ZipBooks
FreemiumFree cloud accounting with invoicing, expense tracking, and time tracking.
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About ZipBooks
ZipBooks is a free cloud accounting tool for small businesses and freelancers. It offers a clean, modern interface that makes bookkeeping less intimidating for non-accountants.
Accounting Made Simple
ZipBooks focuses on making accounting approachable. The dashboard shows your financial health at a glance, and the invoicing flow is designed to get you paid faster with built-in payment reminders.
What You Get on the Free Plan
- Unlimited invoicing - Create and send professional invoices
- Expense tracking - Categorize and manage business expenses
- Basic reporting - Profit and loss, balance sheet, and other financial reports
- 1 bank connection - Connect one bank account for automatic transaction imports
- Receipt scanning - Capture receipts and attach them to expenses
- Time tracking - Track billable hours and add them directly to invoices
Free Plan Limits
The free plan is limited to 1 user and 1 bank connection. For teams or businesses with multiple bank accounts, paid plans start at $15/month. ZipBooks has a smaller feature set than Wave but a cleaner interface that some users prefer.
Key Features
Pros & Cons
The free plan in practice
What you can actually do on ZipBooks's free plan (1 user), where it stops, and when it's worth paying.
What you can do free
- Unlimited invoicing
- Expense tracking
- Basic reporting
- 1 bank connection
- Receipt scanning
Where it stops
- 1 user only
- 1 bank connection
- Limited reports
When to upgrade to a paid plan
Stay on the free plan while you're comfortably under the free plan's limit (1 user). It's worth moving to a paid plan once you consistently bump into that ceiling, need to remove branding, or want features the free tier holds back.
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Free Plan Details
| Free Plan | |
| Free Tier | Generous Free Tier |
| User Limit | 1 user |
| Open Source |
Company Info
| Founded | 2015 |
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