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Overview

What is FreeAgent?

FreeAgent is an cloud-based accounting system designed for small businesses and freelancers. FreeAgent supports many core accounting features and bank reconciliation, payroll, tax management, project level accounting, and multiple currency support. It is mobile-accessible, and integrates with many apps.

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Pricing

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FreeAgent

$13.50

Cloud
per month

FreeAgent

$135

Cloud
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.freeagent.com/us/pricing/

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $13.50 per month
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Product Demos

Tony from FreeAgent will be giving us a live demo of FreeAgent Software (episode 8 Tech November)

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FreeAgent - Expenses Demo

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FreeAgent Client Demo

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2 Minute Demo FreeAgent via Iris OpenBooks

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How To File Your Expenses Demo With FreeAgent

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Iris OpenBooks FreeAgent Demo

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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.6
Avg 7.4

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

6.5
Avg 7.6

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

8.5
Avg 8.1

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

6.7
Avg 7.8

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

8.7
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

7.4
Avg 7.5

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

8.1
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is FreeAgent?

FreeAgent is an online accounting software designed specifically to meet the needs of small businesses, freelancers and their accountants.


FreeAgent helps businesses take care of their day-to-day admin, from managing expenses and running fully RTI-compliant payroll to creating and sending professional-looking estimates and invoices. It also allows businesses to keep track of their cash flow and profitability, showing who owes them money - and how much!.

FreeAgent also has a personalised ‘Tax Timeline’ of upcoming deadlines and amounts due, as well as the functionality to easily file VAT, RTI payroll and - for sole traders and limited company directors - Self Assessment tax returns directly to HMRC.


The vendor boasts around 100,000 customers currently using FreeAgent to manage their business accounts, with no confusing accounting jargon and with a team of support accountants on hand to help them stay on track.

FreeAgent Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Accounts receivable
  • Supported: Cash management
  • Supported: Bank reconciliation
  • Supported: Expense management
  • Supported: Time tracking
  • Supported: Multi-currency support
  • Supported: Electronic tax filing

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Standard reports

Customization Features

  • Supported: Plug-ins

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FreeAgent Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

FreeAgent is an cloud-based accounting system designed for small businesses and freelancers. FreeAgent supports many core accounting features and bank reconciliation, payroll, tax management, project level accounting, and multiple currency support. It is mobile-accessible, and integrates with many apps.

FreeAgent starts at $13.5.

Zoho Books, Xero, and QuickBooks Online are common alternatives for FreeAgent.

Reviewers rate Electronic tax filing highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of FreeAgent are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

(1-5 of 24)

Free your Accounting Time with FreeAgent

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 24, 2015
RP
Vetted Review
Verified User
FreeAgent
2 years of experience
FreeAgent is the only accounting package that we have, it allows me to manage and see the business and it's current financial state in a matter of minutes, and it takes me less than an hour a week to ensure that everything is reconciled. Billing is a breeze with recurring invoices, and reconcilliation is simple with automatic bank imports.
  • Recurring invoices with automated follow-up is fantastic for helping to get paid on time
  • Automated bank transfers are the easiest way to ensure that I can reconcile my accounts with ease
  • Support is fantastic
  • Built-in Time tracking for projects/tasks (integration with Basecamp to get this info) is fantastic, it allows us to accurately track what we are working on and get paid for it!
Cons
  • Android Mobile App, but they are working on it
FreeAgent is well suited to the industries that it is targeted at - anyone who does freelance or is a small firm. The software is amazing; the price point is fantastic, as you get discounts for referrals, the more people you refer to FreeAgent, the less you pay! The team is very responsive to support requests and improvements as well.

FreeAgent - accounting made simple

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 30, 2015
JH
Vetted Review
Verified User
FreeAgent
3 years of experience
FreeAgent controls the whole of my company's accounting - invoicing, bank account management, payroll, and estimates.
  • Invoicing and estimates are well structured, with built-in pay walls and automatic notifications on late payments. There are also automatic reoccurring invoices, reducing our monthly work load.
  • FreeAgent automatically pulls in our business bank account, allowing me to directly explain every transaction with invoices, payments, and more.
  • My accounts, on the go, anywhere. With FreeAgent being web-based, it means we can view our accounts anywhere, with no worries of data-loss. This is made easier with the new iOS app.
Cons
  • Client-specific email templates would be very useful.
FreeAgent is very good for the service industry.

Simple Invoicing and Account Management

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 29, 2015
IF
Vetted Review
Verified User
I'm using FreeAgent to streamline my invoicing and accounts process.
  • Simple Invoicing - really easy to set up and send out with online payment integrations.
  • Bank Feeds - having transactions automatically feed in from my bank account is a great timesaver.
  • Expenses Tracking - simple process to keep track of expenses and receipts.
Cons
  • It would be great if you were able to manage transaction explanations on mobile.
FreeAgent is more suited to small teams and sole traders.

Awesome accounting software for awesome people!

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 27, 2016
TE
Vetted Review
Verified User
FreeAgent
1 year of experience
I use FreeAgent every day to produce estimates, create invoices and follow the payment through to my bank account. I process VAT, payroll and all my expenses through it as well and have been really impressed with it. I have used it ever since I started my company and couldn't see myself running the business as I do at the moment without it. My accountant also has access to the back-end data and can produce all the necessary reports straight out of the software without me having to worry about it.
  • Producing estimates/proposals and allowing you to easily convert them into invoices and then follow it all through to payment.
  • Keeping tabs of all my expenses and payments.
  • Producing the necessary documentation for VAT returns and Self Assesements.
Cons
  • I am looking forward to the Android app being launched.
  • Being able to produce more in depth proposals which aren't just itemised accounts would be great.
Its great for a business where you quote and then invoice on a job-by-job basis which is why it works well for me.

Accounting software for people that don't like acocunts

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 04, 2015
ND
Vetted Review
Verified User
FreeAgent
4 years of experience

I work through a limited company, VAT registered and I do my own PAYE to keep accountant costs down and to allow me to have a good handle on what's going on.

I do occasionally have other people helping me out with the work and they will also go on the payroll for a limited period of time.
  • VAT returns are filed electronically, after prompts and auto generated
  • RTI returns filed automatically for payroll
  • Prompts or future bills such as corporation tax, VAT payments etc
Cons
  • Investments such as stocks and shares or commodities
  • Sometimes it will guess account entries incorrectly and will always assume it knows which way you want to take money out of the company (dividend/expense/salary)
I'm a busy IT contractor and I'm disinterested in spending time on my accounts. FreeAgent allows you to upload your bank statements, it has a best guess at applying it to the accounts, you then attach scanned receipts and that's about all you need to do to keep things going.

You can file your payroll and your VAT returns electronically. I can give permission to my accountant to download accounts annually. Dividends and expenses are handled as well as reminders for both overdue invoices and filing returns and additionally it will forecast corporation tax and other bills.

There are limits, such as investments and subsidiaries, but it will do the vast bulk of work with ease.

The support, although only by email, is prompt and helpful.

If you don't know much about accounts and don't like spending time on them I think most independent consultants can benefit substantially by using these guys.
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