CurdBee - Free Online Invoicing and Payment
There are dozens and dozens of free invoicing applications out there. A few are great (offer a lot of neat design features, send as PDF, pat you on the back and say “Good job!”, etc.) but even less go above and beyond your typical invoice creator. Say hello to the horribly named Curdbee!
Curdbee is a free online invoicing and payment system to bill your Clients. If you don’t have the budget for Freshbooks, chances are Curdbee might suit you just swell (Seeing as how it’s free and all). Curdbee doesn’t track your time or offer a custom payment gateway. However, it does offer exactly what almost every freelancer already has: no money for setup and a PayPal account.
Curdbee is one of the few free invoicing applications that allows you to create custom invoices to send to clients via email that also allows for PayPal integration (Also includes Google Checkout integration). Send an invoice to anyone in the world using multiply currency compatibility. Have packages/items you find yourself constantly invoicing for? Create preset “items” that will automatically fill in the Quantity, Description, and Price fields with the click of a button. The very simple and sleek admin interface makes it a breeze to navigate through.
Although invoicing reports is currently not a feature, I am seriously considering using Curdbee for all my freelancing projects.
In conclusion, Curdbee is a must have for any frugal, busy-bee freelancer to manage and send invoices to clients.
4 Responses to CurdBee - Free Online Invoicing and Payment
This looks EXACTLY Like blinksale. So either someone ripped them off, or blinksale is marketing the same product with a different name.
Brent Ferguson
8/13/2008 at 2:41 pm
@Brent - There are a couple differences between Curdbee and blinksale.
1. You may only send max of 3 invoices per month using Blinksale for free, then it jumps to $12/month..
2. The interfaces are similar but noticeably different.
3. Curdbee does not integrate with Basecamp.
4. Curdbee is 100% free. for unlimited invoicing.
Tommy M
8/13/2008 at 7:24 pm
@Brent Please note that, CurdBee has quite distinct difference from Blinksale. It supports receiving payments from Google Checkout, which Blinksale doesn’t offer. Also, you could bill in multiple currencies in CurdBee..
Hope you get the point.
Jeremy
8/15/2008 at 4:09 am
Very glad you posted this one; checked it out at the time but came back to say I’ve started using Curdbee and think it’s brilliant!
How are they able to offer this service for free?
gdharlow
8/31/2008 at 5:50 pm