FreshBooks Features

Creation of expense reports takes little time and is intuitive for new users

Can easily pull in receipts from all credit card statements

Automatically assigns categories/accounts based on past entries and credit card statements

Provides various methods to easily capture receipts digitally and can automatically parse receipts to create expenses report entries. Methods may include mobile photos, desktop drag and drop, etc.

Functionality to reimburse employees directly to their bank account or can easily integrate with payroll system

Enables easy entry of expenses in other currencies and converts to expense report currency

Integrates with corporate or personal credit cards (import or bi-directional)

Can book Flights, Hotels, and Rental cars directly from software.

Creates travel itineraries based on booking

Integrates to calendaring systems and/or provides notifications of upcoming flights, hotels, rental cars, etc.

Allows advanced integrations to travel systems like Uber, airline ticketing systems, hotels, etc.

Timesheet entry takes little time and is intuitive for new users

Users can easily track time based on task or activity and assign to projects

Allows users and administrators to adjust rates based on user, role, task, project assignments, etc.

Ability to create and send printable or electronic invoices. Includes standard invoice style library that can be customized/branded.

Accepts electronic payments from clients

Provides adequate reporting and/or can integrate to AP systems to recognize revenue appropriately

Can easily capture receipts, parse receipts and convert/assign them to a report from mobile device

Allows users to track mileage from mobile device using maps or GPS.

Mobile application can store travel itineraries, electronic documents, and updates user of travel delays/changes

Allows users to track and enter time spent on project tasks from mobile device.

Provides standard connectors for popular Finance, Payroll, HRMS and CRM systems

Routes Timesheets, Invoices, Expense reports through approval process. Easy to maintain and administer

Sends automatic reminders to employees that have not completed expenses reports and/or timesheets

Enables administrators to create rules that enforce compliances of corporate time and expense policies

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Allows administrator to enter payroll for all employees based on salary or total hours worked.

Automatically deposits paychecks into employees' bank accounts.

Allows administrator to reimburse employees for business-related purchases.

Allows administrator to set up for wage garnishments to be deducted automatically from employers' paychecks.

Complies with PCI security standards

Reports and analytics created from payment data.

The ability to integrate directly with an e-commerce platform in order to create a seamless checkout experience.

Fees associated with processing individual transactions that may be based on a percentage of the purchase or a flat rate.

The ability to integrate with a POS system in order to allow the processing of credit card or mobile payments in a store setting.

Process payments from multiple channels such as ACH, mobile, or e-commerce.

Supports levels 1 and 2 for credit card payment processing.

Supports level 3 credit card processing which requires additional data for qualification.

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc. with other software applications.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows software to be easily used on multiple mobile devices include phone and tablet devices.

Provides users ability to create and access expense reports/timesheets while not connected to internet.

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Grants access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards.

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrator to easily add employees and grow payroll process as their company grows.

Offers embedded AI/machine learning

Provides workflow for complex approval structures

Provide integration with accounting software and ERP systems.

Provide integration with B2B and B2C e-commerce platforms

Increases user efficiency by auto-populating based on previously entered information. Schedules future entries. Allows Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc. These dimensions should be available on any transaction in any module in the system and available to be reported upon.

Automates chronological tracking of transactions that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record

The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and you can add or remove fields.

Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data, setting up systematic payments from clients and automatically matching customer receipts to outstanding transactions.

The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections

Steamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor values

Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.

Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel, management and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process

Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.

Multi-ledger and multi-tenant architecture. Automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations

Automates recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition rules.

Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions. Includes user flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules to help reduce the time needed to produce accurate reconciliations.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll

Automated time and expense capture, tracking, approval, reimbursement and reporting

General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business

Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.

Provides standard integration with third party accounting software.

Provide integration with accounting and financial management software

Integrates with other payments software

Deliver integrations with accounting modules of ERP systems

Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance.

Files payroll tax forms automatically for federal, state, and local taxes.

Allows payroll vendor, via power of attorney, to make electronic payments of withheld taxes to government.

Built-in security to protect payment information in order to prevent fraud and hacking.

The ability to process credit card payments and receive approval or denial of funds from the customer's bank.

The ability to process mobile payments from a mobile wallet or other mobile phone payment app.

The ability to process payments from a digital wallet service or other digital payment method.

Check cash on hand at the beginning of each month and view each day’s incoming and outgoing funds.

Add one-time or recurring cash flow items and add line items for each payment or deposit.

Timesheets, projects, tasks, income or expenses can all easily be exported to pdf, xls or csv for simpel cash clow analysis.

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data

Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions

Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data

Supports multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based

Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments

Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time

Allows users to process payments in multiple currencies.

Provides an online portal where customers can make payments.

Support cardholder verification methods for POS transactions.

Automatically deposits paychecks into employees' bank accounts.

Allows administrators to print valid paychecks and W-2 forms.

Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance.

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards to track payroll costs and for compliance purposes.

Provide standard invoice templates that can be customized by users

Ability to convert invoices to digital formats such as PDF

Automatically generates invoices at pre-defined time intervals

Allow users to consolidate multiple invoices into one

Ability to create multiple types of invoices

Manage invoicing for different types of products or services

Uses AI to automatically input data from receipts, invoices, and other documents

Uses AI to generates, send, and track invoices

Uses AI to categorize expenses, detect anomalies, and provide insights on spending patterns

Uses AI to detect unusual patterns and flag potential fraudulent activities in real-time

Uses AI to assist in calculating taxes, ensuring compliance with changing tax regulations, and automate the preparation of tax returns

Uses AI and NLP-powered chatbots to provide customer support and assist with queries regarding financial data and reports

Uses AI to match transactions recorded in the accounting system with those in bank statements

Uses AI to generate detailed financial reports, dashboards, and visualizations to provide insights into the financial health of the business

Uses AI to set up alerts for various financial activities, such as payment due dates or low cash balances

Uses AI to analyze data to identify trends and make predictions

Enables synchronization of accounting data across devices in real-time

Send push notifications for important updates, such as due dates, invoice statuses, or tax deadlines

Simplifies interfaces to be user-friendly and tailored for smaller screens, such as mobile phones and tables

Allows users to view and update certain data without an internet connection

Allows users to capture and upload expense receipts directly from mobile devices

Enables creation, editing, and sending of invoices

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Works across multiple software systems or databases