The self-hosted FreshBooks alternative
Invora — Invoicing & Billing System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) — Self-hosted invoicing you own — no monthly fee, no per-invoice cut.. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying FreshBooks every month.
Stop renting FreshBooks
FreshBooks — rented
Lite $23.00/mo (monthly billing)
[1]billed every month, forever · your data in their cloud
Invora — Invoicing & Billing System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) — yours
$34.00
one-time · self-hosted · your data, your server
2 months of FreshBooks equals this one-time price.
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Assumption: Calculator uses the regular Lite price $23.00/mo - the '90% Off for 6 Months' promo shown on the page is temporary.
Why owning beats renting FreshBooks
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in FreshBooks's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the
product page for honest limitations, and the
full Invora — Invoicing & Billing System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) vs FreshBooks comparison.
Sources
- FreshBooks — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“Lite $2.30USD/mo”
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