Invoice Forever vs Invoicely
The short answer. Invoicely's free tier is tight enough that most working freelancers hit its ceiling in the first month: 5 invoices, 3 saved clients, limited branding and PayPal as the only payment method. Real use starts at $9.99 a month. Invoice Forever gives you unlimited invoices and clients, with your own branding, at no cost.
What Invoicely costs
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | 5 invoices per month, 3 saved clients, limited branding, PayPal only |
| Basic | $9.99/month | $7.99/month billed yearly. 100 invoices per month, 25 saved clients, up to 2 team members |
| Professional | $19.99/month | $15.99/month billed yearly. 250 invoices per month, 100 saved clients, up to 10 team members |
| Enterprise | $29.99/month | $23.99/month billed yearly. Unlimited invoices and saved clients, up to 25 team members |
| Invoice Forever | $0/month | Everything, unlimited, with no paid tier to move to |
Their free option
5 invoices per month, 3 saved clients, no team members, limited branding, 100 emails a month, and PayPal as the only payment option. Estimates, recurring invoices, time tracking, expenses and mileage are excluded. The three paid plans have the same features and differ only in these limits.
Where Invoicely is genuinely better
Writing a comparison page that finds no merit in the competitor would be a waste of your time, so here is the honest list.
- Clients can pay online on every plan: PayPal on the free one, and Stripe, Authorize.net or Mollie from Basic up. We do not process payments at all.
- Time tracking and mileage logging on paid tiers, which we do not offer at all.
- Team members on the paid plans: up to 2 on Basic, 10 on Professional and 25 on Enterprise. An Invoice Forever account has one user.
- A long-established product with a stable track record.
Where Invoice Forever is the better answer
- Unlimited invoices. Invoicely's free plan stops at 5 a month, which one busy week uses up.
- Unlimited clients, against 3 saved clients on their free plan.
- Full branding with your own logo, free. Invoicely's free plan limits branding.
- Estimates and recurring invoices are included here at no cost, and are paid features there.
- Invoicing rules for 52 countries and a free EU e-invoice export.
So which one
Pick Invoicely if: You need mileage or time tracking, several team members on one account, or a choice of payment gateways, and you are happy to pay for it.
Pick Invoice Forever if: You send more than 5 invoices a month or keep more than 3 clients, which is to say if invoicing is a real part of your work.
Trying it costs nothing and needs no account. The invoice generator is open right now, so you can make a real invoice with your own details and see whether the output is good enough before moving anything.
Questions people ask
How many invoices can I send free with Invoicely?
Five per month, to a maximum of 3 saved clients, with limited branding and PayPal as the only payment method. Paid plans start at $9.99 per month, or $7.99 a month billed yearly.
Does Invoice Forever limit invoices?
No. Unlimited invoices, unlimited clients, your own branding, recurring invoices and data export, all free, with no paid plan behind it.
Can I use my own logo on a free plan?
Branding is limited on Invoicely's free plan. On Invoice Forever you can upload your logo and put your business details on every document without paying anything.
Other comparisons
Invoice Forever vs Invoice Ninja →
Invoice Ninja's free plan stops at 5 clients. Ours doesn't stop. But Invoice Ninja is open source, and if you want to run your invoicing on your own server, that matters more than price.
Invoice Forever vs FreshBooks →
FreshBooks is accounting software that invoices. If you only need the invoicing, you are paying $23 a month minimum for a plan that still caps you at 5 clients.
Invoice Forever vs Wave →
Wave has one of the few genuinely free plans in this category, so this is a closer comparison than most. The differences are in what the free tier leaves out, and in how international you are.
Try it before you switch.
Make a real invoice with your own details. No account, no card.