The self-hosted Invoice Ninja (hosted) alternative
Invora — Invoicing & Billing System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) — Self-hosted invoicing software, bought once — $99 one-time, full PHP source, runs on ordinary shared hosting. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Invoice Ninja (hosted) every month.
Stop renting Invoice Ninja (hosted)
8 months of Invoice Ninja (hosted) equals this one-time price.
Assumption: Hosted Ninja Pro; an open-source self-host option also exists free. Enterprise from $18/mo (1-2 users).
How Invoice Ninja (hosted) pricing grows with you
Invoice Ninja's hosted Enterprise tier scales price directly with the number of account users, from $18/month up to $300/month.
“Enterprise pricing is based on the number of account users — from $18/month for 1–2 users up to $300/month for 51–100 users.” — their own page, read 2026-08-11
What Invoice Ninja (hosted) does that we don't
Invoice Ninja offers native mobile and desktop apps across major platforms.
“Yes! Invoice Ninja has native apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android.” — their own page
Who should stay with Invoice Ninja (hosted)
If you need recurring/auto-billing with built-in online payment collection, stay with Invoice Ninja — Invora has no recurring or subscription billing and no built-in online card payment collection. Full honest limitations are on the product page.
Why owning beats renting Invoice Ninja (hosted)
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in Invoice Ninja (hosted)'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 Invoice Ninja (hosted) comparison.
Sources
- Invoice Ninja (hosted) — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source “$14 per month, billed monthly”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory — every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.