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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 45 - Reviews of Wave

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Junior Designer  
Design  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Wave has been a great resource for a freelancer. "

July 25, 2018

5.0

Pros

I love the ease of use and organization of the platform. Makes invoicing easy for freelancers who are too busy to manage that type of thing.

Cons

Connecting it to 3rd party integration would be nice, would like the ability to have a more custom templated feel.

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Kellyn D.  
Administrativo de recepción  
International Trade and Development  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Strong software for accounting"

February 10, 2021

5.0

Wave allows me to manage my bank account and report easily and understandable the financial situation of our entity.

Pros

Easy to understand and manipulate, showing graph according to performance and with several features to have most of the finance sector in one place

Cons

Maybe I would allow to the users customize the program according to their needs. Hence, It'll be easy to visualize the most important information for each individual.

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KD

Kerry D.  
Social Media Consultant  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Wave accounting"

October 4, 2019

4.0

Overall, Wave functionality has everything a small business/sole trader like myself needs. It is clear, simple to set up and use and I feel safe that it is a secure system.

Pros

Clear and simple interface. The homepage dashboard is a great snapshot of cash flow, P&L, overdue invoices etc. you don't have to search the software to find this information.

Cons

The inability to simply forward email receipts to be processed. Almost all of my business expenses come to me by email receipt.

Reason for choosing Wave

Cost

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YM

Yasmeen M.  
Designer  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Easy and Convenient "

July 6, 2022

5.0

Overall, I love how easy and convenient it is. It makes sending invoices such a quick process!

Pros

I love that I can make invoices right on the website and even send them to clients. It's so much easier than creating one from scratch and I love that I can change the invoice easily for each project. So easy to use!!

Cons

I don't like how it always prompts me to link my card/bank so that clients can pay their invoices directly from Wave. It asks me every single time and I just want to download my invoices.

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Nigel C.  
Intermediate Classroom Teacher  
Sports  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great simple accounting software"

November 25, 2019

5.0

Manages all my accounting needs for my side business

Pros

Super easy to create professional invoices and track payment history. I'm able to manage my complete business finances and get prompt financial updates at any point!

Cons

Took some tinkering to be able to bill reimbursable expenses on invoices and have it not count as income.

Switched from

[FreshBooks](https://www.capterra.com/p/142390/FreshBooks/)

Better pricing and more complete software

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Counselor  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A helpful beginning"

April 21, 2020

4.0

I provided this to the individuals in charge of accounting and they were grateful for a short time. Later they provided evidence that they needed to build our accounting.

Pros

Wave was a great place to start to show us what we do and do not want to use as our company grows.

Cons

Wave does not have the capacity for what we need moving forward but, again it is a great place to start.

Alternatives considered

[QuickBooks Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/212058/QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro/)

Reason for choosing Wave

Cheaper for startup

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
CEO  
Entertainment  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Excellent, free tool for accounting"

December 18, 2018

5.0

Pros

Good accounting and invoicing system. It is free and there is also the possibility to correct for the branding on invoices moving to premium

Cons

It is not very extensive in terms of external integrations

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DI

Dannielle I.  
Naturopath  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Easy & free"

October 13, 2020

5.0

Love it - I changed over from a very expensive accounting software that I had nothing but issues with. Wave is so much easier

Pros

Easy to use, free on the most basic plan, invoicing templates are great, makes monthly reporting & tax time so easy and stress-free

Cons

I don't know if it has bank reconciliation functions on the free plan but I didn't want that set up anyway so it works for me. I enter expenses & income manually

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Music Stylist  
Events Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great for DJs to keep track of sales "

August 10, 2019

5.0

Pros

The fact that it's free and it's a joint venture with a Canadian Bank (Royal Bank of Canada). It's simple to use and the custom invoices look great.

Cons

It's not as known as other accounting software

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Angela C.  
Owner  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Perfect for Small Business Owner"

February 1, 2019

5.0

I'm using it to keep track of all transactions before sending them to my CPA. It offers me a centralized view of all my banks and credit card transactions. It maybe a bit redundant, but this is the best combination we found so far.

Pros

It's very easy to set up. Very intuitive. I like the Dashboard. The customer service chat is right there. We have been with QuickBooks desktop and online. They are too much for my needs.

