Invoice Ninja does everything we verified about Kashoo for $2 a month less at 25 clients, $18 against $20. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the two features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. The trade: Kashoo is built for one price for everyone, the least to learn and what accountants expect and Invoice Ninja is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why people look for an alternative
Not for payroll or filing (payroll is a third-party integration and sales tax is tracked, not filed), there is no mobile app on the page, and a business with several entities pays a full subscription for each one.
It runs $20 a month at 25 clients with the add-ons it forces on you included. 5 of the 10 alternatives to Kashoo cost less than that.
The closest thing to Kashoo
Ranked by how much of what we record for Kashoo each platform also does. Invoice Ninja is the nearest, and it is $2 a month cheaper at 25 clients. Nothing we verified is missing; the only gaps are features Kashoo lists and Invoice Ninja does not, which is weaker evidence.
$2 a month cheaper$18 at 5
A freelancer or small studio that wants a full invoicing, quoting and time-tracking tool for $14 a month or less, and the option to run it on its own server for nothing.
- Also lists a mobile app and recurring invoices and subscriptions
- Does not list receipt capture
Try Invoice Ninja →
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 25 clients with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
$39 a month dearer$27 at 5
A small business that wants proper double-entry books its accountant will recognise, with unlimited users on one flat price.
- Also lists payroll and VAT or sales tax filing
- Does not list an API and integrations
Try Xero →Same money$20 at 5
A small US business that wants a real free plan to start on and a ladder it can climb without changing software, up to multi-currency, inventory and a fifteen-user finance team.
- Also lists AI features, a mobile app, payroll, recurring invoices and subscriptions and VAT or sales tax filing
Try Zoho Books →$13.30 a month cheaper$0 at 5
A UK sole trader or small company that wants free, MTD-ready bookkeeping with unlimited users and only pays once the ledger passes 1,000 entries a year.
- Also lists a mobile app and VAT or sales tax filing
- Does not list inventory and project and time tracking
Try QuickFile →$65 a month dearer$85 at 5
A US business that wants the accounting software its accountant already uses, with a path from one user to a 25-seat finance team.
- Also lists AI features, a mobile app and VAT or sales tax filing
- Does not list multi-currency and receipt capture
Try QuickBooks Online →$50 a month dearer$70 at 5
A freelancer or small service business whose job is getting invoices out and paid, with time tracking and projects attached.
- Also lists a mobile app, payroll and recurring invoices and subscriptions
- Does not list an API and integrations, inventory and multi-currency
Try FreshBooks →$20 a month cheaper$0 at 5
A freelancer or very small business that wants to invoice, chase payments and log expenses for nothing, and does not mind two users and 500 invoices a year.
- Also lists a mobile app and recurring invoices and subscriptions
- Does not list bank feeds, inventory, multi-currency and receipt capture
Try Zoho Invoice →$20 a month cheaper$0 at 5
A US service business that already takes card payments through Square and wants invoices, estimates and contracts with no monthly fee, paying only when an invoice is paid.
- Also lists AI features, a mobile app and recurring invoices and subscriptions
- Does not list bank feeds, expenses, multi-currency and receipt capture
Try Square Invoices →$37.63 a month dearer$57.63 at 5
A VAT-registered UK small business that wants accounting and payroll from one established vendor, with MTD, CIS and an AI assistant on every plan, and an accountant who already knows Sage.
- Also lists AI features, a mobile app, payroll and VAT or sales tax filing
- Does not list bank feeds, expenses, an API and integrations and project and time tracking
Try Sage Accounting →
What Kashoo is still the best answer for
A small business that wants double-entry books with bank feeds, sales tax tracking and unlimited users for one flat price, without a per-client or per-invoice meter.
On this site it is the pick for one price for everyone, the least to learn and what accountants expect. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
Questions people ask about Kashoo alternatives
What is the closest alternative to Kashoo?+
Invoice Ninja. It is $2 a month cheaper at the size we compare on and gives up nothing we verify, though you should read why it exists before swapping: no two of these do exactly the same job.
How much does Kashoo cost?+
Kashoo is $20 a month at every size we price, from 5 to 100 clients, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Why do people look for alternatives to Kashoo?+
Not for payroll or filing (payroll is a third-party integration and sales tax is tracked, not filed), there is no mobile app on the page, and a business with several entities pays a full subscription for each one.
How many alternatives to Kashoo are there?+
We compare 10 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 14 is on the accounting page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make accounting and invoicing platforms and it is not
compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot
be bought.
How to read the feature lines
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a price that does not move with clients and a free plan. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other 14 are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
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