Gone are the days when you would create an invoice in Microsoft Excel and send to your client. Besides being too time-consuming and error-prone, this method also lacks a sense of professionalism. Good thing is that there are a lot of free services now that allow you to create professional looking invoices within minutes. Out of dozens of services, the following standout in terms of their unique features and simplicity. The features highlighted here are all for the FREE account, however, almost each of these services have premium plans that make the deal even sweeter:

1. Siwapp:

Siwapp helps you create and manage invoices for free. This simple to use service also lets you generate PDF invoices and generate invoices automatically on a periodic basis. You can also save drafts of your invoices and conitnue editing them later.

2. Ronin:

Ronin is another neat service that allows you to create invoices and estimates in a professonal manner. You can create unlimited invoices every month for free.

3. Invotrack:

Invotrack lets you track invoices, determine who owes you what and even manage timesheets online. You can also create graphs to analyze your invoicing patterns and do all this through the web as well as the Invotrack desktop widget.

4. Curdbee:

If you are not satisfied with just creating invoices and would also like to integrate Paypal or Google Checkout to collect payments, Curdbee is worth checking out. Curdbee allows you to do all this for free, and also provides support for multiple currencies.

5. SimplyInvoices:

If you are not too worried about customizing your invoice, but want to send unlimited number of invoices each month with SSL support, SimplyInvoices may be a good choice. Even though you cannot put your own logo on your invoice with the free account, you can choose from upto 5 templates.

6. Endeve:

Endeve is another service that allows you to send unlimited invoices for free, with an option of creating PDF invoices or sending them through email. However, the options to customize your invoice are limited with the free account.

7. CleverTools:

CleverTools is a whole suite of applications that offer you everything from invoicing to project management. They have not officially launched yet, but once they do, they promise to also offer a leads management system, a bug tracking system and a whiteboard system to manage your projects better.

8. BlinkSale:

If you don’t plan to send more than 3 invoices each month but are really bent on customizing your invoice to the smallest of details, you’ll love BlinkSale. They even let you play with CSS to create your own template. The free BlinkSale account also includes sending payment reminders, thank-you messages and create recurring invoices.

9. FreshBooks:

FreshBooks lets you send unlimited invoices each month for free with features like firewall protection, SSL encryption, data backups and free customer support. The downside? your emails would not be unbranded with the free account.

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