COMPARISONS
Enlivy vs the tools you use
Enlivy runs one deal from the lead to the proposal, the signed contract and every invoice after it. Here it is against fifteen tools service businesses use, with what each one does better than we do.
ACCOUNTING AND BOOKKEEPING
QuickBooks, Xero and Wave: the ledger stays where it is
Enlivy replaces none of these three outright. The books stay where your accountant works, and Enlivy runs the deal in front of them.
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| QuickBooks Accounting software built around the ledger your accountant signs off, with US payroll and sales tax. |
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| Xero Bookkeeping and bank reconciliation, and Peppol e-invoices sent and received in 15 EU countries. |
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| Wave Free invoicing and accounting built for the US and Canada, where its payments, payroll and bank feeds stop. |
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INVOICING AND TIME TRACKING
FreshBooks, Zoho Books and Harvest: billing by project or hour
Three invoicing tools for service businesses. What moves is the deal in front of the invoice; what stays is how each of them tracks time or keeps the books.
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| FreshBooks Strong invoicing with genuine time tracking, priced by how many clients you bill rather than by seat. |
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| Zoho Books Accounting software inside the wider Zoho suite, where the CRM and e-signature are separate products. |
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| Harvest Time tracking and project budgets, with invoicing built on top of the hours. |
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CLIENT FLOW FOR FREELANCERS AND STUDIOS
HoneyBook, Bonsai and Dubsado: proposal to contract to payment
These three are the closest in shape to Enlivy. The split is compliance, banking and pricing, not features on paper.
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| HoneyBook Pipeline, proposals, contracts and scheduling for creative businesses, sold in four English-speaking markets. |
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| Bonsai Freelance proposals, contracts and time tracking, with the client portal from its Essentials plan. |
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| Dubsado Proposals, contracts, a client portal and the deepest client-workflow automation in this set. |
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SALES CRM
Pipedrive: daily selling before the proposal
Pipedrive does more before the client says yes. Many teams keep it for selling and use Enlivy from the proposal on.
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| Pipedrive A sales CRM for daily selling: the pipeline, tracked email, sequences, calling and forecasts, with more than 500 integrations. |
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PROPOSALS, CONTRACTS AND ENGAGEMENT
PandaDoc and Ignition: when the document is the product
Both are strong at the document itself. The question is what happens to the invoice after the signature.
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| PandaDoc Designed documents and e-signature, with quote building and approvals on its Enterprise plan. |
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| Ignition Proposals, engagement letters and automated billing, built first for accounting and bookkeeping firms. |
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SUBSCRIPTION BILLING AND ERP
Chargebee, Odoo and SAP: the heavier end of the set
Three products that overlap with Enlivy from different directions: one goes deeper on billing, the other two go wider on scope, until the question stops being features and becomes how much of a company one system should hold.
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| Chargebee Subscription billing at enterprise depth, with revenue recognition and SaaS metrics on top. |
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| Odoo A full ERP: the same deal Enlivy runs, plus inventory, manufacturing, accounting and Peppol sending. |
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| SAP Business One, the enterprise ERP of the set: quoted and implemented through certified partners, never bought off a pricing page. |
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No tool to switch from?
Many businesses run on a client spreadsheet, email, a Word contract and a Stripe payment link. See what that path leaves to you, and when it stops working: Enlivy vs spreadsheets and email.
ONE PRODUCT, NOT A STACK
Most of these comparisons come down to how many tools you pay for
In Enlivy, the price your client accepts in the proposal is the price on the contract, the first invoice and every renewal. Your client accepts, signs and pays from your emails.
