Square Invoices 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. ^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Compared with Square Invoices: Invoice Fly is one plan with every feature, at $8.99 a week or $98.99 a year, instead of a free plan plus paid tiers. Payments run through your own Stripe or PayPal account at their rates, and its help center says it doesn’t swipe cards or save them on file, which Square does. It adds time tracking and an expense tracker. ^{[8][12][9][14][1]}

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Invoice Simple

Good fit for: Solo operators and small businesses who price their own work and send a handful of invoices a month

Price: From $6.99 a month (up to 3 invoices); unlimited at $21.99; 14-day trial of Premium

An invoicing and estimating app on iOS, Android and web, with plans set by how many invoices you send. Estimates convert to invoices; client signatures and deposits are on Premium. It takes cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo and Stripe Tap to Pay; US Stripe card fees are 3.49% + 49¢. Bookkeeping and an AI Receptionist are paid add-ons in the US and Canada. ^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Compared with Square Invoices: Invoice Simple prices its plans by how many invoices you send, from $6.99 a month for 3, and keeps client signatures and deposits for Premium at $21.99. Square starts free, with contracts and deposits on every plan. Invoice Simple’s US Stripe card rate is 3.49% + 49¢, and it also takes cards in person with Stripe Tap to Pay. ^{[15][20][19][1][3][4]}

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Jobber

Good fit for: Home-service businesses running crews and recurring work

Price: From $49 a month with no commitment, less on a one-year commitment or billed annually; 14-day free trial

Field service software for scheduling, quotes, invoices and payments, with QuickBooks Online and Xero sync on Connect and higher plans. Clients approve quotes in a client hub, can draw or type a signature and pay a deposit as they approve. Progress invoicing is on every plan. Card payments are 2.9% + 30¢ and ACH is 1%. ^{[23][24][25][26]}

Compared with Square Invoices: Jobber is built around running the work: drag-and-drop scheduling, route planning, online booking and a client hub where clients approve quotes, sign and pay a deposit. Its plans start at $49 a month with no commitment, after a 14-day free trial. Its pricing page lists 2.9% + 30¢ for online cards, the same rate Square lists on its paid plans, and QuickBooks Online and Xero sync on its Connect, Grow and Plus plans; Square says it integrates with both. ^{[24][25][23][1][7]}

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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. ^{[27][28][29][30]}

Compared with Square Invoices: Joist’s AI Estimate drafts an estimate from a typed or spoken description for you to review, on every plan; on Square you price each line from your item library. Joist’s four monthly plans start at $10, and its upper tiers add change orders and job scheduling. Its payments page lists 3.49% + 49¢ per US card payment. ^{[28][27][29][5][1]}

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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. ^{[31][32][33][34][35][36]}

Compared with Square Invoices: QuickBooks Online is accounting software, so estimates and invoices land in your books, and paid plans start at $38 a month for one user. Its free plan card lists 2 invoices a month. Its rates page lists 2.99% for invoiced cards and 1% with a $1 minimum for ACH. Square doesn’t have to replace it: Square says it integrates with QuickBooks Online. ^[31][36][7]

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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. ^{[37][38][39][40][41][42]}

Compared with Square Invoices: BuildWell’s AI plans the work and quantities, and prices come from stores near the job and local wages, where Square prices from your item library. It’s one plan after a 3-day trial, with no free plan, and takes payments online at Stripe’s cost. It doesn’t do payroll, scheduling or accounting sync, which Square offers or connects to. ^{[38][37][41][5][1][7]}