# Hiveage review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Online invoicing with estimates, time tracking and payments

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Hiveage is an invoicing tool for freelancers and small businesses. It creates invoices and estimates, tracks time, expenses and mileage, bills on a recurring schedule and takes online payments through a dozen or more gateways. A free plan covers up to 5 clients, and paid plans raise the client and team limits.

- **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing
- **Made by:** Hiveage, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.hiveage.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you have more than 5 clients, as the free plan stops there.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Hiveage has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Up to 5 clients with unlimited invoices, estimates, time tracking, expense tracking and payment gateways.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the Pro plan.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 5 clients with unlimited invoices, estimates, time and expense tracking and payment gateways. |
| Basic | $16 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | 50 clients, plus recurring billing and financial reports. |
| Pro | $25 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | 250 clients and 5 team members, with your own domain, email from your domain and automatic payment reminders. |
| Plus | $42 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) | 1,000 clients and 10 team members, with API access and personalized help migrating data from other services. |

Read from https://www.hiveage.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hiveage before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 17% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page offers yearly billing at a lower monthly rate, for example Pro at $25 a month against $29 billed monthly. Source: https://www.hiveage.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Invoices and estimates:** Branded invoices and estimates with taxes, discounts and shipping, and estimates that clients accept online and convert to invoices.
- **Online payments:** Clients can pay through more than a dozen gateways, including PayPal, Stripe, Square and Braintree, with partial payments supported.
- **Recurring billing:** Invoices can be scheduled daily, weekly, monthly or annually and sent automatically or after manual approval.
- **Time, expense and mileage tracking:** Billable hours, expenses and trip mileage are logged and can be turned into invoices.
- **Financial reports:** Reports cover income and expenses, invoice details and accounts aging, with CSV import and export of data.
- **Teams and multiple businesses:** Pro and Plus allow team members with access levels, and the site says they can manage several businesses in one account.

## Good for

- Freelancers who bill a handful of clients
- Small businesses that need invoicing without full bookkeeping
- Agencies that bill in several currencies

## Worth knowing

- The free plan stops at 5 clients, and financial reports are listed only from Basic upward.
- Team members start on Pro (5) and Plus (10); Basic has none listed.
- API access is limited to the Plus plan.
- The site says it has no accounting features; it covers invoicing, not a general ledger.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Hiveage is an invoicing tool with estimates, time tracking and online payments. The free plan stops at 5 clients, and the site itself says it has no accounting features.

- **Value for money: C.** Basic is $16 a month billed annually, inside the typical range for accounting tools, and Pro is $25.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with unlimited invoices, but only 5 clients, which a growing freelancer would hit.
- **Features: C.** Invoices, estimates, payments, recurring billing and time tracking do the invoicing job, but the site says there is no general ledger. That is a smaller job.
- **Ease of use: C.** A web and phone app where you set up clients and payment gateways, and no store rating on record.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android with PayPal, Stripe, Square and Braintree, and an API on Plus.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hiveage's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools

- Hiveage's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 30.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 28 of 127) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6).
- Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $18.09 for the category: 43 of the 90 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Hiveage you could make: invoicing, time tracking, expense tracking, quotes and estimates and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $192 a year.

- You could make: Invoicing, time tracking, expense tracking, quotes and estimates and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

PayPal, Stripe, Square, Braintree

**Tags:** Invoicing, Time tracking, Expense tracking, Quotes and estimates, Reports

## Alternatives

- [Invoice Ninja](https://toolgpa.com/tools/invoice-ninja): Invoicing, expenses and time tracking with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hiveage-vs-invoice-ninja)
- [Zoho Invoice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-invoice): Free invoicing app from Zoho for freelancers and small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hiveage-vs-zoho-invoice)
- [Invoicely](https://toolgpa.com/tools/invoicely): Invoicing, estimates and expense tracking with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hiveage-vs-invoicely)
- [FreshBooks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/freshbooks): Invoicing and accounting for freelancers and service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-hiveage)
- [Wave](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wave): Free invoicing and bookkeeping for US and Canadian small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hiveage-vs-wave)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.hiveage.com/pricing/
- https://www.hiveage.com/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/hiveage
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