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Invoice Ninja alternatives

Invoice Ninja's Free and Ninja Pro plans are for one user each; a team takes Enterprise, priced by bands of users, the custom Premium Business plan, or the self-hosted code. Its project margin is invoiced income less expenses, with no cost rates. It sets a rate by company, client, project or task, not by person, and its projects budget in hours.

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The short answer

This page lists Hourbun, our app, and Kimai, Avaza, Tempough, Hubstaff and Productive. Each one costs less than Invoice Ninja for 2 people, or does more on a feature that the pages of Invoice Ninja limit or leave out.

The apps

6 alternatives to Invoice Ninja

Hourbun first, as it is our app. Then the others by their price for 2 people, lowest first. Each one costs less than Invoice Ninja, or does more on a feature in bold.

  1. 1. Hourbun Our app

    Freelancers, consultants and small teams who bill their clients by the hour

    Hourbun vs Invoice Ninja

    2 people, a month

    $15 (lower price)

    Duo

    Cost rates and profit (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes For admins and the owner
    Hourly rates by client, project, task and person (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes
    Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes
    Fixed-fee projects (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes

  2. 2. Kimai

    Teams that want open-source time tracking on their own server, or EU-hosted time tracking priced per user

    Hourbun vs Kimai

    2 people, a month

    €7.98 (lower price)

    Standard · ≈ $8.93 USD, estimate

    Cost rates and profit
    Partly An internal price for the cost of each record
    Hourly rates by client, project, task and person (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes By customer, project, activity and user, hourly or fixed
    Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup
    Higher plan Expenses by category, billed on invoices, on the Professional plan
    Fixed-fee projects
    No

  3. 3. Avaza

    Teams that want projects, tasks, scheduling, chat, timesheets and invoicing in one app

    Hourbun vs Avaza

    2 people, a month

    $11.95 (lower price)

    Startup

    Cost rates and profit (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes Cost rates, and a Project Profitability report
    Hourly rates by client, project, task and person
    Partly By person, work category or project
    Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes A markup in percent or a fixed amount, by expense category
    Fixed-fee projects (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes

  4. 4. Tempough

    Freelancers who want a free or flat solo plan, and teams that plan capacity and margins in the same app as their time

    Hourbun vs Tempough

    2 people, a month

    $15 (lower price)

    Partnership

    Cost rates and profit
    Higher plan Cost rates and margin (P&L) reports on the Team plan
    Hourly rates by client, project, task and person (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes By client, project, task and project member
    Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup
    Higher plan Receipts and mileage from the Individual plan, billed with a configurable markup
    Fixed-fee projects (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes Fixed-bid projects on every plan

  5. 5. Hubstaff

    Teams that want time tracking with activity monitoring, GPS and payroll for their staff

    Hourbun vs Hubstaff

    2 people, a month

    $18

    Grow

    Cost rates and profit (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes Pay rates as costs; a report shows the billed amount and the amount spent
    Hourly rates by client, project, task and person
    Partly Bill rates by member, for the organization or for one project
    Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup
    Higher plan From the Grow plan, with receipt files
    Fixed-fee projects (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes Fixed-fee projects on recurring invoices

  6. 6. Productive

    Agencies and consultancies that want resource planning, project management, a sales CRM and budgets with profitability in one app

    Hourbun vs Productive

    2 people, a month

    $36

    Essential

    Cost rates and profit (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes
    Hourly rates by client, project, task and person
    Partly A price for each service of a budget; rate cards by client from the Professional plan
    Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes
    Fixed-fee projects (ahead of Invoice Ninja)
    Yes

For comparison

Invoice Ninja

Freelancers and small businesses that want a free plan, many payment gateways, native apps or a self-hosted server

Hourbun vs Invoice Ninja

2 people, a month

$18

Enterprise (1–2 users)

Cost rates and profit
Partly A project margin of invoiced income less expenses, with no cost rates
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person
Partly By company, client, project or task
Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup
Partly Receipts and billing to clients; the help centre names no markup
Fixed-fee projects
Partly A flat fee is billed on an invoice; projects budget in hours
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • ≈ marks an estimate
  • Highlight = cheaper than Invoice Ninja
  • Bold row = ahead of Invoice Ninja
  • The example: 2 people · 8 clients · 10 projects · 8 tasks · 10 invoices and $16k invoiced a month

Questions

Questions and answers

What are the alternatives to Invoice Ninja?

This page lists Hourbun, our app, and Kimai, Avaza, Tempough, Hubstaff and Productive. Each one costs less than Invoice Ninja for 2 people, or does more on a feature that the pages of Invoice Ninja limit or leave out.

Which Invoice Ninja alternative costs the least?

For 2 people, Kimai costs the least on this page: €7.98 (about $8.93) a month on its Standard plan. Hourbun, our app, costs $15 a month on its Duo plan, and Invoice Ninja $18 a month on its Enterprise (1–2 users) plan.

Is Hourbun an alternative to Invoice Ninja?

Yes. Hourbun is built around the timesheet: rates by person, team roles, reminders and CSV reports come on every plan, with no ads and no analytics in the app. Invoice Ninja keeps reminders and reports for Ninja Pro and team permissions for Enterprise, and its terms say that Google Analytics measures use of the app. Invoice Ninja fits a solo start on its free plan.

Sources

  • Each fact comes from the comparison page of its app, which names its sources
  • A feature that no page of an app states is a No
  • Prices change: check the pricing page of each app

Kimai, Avaza, Tempough, Hubstaff, Productive and Invoice Ninja are trademarks of their owners, and Hourbun is not affiliated with them.

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