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FreshBooks vs InvoiceShelf: catalog facts
FreshBooks	InvoiceShelf
Paid Paid subscription with a 30-day free trial and introductory discounts.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, with no per-seat fees.
Android, iOS, Web	Web, Self-hosted
Invoices can include tracked time and expenses automatically Receipt scanning and bank imports for expenses	Invoices, estimates, payments and expenses in one place Recurring invoices and a customer portal
Subscription only, with no free plan Cloud service, so your financial data is held by FreshBooks	You maintain the server and backups yourself The 3.x branch is an alpha preview not meant for production data
Downloadable app, Web application, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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