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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

Near-Instant Invoicing

Impress your clients with professional-quality invoices you can create and send in moments, then de-stress yourself by accepting payments online. Use automatic payment reminders to keep your cash flow flowing.
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Bill Clients Fast, Get Paid Faster

Build custom invoices for your clients, set up automated recurring billing and payment options, and get paid 2x faster—all on the same platform.
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Keep an Eye on the Big Picture

Simple or complex, your finances tell you how your business is doing. FreshBooks’ easy-to-use Double-Entry Accounting tools and reports show profitability, cash flow health, and details your spending.
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Never Miss an Expense

FreshBooks lets you snap receipt photos, forward email receipts to your account, and import expenses from your bank account. Then organize and assign them to clients. Tracking every dollar keeps you ready for tax time.
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Track Time to the Minute

You (and your team) work on lots of projects at once, and missing billable time can be costly. Time Tracking in FreshBooks makes it easy for teams to log time and automatically add it to invoices, so all time is accounted for.
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Keep Everyone on the Same Page

With a business to run and projects to manage, it’s tough to keep everyone synced up and on schedule. Projects in FreshBooks make it easy for your clients, team, and contractors to collaborate, and share files and updates…all in one place.
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Know Your Business Better

Easily track every dollar in and out of your business then run reports to see how your business is doing. And at tax time, do it yourself or just give your accountant access to quickly find what they need.
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Pay Your Team in 5 Clicks

Simplify paying your team when you run payroll right from your FreshBooks account. Automatically file & pay payroll taxes and get a complete view of your accounting, billing, and payroll in one place.
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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.

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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:

  • Exclusive access to our Select Support and Onboarding teams to train your team and migrate your books from other accounting software
  • 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

Accounting Software by Industry

Feeling overwhelmed by bookkeeping? FreshBooks offers industry-specific accounting software that simplifies finances and boosts efficiency, letting you focus on what truly matters. Visit our industry pages below to learn how FreshBooks can fulfil all your accounting needs!

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is accounting software for creatives?

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.

What are the benefits of using accounting software for creatives?

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. 

Does FreshBooks creatives accounting software include other features?

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.

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