Invoice Simple alternatives

Invoice Fly

Good fit for: Contractors and freelancers who set their own prices and want simple estimates and invoices plus time and expense tracking

Price: $8.99 a week or $98.99 a year; 3-day free trial

A phone-first estimate and invoice app with a web app. Estimates come from your saved items and markups, clients e-sign from a link, and estimates convert to invoices. Its e-signature page says its AI can generate an estimate. Payments run through your own Stripe or PayPal account. It adds automatic follow-ups and overdue reminders, recurring invoices, time tracking, an expense tracker with receipt scanning and reports. ^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Compared with Invoice Simple: Both build estimates from your own saved items on phone and web and take payments through Stripe or PayPal. Invoice Fly sells one plan with every feature at $8.99 a week or $98.99 a year, so client e-signatures and unlimited invoices aren’t tied to a tier, and its site lists time tracking and automated estimate follow-ups. Invoice Simple’s entry plan is $6.99 a month for up to 3 invoices. ^{[11][16][13][9][12][15][17][3][2][5][1]}

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Contractor+

Good fit for: Contractors who want to start free and grow into CRM, scheduling and project management

Price: Free plan; Pro $49 a month, or $29 a month on the annual plan

A contractor business platform with a free plan of up to 5 estimates or invoices a month. From Pro, Estimatic AI drafts estimates from a description, photos, blueprints or another quote, priced from your cost book, supplier prices and a labor-rate index, using AI credits. Contracts and e-signatures also start on Pro. ^{[18][19][20][21]}

Compared with Invoice Simple: Contractor+ has a free plan, capped at 5 estimates or invoices a month, where Invoice Simple’s entry plan is $6.99 for 3 invoices. From Pro, at $49 a month or $29 a month on the annual plan, it adds Estimatic AI, which prices from your cost book, supplier prices and a labor-rate index, plus contracts, e-signatures and scheduling. Invoice Simple prices from your saved items. ^{[18][19][20][21][1][3]}

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Joist

Good fit for: Small home-service contractors who want low-cost estimates and invoices with room to grow

Price: From $10 a month billed monthly; 14-day free trial

An estimate and invoice app on iOS, Android and web. AI Estimate drafts an estimate from a typed or spoken description for you to review, and e-signatures are on every plan. Upper plans add reports, change orders and job scheduling, and it syncs with QuickBooks. Card payments are 3.49% + 49¢ in the US. ^{[22][23][24][25]}

Compared with Invoice Simple: Joist is sold much like Invoice Simple: monthly tiers from $10, with two months free when billed annually. Client e-signatures are on every Joist plan rather than only the top one, its AI drafts estimates as well as invoices, and upper plans add change orders, job scheduling and QuickBooks sync. Both list the same US card rate, 3.49% + 49¢. ^{[22][26][23][25][24][1][4][27]}

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QuickBooks Online

Good fit for: Businesses that want invoicing inside their accounting software

Price: Free plan (2 invoices a month, per the plan card); paid from $38 a month; 30-day free trial

Accounting software with estimates customers approve from the email, deposits you can request on an estimate, and progress invoicing on Plus and Advanced. Signatures are captured in its iOS and Android apps, which QuickBooks’ pricing page says aren’t currently available on the Free plan. Invoiced card payments are 2.99% and ACH is 1% with a $1 minimum. ^{[28][29][30][31][32][33]}

Compared with Invoice Simple: QuickBooks Online is accounting software, so estimates and invoices sit in the same books as your reports and bill pay, where Invoice Simple sells bookkeeping as an add-on in the US and Canada. Paid plans start at $38 a month for one user, with progress invoicing on Plus and Advanced. QuickBooks lists 2.99% for invoiced card payments; Invoice Simple’s help center lists 3.49% + 49¢ for US cards through Stripe. ^{[28][31][33][7][27]}

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Square Invoices

Good fit for: Service businesses that start free and also take cards in person

Price: Free plan; Plus $49 and Premium $149 a month per location; 30-day trial of paid plans

Invoicing inside Square’s payments platform: estimates clients accept, plus e-signed contracts and deposits on every plan, with milestone payment schedules on Plus and Premium. Online card payments are 3.3% + 30¢ on Free and 2.9% + 30¢ on paid plans; ACH is 1% with a $1 minimum, capped at $10 on paid plans. ^{[34][35][36][37]}

Compared with Invoice Simple: Square Invoices has a free plan with no monthly fee and takes cards in person with its own hardware or Tap to Pay. Contracts, deposits and recurring invoices are on every Square plan, where Invoice Simple keeps client signatures and deposits for Premium. Online card payments cost 3.3% + 30¢ on Square’s free plan and 2.9% + 30¢ on paid plans. ^{[34][36][37][1]}

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BuildWell

Good fit for: Contractors who want each estimate priced from local store prices and wages, then signed and paid

Price: $7.99 a week or $79.99 a year; 3-day free trial

Describe a job by voice, text, photos or a floor plan; the AI picks the work and quantities, and prices come from stores near the job and BLS wages plus your overhead and markup. Clients sign on their phone, estimates become invoices with deposits and progress payments, and card or bank payments go through Stripe at cost. iPhone, Android and web; English or Spanish. Not a scheduling, CRM, time-tracking or accounting tool. ^{[38][39][40][41][42][43]}

Compared with Invoice Simple: BuildWell is one plan, $7.99 a week or $79.99 a year, with client signatures, deposits and progress payments included either way. Its AI plans the work and prices it from stores near the job and local wages, where Invoice Simple prices from your saved items. It has no free plan and doesn’t do accounting, and clients pay online by card or US bank transfer through Stripe. ^{[38][40][41][39][42][3]}