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Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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Wave makes it easy to be your own boss. Focus on what you love, and lean on Wave's intuitive online software to manage your financial and organizational needs. Wave Apps makes your money-related tasks easy with: • Unlimited invoicing, 100% free! • Unlimited accounting, 100% free!

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Awards & Recognition

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

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2022

Wave 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.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
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.

+98 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 Wave?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Cost Revenue Tracking

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Expense Management

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Reconciliation

Budgeting Forecasting

Integration APIs

Project Accounting

Cash Flow Management

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 87

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Wave Reviews

Caitlin K.

Role: Operations
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted May 2021

Free Accounting System of this era

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Wave from other similar products?

Wave Accounting is cost effective compared to other online accounting programs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How it has seamlessly allowed me to collaborate with tax accountants from anywhere is the best thing ever.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Wave Accounting however do not encompass all the features on the low subscription plans and also lacks accounting features for large corporations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try this free online accounting program so as they can eradicate errors on taxation, accounting and invoicing

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Leigh A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Inventory Tracking Guru: Wave Accounting

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Wave from other similar products?

Wave Accounting has data import and export tools, which work perfectly well than on other programs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Accounts Receivable capability allows me to customize invoices, automate account Payable abd collections. Developing financial statements, custom reporting abd workload automation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Wave Accounting do not accomodate room for growing companies since it lacks global enterprise accounting features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Check reporting data on sources like SoftwareReviews before making the final deal.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Evonne E.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Wave Accounting: Sophisticated Accounting System

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Wave from other similar products?

Wave Accounting has both mobile and PC capabilities unlike other accounting systems.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like how it has been easy and effective to automate accounting obligations such as AP, AR and invoive customization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

For over three years now, Wave Accounting has never failed to remit to over 90% of all the obligations i automate with.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To contemplate their desires, other factors such as size of the organization and cost of implementation before relying on Wave Accounting.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Wave Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Wave?

Pros

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Wave Reviews

Caitlin K.

Free Accounting System of this era

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Leigh A.

Inventory Tracking Guru: Wave Accounting

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Evonne E.

Wave Accounting: Sophisticated Accounting System

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cost Revenue Tracking

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Expense Management

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Reconciliation

Budgeting Forecasting

Integration APIs

Project Accounting

Cash Flow Management

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features