Invoicing for freelancers & small teams

Send invoices.
Get paid. Move on.

Describe your work in one sentence — Nota turns it into a professional invoice with a payment link, ready to send. $9/month.

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How it works

One product.
Multiple ways in.

Use Nota from the browser, or plug it into the tools you already use.

Web app

Type a sentence, get an invoice. Edit, preview, send — all in one place. No signup forms, no 14-step onboarding.

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REST API

v1

Create invoices programmatically. Connect to Zapier, Make, or build your own integration.

CLI + MCP

dev

Generate invoices from your terminal or through Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools.

You shouldn’t have to think
about invoicing software.

FreshBooks charges $23/month and limits you to 5 clients. Every alternative is a variation of the same formula: feature creep, upsells, gated functionality.

Without Nota

  • —Open FreshBooks. Navigate to invoices. Click “New.”
  • —Search for client. Fill in line items. Set due date.
  • —Preview. Adjust. Preview again. Send.
  • —12 clicks. 4 minutes. A generic PDF.

With Nota

  • →“Invoice Oxide for 40 hours consulting at €120/hr”
  • →Invoice created. Preview shown. One click to send.
  • →Beautiful PDF. Clean email. Stripe payment link.
  • →30 seconds. You look professional. Your client pays fast.
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Unlimited clients — No caps — send as many invoices as you need
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Beautiful PDFs — Your logo, your colors, not a generic template
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Stripe payments — Your client clicks 'Pay now' — money in your account
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Open source — See the code, self-host for free if you want
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Automatic reminders — Nota follows up so you don't have to
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EU-ready — Handles VAT, reverse charge, and XRechnung out of the box

What people are saying

“I used to spend 20 minutes per invoice in FreshBooks. With Nota I type one line and it's done. My clients actually comment on how clean the invoices look.”

RH

Rob Hope

Bold Video · Yo! Podcast

“As a founder, invoicing is the last thing I want to think about. Nota made it disappear from my to-do list entirely.”

VR

Vanessa Roberts

FounderWell

“Open source, great API, and it just works. Exactly what I was looking for after years of bloated invoicing tools.”

MM

Mac Martine

Wildfront

What your client receives

Studio Marcel

hello@studiomarcel.dev

INV-2026-0042

Bill to

Oxide Computer Company

Consulting services

40 hrs × €120

€4,800.00

Design review

8 hrs × €120

€960.00

Due March 28, 2026

Total

€5,760.00

Sent with Nota

The comparison.

How Nota stacks up against the tools you’re probably using today.

FreshBooksWaveNota
Price$23/moFree + fees$9/mo
Client limit5UnlimitedUnlimited
Open sourceNoNoYes
API & integrationsNoNoYes
Create from textNoNoYes
Self-host optionNoNoYes

One plan. Everything included.

No tiers. No feature gating. Volume-gated, not capability-gated.

Free

$0

per month

  • 5 invoices per month
  • Stripe payment links
  • PDF & email delivery
  • No credit card required
Start free

Nota

$9

per month · $90/year

  • Unlimited invoices & clients
  • Custom branding & domain
  • Automatic payment reminders
  • Priority support
Get started

Self-host for free, always. View source on GitHub

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