Ask HN: Freelancers - what do you use to generate quotes and invoices?
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I created my own Invoices (using OpenOffice) and saved them to a free Google Drive Account. When I need to send an Invoice (or a Quote), I just create a copy of the Invoice (using the Customer's Name), fill out a few fields, convert the file to PDF, and E-mail it to the Customer (cc'ing myself). When I need to look up an Invoice to verify something or do Taxes (or whatever), it's all saved and searchable on Google Drive (and backed up on my E-mail Server). It's paperless, simple, and free. You could do the same thing (or similar) with Dropbox, Box, or another similar Service.
I use http://www.paymo.biz and although they're mostly known for pm & time tracking they have some nice invoicing options: estimates, expenses, invoices & reports.
I'm suggesting it because although I use a paid version, there's a free one too, as I freelancer you should keep your expenses down at first am I right? :)
I'm suggesting it because although I use a paid version, there's a free one too, as I freelancer you should keep your expenses down at first am I right? :)
My personal favorite one used to be: http://invoiceomatic.io/
I have however moved on to: http://invoiceable.co/ as it saves a copy of your invoices online.
Similar thread (for invoices) I started a while back. Some useful services are mentioned there.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353270
You should check out the self-hosted (open source) solution - http://www.fusioninvoice.com - I used it from quoting to invoicing to keeping records.
For invoices I use http://tradeshift.com, but I'm not sure they handle quotes.
I'm a huge fan of http://www.freeagent.com/
Curdbee. I'm using the free tier and have no complaints.
freshbooks.com
planscope.io
planscope.io
I second Freshbooks.com . At $19.99/month, it's a great deal.
orgmode with org-invoice.el
freshbooks
Thanks!