Cons

It's confusing with the "Personal" and business tabs sharing the same bank connections to be used. Luckily I'm only importing January 2019. So it was easy to recover.

Review Source

AB

Atul B.  
Business Manager  
  
Used the software for:

### "Ideal for Small Business"

August 10, 2015

5.0

We have been using Payroll by Wave for quite a few years now and are very happy with it. We are one of the top immigration law firms based in Pittsburgh, PA and our mission is to provide affordable experienced representation and personal case handling to cost-conscious clients and businesses. We have very caring and passionate employees that help us achieve our mission. Payroll by Wave is the perfect solution for our small business needs for running payroll and managing vacation time. It is very easy to use with a very well designed and intuitive user interface. It guides you through the setup process if you are a new user. It has several features such as Reminders, Payroll Review, Direct Deposit, Tax Reporting and Tax filing (we do not use the tax filing feature since we already had a process in place before it was introduced). It is integrated into the Wave accounting platform (we use some other Wave apps as well) and has support for both full-time and part-time employees. Signing up new employees is straightforward. The Wave Team provides excellent customer service and responds to questions / requests in reasonable time. They are also open to collaborating with their clients to get feedback and make the solution better.

Review Source

PK

Prince K.  
Business Associate  
Political Organization  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Where would I be without it? No where"

August 30, 2019

5.0

Love it, recommend it to all my clients who are starting a business. Thanks Wave!

Pros

Wave is the most user friendly bookkeeping software out there. I started using it last August and fell in love with it. I use QBO as well but have found Wave to be way ahead and best of all it's Free!

Cons

They should look to integrate a "tax" component like Quickbooks. It would be neat to have. Also, a platform that can sync with receipts ie. HubDoc!

Review Source

MS

Merihan S.  
Human resources officer  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Highly recommend For small business "

March 31, 2021

5.0

It is good because a i have a small business with my family aside from my main job , i love it because it’s easy to send and track invoices to customers ,we link our bank accounts and track everything and the software is free i mean it is a life saver plus we are not professional accounters and this is the good software to help

Pros

Very easy to use Free Good reporting Good invoicing features for a free software You can link to bank accounts

Cons

Some features are not available in my country Mobile application needs to have more features Customer service is not through phone :(

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
CEO  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Simple and Easy Accounting for startups"

September 7, 2022

4.0

Easy, simple and good enough for startups

Pros

Had experienced this software very early days when there weren't any for small businesses and startups to keep a book of accounting, they had an India version and since then they have scaled implementing even Payroll, etc It was easy to understand and their free version was also good enough up for early stages

Cons

Localization and Internalization took some time to launch, supporting other countries

Reason for choosing Wave

Free and simple to get started

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KH

Karl H.  
Manager of Event Technologies  
Media Production  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Amazing for Small Business Invoicing"

April 10, 2019

5.0

I have been using it for years and love it. It has really helped me save time when invoicing.

Pros

It is very easy to use for invoicing and pretty flexible. The ability to track clients is a great feature.

Cons

The reports. Some are good, but it would be great to be able to create a custom report.

Review Source

RS

Ron S.  
Director  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Trialled extensively, but can't use yet, due to key missing capabilities for use in New Zealand."

August 30, 2017

4.0

Unfortunately none yet,as it is missing some key accounting features that are essential for using it in New Zealand if you are registered for cash based GST (sales tax). This may not be a drawback at all in other jurisdictions.

Pros

The interface is straightforward , not only easy but enjoyable and aesthetically pleasing to use. All of the required, end of year accounts reports are provided. The interface for dealing with downloaded transactions (de-duplicating etc) is quite good. Its great that you can give others, particularly accountants limited on-line access to the accounts. Generally, product queries are answered within a day or so.

Cons

Assumes accrual accounting, doesn't work with cash based. Cashed based sales tax (GST, VAT etc) isn't supported. Bank direct connection security breaks bank rules (in this country at least). The API is very limited, doesn't support transaction reporting. The application doesn't handle recurring purchases, or provide any kind of memorised transactions. The complete separation of bills vs receipts seems strange, as receipts are effectively just bills that have been paid immediately. You can take photos of receipts to keep instead of paper but not bills.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
CEO  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "The best freemium accounting app"

August 30, 2019

5.0

I needed an application to start with for my side businesses without having to pay monthly subscription, WAVE was a good option.