- Free plan, no card needed
- Packs priced per organization
- Tasks included
HOW EACH ONE CHARGES
Sending the invoice and getting paid
You did the work, and now the money has to arrive. One document goes out, one payment comes back, and something has to keep track of who still owes you and how late they are.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy Invoicing pack, no user charge | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | |
| Receipts come with it, and the customer portal is free | ||||
| Harvest Free for one seat, then $9 a seat on Teams, billed yearly ($11 monthly) | $0 | $45 | $225 | |
| Harvest times work against a project budget. Enlivy has no timer and no project hours | ||||
Prices checked: November 2026
Billing the same client every month
The client agrees once and keeps paying after that. The hard part is not writing the invoice, it is raising it on time without anyone remembering to, charging the card again without asking, and handling the month a payment fails.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy Invoicing + Billing Schedules, no user charge and no revenue share | $24.98 | $24.98 | $24.98 | |
| Enlivy creates each renewal invoice on its date and charges the saved card. You mark bank transfers paid | ||||
| Wave Flat, Pro plan, monthly | $19 | $19 | $19 | |
| Recurring invoices on Pro, $19 a month, or on the free Starter plan with Wave's online payments. US and Canada only | ||||
| Chargebee A share of revenue | A share of what you invoice: 0.80% of monthly invoicing volume with no base fee, or $99 a month plus 0.65%. Prices read on 1 November 2026 | |||
| Chargebee recognizes revenue across accounting periods and reports the SaaS metrics. Enlivy does neither | ||||
Prices checked: November 2026
Matching payments to the invoices they settle
Sending the invoice is half of it. The other half is the money landing in the bank and something tying the two together, so that whether a client has paid is a fact rather than somebody's recollection. The ledger underneath still belongs to your accountant.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy Invoicing + Banking, no user charge | $24.98 | $24.98 | $24.98 | |
| Your team links each bank payment to the invoice it settles. No ledger | ||||
| Xero Three plans, no per-user fee | $27 to $97 | $27 to $97 | $27 to $97 | |
| Xero keeps the ledger and sends Peppol e-invoices in 15 EU countries. Enlivy does neither | ||||
| QuickBooks Plans by number of users | A free plan covers 1 user. Each paid plan includes a set number of users: Simple Start $38 a month for 1, Essentials $85 for 3, Plus $140 for 5, Advanced $340 for 25 | |||
| QuickBooks keeps the ledger. Enlivy has no bookkeeping | ||||
Prices checked: November 2026
Invoices, subscriptions and the bank in one place
One-off bills, recurring ones, and the bank feed that settles both. This is the point where a business stops buying a separate tool for each problem and starts looking for one that covers all three.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy Invoicing + Billing Schedules + Banking, no user charge | $37.47 | $37.47 | $37.47 | |
| Add Contracts at $12.49 to keep the signed contract linked to its invoices | ||||
| Zoho Books Free for one user, then $20 for three and $3 for each one after | $0 | $26 | $86 | |
| Zoho does all of this too, with a ledger. The pipeline and e-signature are separate subscriptions | ||||
| FreshBooks Billable clients, not users | $23 up to 5 clients, $43 up to 50, $70 unlimited, plus $11 a month for each extra team member on every plan | |||
| FreshBooks times work in one click and prices by how many clients you bill. Enlivy has no timer | ||||
Prices checked: November 2026
Getting the contract signed
Before any work starts, someone has to say yes in writing. The job is putting the document in front of a client, getting a signature that will hold up, and being able to show afterwards who signed which version and when.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy Contracts pack, no user charge | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | |
| E-signature, multi-party agreements and version-bound signatures are in the pack, not a tier above it | ||||
| PandaDoc $19 a seat on Starter, billed annually, e-signature included; Free covers 5 documents a month | $19 | $95 | $475 | |
| PandaDoc builds quotes from a product catalog with approval steps, on Enterprise. Enlivy has no approvals | ||||
Prices checked: November 2026
Taking a client from first enquiry to paid
