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The world's fastest growing small business accounting software.

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The world's fastest growing small business accounting software.


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Wave is a comprehensive financial services and software company designed specifically for small business owners, freelancers, and consultants. Wave's products include free accounting software, invoicing, and receipt scanning, along with paid payroll services and credit card processing. These tools are specifically tailored to simplify financial tasks commonly encountered by small businesses, allowing users to save time and focus more on running their business.Wave's commitment to affordability and accessibility makes it popular among entrepreneurs who are just starting out or operating on tight budgets. With an intuitive design and straightforward user interface, Wave ensures that managing financial records, handling payroll, and processing transactions can be done with ease. You can explore their full offering and specific features by visiting their website at [https://www.waveapps.com](https://www.waveapps.com).

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Lydia K.
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Lydia K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"How good is Wave."
I like that it is user-friendly, and it has free core features.
Lester H.
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Lester H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Accounting Software"
It is easy to use and I don't have to have the software installed on my computer.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great for my nonprofit organization"
The free version is great for a start up nonprofit. It is easy to navigate for someone without a finance background. Customer support has always be...

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Rebecca F.
RF
Managing Partner
Hospitality
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

Very easy and practical to use, you dont have to have an accounting background to be able to use Wave. I found it really useful using it to invoice my clients and track payments, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

If you want to get into minor detaisl you may find it a little limiting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps me keep trac of payments and bills, invoices in one system. Sends out reminders for peding payments. Helps me save a lot of time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting
UC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

Very easy to umport bank statements and CSV,s for reconcilliation. Has decent dashboard showing cash flows and profit lossees in the last 12-24 months. I enjoy the expense breakdown section Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

THe cost of taz filings is steep i use a divverent software for my 1065 K1 and year end taxes. Turbo tax is a lot more affordable. If Wave cam down in price, i would use them for my K1 since all the numbers are in Wave Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps me keep my small business books on track and hellps visualize the numbers with their graphs and reports. Balance sheet made easy with one click. I also like the Net income displayed on the dash board. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raspal S.
RS
Photographer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

Free tools, Easily manage invoices, quotes, receipts and yearly accounting tools for tax and documenting. Very easy to use, and you can add multiple businesses to the same profile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

Nothing is there that you will not like about wave accounting. It's a very good tool for running your business operations smoothly and efficiently. Try it yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Generating and sending Invoicing, quotations, Payments, Bills and receipts on the go with wave's mobile apps and web platforms. I don't have to be in the office or on my laptop everything is mobile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Peter V.
PV
Owner, Consultant, Data Scientist
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

I'm small and I can do all my monthly billing pretty quickly and easily! And it's free! I only pay when I decide to accept online payments and I can turn off the online payments for big invoices where I really don't want to pay the %. They have my business forever as long as they don't change the pricing structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

Nothing really. It did take a few months to figure out the most efficient way to do things and figure out the settings I wanted to set for my specific workflow. Make sure that after a few months you play with settings so as to get more efficient with the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Who would pay for QuickBooks online when you could have a good-enough accounting and invoicing system for free? It's a dream product... and you were going to be paying a certain % for online payments regardless so why not pay these people if they have a useful free system for tracking everything else. Admittedly, it's not Quickbooks so for complicated businesses you do need a real accounting software... but if your accountant or tax person approves of the level of sophistication this product provides, every last small business should be using this instead of QB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wave?

Wave is super easy to use, quite intuitive and does everything I need for my small business. On top of that, the free accounting feature is THE reason I picked it and is just superb. Creating invoices is easy/great and the transaction updating is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

Honestly, I have not found much to dislike. As a small business owner, this does everything I need and much easier than what I used previously which was quickbooks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a small business owner, I need to track and categorize transactions, generate invoices, record payments and generate end-of-year reports. This is better and easier to use than what I used for years: quickbooks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NH
Technical Consultant, Project Manager
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

I can create invoices from my phone and send them to the client. Just a couple of clicks, and I am done. This is a new app and they are working to add more capabilities and asking for feedback along the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

It is hard to set up payment for myself. The team should provide a list of things needed to set it up so I didn't pay for the capability and didn't have the requirements completed in the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

They are solving the problem of the estimate-to-invoice process that is wholly connected at a low cost. It gives me a clear view of where I stand financially so that the transparency is there when I am ready to hire a bookkeeper or accountant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KM
Accounts Payable Support Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

Wave automates complex accounting tasks from recurring billing, invoicing to AP and AR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

I use this tool on a daily basis and I hardly record errors when using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Wave allows me to pay vendors ahead of time while eradicating discrepancies via 2 and 3 way matching tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

Great app and ease of use for small businesses. The fact it is free to use, with a great interface and being able to connect your bank account and credit card removes some manual process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

Customer support feels like it can take forever to resolve, along with some lackluster features that are missing on the free tier version (as expected). There have been also some app glitches causing a reset of the app needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is accessible, user-friendly, and can integrate some automation via connecting bank and credit cards, some of the best features from a small business perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ZL
Aquatic Field Ecologist
Research
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

The platform is open source and is easy to use and manage invoices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

None, at the moment, I have no dislikes to address. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

This platform has helped me tag data for practical bookkeeping and deal with my accounting and invoicing tasks in a seemingly effortless way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Commercial Real Estate
UC
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Wave?

The best method is to generate an invoice, which you may check in the drafts area before sending. We can set up recurring invoices, collect credit card payments, and keep track of unpaid invoices. Bank & Credit Card Reconciliation is one of the best option & its easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wave?

I cannot download reports month by month; they can only be seen annually, and I can't combine multiple reports at once. To prepare the financial cash flow is difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Accounting and Monthly Invoicing for Tenant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.