Billbooks vs BillingServ
Billbooks
billbooks.com
BillingServ
billingserv.comSide by side
| Figure | Billbooks | BillingServ |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.95/mo | £4.17/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 8 |
| Spec score · Invoicing software | 9.1 (#8) | 9.2 (#5) |
| Payment reminders | Yes | Yes |
| Client portal | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2010 | 2014 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Integrations | Xero, QuickBooks Online and Zapier connectors are available on the Professional plan; Xero connects directly and the other listed apps connect through Zapier. | Listed connections cover Stripe, PayPal, Revolut, GoCardless, CoinGate, PayMongo, bKash, Safepay, Inxy.io, Worldpay, BluePay, Mollie, Flutterwave, fraud tools, domain providers, VPS systems and hosting panels. |
| Multi-currency invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Online payments | Clients can pay invoice links by card, UPI or net-banking, and Billbooks provides open and payment alerts. | Yes |
| Public API | The public REST API covers invoices, estimates, clients, items, expenses, expense categories and taxes, and API keys are not limited by plan. | API v2 is a bearer-token REST API for customers, packages, invoices, orders, tickets, usage and reports; API v1 is deprecated. |
| Recurring invoices | Yes | Yes |
| Security | Billbooks says data is encrypted in transit, backed up daily off-server to Amazon S3 with a 7-day retention window, and protected behind Cloudflare and a firewall. | BillingServ states that it uses encrypted cloud infrastructure, encrypted databases and backups, access controls and hourly backups in multiple global locations. |
Plans
Billbooks
- TrialFree
- Basic$7.95 a month
- Standard$14.95 a month
- Professional$29.95 a month
- CustomPriced on request
BillingServ
- Basic£50 a year
- Starter£12 a month
- Professional£18 a month
- Business£28 a month
- Starter annual£9 a month
- Professional annual£16.25 a month
- Business annual£25.25 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Billbooks
Billbooks is an online billing application for freelancers and small businesses, covering invoices, quotes, scheduling, expenses, and reports. It supports recurring invoices, online payments, payment reminders, multi-currency invoicing, digital signatures, and a client portal. Every paid plan includes recurring invoices, automatic reminders, multi-currency support, digital signatures, and reports. Payment gateway options include PayPal, Stripe, Braintree, and Authorize.Net. The public REST API covers invoices, estimates, clients, items, expenses, expense categories, and taxes; API keys are not limited by plan. The API has no webhooks and is limited to 300 requests per five minutes per resource. Xero, QuickBooks Online, and Zapier connectors are available on Professional; Xero connects directly, while the other listed apps connect through Zapier. Billbooks offers iOS and Android apps that sync with the web app, alongside web, macOS, Windows, and API access. Pricing starts with Basic at $7.95 a month. A 30-day trial costs nothing and includes one user, five clients, 100 items, three projects, and five invoices and estimates. Billbooks says it encrypts data in transit and backs it up daily off-server to Amazon S3, with a seven-day retention window.
BillingServ
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