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Best Bonsai alternatives (2026)
6 alternatives to Bonsai in invoicing software, ranked by entry price. Bonsai starts at $15/user/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Bonsai: Harvest, Invoice Ninja, Wave, Zoho Invoice.
- Free alternatives: Harvest, Invoice Ninja, Wave, Zoho Invoice.
- Closest by price: Harvest ($0/mo), Invoice Ninja ($0/mo), Wave ($0/mo).
Bonsai alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvest | $0/mo | Yes | — | Service firms billing clients by tracked hours | getharvest.com |
| 2 | Invoice Ninja STALE · 2026-09-26 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Freelancers and small businesses wanting free unlimited cloud invoicing | invoiceninja.com |
| 3 | Wave | $0/mo | Yes | — | Freelancers and very small businesses needing free core invoicing | waveapps.com |
| 4 | Zoho Invoice | $0/mo | Yes | — | Freelancers and small businesses needing free professional invoicing | zoho.com |
| 5 | FreshBooks | $23/mo | No | — | Freelancers | freshbooks.com |
| 6 | QuickBooks Online STALE · 2026-09-05 | $38/mo | No | — | Small to mid-size businesses needing full-spectrum accounting not just invoicing | quickbooks.intuit.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 2 of 6 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Invoicing Software index.