FreshBooks Customer Reviews 2024

FreshBooks

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is FreshBooks?

FreshBooks is changing the way business owners manage their books. Its owner-first accounting platform, loved by businesses in over 160 countries, takes an easy-to-use approach to managing finances, billing, payments, and client engagement. FreshBooks, known for its 10x Stevie award winning customer support, serves customers of all sizes from offices in Canada, Croatia, Mexico, Netherlands, and the US.

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Awards & Recognition

FreshBooks won the following awards in the Accounting - Small Business category

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9 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

8 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2022

FreshBooks Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

4
Since last award

88 Plan to Renew

10
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love FreshBooks?

4% Negative

7% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Client Friendly Policies
Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Cost Revenue Tracking

Expense Management

Reconciliation

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Cash Flow Management

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Project Accounting

Integration APIs

Budgeting Forecasting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

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Accounting - Midmarket

Score 7.8

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FreshBooks Reviews

Patrick I.

Role: Finance
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Mar 2021

Easy to Use and Fantastic Features

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

With this tool, everything from creating invoices to tracking and data entry is seamless.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that with FreshBooks, there are many features that makes accounting seamless. In addition, this tool comes at a bargain and is suitable for businesses of all sizes.

What do you dislike most about this product?

FreshBooks is a flawless tool. It delivers as an accounting tool and I cannot complain.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For people searching for an affordable and effective accounting software, I would recommend FreshBooks. We have used it and it hasn't disappointed us.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Unique Features

A.K.M Mahmudul I.

Role: Finance
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Simple but elegant accounting software

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

cloud-based Elegant design Feature Price Ease of use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Price Ease of development Easy to use The best tool for small business

What do you dislike most about this product?

Customization Tax calculation Feature Data security

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best for small business to organize day to day invoice

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Raymond K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

User-friendly software that's quick to set up

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

user-friendly software that's quick to set up and an excellent Accounting system for a small companies

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

They have a quick response from support, With your personal support key, you can easily give the FreshBooks team secure access to your account to make any fixes or help you set things up

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its not scalable to Big business, If you have many transactions in the company it can be hard to manage using freshbooks

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're just getting started with a small company, Freshbooks will be your best choice because of its simplicity.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

FreshBooks Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

4 Since last award

88 Plan to Renew

10 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love FreshBooks?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Accounts Receivable Invoicing Record of claims for payment for goods or services provided. Usually includes a customer invoicing capability

Cost Revenue Tracking The process of recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, and allocating costs associated with a process

Expense Management Includes all aspects of expense forms design, completion, submission, limits and compliance, and reporting.

Reconciliation Functionality that ensures that two sets of records (usually the balances of two accounts) are in agreement.

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, forecasting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Cash Flow Management Includes income and expense tracking, as well as cash flow monitoring.

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders Record of debts owing for an organization. Sometimes includes a purchase order capability

General Ledger Chart of Accounts The general ledger contains the organization’s accounts for recording assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses.

Project Accounting Ability to track, report and analyse financial results and implications at an individual project level

Integration APIs Ability of the software to interface with legacy and other third party applications.

Budgeting Forecasting Functionality allowing users to create and maintain budgets and develop forecasts, “what-if” scenarios, etc

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

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Accounting - Midmarket

FreshBooks Reviews

Patrick I.

Easy to Use and Fantastic Features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

A.K.M Mahmudul I.

Simple but elegant accounting software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Raymond K.

User-friendly software that's quick to set up

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Cost Revenue Tracking

Expense Management

Reconciliation

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Cash Flow Management

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Project Accounting

Integration APIs

Budgeting Forecasting

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Ease of Implementation

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