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The Best Accounting Software for Creatives

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Flexible Invoicing Options To Bill & Get Paid Faster

Create professional-looking invoices in seconds and let your client pay with credit cards or pre-authorized debit. When it’s this easy, you’re bound to get paid quickly!

Create Seamless Client Communication

Pitch clients, provide project updates, and collect project feedback–all in one place. Easily collaborate with clients to keep things moving forward and deliver amazing results.

Know Your Business and How It’s Performing

Keep your books accurate and up-to-date with automation.  Prepare detailed financial reports and track income and expenses– you’ll know how your business is performing 24/7 and you’ll always be ready for tax time.

Flexible Invoicing Options To Bill & Get Paid Faster

Create professional-looking invoices in seconds and let your client pay with credit cards or pre-authorized debit. When it’s this easy, you’re bound to get paid quickly!

Create Seamless Client Communication

Pitch clients, provide project updates, and collect project feedback–all in one place. Easily collaborate with clients to keep things moving forward and deliver amazing results.

Know Your Business and How It’s Performing

Keep your books accurate and up-to-date with automation.  Prepare detailed financial reports and track income and expenses– you’ll know how your business is performing 24/7 and you’ll always be ready for tax time.

Invoicing & Accounting Software for Creatives

Professional Invoicing

Impress clients with professional, branded invoices that show a breakdown of your services and products. FreshBooks also saves time with Recurring Invoices and Automated Payment Reminders that get you paid faster.
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Accept Online Payments

Get paid twice as fast when clients can conveniently pay by credit card or authorized debit. Plus, payments are automatically entered into FreshBooks, so you’ll eliminate manual entry. 
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Accounting Features

Simple or complex, your finances tell you how your business is doing. FreshBooks’ easy-to-use Double-Entry Accounting tools and reports show profitability, how healthy your cash flow is, and details your spending.
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Simple Expense Tracking

Forget manual data entry—snap receipt photos, forward email receipts to your account, and import bank transactions and expenses from your bank account. Expense tracking for your business has never been easier.
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Manage Projects

FreshBooks makes it easy to manage projects. Your clients, team, and contractors can collaborate, share files and updates, and manage project costing…all in one place.
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Track Time to the Minute

You have a lot on the go, and missing billable time is costly. Time Tracking makes it easy for teams to log time and automatically add it to invoices. Plus, with real-time reporting, you are always up to date.
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Profitability & Reporting

FreshBooks tracks every dollar. Run financial reports to see your business’s financial health and track business expenses for tax purposes. And, you can easily give your accountant access to your financials.
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Work From Anywhere

You need to stay connected to your clients—even on the go. Send invoices, track expenses, manage projects, and stay on top of business performance with our mobile app. Drive a lot for business? Check out  Mileage Tracker.
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Plans to Support Your Creative Accounting Needs

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Lite

+10% OFF YEARLY PRICE

$ 237 .60 CAD/yr 184 .80 CAD/yr
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Was $264.00 | Save $79.20
$ 22 .00 CAD/mo 17 .60 CAD/mo
20% off for 12 months Was $22.00 | Save $52.80
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Lite includes:
  • Send unlimited invoices to up to 5 clients
  • Track unlimited expenses
  • Send unlimited estimates
  • Get paid with credit cards and pre-authorized debits
  • Track sales tax & see reports
  • Access anywhere on iOS and Android
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+10% OFF YEARLY PRICE

$ 378 .00 CAD/yr 294 .00 CAD/yr
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20% off for 12 months
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Was $420.00 | Save $126.00
$ 35 .00 CAD/mo 28 .00 CAD/mo
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All Lite Features and:
  • Send unlimited invoices to up to 50 clients
  • Automatically track expenses
  • Send unlimited estimates and proposals
  • Get paid with credit cards and pre-authorized debits
  • Set up recurring billing and client retainers
  • Run business health reports
  • Double-entry accounting reports
  • Invite your accountant
  • Access anywhere on iOS and Android
  • Mobile mileage tracking
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+10% OFF YEARLY PRICE

$ 648 .00 CAD/yr 504 .00 CAD/yr
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Was $720.00 | Save $216.00
$ 60 .00 CAD/mo 48 .00 CAD/mo
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All Plus Features and:
  • Send unlimited invoices to an unlimited amount of clients
  • Track Bills, Bill Payments & Vendors with Accounts Payable
  • Track project profitability
  • Customize email templates with dynamic fields
  • Customize email signatures
  • Automatically track expenses
  • Automatically send late payment reminders and bill late fees
  • Send unlimited estimates and proposals
  • Get paid with credit cards and pre-authorized debits
  • Get paid with checkout links
  • Set up recurring billing and client retainers
  • Run business health reports
  • Run financial and accounting reports
  • Invite your accountant
  • Access anywhere on iOS and Android
  • Mobile mileage tracking
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Customize your plan to suit your business needs
All Premium Features and:
  • Send unlimited invoices to an unlimited amount of clients
  • Access to lower credit card transaction rates
  • Start with 2 team member accounts
  • Get a dedicated account manager
  • Get help migrating from other software
  • Set up your account with custom onboarding services
  • Remove FreshBooks branding from client emails
  • Contact us with a dedicated support number
  • Get paid with credit cards, pre-authorized debits, and checkout links
  • Set up recurring billing, subscriptions and client retainers
  • Securely accept credit cards over the phone
  • Automatically track expenses
  • Automatically send late payment reminders and bill late fees
  • Invite your accountant
  • Run business health reports
  • Run financial and accounting reports
  • Access anywhere on iOS and Android
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Options To Bill & Get Paid Faster

