Invoice Ninja vs. Square Appointments

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Invoice Ninja
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Invoice Ninja is a source-code available suite of apps focusing on SMB invoicing & payments, from the small company of the same name. The service boasts users among 200,000+ businesses, who use Invoice Ninja to invoice clients, track payments, expenses, and time billable tasks.
$0
Square Appointments
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Square headquartered in San Francisco, California offers Square Appointments, appointment scheduling software. The software is based on technology acquired with BookFresh in February 2014.
$29
per month per location
Pricing
Invoice NinjaSquare Appointments
Editions & Modules
Invoice Ninja - Self-hosted
$0
Invoicing, Quotes, Expenses, Time-Tracking built with Laravel & Flutter
Forever Free
$0
Unlimited Invoices & Quotes for 20 clients
Ninja Pro Plan
$10
per month
Enterprise Plan
$14
per month 1-2 users
Free
$0
Plus
$29
per month per location
Premium
$69
per month per location
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Invoice NinjaSquare Appointments
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual pricing. Higher volume plans available for an enterprise subscription.
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User Ratings
Invoice NinjaSquare Appointments
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Invoice NinjaSquare Appointments
Likelihood to Recommend
Invoice Ninja
I think Invoice Ninja is well-suited for small businesses or freelancers with this software you can track your expenses bill and get paid using a friendly user interface, it is easy to set and configure. They have a paid version but with the open-source self-hosted version it's free and this is a great advantage over other similar softwares.
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Block, Inc (Square)
Great for booking and managing appointments. This software is very user-friendly due to its simplicity. The interface is intuitive and easy to use for all ages. The only time this software may not be appropriate might be with someone who is managing their calendar manually and not using a software solution at all.
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Pros
Invoice Ninja
  • Invoicing
  • Billing
  • Track expenses
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Square had good interoperability with Google Calendar, so all of our calendars were in sync.
  • Square Appointments we easy to use for clients, and with a few Luddite exceptions, worked flawlessly.
  • Square Appointments made it easy to schedule appointments without having multiple email messages or play phone tag with anyone.
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Cons
Invoice Ninja
  • Should be able to produce a SAF-T file
  • Better reports
  • More invoice templates
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Additional functionality: real-time availability calendar to customers
  • Not redirect away from our site to Square
  • Additional functionality: Ability for customers to add up sales when checking out
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Support Rating
Invoice Ninja
No answers on this topic
Block, Inc (Square)
  • Square Appointment is excellent at support! I have had several calls with them, and not one time have they dropped the ball, leaving me frustrated without a solution — not one time.
  • The community forum in Square Appointment can answer most of the questions, but if I have had real issues, I am always able to talk to a person. That is very valuable to me as a customer.
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Alternatives Considered
Invoice Ninja
I changed from Fresh Books to Invoice Ninja because Invoice Ninja while being free and open source still offers all the Fresh Books features. Also, we were able to change the estimate module to work exactly as we needed and now it allows us to do consignations to our clients that after we can convert to invoices.
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Block, Inc (Square)
Though office can offer a lot of appointment base tasks. Square appointments seem to help keep track, with a more direct approach. It helps to declutter integrations and information, that can often get missed and feel to convoluted. It's approach is more specific in handling appointment needs and scheduling. We would recommend it.
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Return on Investment
Invoice Ninja
  • Save me 200 euros per year on a invoice system
  • Save me time by automatically send late payment reminder
  • Saves me time wend I have to do my tax declaration
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Ease of scheduling brings in more appointments
  • Must have a card on system to schedule and prepay for an appointment
  • Offers multiple types of appointments
  • Cancellation fees
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