The Best Accounting Software for Creatives
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Flexible Invoicing Options To Bill & Get Paid Faster
Create professional-looking invoices in seconds and let your client pay with credit cards or bank transfers (ACH). When it’s this easy, you’re bound to get paid quickly!
Create Seamless Client Communication
Pitch clients, provide project updates, and collect project feedback–all in one place. Easily collaborate with clients to keep things moving forward and deliver amazing results.
Know Your Business and How It’s Performing
Keep your books accurate and up-to-date with automation. Prepare detailed financial reports and track income and expenses– you’ll know how your business is performing 24/7 and you’ll always be ready for tax time.
Flexible Invoicing Options To Bill & Get Paid Faster
Create professional-looking invoices in seconds and let your client pay with credit cards or bank transfers (ACH). When it’s this easy, you’re bound to get paid quickly!
Create Seamless Client Communication
Pitch clients, provide project updates, and collect project feedback–all in one place. Easily collaborate with clients to keep things moving forward and deliver amazing results.
Know Your Business and How It’s Performing
Keep your books accurate and up-to-date with automation. Prepare detailed financial reports and track income and expenses– you’ll know how your business is performing 24/7 and you’ll always be ready for tax time.
Easy-to-Use Accounting & Bookkeeping Features
Professional Invoicing
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Keep an Eye on the Big Picture
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Fast & Easy, for You and Your Clients
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Never Miss an Expense
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Track Time to the Minute
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Keep Everyone on the Same Page
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Know Your Business Better
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Take FreshBooks Anywhere
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Plans to Support Your Creative Accounting Needs
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Options To Bill & Get Paid Faster
Customize invoices by selecting a template that suits your brand. Add sales tax and turn on features like invoice reminders. Clients can pay with credit cards & bank transfers for faster payments.
Manage Projects Effortlessly
Capture important project information from the first pitch to delivery. Set and stick to proposed budgets, bill for the work you did, and deliver profitable projects for your business.
Create Seamless Client Communication
Pitch clients, showcase your work, and get paid for your work all in one place. Keep clients in the loop with structured proposals and estimates, easy payment options, and feedback collection. Use eSignatures to sign off on work and contracts.
Improve Accuracy of Your Books With Automation
Spend less time on manual data entry and more time running your business. Improve accuracy when your bookkeeping software automatically records income and expenses, tracks time, sends payment reminders, and keeps your books tax time ready.
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Creatives Prefer FreshBooks. The Reviews Prove It.
4.0 Excellent 
(Editor’s Choice Award)
“FreshBooks offers a well-rounded, intuitive, and attractive double-entry accounting experience that supports invoices and estimates; expenses; time tracking; and projects.”
4.4 Excellent 
(4,214+ verified user reviews)
“FreshBooks automates daily accounting activities, namely invoice creation, payment acceptance, expenses tracking, billable time tracking, and financial reporting.”
4.5 Excellent
(663+ verified user reviews)
“FreshBooks is an online accounting and invoicing service that saves you time and makes you look professional – Fortune 500 professional.”
4.47 Excellent
(4,211+ verified user reviews)
“FreshBooks takes billing out of your hands and puts it on autopilot. Set up automated invoicing, online payment options, and late payment reminders to get paid 2x faster.”
4.0 Excellent
(Editor’s Choice Award)
“FreshBooks offers a well-rounded, intuitive, and attractive double-entry accounting experience that supports invoices and estimates; expenses; time tracking; and projects.”
4.4 Excellent
(4,214+ verified user reviews)
“FreshBooks automates daily accounting activities, namely invoice creation, payment acceptance, expenses tracking, billable time tracking, and financial reporting.”
4.5 Excellent
(663+ verified user reviews)
“FreshBooks is an online accounting and invoicing service that saves you time and makes you look professional – Fortune 500 professional.”
4.47 Excellent
(4,211+ verified user reviews)
“FreshBooks takes billing out of your hands and puts it on autopilot. Set up automated invoicing, online payment options, and late payment reminders to get paid 2x faster.”
How FreshBooks Helps Creatives Thrive
Invoicing that used to take many, many hours (2 full days, at least) is now down to about half a day.
When Her Growing Interior Design Business Got More Complex, Shannon Got FreshBooks
I have become really good with my money because every penny I make goes through FreshBooks.
Ana Wanted to Be a Writer, Not an Accountant. Here’s How FreshBooks Helped
Accounting Apps & Integrations for Creatives
Easily integrate FreshBooks’ bookkeeping and invoicing system with other apps and partners to simplify things like proposals, task management, and payroll. Automate work, book appointments with clients and freelancers, and analyze results with apps that simplify small businesses.
Does Your Creative Business Have Complex Needs and a Growing Team?
FreshBooks Select is a custom accounting and bookkeeping software plan built to save time and money and ensure your growing creative agency has the necessary software so you always make the smartest business decisions.
What you get from the Select Plan:
- A dedicated account manager to train your team and migrate your books from other platforms
- Access to lower credit card fees and transaction rates
- Access to Priority Support comprised of our most seasoned support team members
- The ability to add 2 team member accounts for free
Resources to Support Creative Professionals
Frequently Asked Questions
FreshBooks cloud-based accounting is built with creative business owners like you in mind to help you get paid for every penny of your hard work. Send professional invoices fast, track time, note pricing, calculate expenses, and manage your business finances, all in one place.
Now with a fully integrated, industry-standard double-entry accounting feature available on any device, you can easily manage project profitability and your bookkeeping. And with the FreshBooks accounting app, you can manage your financials from anywhere, anytime.
FreshBooks is perfect for freelancers, self-employed individuals, and creative agency owners who want to streamline processes and save time to focus on their agency, not their bookkeeping.
FreshBooks is cloud-based accounting software built especially for freelancers, creative agency owners, and consultants. With easy-to-use accounting features, including invoicing, online payments, robust financial reporting and planning, and real-time visibility into your financial management, you can spend time working on your business instead of in your business. You can also add your accountant directly to your FreshBooks small business account, streamlining processes and making communication easier.
Your online bookkeeping software needs may differ from other freelancers, artists, and creative agencies. No matter your requirements, FreshBooks has you covered! Some features you can use FreshBooks software for include project costing and management, project profitability, expense tracking, customer relationship management, creating robust financial reports, managing financial processes, tracking time, estimates, bookkeeping, and more. Not sure if FreshBooks is right for you? Sign up for a free trial and see how much easier it can be.
