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I have a new client who is adamant they want to use something called "Freshbooks" for producing invoices.  Has anyone any experiecne of using this and if so what are the pros and cons?

Polly

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By accountright
12th Oct 2011 16:35

nobody?

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By Monsoon
12th Oct 2011 17:33

I'm pretty sure...

... that a supplier of mine invoiced me via FreshBooks. I was impressed as it was very automated and there were some nice functions. He said it was easy to use.

That's all I know about it, but at least it's a response :)

 

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By Paul Scholes
12th Oct 2011 17:38

Ditto

I too get invoiced via Freshbooks and it looks slick and efficient.  Have a look at the website, I think it started as a pure invoicing facility but may now have more bells & whistles.

It's been mentioned in glowing terms recently by David Terrar on the Cloud Computing discussion group under "What about other Cloud Apps" so you could try a PM to him?

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By accountright
12th Oct 2011 17:53

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Thank you Monsoon and Paul.............I won't be so frightened of it now!

Polly

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By chrispaulclark1
12th Oct 2011 21:25

Great for Costing

Freshbooks is a great package if you have multiple employees who all work on a time basis, or multiple expenses which you need to recharge on invoices. Consider linking this with a KashFlow or/and Receipt Bank and you almost hae a fully automated accounts system.

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By Paul Scholes
12th Oct 2011 23:08

In which case...

Following on from chris above, FreeAgent has all those features and is a fully functional online accounting package, it seems a little inefficient to have invoicing divorced from accounting?

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By kaseybayne
17th Oct 2011 15:51

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Hi Polly! I'm Kasey, the Accounting Ambassador at FreshBooks. I work with accountants whose clients use FreshBooks, and help make it easy for small business clients to get their FreshBooks data to their accountants in a way that is easy and helpful. I know I'm biased for the pros/cons list, but here's what I'm hearing from accountants:

Pros: Really easy for their small business clients to use. Tracks invoices, expenses, online payments, outstanding accounts, and numerous reports that export to make the accountant's job easy.

Cons: Not a double-ledger accounting system. While most FreshBooks customers don't need that functionality, it is something to be aware of. Also, if your customer is inventory-heavy (like a retail store), we might not be the right fit (that would get a little tricky in FreshBooks).

I hope that helps! Give me a shout if I can help more :) I'm [email protected]

 

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By ASBaird
17th Nov 2011 15:44

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I am trying to find a UK company that uses freshbooks. I can then check out the pros and cons. I am getting no help on this from freshbooks which worries me. Can anyone help

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By kaseybayne
17th Nov 2011 18:58

FreshBooks UK

Hi Andrew,

I know we spoke this morning, but wanted to reply here as well. 

If there's ever a FreshBooks question I can help with, just let me know - [email protected].

Cheers,

Kasey

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