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Best Free Invoicing Apps for Small Business
Getting paid shouldn't be the hard part. These free apps send a neat invoice and let customers pay by card or bank.
Need one right now? Use our free Invoice Maker
Add your logo, list the work, take off a deposit and print or save it as a PDF. Free, no sign-up.
The top tools
1
WaveBest for: Unlimited free invoices plus simple bookkeeping
Free (2.9% + 60¢ per card payment)
Open Wave ↗Free (2.9% + 60¢ per card payment)
3
Square InvoicesBest for: If you already take cards with Square
Free to send (card fees apply)
Open Square Invoices ↗Free to send (card fees apply)
How to do it, step by step
- Create a free Wave account.
- Add your business name and logo under Settings.
- Click Invoices, then Create an invoice, and pick or add the customer.
- Add each item with a price. Turn on online payments if you want card payments.
- Send it. Wave shows you when the customer opened it and when it's paid.
Tip: Send the invoice the same day you finish the job. Fast invoices get paid faster.
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Picked by UniHive. Prices and free plans were checked in October 2026 and can change, so check the tool's own site before you pay for anything. UniHive isn't paid by any of these tools.