Choose QuickBooks if
You need real accounting — chart of accounts, bank feeds, reconciliation, statutory reports — in the same tool, and you need it today rather than after a launch.
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Looking for a QuickBooks alternative? Here is an honest one — with a catch.
QuickBooks is accounting software that also invoices, from $38 a month for one user to $340 for 25. Centilio Bill is invoicing software that refuses to be accounting software, priced per business. If what you actually need is quoting, invoicing, payment links and chasing, Bill is the cheaper and simpler answer — and if you need the ledger, QuickBooks wins and we will say so on this page.
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Bill has not shipped yet.
Bill is not available yet. These are proposed screens, features and prices—not a beta, payment service or live invoicing product. All console actions affect fictional data in this page only.
Side by side
Centilio Bill and QuickBooks, honestly.
List prices as published on the vendor's public pages in September 2026. Check their page for today's figure and tell us if we are out of date.
Historical comparison imported from Fable’s September 2026 source research, not a current vendor quote. Product scope, currency and billing periods differ. Confirm current provider terms before deciding; Bill remains unbuilt.
| Centilio Bill | QuickBooks | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Per business: Free; Pro $19 a month; Business $49; members free | Per user: Simple Start $38 (1), Essentials $85 (3), Plus $140 (5), Advanced $340 (25) |
| 12 people, invoicing | $19 a month, everyone included | $140 a month on Plus, and Plus is five users |
| Double-entry accounting | No, by design — free accountant access and an export instead | Yes, with bank reconciliation and reports |
| Quote to invoice | Signed in Sign, drafted here from the same lines, filed in Drive | Estimates; e-signature through add-ons |
| Chasing | Sequences Celia writes from the customer's history; a person approves | Automatic reminders |
| Payments | Stripe at launch; UPI, Razorpay, PayPal after | QuickBooks Payments |
| Availability | Not shipped — wave 2, in design | Shipped, mature, everywhere |
If you switch, later
What moving from QuickBooks will take.
Historical comparison imported from Fable’s September 2026 source research, not a current vendor quote. Product scope, currency and billing periods differ. Confirm current provider terms before deciding; Bill remains unbuilt.
Choose Centilio Bill if
You want quoting, invoicing, payment links and chasing at one price for the whole business, you keep the books with an accountant, and you can wait for wave 2.
- Bring the customers. A CSV of customers, addresses, tax registrations and terms — the export QuickBooks already gives you.
- Bring the open invoices only. What is still owed, with its dates. History stays where it is; you do not need two copies of a paid invoice.
- Point the numbering at the right place. Continue your sequence rather than starting at 1 — auditors care, and so does your accountant.
- Keep them for the books. Close the period there, export it, and let Bill take the front of the money from that date on.
Questions
About switching.
Is Centilio Bill a QuickBooks alternative?
For quoting, invoicing, getting paid and chasing, yes, at one price for the business instead of $38 to $340 a month by user count. For double-entry accounting, bank reconciliation and statutory reports, no — QuickBooks does that and we do not.
Is it a FreshBooks alternative?
Yes, and the difference is arithmetic: FreshBooks Premium is $70 a month for one person with $11 for each extra team member; Bill Pro is $19 for the whole business with members free.
Is it a Wave alternative?
Wave's free tier is genuinely good and its Pro is $19. The difference is that Bill is one of six tools sharing a login, and the quote that becomes your invoice was signed in Sign and filed in Drive without an integration.
Is it a Zoho Invoice alternative?
Zoho Invoice is free for 2 users and 500 invoices a year with Zoho's name on your invoice. Bill's free plan is smaller on invoices and bigger on people, and carries your branding, not ours.
Are these prices current?
List prices seen on the vendors' public pricing pages in September 2026. Check their page for today's figure and tell us if we are out of date.
Next for you
What people add after Bill.
The tools Bill sits between. Check each product’s current stage while Bill is built.
The proposed shared record connects these products as they launch. Follow each product page for its current stage.
Historical comparison imported from Fable’s September 2026 source research, not a current vendor quote. Product scope, currency and billing periods differ. Confirm current provider terms before deciding; Bill remains unbuilt.
Be told when Bill opens.
Wave 2 is the next build after the currently available tools. Leave your name and you will hear before the announcement — and in the meantime the free invoice generator is yours.