Recommendations for online accounting?

February 25, 2009 8:18 AM

Need recommendations for online billing, invoicing & book keeping solutions.

I'm looking for a (preferably online) solution for keeping accounts of work done verses money coming in and out. Simple stuff for example, being able to credit accounts, and debit them according to work done. The ability to generate invoices would be good as well. Understanding of the UK would be great. Am alright to pay for it if required.

posted by gadha to grab bag (2 comments total)

There's two websites I recently found recommended and thus bookmarked. Zoho and Freshbooks.
posted by hungrysquirrels at 8:45 AM on February 25

I tried Freshbooks, Harvest and LessAccounting and went with Harvest because I felt that it was just better designed aesthetically and technically. The site was actually pleasing to use. It doesn't do full on accounting like LessAccounting but time-tracking, invoicing, expenses and reports are done well. They seem like they're working on making it better and more usable without bloating it with features and I would recommend them.

They have a 30-day trial which gives you a full account for 30 days after which you can go with the free plan if you like (which of course has less features). The one thing I didn't like about the free plan was that it brands your invoice at the bottom with a tagline so I signed up for a paid plan.
posted by eatcake at 8:57 AM on February 25