How much does FreshBooks cost?
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial, no credit card required
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
In your favor
- No long-term contract. no contracts on the free trial
- Unlimited clients on Premium. A flat price with no cap on clients.
- Free trial. 30-day free trial, no credit card required
- Refunds offered. full refund within 30 days of purchase
Watch out for
- Their pages disagree: customers served. "500K+ small businesses have used FreshBooks" vs "used by over 30 million business owners"
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Self-serve signup with free trial "Try It Free"
- Setup
- Free onboarding session included with purchase offer "Free onboarding included"
- When sales steps in
- Select plan requires talking to a consultant "Let's Talk"
- Support
- Support team does not transfer you between departments "Our Support team is knowledgeable and never transfers you to other departments."
- Support
- Dedicated phone support on Select "Gain access to dedicated phone support"
What FreshBooks does
FreshBooks covers invoicing, expenses with receipt scanning and bank import, double-entry accounting reports, bank reconciliation, payments and payroll across four plans. It offers a 30-day free trial and a Select plan sold through a consultant.
- Good for
- Freelancers, self-employed professionals and small service businesses with employees or contractors.
- Channels
- Web app, iOS app, Android app
- Main product
- FreshBooks small business accounting and invoicing software
- Also includes
- Invoicing, Estimates and proposals, Online payments, Expense tracking and receipt scanning, Bank import and reconciliation, Time tracking and projects
- Connects to
- FreshBooks App Store (100+ apps), Stripe, Pidj Texting, NiceJob, Acuity Scheduling, Claude Connector
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Yes
- AI transaction categorization
automated expense categorization
- Automated bank reconciliation
Bank Reconciliation
- Invoice and bill capture
Automatic Bill Receipt Data Capture
- Receipt matchingNot stated
- Month-end close automationNot stated
- Real-time financial reports
Run financial and accounting reports
- AI chat assistantNot stated
- Human bookkeeper includedNot stated
The same 8 checks appear on every tool in AI accounting software. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.
Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | Not stated | |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | CCPA applies to California residents | "The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) applies to information collected from California residents."privacy |
| PCI | PCI DSS Level 1 compliant | "FreshBooks maintains its PCI DSS Level 1 compliance and has its audit conducted by an independent third-party on an annual basis."security |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Not stated | |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiteUSD/mo | $23 | $23per month | 5 clients5 billable clients | – | "Was ~~$23.00~~" "Was $276.00 | Save $94.67" |
| PlusUSD/mo | $43 | $43per month | 50 clients50 billable clients | – | "Was ~~$43.00~~" "Was $516.00 | Save $176.99" |
| PremiumUSD/mo | $70 | $70per month | Unlimited | – | "Was ~~$70.00~~" "Was $840.00 | Save $288.12" |
| Select | Quote | – | Unlimited | – | "Talk to a Consultant" |
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Not stated
- Contract
- no contracts on the free trial "with no contracts and no credit card required"
- Refunds
- full refund within 30 days of purchase "contact us anytime within the first 30 days after your purchase for a full refund"
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Price change notice
- Not stated
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- 2NDSITE Inc.
- Online since
- Mar 23, 2004 Domain registration date
- Founder
- Mike McDerment, founded 2003
- Customers
- "500K+ small businesses have used FreshBooks" their claim
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Questions
Is FreshBooks free?
There's no free plan. Free trial: 30-day free trial, no credit card required. Paid plans start at $23/month.
How much does FreshBooks cost?
Paid plans start at $23 per month billed yearly, or $23 billed monthly.