Invoice Ninja is a source-code available suite of apps focusing on SMB invoicing & payments, from the small company of the same name. The service boasts users among 200,000+ businesses, who use Invoice Ninja to invoice clients, track payments, expenses, and time billable tasks.
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Invoicing, Quotes, Expenses, Time-Tracking built with Laravel & Flutter
Wave Accounting
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Wave Accounting is a free, cloud-based accounting platform exclusively for small businesses. It supports double-entry bookkeeping and permits unlimited user access, invoicing, and expense management. Wave Accounting integrates with Wave's invoicing, receipt scanning, payment processing and payroll apps.
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Pricing
Invoice Ninja
Wave Accounting
Editions & Modules
Invoice Ninja - Self-hosted
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Invoicing, Quotes, Expenses, Time-Tracking built with Laravel & Flutter
Forever Free
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Unlimited Invoices & Quotes for 20 clients
Ninja Pro Plan
$10
per month
Enterprise Plan
$14
per month 1-2 users
Starter
$0
Pro
$16
per month
Pro - billed annually
$170
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Invoice Ninja
Wave Accounting
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
Discounts available for annual pricing. Higher volume plans available for an enterprise subscription.
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Invoice Ninja
Wave Accounting
Features
Invoice Ninja
Wave Accounting
Payroll Management
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Ratings
Wave Accounting
6.2
Ratings
22% below category average
Pay calculation
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7.10 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
00 Ratings
7.50 Ratings
Direct deposit files
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1.20 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
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7.70 Ratings
Reimbursement management
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7.40 Ratings
Customization
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Wave Accounting
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
API for custom integration
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9.90 Ratings
Plug-ins
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7.00 Ratings
Security
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Wave Accounting
6.4
Ratings
26% below category average
Single sign-on capability
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6.40 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
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6.40 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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Wave Accounting
6.3
Ratings
22% below category average
Dashboards
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6.00 Ratings
Standard reports
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8.00 Ratings
Custom reports
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5.00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
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Wave Accounting
7.0
Ratings
11% below category average
Accounts payable
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7.10 Ratings
Accounts receivable
00 Ratings
7.10 Ratings
Cash management
00 Ratings
8.50 Ratings
Bank reconciliation
00 Ratings
8.50 Ratings
Expense management
00 Ratings
7.50 Ratings
Time tracking
00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Fixed asset management
00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Multi-currency support
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10.00 Ratings
Multi-division support
00 Ratings
7.10 Ratings
Regulations compliance
00 Ratings
5.00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing
00 Ratings
5.90 Ratings
Self-service portal
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support
00 Ratings
9.00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
00 Ratings
9.00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting
00 Ratings
4.00 Ratings
Localizations
00 Ratings
5.20 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations
00 Ratings
8.50 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting
00 Ratings
4.00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting
00 Ratings
5.00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework
00 Ratings
1.00 Ratings
Standardized Processes
00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Inventory Management
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Wave Accounting
8.1
Ratings
10% above category average
Inventory tracking
00 Ratings
5.60 Ratings
Automatic reordering
00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Location management
00 Ratings
8.10 Ratings
Manufacturing module
00 Ratings
9.00 Ratings
Order Management
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I think Invoice Ninja is well-suited for small businesses or freelancers with this software you can track your expenses bill and get paid using a friendly user interface, it is easy to set and configure. They have a paid version but with the open-source self-hosted version it's free and this is a great advantage over other similar softwares.
Wave is free to use, and they have some premium features you can pay for. For someone just starting out as a small business, freelancer or independent contractor, this is a Godsend. You can look professional, have something easy to manage, and yet also have excellent records come the end of the year. You won't spend a bunch of time having to learn the program, it's very intuitive and you get a host of great features that will make getting paid easy.
The dashboard provides instant views of month-by month income & expenses for the past 12-24 months, a breakdown of current year expense by category, and net income for the past year and year-to-date.
Invoicing has easy templated set up has lots of per invoice options such as single/recurring payment options, due dates.
Year end reports are easy to generate in either pdf or csv format.
One area of improvement for Wave would be combining the various mobile applications into one app.
Another room for improvement would be on the dashboard level. It would be great if they could use more bar graphs and get away from pie charts for things like expenses.
Some of the other areas from improvement have been addressed by recent updates so I am excited to see what else Wave brings out.
Wave [Accounting] is very simple and easy to use. Minimal training was required for all our users as the interface is very user-friendly, especially for small businesses looking to use something to track their financial data, Invoice and make payments. I loved using Wave [Accounting]. It lookes professional and [has] all the features we were looking for.
Wave does tend to slow down when filtering your transactions screen especially by date. This is more of an issue when trying to trouble shoot certain transactions or clean-up a set of books.
I've only had to reach out to support once and they were quick to respond and offered valuable insight to resolve my issue quickly. The team is knowledgeable and if the person you're dealing with doesn't have an answer for you, they get back to you quickly with an answer. It was clear that the support team is genuinely concerned about users making the most of the software.
I changed from Fresh Books to Invoice Ninja because Invoice Ninja while being free and open source still offers all the Fresh Books features. Also, we were able to change the estimate module to work exactly as we needed and now it allows us to do consignations to our clients that after we can convert to invoices.
Wave's price point was in line with what my company needed to manage basic accounting (payable and receivable accounts). It made it easy for me to issue monthly invoices to clients and track when invoices were paid. The software makes these tasks easy to manage and inputting data for accurate accounting and invoicing is a breeze. It really offers a lot of flexibility, so you can use the software the way you need it.
Wave has enabled our accounts payable to maintain a 99% closure rate by leveraging auto reminders through the email system.
Our quote to invoice process is a single click, saving time and effort. Even minor changes during that transition occur simply and easily.
Aside from payments, Wave has been free for our usage. Our bottom line is better because we're not investing in software but instead embracing an entire ecosystem.