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I’ve been a big fan of Freshbooks and have used the invoicing system and time tracking tool very easy to use. It’s built in tools to help you collect overdue invoices is wonderful. What I didn’t like about it is it limited th number of clients I could have (the more clients I had, the more I would have to pay).
I hated that the third party app that I used to track time on my desktop quit working.
I hated that when I paid them, my money had to go through a conversation and as the US economoy is crap, I always got the short end of the stick.
Then I stumbled across Harvest.
It’s $7 less a month for their smallest account, and it has UNLIMITED Clients, UNLIMITED Projects, and UNLIMITED invoicing. They have all the basic tools you need, and the ability to tie in with a TON of third party apps. You can track time on your iPhone, Droid, iPad, etc. It does all the “nudging” and collections that Freshbooks did, AND it has a retainer tool (very cool).
I was playing with the system and (for lack of a better phrase) tried to make it do something stupid. The system wouldn’t let me. However, I didn’t know what I was doing was being “silly.” I sent an email to their support and got a very quick response. That made my decision to move my billing to their system a “no brainer.”
If you’re interested, check them out at getharvest.com
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Definitely going to take a look into Harvest. Sounds like an incredible program. For those who are still in the early stages of small business, not needing all those features yet, I’d recommend checking out Wave Accounting.
http://waveaccounting.com/
It’s free to the user (ad-supported), and works a lot like Mint.com which I’ve heard Dave mention on the School of Podcasting Morning Announcements.
Wave doesn’t have any fancy desktop or mobile apps, but it is intuitive, allows for automated entry (when you link a bank or PayPal account), makes great invoices and great reports, and integrates with Shoeboxed (I think that’s the receipt scanning software?) Best of all it’s free but I dont’ think in the “won’t be around for long” way that Dave frequently warns us about.