FreshBooks is one in all product that allows us to manage our finances more effectively. From tracking our expenditure, financial reporting, billing to invoicing, FreshBooks allows us to do it all conveniently from a single product. The joy of having FreshBooks is that now we get transparency on how cash is flowing in our business as well as how our business is performing financially.

By unifying several functionalities under one product, FreshBooks makes our accounting work very simple since we don't have to use many products. Despite it been such a powerful accounting tool, all its features are easy to use and the flexible interface makes it easy to surf through it. Using FreshBooks, there are basically no skills needed for us to create very beautiful and professional invoices for our clients. It allows us to keep all our accounting books like receipts very secure in case they are needed in the future.

FreshBooks dashboard is well organized and this makes everything clear and easy to access. It performs excellently and super comfortable with it.

Finding a solution to manage our finances has played a huge role to the continued success of our organization. FreshBooks gives us the power of understanding how money is flowing in and out of the organization through the various expenditure routes. With it, we are able to plan for our expenses and track expenditure on specific projects to prevent cases of over-expenditure.

Being able to have full control on our financial activities has been the most beneficial thing we get with FreshBooks. Plus there are no complexities in using any of its features, everything is simple and straightforward. We appreciate it how FreshBooks helps us to track each and every expenditure in our organization and this makes it easy to have a clear overview of our financial performance. The security functions keep all our financial information tightly secure and only accessible to the people with the right authorization.

There is nothing concrete to complain about FreshBooks since it does it work legitimately and very effectively.

Here's the skinny on FreshBooks (the good, the bad, and the ugly): The Good: You can't beat the visual dashboard for tracking outstanding and past payments for clients. It's a great billing system for small businesses and especially consultants or freelancers. The recurring billing/invoicing system is FAB! Like many platforms these days, Freshbooks showcases a library of "add-ons" to help enhance your experience. Some of the best ones (in my book, as a tech consultant and marketer) are Hubspot, Shopify, Mailchimp, Bidsketch, BaseCamp, and Podio. There's a decent time tracking feature, along with the ability to track expenses. You can create/assign staff to project billing. Of course, you can issue "estimates" to prospects for future projects. As you send invoices through the Freshbooks system, it will log "sent" emails for you. And the system is designed to handle manual invoices for snail mail as well. Each client/business that you bill receives their own "login" to your dashboard to view their invoice(s). This is a nice touch, as clients may often "misplace" that original email with your invoice in it... It integrates very nicely with Stripe and PayPal (although I hear that may be changing - what? I know) plus Freshbooks has its own payment feature. I never have issues with payments, they always come through the system promptly (for online playing, 24-48 hours, the norm). The Bad: I'm not a fan of the reporting feature, while it's functional, it doesn't allow enough flexibility that a diverse consultant such as myself would like (need) to have. There are several reporting functions for each core feature (Accounting, Clients, Invoicing, and Time Tracking). But no option for custom reporting, which I often need as my diverse array of clientele has different process, set-ups, etc. At the very least, I would like to be able to customize the built-in reports on some level. I've not found an add-on that would assist me with this pain point. The Ugly: Finally, sadly, the worst thing I have to say about FreshBooks is that the Android app is greatly lacking. As the years (and technology) progress, that could eventually become a deal breaker. All the features in the world won't do a consultant much good if all of those same features can't be accessed via mobile device. We're ALL mobile these days, doncha know. However, if you split your time between desktop/Mac and mobile, then Freshbooks is well worth a look!

In addition, the time accounting function is simple and allows us to monitor business activities as a whole. It has helped us identify and quantify the time spent on both responsble and non-responsible work, allowing us to adjust costs and be more efficient in our operations. Overall, FreshBooks has made managing our finances and time effective.

Using FreshBooks has been a game changer for me and my team. The platfom excels in accounting and expense management, it offers a variety of functions such as generation and tracking of invoices quite complete, it has a history function for better control, this makes decision making easier, in terms of its interface I could say which is friendly and easy to navigate, saving us time and keeping everything organized. With freshbooks it's easy to customize reports and track metrics across multiple projects at once.

My experience with FreshBooks has been frustratng at times not because of its tools, but especially when it comes to customer support. Some time ago the live chat option provided quick and helpful responses, this made it easy for me to fix any problem, but now I am forced to send emails that go unanswered for days. And many times they are generic answers, which do not solve anything for me and delay the whole process.