Customize invoices by selecting a template that suits your brand. Add sales tax (like GST and PST) and turn on features like invoice reminders. Clients can pay with credit cards & pre-authorized debit for faster payments.

Manage Projects Effortlessly

Capture important project information from the first pitch to delivery. Set and stick to proposed budgets, bill for the work you did, and deliver profitable projects for your business.

Create Seamless Client Communication

Pitch clients, showcase your work, and get paid for your work all in one place. Keep clients in the loop with structured proposals and estimates, easy payment options, and feedback collection. Use eSignatures to sign off on work and contracts. 

Improve Accuracy of Your Books With Automation

Spend less time on manual data entry and more time running your business. Improve accuracy when your bookkeeping software automatically records income and expenses, tracks time, sends payment reminders, and keeps your books tax time ready.

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Creatives Prefer FreshBooks. The Reviews Prove It.

4.0 Excellent 

(Editor’s Choice Award)

“FreshBooks offers a well-rounded, intuitive, and attractive double-entry accounting experience that supports invoices and estimates; expenses; time tracking; and projects.”

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4.4 Excellent 

(4,214+ verified user reviews)

“FreshBooks automates daily accounting activities, namely invoice creation, payment acceptance, expenses tracking, billable time tracking, and financial reporting.”

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4.5 Excellent 

(663+ verified user reviews)

“FreshBooks is an online accounting and invoicing service that saves you time and makes you look professional – Fortune 500 professional.”

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4.47 Excellent 

(4,211+ verified user reviews)

“FreshBooks takes billing out of your hands and puts it on autopilot. Set up automated invoicing, online payment options, and late payment reminders to get paid 2x faster.”

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How FreshBooks Helps Creatives Thrive

I felt as if I was creating time since I regained so much that had been lost to inefficient systems.

Meet Jeff, a Designer Who Uses Cloud Accounting to Effectively Track Time and Boost His Productivity

While I was a professional making money and had taken an accounting course, FreshBooks helped me kick my professionalism up a notch.

Meet Sandra-Lee, a Photographer, Who Learned Good Accounting Builds Great Client Relationships

Accounting Apps & Integrations for Creatives

Easily integrate FreshBooks’ bookkeeping and invoicing system with other apps and partners to simplify things like proposals, task management, and payroll. Automate work, book appointments with clients and freelancers, and analyze results with apps that simplify small businesses.

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Does Your Creative Business Have Complex Needs and a Growing Team?

FreshBooks Select is a custom accounting and bookkeeping software plan built to save time and money and ensure your growing creative agency has the necessary software so you always make the smartest business decisions.

What you get from the Select Plan:

  • A dedicated account manager to train your team and migrate your books from other platforms
  • Access to lower credit card fees and transaction rates
  • Access to Priority Support comprised of our most seasoned support team members
  • The ability to add 2 team member accounts for free

Resources to Support Creative Professionals

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is accounting software for creatives?

FreshBooks cloud-based accounting is built with creative business owners like you in mind to help you get paid for every penny of your hard work. Send professional invoices fast, track time, note pricing, calculate expenses, and manage your business finances, all in one place.

Now with a fully integrated, industry-standard double-entry accounting feature available on any device, you can easily manage project profitability and your bookkeeping. And with the FreshBooks accounting app, you can manage your financials from anywhere, anytime.

FreshBooks is perfect for freelancers, self-employed individuals, and creative agency owners who want to streamline processes and save time to focus on their agency, not their bookkeeping.

What are the benefits of using accounting software for creatives?

FreshBooks is cloud-based accounting software built especially for freelancers, creative agency owners, and consultants. With easy-to-use accounting features, including invoicing, online payments, robust financial reporting and planning, and real-time visibility into your financial management, you can spend time working on your business instead of in your business. You can also add your accountant directly to your FreshBooks small business account, streamlining processes and making communication easier. 

Does FreshBooks creatives accounting software include other features?

Your online bookkeeping software needs may differ from other freelancers, artists, and creative agencies. No matter your requirements, FreshBooks has you covered! Some features you can use FreshBooks software for include project costing and management, project profitability, expense tracking, customer relationship management, creating robust financial reports, managing financial processes, tracking time, estimates, bookkeeping, and more. Not sure if FreshBooks is right for you? Sign up for a free trial and see how much easier it can be.

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