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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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.

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

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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

Muhammad Adnan H.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Best and easy product to use with best privacy

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

Not a big difference but freshbook is little bit different and unique and more reliable then other similar products like XERO and quickbook

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Most favourite and biggest advantage of time saving on bookkeeping and accounting

What do you dislike most about this product?

According to my use, I didn't found any single error in this software

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's a best product

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Hammad K.

Role: Finance
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

"Fantastic product"

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

I think the interface and the analytics the fresh books provides is literally amazing that cannot be compare with any-other software.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Everything is perfect as it is although i want to add point here which is they should optimise their reporting side.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing much but yeah there are some areas that can be improved and one them is their reporting side.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Improve the reporting side and make it easy for user’s to enter their financial data so quick.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Amy F.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Amazing product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FreshBooks from other similar products?

cloud based, super easy to use!

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

ease in use and ease in getting someone on the phone when I need assistance

What do you dislike most about this product?

honestly, nothing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do it! Don't hesitate.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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

Muhammad Adnan H.

Best and easy product to use with best privacy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hammad K.

"Fantastic product"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amy F.

Amazing product!

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

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Breadth of Features

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Quality of Features