An enquiry arrives, you quote for it, they accept, you invoice, they pay. Five steps that are usually five tools, with the client's details retyped at every handover and nowhere that knows where the deal actually stands.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy Invoicing + Contracts + Sales, no user charge | $49.97 | $49.97 | $49.97 | |
| Add Banking at $12.49 to link bank payments here too | ||||
| HoneyBook Fixed tiers, monthly, team size capped by tier | $36 | $129 | $129 | |
| Clients book time with you inside HoneyBook. Enlivy has no calendar at all | ||||
| Dubsado Starter $335 a year, three extra users included, then $25/$45/$60 user bands | $27.92 | $52.92 | $87.92 | |
| Invoicing, Contracts and Sales cover it, $49.97. Clients also book calls inside Dubsado, which Enlivy cannot do | ||||
| Bonsai $25 a user on Essentials, monthly; Basic is $15 | $25 | $125 | $625 | |
| Invoicing, Contracts and Sales cover it, $49.97 | ||||
| Pipedrive €59 a seat on Premium, billed annually, the first plan with e-signatures; Growth is €39 plus the Smart Docs add-on from €32.50 | ≈ $69 | ≈ $344 | ≈ $1,720 | |
| Sales and Contracts cover what Pipedrive does, $37.48. Enlivy has no email sync, calling or forecasts | ||||
| Ignition Active clients, quoted privately | Priced per active client with a limit per tier and an overage above it. Nothing is published on their pricing page, which shows a trial or a sales contact | |||
| Contracts, Billing Schedules and Sales cover it, $49.97 | ||||
Prices checked: November 2026
Running the commercial side of the whole company
Everything above, and then the parts of a company that have nothing to do with a client: stock on the shelf, production orders, the statutory books. The question here stops being which tool is better and becomes how much of a business you are trying to run inside one system.
| Tool | 1 team member | 5 team members | 25 team members | |
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| Enlivy All five packs, no user charge | $74.95 | $74.95 | $74.95 | |
| Invoicing, Contracts, Billing Schedules and Banking at $12.49 each, Sales at $24.99 | ||||
| Odoo Per user, priced by country, first year discounted | Odoo prices Standard and Custom per user and by country, with a discount in the first year. Its pricing page served us euro prices, so we quote no dollar figure here; check odoo.com/pricing for your country | |||
| Stock, production and the till: Enlivy has none of it | ||||
| SAP Business One, quoted through certified partners | SAP does not publish a price for Business One. It is quoted by certified partners, per named user and per module, with implementation contracted separately, so there is no published figure to put in these columns. | |||
| Production planning, stock and full statutory accounting: none of it is ours | ||||
Prices checked: August 2026
THE ROW THAT DOES NOT MOVE
Run one client through it and see which half of the stack you still open
Create an organization, take a single client from proposal to signed contract to paid invoice, and compare that against what you are paying per seat today.
- Free plan, no card needed
- Packs priced per organization
- Tasks included
COMPARISONS
Questions about these comparisons
How current are these comparisons?
Every comparison table shows the month it was last checked. We check each claim against the rival's own pricing and help pages, not review sites. These products change prices and features often, so the date tells you how old the check is.
Which of these is closest to Enlivy?
HoneyBook, Bonsai and Dubsado are the closest match: proposal, contract and payment in one product. Odoo covers about the same ground, but as separate apps you set up and connect. QuickBooks, Xero and Wave are the least alike, because they are accounting software and Enlivy is not.
Why does every page list what Enlivy cannot do?
Because the gap often decides the answer. If you need a general ledger, inventory, appointment booking or a time tracker, no feature table changes that. Each page opens with the rows the rival wins, and the switching section names what you should keep.
Can I run Enlivy alongside my current tool instead of replacing it?
Yes. With accounting software, that is the usual setup. Your accountant keeps QuickBooks or Xero for the ledger and the tax filings. Enlivy runs the lead, the proposal, the contract, the invoices and the client portal next to it.
My tool is not on this list. What then?
The set covers accounting software, invoicing for service businesses, client tools for freelancers, sales CRMs, document tools, subscription billing and ERP. If your tool is in none of these groups, start from the feature list. Invoicing software for Romania is compared on our Romanian site.