D.

Human Resource

“It can be easily customise for multiple product like shared hosting, vps, SSL, cloud hosting, domain registration etc.”
JS

Jasvinder S.

VP-IT/BS

“Low charges on website invoices and enough features for website customer support”
bj

bamuwalaza j.

engineering technican

Cons

“My customer paid by ACH/bank payment through Wave, the funds were withdrawn from the customer, and then Wave refused to release the payment to my business account because they claimed they could not verify my business.”
ek

emir k.

Principal

“I tried to recommend my friend to use Wave but they were unable to sign-up as my friend works in healthcare, and there were some data storage restriction due to HIPAA and Wave's data policies, which prevented the registration to continue.”
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Salina T.

Owner

“Wave did not first request specific documents, did not explain exactly what verification failed, and did not give me a meaningful opportunity to resolve the issue.”
ek

emir k.

Principal

Cons

“the support team is NOT meticulous and does a bare minimum sloppy job, if you are a total novice do not rely on them, they failed to check the date and time, cron of the server, and didnt even bother to ensure the directories are correct.”
PD

Peter D.

IT Director

“Pricing depends on number of clients you get; therefore, the tool is likely to be more expensive if you have more than 1000 clients and if you are to use white labelled solution”
GA

Gwendolin A.

social work

“The theme breaks when we upgrade the WHMCS.The themes, external support and vendors are very costly.”
JS

Jasvinder S.

VP-IT/BS

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review23 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features86
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Automatic Billing
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CPA Firms
  • CRM
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commission Management
  • Contact Database
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Currency Conversion
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Direct Deposit
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Reminders
  • Encryption
  • Estimating
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Real Estate
  • For Religious Organizations
  • For Small Businesses
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Currency
  • Online Invoicing
  • PCI Compliance
  • Partial Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Payment Tracking
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Projections
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Revenue Recognition
  • SSL Security
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Spend Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management
  • Total features17
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Automatic Billing
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CPA Firms
  • CRM
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commission Management
  • Contact Database
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Currency Conversion
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Direct Deposit
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Reminders
  • Encryption
  • Estimating
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Real Estate
  • For Religious Organizations
  • For Small Businesses
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Currency
  • Online Invoicing
  • PCI Compliance
  • Partial Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Payment Tracking
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Projections
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Revenue Recognition
  • SSL Security
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Spend Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations4
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • PayPal Payments
  • Shoeboxed
  • Zapier
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • PayPal Payments
  • Shoeboxed
  • Zapier

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