Choose Wave if
You want free bookkeeping with your invoicing today, you are in the US or Canada, and you do not need anything around the invoice.
CENTILIO BILL / MONEY · AURORA
Looking for a Wave alternative? Wave is genuinely good — here is the honest comparison.
Wave bills in US dollars, so their figures stay in dollars here and ours are in rupees. They give away unlimited invoicing and bookkeeping and charge $19 a month for Pro, which is close to what we propose. So the comparison is not price; it is what happens around the invoice. Bill is one of six tools sharing a login, so the quote was signed in Sign, the documents are filed in Drive, and the roles come from Account without an integration between any of them.
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Product design preview · Bill has not shipped. All features, screens and prices are proposals.
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 Wave, 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 Check their page for today's figure and tell us if we are out of date. QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Wave and Zoho Invoice publish in US dollars, so their figures stay in dollars here; ours are in rupees.
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 | Wave | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Per business: Free; Pro ₹799 a month; Business ₹1,999 | In dollars: Starter free; Pro $19 a month or $190 a year |
| Free plan | Unlimited members, 100 invoices a year, your branding | Unlimited invoices and bookkeeping |
| Card fees | Stripe's own rates on your account | In dollars: 2.9% + $0.60; 3.4% + $0.60 for Amex |
| Accounting | No, by design; free accountant access and export | Bookkeeping included, which is the point of Wave |
| Quote to invoice | Signed in Sign, drafted here, filed in Drive | Estimates |
| Chasing | Sequences written from the customer's history; approved by a person | Automatic reminders on Pro |
| Outside North America | Designed for the US, UK, Canada, India and Australia, with GST and VAT | Payments and payroll strongest in the US and Canada |
| Availability | Not shipped — wave 2, in design | Shipped |
If you switch, later
What moving from Wave 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 already use Sign, Drive or Account, you are outside North America and want GST or VAT handled properly, or you want chasing that reads the customer rather than the calendar.
- Bring the customers. A CSV of customers, addresses, tax registrations and terms — the export Wave 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 a per-user price — QuickBooks bills in dollars, from $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 bills in dollars — Premium is $70 a month for one person with $11 for each extra team member; Bill Pro is ₹799 for the whole business with members free.
Is it a Wave alternative?
Wave's free tier is genuinely good and its Pro is $19, billed in dollars. 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.