Item: Hurdlr
Rating: 9
Author: Alanna Hawley

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Hurdlr to track self-employment income and expenses (with receipts). Not only does this help me keep track of top-line business details, but I am easily prepared to make tax payments, and can export reports within a few minutes or less (like profit and loss statements) that are frequently required throughout the year. I primarily use Hurdlr on my phone, but use it on desktop when I need to export reports.

Pros and Cons

Quickly adding income
Quickly adding expenses
Helping me determine how much to pay for quarterly taxes
Quick profit and loss statements

The Tax tab loading properly and consistently - frequently doesn't pull up (on mobile) in my experience
An integration with TurboTax would be awesome (to make it super easy to do taxes)

Return on Investment

Eliminated the need to pay an accountant
I was confidently able to do my own self-employment taxes (through TurboTax)
I can keep everything up to date while spending less than one hour a month on it.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Self-Employed and QuickBooks Online

Hurdlr is much cheaper and less complicated than QuickBooks. Less money, less time, less frustration than QuickBooks. I used QuickBooks Online for another business and had to spend hours and hours figuring out how to set it up, and ultimately had to pay an accountant to do it for me. So much wasted money and time compared to Hurdlr, which was easy, and free to get started. I'm sure some businesses need QuickBooks, but if you have a pretty simple self-employed business, Hurdlr is definitely superior.

Key Insights

Do you think Hurdlr delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Hurdlr's feature set?

Yes

Did Hurdlr live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Hurdlr go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Hurdlr again?

Yes

Other Software Used

HoneyBook, Wave Accounting, Wix

Likelihood to Recommend

Hurdlr is great for simple self-employment tracking (income, expenses, taxes). It's not as powerful as something like Quickbooks in my opinion, but honestly I think that's a good thing. No need to overcomplicate things if you don't need all those features. Hurdlr is perfect for exactly what you need as a self-employed person. I have always been able to do everything I need to do with Hurdlr and it's simple and easy to use. Most importantly, everything is quick. I can quickly add income and expenses, and quickly export reports. Works exactly the way it needs to.

Easily Does Exactly What You Need as a Self-Employed Professional

Overall Satisfaction with Hurdlr