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Wave
Wave provides cloud accounting, invoicing, payments, payroll and bookkeeping tools for small businesses, freelancers and contractors.
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- 8.7 No. 6on Best Freelance Invoicing and Expense Apps
- Free plan · paid from $19/moprice, as published
- Oct 14, 2026read on
What Wave costs
- Starter Free
- Wave Advisors $149 / month
- Pro $190 / year
- Pro Plan $190 / year
- Receipts $72 / year
As waveapps.com publishes them, read Oct 14, 2026. Fees, tax and exchange rates can differ when you pay; check the provider's own page first.
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- Free plan
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- Free trial
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- Facts on record
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Facts we read
- AccountingWave uses double-entry accounting and provides income, expense, cash-flow, profit-and-loss and balance-sheet reporting. · waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- APIWave provides an API with application creation, endpoint documentation, query and mutation examples, a playground and webhooks. · developer.waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- API authenticationThird-party integrations must use OAuth2 and may require Wave approval; Wave reserves the right to impose restrictions or future access fees. · developer.waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- AudienceWave describes its Starter plan as suited to people starting a business or looking for basic features. · waveapps.com, Sep 29, 2026
- Bank feedsPro supports read-only bank and credit-card connections with automatic transaction import, merging and categorization. · waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Company sizeLinkedIn lists Wave HQ as a privately held software company with 201–500 employees in Toronto. · linkedin.com, Oct 14, 2026
- ComplianceWave identifies itself as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider and says it is not HIPAA compliant. · support.waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Documentation and supportWave offers a developer portal, help center, email support and live-person chat for Pro or qualifying paid features. · developer.waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Founded2010 · waveapps.com, Sep 28, 2026
- Free planYes · waveapps.com, Sep 19, 2026
- HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada · waveapps.com, Sep 28, 2026
- Integration requirementAs of May 26, 2025, businesses need a Pro Plan or Wave Advisors bookkeeping subscription to connect to or maintain existing Partner integrations and Make. · support.waveapps.com, Sep 29, 2026
- IntegrationsWave Pro lists integrations including Etsy, Driversnote, GoHighLevel, Google Sheets and Make.com. · waveapps.com, Oct 14, 2026
- Invoice customizationUsers can add their logo and brand colors to invoice templates and customize them with drag-and-drop editing. · waveapps.com, Sep 29, 2026
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