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Invoicing made easy with GrandTotal
If you own and run a small business, part of your work involves creating and sending invoices to clients. For many Mac users, invoices are created in Word, Excel, Numbers, or some other application that really isn't designed for that purpose. Media Atelier might have an answer in their new Leopard-only invoicing package for Mac, GrandTotal. GrandTotal provides a number of design tools for creating a good-looking invoice to represent your organization, and free templates are available from Meda Atelier's website. You can then set up your customers, create a catalog of goods or services, create estimates or full invoices, and send them out either immediately or on a timed basis. Invoices are marked off when paid, and the Dock icon always shows how many invoices are due or overdue.
GrandTotal works hand-in-hand with Media Atelier's TimeLog 4 application, so for those of you who work on a billable hour basis can enter your time into the TimeLog app, then import into GrandTotal. A free trial is available for download (click downloads file), and the application can be purchased from within the demo for €49.
What do you use to create invoices? Leave a note in the comments.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Josh said 11:41AM on 9-17-2008
I use freshbooks.com. It handles my hourly billing and invoicing all in one. Good service!
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TheArtist said 12:45PM on 9-16-2008
Apple's App. Pages works just fine for Invoicing, even incorporates Excel-like-spreadsheeting.
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chip said 12:48PM on 9-16-2008
I use QuickBooks, which is not my favorite program in the world, but it has all the features I need. The windows version has a different feature set from the mac version, which leads to some frustration, but in the end, it does what I need it to.
This looks great, but doesn't look to be as powerful as a full fledged book keeping program.
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Monkeyfood said 12:53PM on 9-16-2008
Bamboo Invoice: http://bambooinvoice.org/
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CaptSaltyJack said 12:58PM on 9-16-2008
My vote goes to Billable: http://clickablebliss.com/billable
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Erik said 10:53AM on 9-17-2008
I use Billable too and think it's great... I just wish the developer would do some updating... it's been almost a year!
mando said 1:02PM on 9-16-2008
or the free
https://billingmanager.intuit.com
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Ben said 1:06PM on 9-16-2008
I use iRatchet which has all the features I need, but the interface is rather clumsy and it tends to crash. I'd like to hear what other people use--
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sonofagenius said 1:05PM on 9-16-2008
Can anyone tell me why this would be any better than using Numbers and/or Pages? The cost of iWork is only 10USD more than this app and can be used for a lot more.
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antiorario said 1:23PM on 9-16-2008
I downloaded the trial and found it as little flexible as every other invoicing app I've tried so far, especially when it comes to adding new taxes. It can be done, but it just doesn't allow for the necessary customization. At least not the kind an Italian professional needs. I'm sticking with Numbers. It will not be centralized or automated, but it does the job with fewer head scratches (if any).
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Adam Rice said 1:25PM on 9-16-2008
Up until recently I used Apple's Numbers, which had its pros and cons. Then it corrupted my job log file, and I decided I couldn't trust it. I'm limping along with a combination of Excel and Word for now.
My own invoicing needs are kind of persnickety, and I haven't found quite the right app for it yet. GrandTotal has some admirable features, but in terms of features and philosophy it's not exactly what I'm looking for.
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mitch said 1:25PM on 9-16-2008
I use Billings: http://www.billings2.com/
It is pretty good.
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Jeff said 2:38PM on 9-16-2008
Anyone have a rec for invoicing software for the web where I can create accounts for customers and they can sign in and view their invoices and payments?
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Josh said 7:04PM on 9-16-2008
Freshbooks.com - good site!
Balls said 1:36PM on 9-16-2008
A combination of Google Spreadsheets and Quickbooks.
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Joe Russell said 1:44PM on 9-16-2008
I dig iBiz:
http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibiz/
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Max said 1:53PM on 9-16-2008
+1 on Billable
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David said 1:59PM on 9-16-2008
Billable has worked well for me.
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skinnabub said 2:47PM on 9-16-2008
at our company we use Sohnar.com's 'Traffic' system to run our design agency. It does everything you would need; sales, contact tracking, estimating, scheduling, timesheets, expenses, 3rd party suppliers, invoicing, credit control - the works!
Very expensive though at about £1k a user.
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Aaron said 8:58PM on 10-24-2008
We use Streamtime studio management software to run our graphic design agency - http://www.previewstreamtime.com , around 500 per user and does everything from CRM, Quoting, job costing, traffic management, jobbags staff scheduling and invoicing.