Choose a method
Best alternative to QuickBooks for text invoicing
QuickBooks is accounting software. It is a poor place to type a doorstep invoice into a text. Use InvoiceTXT to send the bill. Keep QuickBooks if you use it for the books.
Do not throw out the books to fix the text
People search for a QuickBooks alternative when they are standing on a roof and the app wants a customer record, a product code and a tax mapping before it will show a total. That pain is real. It does not mean the bookkeeping should move into a text message. InvoiceTXT will take the repair, the tiles and the due date and give you a link to text. It will not file your sales tax, reconcile the bank or run payroll. If those are why you pay for QuickBooks, stay. If you never used those and you only needed to send a bill, you may not need both.
Rear slope repair invoiced, labour and tiles, due in 14 days: https://invoicetxt.com/i/your-link
Create the customer-facing invoice where the typing is short
The line above is the whole capture.
Text the link from the phone you already use
QuickBooks can remain closed.
Put the PDF into QuickBooks only if that is your ledger
One total, recorded once.
Do not run two due dates
The date on the text is the date you will chase.
What to put on this invoice
- A short job invoice
- A text the customer will read
- QuickBooks still there if it runs the company
- No second version of the total
Questions about this job
Does InvoiceTXT sync with QuickBooks?
No. You download the PDF or record the payment yourself. A sync you do not check is how totals drift.
Is this the best alternative for payroll too?
No. This is the alternative for the text invoice, not for the rest of QuickBooks.
What does it cost?
Solo is $9 a month for 30 invoices, Pro $19 for 150, Studio $49 for 600.
Replace the sending step if that is what hurts. Keep the ledger if you use the ledger.
Related guides
Best alternative to Wave for mobile invoices
Wave is a free-to-start accounting tool that still expects an invoicing session. On a phone, a one-line text invoice is a different product.
Open guide →Text invoice vs paper invoice
Paper gets lost in a van. A text stays in the thread. Use paper only when the customer cannot open a link and is paying you before you leave.
Open guide →WhatsApp invoice vs email invoice
WhatsApp is the right invoice channel when the job was agreed in WhatsApp. Email is right when the payer is a shared inbox. Send one invoice, not two competing totals.
Open guide →