FreshBooks Customer Reviews 2026 | Accounting

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FreshBooks

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is FreshBooks?

FreshBooks is changing the way business owners manage their books. Its owner-first accounting platform, loved by businesses in over 160 countries, takes an easy-to-use approach to managing finances, billing, payments, and client engagement. FreshBooks, known for its 10x Stevie award winning customer support, serves customers of all sizes from offices in Canada, Croatia, Mexico, Netherlands, and the US.

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Awards & Recognition

FreshBooks won the following awards in the Accounting - Small Business category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2025

8 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

Service Experience

2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

8 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2022

FreshBooks Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

92 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love FreshBooks?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Client Friendly Policies
Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Expense Management

Integration APIs

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Cost Revenue Tracking

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Cash Flow Management

Project Accounting

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Reconciliation

Budgeting Forecasting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

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Accounting - Midmarket

Score 7.8

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FreshBooks Reviews

Margarita M.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Sep 2020

Among the best online Accounting software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

FreshBooks has bookkeeping capabilities unlike other online accounting programs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Invoices has been getting delivered on time to cuatomers aince we have integrated FreshBooks with gmail. Cash flow management, Account Receivable and Account Payable are among the things that I give kudos.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I am no longer encountering issues ever since I started seeking help from the vendor customer support.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take advantage of the vendor customer support whenever they need any aid.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Brittany N.

Role: Finance
Industry: Government
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Sep 2020

Solution for invoice customization

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

It has both invoicing abd Accounting features all in one program.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I have saved a lot of time through automating some procedures like invoice reminders with Freshbooks.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I only dislike that FreshBooks lacks capabilities for global enterprise companies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To use it along with other Accounting systems like QuickBooks if they have large corporations.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Rupesh T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2020

Top notch accounting solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

FreshBooks offers a ton of robust features like making it easy to bill recurring invoices.It streamlines and automates accounting process.It helps in managing finances easily and secure.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It empowers you to follow precisely when your customer has opened your receipt email. This enables an organization to manage clients who guarantee they didn't get the receipt. FreshBooks likewise ensures your invoices are appropriately conveyed to customers. It is anything but difficult to deal with your billing history as the application gives a great deal of tools to assist you with monitoring past and current invoices. Overseeing installments is adaptable as you can settle accounts with Visa, Mastercard, or American Express for Mastercard preparing or use PayPal for online installments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Metrics and reporting features could be made better.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Freshbooks is the top notch accounting solution that could bring a lot in your accounting department.It has excellent features ,great support and flexible pricing plan.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

FreshBooks Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

92 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love FreshBooks?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Expense Management Includes all aspects of expense forms design, completion, submission, limits and compliance, and reporting.

Integration APIs Ability of the software to interface with legacy and other third party applications.

General Ledger Chart of Accounts The general ledger contains the organization’s accounts for recording assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses.

Accounts Receivable Invoicing Record of claims for payment for goods or services provided. Usually includes a customer invoicing capability

Cost Revenue Tracking The process of recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, and allocating costs associated with a process

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders Record of debts owing for an organization. Sometimes includes a purchase order capability

Cash Flow Management Includes income and expense tracking, as well as cash flow monitoring.

Project Accounting Ability to track, report and analyse financial results and implications at an individual project level

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, forecasting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Reconciliation Functionality that ensures that two sets of records (usually the balances of two accounts) are in agreement.

Budgeting Forecasting Functionality allowing users to create and maintain budgets and develop forecasts, “what-if” scenarios, etc

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

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Accounting - Midmarket

FreshBooks Reviews

Margarita M.

Among the best online Accounting software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Brittany N.

Solution for invoice customization

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rupesh T.

Top notch accounting solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Expense Management

Integration APIs

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Cost Revenue Tracking

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Cash Flow Management

Project Accounting

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Reconciliation

Budgeting Forecasting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features