FreshBooks vs Wave——哪个更胜一筹？
选 FreshBooks，如果你: 想要漂亮的发票和工时跟踪、不想被会计知识折磨的自由职业者和服务型企业
选 Wave，如果你: 想要真正免费的会计软件、不想被'免费试用'套路的个体创业者和微型企业
我们的看法: FreshBooks for simplicity, Wave for power users.
| FreshBooks | Wave | |
|---|---|---|
| 价格 | 30-day free trial | Lite $19/mo (5 clients) | Free accounting and invoicing | Payroll $20/mo + $6/person |
| 功能 | Client-friendly invoicing, Time tracking and project costing, Expense management, Double-entry accounting, Proposals and contracts | Free invoicing and accounting, Receipt scanning, Financial reports, Bank connections, Payroll services (paid add-on) |
| 最适合 | Freelancers and service businesses that want gorgeous invoicing and time tracking without accounting headaches | Solopreneurs and tiny businesses that want genuinely free accounting without the ‘free trial’ bait-and-switch |
| 学习曲线 | 简单 | 简单 |
真正的区别
Both offer free tiers, so the real question is what you get when you start paying.
FreshBooks stands out with Client-friendly invoicing and Time tracking and project costing. Wave counters with Free invoicing and accounting and Receipt scanning.
FreshBooks's Achilles heel: client limits on lower tiers are frustrating — lite caps you at 5 billable clients which is nothing. Wave's: no inventory tracking, no project costing, no time tracking — you get what you pay for (nothing). Pick whichever weakness you can live with.
最终结论
If you value client-friendly invoicing and 想要漂亮的发票和工时跟踪、不想被会计知识折磨的自由职业者和服务型企业, go with FreshBooks. If 想要真正免费的会计软件、不想被'免费试用'套路的个体创业者和微型企业 matters more, Wave is your pick. Neither is a bad choice — but one will fit your workflow better.