Invoicing is a time-consuming and tedious activity. You need to ensure the accuracy of all the information and the payment terms. Any discrepancy or error can result in an inordinate delay in payment.
When freelancing or running your small business there are a million things demanding your attention and it is not always easy to juggle your roles with equal élan.
There are many Web-based invoicing and accounting solutions in the market that cater to the demands of harried small business owners and freelancers.
Here are a few of them and let’s look at their main features.
1) Cloudbooks
Cloudbooks is a cloud-based accounting app that has all the features necessary to help small and medium sized businesses manage their invoicing and accounting.
Estimates can be customized to meet you customer’s requirements and approved estimates can be converted to invoices in a single click. Outstanding and delayed payments can be easily tracked. Payment reminders can be automated and you can also send automatic thank you notes once the payment is made.
Recurring invoices can be automated so that you need not waste time creating similar invoices periodically. PayPal and Authorize.net integration make online payment easy and convenient for your clients.
Cloudbooks possesses strong project management features. It allows you to assign tasks to team members, track progress and log in billable hours. Invoices can be generated from finished projects in a single click.
The in-built timer helps you track time even on the go. Time can be billed to particular projects and clients in the project module. This can be automatically added up to generate invoices.
Cloudbooks also supports expense tracking and automated expense recording.
Cloudbooks has a free plan which supports 1 client and allows you to send 5 invoices. The monthly subscription plans are for $2, $10 and $20 respectively.
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