FreshBooks vs Xero Bills

FreshBooks is accounting software for freelancers, solopreneurs, and small businesses. It creates invoices with tracked time and expenses, calculates taxes, and offers configurable payment options. Users can track time against clients and projects, then generate invoices from those records. Projects organize client work, team members, time, invoices, and expenses, and include profitability views. Listed payment options include card and ACH payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and buy now, pay later options. FreshBooks also offers recurring invoices, expense tracking, and a client portal. Its API uses OAuth2 for integrations and account automation. The service runs on the web and has iOS and Android apps, but some features, including reporting, are desktop-only. Mobile apps require iOS 15 or later or Android 7.0 or later. Lite costs $23 a month and includes five billable clients; Plus costs $43 a month and includes 50. Premium costs $70 a month and includes unlimited clients. Double-entry accounting is available on Plus, Premium, and Select. There is no free plan, and the listed trial lasts 30 days.

Xero Bills is a paid accounting product with mobile apps for Android and iOS. Listed functions include bank feeds, automated reconciliation, invoice creation, receipt capture, inventory tracking and accountant access. The Early plan costs $25 a month and includes 20 invoices and 5 bills. Growing costs $55 a month and includes a 60-day cash-flow forecast. Established costs $90 a month and includes a 180-day cash-flow forecast. Each subscription auto-renews monthly. There is no free plan. The product is associated with Xero Bills, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and the maker was founded in 2006. These plan details state the included invoice and bill allowance on Early and the forecast periods on the two higher plans. Mobile availability is listed for both iOS and Android.