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Wave Accounting

Wave · Accounting software

Price
Free
Price read
Checked 11 OCT 2026
From
Free
Basis
Free
Free plan
Yes
Founded
2010
Price read
Checked 11 OCT 2026
Available to South African buyers

Free accounting and invoicing. Wave is run from North America, so its card payment and payroll add ons serve US and Canadian businesses.

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Assessment

Free accounting, invoicing and bookkeeping for very small businesses, with optional paid payments, payroll and receipt scanning.

Wave Accounting is one of 8 products the register lists under Accounting software. It is sold by Wave, a company founded in 2010.

It starts free.

Pricing

All prices are in rand. Where a vendor lists in dollars, pounds or euros we convert at R16.53 per US dollar, R21.86 per pound and R18.53 per euro (European Central Bank reference rates, via Frankfurter, 9 OCT 2026).

Prices are the vendor's own published list price, read on the date shown. Price on request means the vendor gives its price after you contact it. Free means the starting price is zero.

Features

  • Unlimited estimates, invoices and bills
  • Bookkeeping records and a cash flow dashboard
  • Mobile app for invoicing
  • Online payments as an option
  • Automatic bank import on Pro
  • Unlimited receipt capture as an add on

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