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Everything QuickBooks does, plus your clients.

QuickBooks is built for the books and stops there — your clients, invoices and marketing end up scattered across other tools. BuddyWorkflow keeps your books and your client relationships in the same place, so you run the whole business from one login.

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What you get
BuddyWorkflow
QuickBooks
Full bookkeeping & reports
Yes
Yes
Client CRM & pipeline
Yes
No
Marketing Analytics tracking
Yes
No
Invoicing linked to clients
Yes
Basic
Built-in e-signatures for contracts
Included — no DocuSign
Needs DocuSign (extra $)
Books free forever
Yes
Paid tiers only
Payment fees
Card at cost, zero markup · free ACH
Uncapped % on every payment
Monthly cost to get everything
One plan
Add-ons stack up

Books are table stakes — relationships aren't

QuickBooks does the accounting well, but it treats clients as line items, not relationships. BuddyWorkflow gives you a real CRM alongside your books: every client shows their invoices, payment history and notes, with a full pipeline when you upgrade to Pro.

One place, one bill

Instead of QuickBooks for the books and separate tools for clients and marketing, you get all of it in one login. That means no exporting, no reconciling two systems, and no paying several companies for one workflow.

Free books, honest fees

Your books are free forever — no paid tier required just to track your money. When clients pay you, bank transfers are free and cards are passed through at Stripe's exact cost with zero markup.

Common questions

Is BuddyWorkflow a full QuickBooks alternative?
It covers the bookkeeping most freelancers and small businesses need — income, expenses, cash position, taxes and reports — and adds a client CRM and marketing analytics that QuickBooks doesn't include.
Do I have to pay to use the bookkeeping?
No. Books are free forever with no trial wall. You only pay low, at-cost fees when you get paid, and Pro removes our fee entirely.
How do the fees compare?
Bank transfers are free, and cards are passed through at Stripe's exact cost with zero markup — versus an uncapped percentage on everything you collect elsewhere.

Keep the books. Keep the clients. One login.

Free forever for your books. We pass Stripe's real processing cost straight through — never marking up the rate the way others keep the spread — and Pro removes our fee entirely.

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