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Ask HN: Freelancers - what do you use to generate quotes and invoices?

10 points by zensavona 13y ago

I'm doing some freelance work for the first time in a very long time, is there a 'go to' service for making pretty quotes and invoices easily? Thanks!

dylanhassinger 13y ago
freshbooks.com planscope.io
- tagabek 13y ago
  I second Freshbooks.com . At $19.99/month, it's a great deal.
workhere-io 13y ago
For invoices I use http://tradeshift.com http://tradeshift.com, but I'm not sure they handle quotes.
stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I'm a huge fan of http://www.freeagent.com/ http://www.freeagent.com/
clockwork_189 13y ago
My personal favorite one used to be: http://invoiceomatic.io/ http://invoiceomatic.io/ I have however moved on to: http://invoiceable.co/ http://invoiceable.co/ as it saves a copy of your invoices online.
6thSigma 13y ago
Curdbee. I'm using the free tier and have no complaints.
thesorrow 13y ago
orgmode with org-invoice.el
varunkho 13y ago
Similar thread (for invoices) I started a while back. Some useful services are mentioned there. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353270
lazyfunctor 13y ago
freshbooks
braunshizzle 13y ago
You should check out the self-hosted (open source) solution - http://www.fusioninvoice.com http://www.fusioninvoice.com - I used it from quoting to invoicing to keeping records.
dorsiak7 13y ago
I use http://www.paymo.biz http://www.paymo.biz and although they're mostly known for pm & time tracking they have some nice invoicing options: estimates, expenses, invoices & reports. I'm suggesting it because although I use a paid version, there's a free one too, as I freelancer you should keep your expenses down at first am I right? :)
shawnreilly 13y ago
I created my own Invoices (using OpenOffice) and saved them to a free Google Drive Account. When I need to send an Invoice (or a Quote), I just create a copy of the Invoice (using the Customer's Name), fill out a few fields, convert the file to PDF, and E-mail it to the Customer (cc'ing myself). When I need to look up an Invoice to verify something or do Taxes (or whatever), it's all saved and searchable on Google Drive (and backed up on my E-mail Server). It's paperless, simple, and free. You could do the same thing (or similar) with Dropbox, Box, or another similar Service.

10 points by zensavona 13y ago

I'm doing some freelance work for the first time in a very long time, is there a 'go to' service for making pretty quotes and invoices easily? Thanks!

dylanhassinger 13y ago

freshbooks.com planscope.io

tagabek 13y ago
I second Freshbooks.com . At $19.99/month, it's a great deal.

workhere-io 13y ago

For invoices I use http://tradeshift.com http://tradeshift.com, but I'm not sure they handle quotes.

stevenbrianhall 13y ago

I'm a huge fan of http://www.freeagent.com/ http://www.freeagent.com/

clockwork_189 13y ago

My personal favorite one used to be: http://invoiceomatic.io/ http://invoiceomatic.io/ I have however moved on to: http://invoiceable.co/ http://invoiceable.co/ as it saves a copy of your invoices online.

6thSigma 13y ago

Curdbee. I'm using the free tier and have no complaints.

thesorrow 13y ago

orgmode with org-invoice.el

varunkho 13y ago

Similar thread (for invoices) I started a while back. Some useful services are mentioned there. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353270

lazyfunctor 13y ago

freshbooks

braunshizzle 13y ago

You should check out the self-hosted (open source) solution - http://www.fusioninvoice.com http://www.fusioninvoice.com - I used it from quoting to invoicing to keeping records.

dorsiak7 13y ago

I use http://www.paymo.biz http://www.paymo.biz and although they're mostly known for pm & time tracking they have some nice invoicing options: estimates, expenses, invoices & reports. I'm suggesting it because although I use a paid version, there's a free one too, as I freelancer you should keep your expenses down at first am I right? :)

shawnreilly 13y ago

I created my own Invoices (using OpenOffice) and saved them to a free Google Drive Account. When I need to send an Invoice (or a Quote), I just create a copy of the Invoice (using the Customer's Name), fill out a few fields, convert the file to PDF, and E-mail it to the Customer (cc'ing myself). When I need to look up an Invoice to verify something or do Taxes (or whatever), it's all saved and searchable on Google Drive (and backed up on my E-mail Server). It's paperless, simple, and free. You could do the same thing (or similar) with Dropbox, Box, or another similar Service.