Freelance Billing and Time Management 4242 Responses

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• hubb7designs

  Hey everyone,

  I know there have been some post about billing software and online platforms, but I'm looking for some advice for something that is cheap or even free.

  I have been looking into platforms like

  Feb 10, 12, 2:02 p.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  Platforms like the new

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:20 p.m. – Permalink

• bulletfactory

  c'mon hubb, you can do it!

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:21 p.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  Damn iPhone app/site isn't posting all my replies!!!

  Hahaha, I'm trying my best! :)

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:24 p.m. – Permalink

• bjladams

  i'm a big fan of project bubble - and stu (the creator) is a qbn-r

  and the freelance plan is only $12

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:26 p.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  I have been using and enjoying Project Bubble. And $12 isn't bad at all.
  But something free or software not online based would be great.
  I know I'll have to pay for something that works well, but I also know QBNERS know all the best stuff out there. Beats random googling any day :)

  • QBNERS know sarcasm– fadein11

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:29 p.m. – Permalink

• hektor911

  Harvest

  • I believe that is online.
    and not really that great.– Miguex1/2

    It's actually pretty good. Sounds like you haven't even used it.– ETM2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:33 p.m. – Permalink

• Miguex

  I've been using iBiz for sometime now (since it was called iWork)

  

  It's not free, but as opposed to online services where you have to pay monthly, this is a one time deal and you will use it for years.

  • right click, send invoice. done– Miguex

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  ^^Does iBiz also have an app to work from your phone?

  Looks pretty nice, and $39.99 is not bad at all for one time.

  • I don't know about the phone app– Miguex

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 3:17 p.m. – Permalink

• Miguex

  http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibiz

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 3:30 p.m. – Permalink

• nb

  I've been using Billings. I dig it.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 3:33 p.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  I've used Billings as well and it's ok.

  I wasn't a fan of how it links payments with invoices, and the reports where not great and somewhat difficult to get what I was looking for.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 3:36 p.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  So Miguex.... you would say that iBiz without an app is better than Harvest?

  I like the idea of purchasing software once... but I also like the idea of having an App to add projects, task, track time and so on.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 5:59 p.m. – Permalink

• Miguex

  I have to use harvest on one of the agencies I freelance at, to me, it feels like and excel spreadsheet.

  there's another agency that i work at, they use something called PM tools, its online too, looks better than harvest, you are a designer chances are you are not going to like harvest.

  The good thing about the online/ cloud system is that you can access it from your laptop or desktop you know?

  Someone posted one that was online only, and looked really nice, but I never gave it a chance because there was a monthly fee.
  I can't remember the name, but it was targeting creative professionals...

  • and I wish iBiz had that to be honest..– Miguex

  

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  Dog-earFeb 10, 12, 9:47 p.m. – Permalink

• scruffics

  studiocloud?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 11, 12, 3:29 a.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  I know what you mean Miguex.

  Harvest looked nice, but I didn't like that I would have to list services more as a product.

  Found one called Paymo, but the app is really limited as far as managing task and accounts. So my search continues.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 11, 12, 10 a.m. – Permalink

• mike2011

  Ive been looking into this a bit over the last year or so and always come back to my big ugly whiteboard (for project/task managements anyway).

  A few off-line ones ive looked at include:
  Studiometry
  Daylite
  Relationship
  Omniplan

  All of these fall short in one way or another. A common problem seems to be that they are all so long winded, meaning task management becomes a task itself. So, I use Omniplan for managing bigger projects, a whiteboard on the studio wall for pretty much everything else and Freeagent for invoicing.

  For the time being, works for me.

  • good point on task management being another task, I never thought of it that way– Miguex

  

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  Dog-earFeb 11, 12, 10:16 a.m. – Permalink

• alicetheblue

  I heard that http://www.freshbooks.com/ is good.
  But, again, not free.

  • been using this for years, it's great but on the expensive side.– Julesvm

  

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  Dog-earFeb 11, 12, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• scruffics

  dude, again, studiocloud. it's offline, it' free and it's quite versatile. you only have to pay if you want Cloud services and other what-nots. look into it...

  

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  Dog-earFeb 12, 12, 3:04 a.m. – Permalink

• hubb7designs

  So I've looked into Stuidocloud, and it doesn't look bad at all. Problem is that it doesn't seem like I would be able to expand on studio cloud if and when I get busier, and there isn't an iPhone app to manage things on the go.

  I checked out Studiometry and Daylite, and both of these seem really nice, but they require a yearly license for use of the apps :/ that doesn't sound very cool.

  Again I do understand, in order to get something that works and is effective, I'll probably have to pay some cash. But all these suggestions are really helping me narrow down my choices.

  Thanks everyone!

  

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  Dog-earFeb 12, 12, 9:05 a.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  I don't get why anyone doesn't want cloud any more. Phone apps, access from virtually anywhere, almost any device.

  I wouldn't go back to a desktop or local network based method for anything.

  • * doesn't want cloud at all.
    A lot of fail the first sentence.– ETM

  

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  Dog-earFeb 12, 12, 12:06 p.m. – Permalink