What are the best free accounting tools?

    Wave is fully free for invoicing and accounting basics. Glo Invoice's 14-day free trial covers invoicing, estimates, payments, and customer management for service businesses.

    Wave is the longest-running free option for accounting + invoicing. It's solid but desktop-first.

    Glo Invoice's 14-day free trial focuses on speed: unlimited customers and invoices, branded PDFs, online payments via Stripe, and full customer history.

    Combine either with a free P&L template if you outgrow built-in reporting.

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