Top 5 Invoicing And Cloud Accounting Apps (And Alternatives To Freshbooks)

Ok so Freshbooks kicked me out. For 8+ years I’ve been a “loyal” customer, using their app to send an invoice-and-a-half a month. Most of my income comes from book sales and people signing up for my online classes – not much comes in via the good-old-invoice. I like it that way. And for the odd time I needed an invoice, Freshbooks has been awesome.

But they decided to change things. Out of the blue, I got a phone call from an account manager advising me my account would be shut down in less than 14 days. Unless I paid for an upgrade. “No thanks”, I said. “I’m happy where I’m at”. My assistant even called them to elaborate on the points mentioned above. They didn’t budge. And I wasn’t going to pay $15+ for sending my invoice-and-a-half.

Usually, when you’re a long-standing user of an app or service, your account gets “grandfathered in” when the organizations changes it’s pricing model in a way that would negatively impact the customer. Personally, I’ve never grandfathered anyone in. I ch…