Pros

It was suitable for individual businesses since it has a free plan. it is also easy to record and track income expenses as well as invoicing.

Cons

It does not have many integration partners. We are using acello for our project management and billing and can only integrate with quickbooks.

Alternatives considered

[QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/)[Xero](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/)

Review Source

James D.  
Attorney  
Law Practice  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Quick small business accounting"

June 18, 2019

5.0

Pros

Easy to use and upload receipts makes it conducive to small businesses with little time to do the books.

Cons

The ever improving receipt reading at times required a bit too much manual input.

Review Source

GG

Gaelle G.  
CEO  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great way to accept payments all over the world and do accounting"

November 5, 2021

4.0

Pros

Love that I could receive single payment and recurring payments. The accounting can be a bit time consuming but if your bank is integrated, then things will be faster.

Cons

sometimes the integration with the bank are very wobbly and dependent on banks security changes. it can quickly mess up everything. I also hate that recently the customer support became automated. they used to have an awesome cusstomer support chat

Review Source

KK

KEN K.  
OWNER  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I SEE, I CAME, I CONQURED"

February 16, 2017

5.0

There is a small learning curve to master how wave runs but thanks to their awesome support you can do it. I am one who works with my hands as a finish carpenter. I am far from even wanting to do accounting as I lack at paperwork. Wave makes it possible and I love it.

Pros

It functions very well and is an easy system to master.

Cons

One feature I hope they come up with is to be able to type in an amount in transaction and wave will find all those transactions that match. Bank of America has this feature. So why not WAVE!

Review Source

NF

Nat F.  
Former WAVE customer  
  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "WAVE IS UNRELIABLE & SKETCHY!!!"

April 30, 2018

1.0

This company will not only support friendly fraud (i.e. chargebacks), they will damage your CREDIT RATING, they are extremely unreliable and the customer service is a joke! I have accounts with several different credit card processors and should have known this company was about BS when they started pulling my credit RANDOMLY. I also had one chargeback, which is inevitable for most business owners. Instead of working with me (their customer)... they held all of my funds that were not even associated with the chargeback... blocked my account... and damaged my credit in the process... even before the chargeback was resolved. This company is awful, probably worse than PayPal!!! There is no loyalty and I highly advise against ANYONE (especially small business owners) signing up for their service. JUST AWFUL!!!

Cons

This is your warning -- DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH WAVE ACCOUNTING or WAVE APPS!!! They are a HIGHLY unreliable credit card processor and willbe more trouble than its worth

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Principal Consultant & Founder  
Management Consulting  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Does not have the most basic features like bulk edit."

February 6, 2019

3.0

Would not recommend at this point.

Pros

Free and not much else.

Cons

Many basic things like logging mileage or making bulk changes to income classifications are missing.

Review Source

MS

Melissa S.  
Accountant  
Import and Export  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Great online accounting tool"

May 12, 2023

5.0

Pros

A lot of features are available in the free version. Creating invoices are simple and easy. There is also a mobile app that makes invoicing on the go very easy.

Cons

Limited options to customise invoice and quotation templates. More creative freedom would be great

Review Source

Bailey P.  
CEO  
Computer & Network Security  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "A brilliant platform for free accounting"

May 7, 2019

5.0

I've clearly organised all of my business's finances with Wave and enjoyed using the platform.

Pros

The user interface is really clean and it's such a nice piece of software to work with. The value is great, as Wave is free to use for small businesses. The experience that Wave provides is absolutely awesome!

Cons

It lacks certain features of competing software, but is the best software at the free level.

Review Source

MS

Michael S.  
Ceo  
Entertainment  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Poor customer service "

December 17, 2019

1.0

Our company was not approved for credit card payments due to the type of business that we have as they say we are a high risk company but the company allowed Our customer to still make a payment through portal and we have been trying to email them to find out how we're able get our money back. We have tried to email them numerous times through their support team we also try to email then with there Actual email and we also tried to Facebook message of the company to get a reply back we have over $2500 holding in their copies hands and there's no communication

Pros

No charge for service and easy to use services

Cons

Poor customer service and not have a customer service number to speak to someone

Review Source

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