Wave
Free accounting software for small businesses
Starting Price
Free
Core accounting, invoicing, receipts free. Payment processing: 2.9% + $0.60.
Wave offers genuinely free accounting software for small businesses and freelancers. Invoicing, accounting, and receipts at no cost—monetized through payment processing.
- Automatic categorization
- Receipt scanning
- Bank reconciliation
- Financial insights
- Completely free core features
- Real double-entry accounting
- Good invoicing
- Receipt scanning included
- Less powerful than QuickBooks
- Limited integrations
- Payroll costs extra
- Support can be slow
Wave is the best free accounting option. It's a real accounting system, not a simplified tracker. Great for bootstrapping.
Best For:
Freelancers and small businesses who want real accounting for free
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