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Invoice Ninja

invoiceninja · Invoicing

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What is Invoice Ninja?

Invoice Ninja joins client documents with the work and payments behind them. Accepted quotes or tracked project time can become invoices, while recurring billing, expenses, and a client portal reduce repeated administration. Hosted plans and self-hosted source have different commercial arrangements, so check feature and branding requirements.

Invoice Ninja is a Laravel application for invoices, quotes, projects, and time tracking. It is available as a hosted service or a self-hosted deployment for teams that manage their own infrastructure.

Core capabilities

  • Create quotes, invoices, recurring schedules, reminders, and payment links
  • Track projects, tasks, billable time, expenses, vendors, and purchase orders
  • Give clients a portal for documents, approvals, payments, and account history

A document-to-payment flow

Quotes, invoices, recurring schedules, credits, and payment records form a connected customer history. Templates and client-facing portals keep the presentation consistent, while gateway integrations, reminders, and automatic charges help carry issued documents through collection.

  • quotes
  • invoices
  • payments
  • client portal

Operations behind an invoice

Projects, tasks, time entries, products, expenses, vendors, and purchase orders supply the detail behind billing. Hosted features vary by plan; the source-available self-hosted code includes hosted Pro and Enterprise features, while removing Invoice Ninja branding requires a separate white-label license. Payment services remain separately configured.

  • projects
  • time tracking
  • expenses
  • self-hosting

Where it fits

Use cases

  1. 01

    Move a client from quote to payment

    Prepare a branded quote, collect approval, convert the accepted work into an invoice, offer configured online payment methods, and retain the resulting document and payment history in the client record.

  2. 02

    Bill for project time and costs

    Create projects and tasks, record billable time, attach reimbursable expenses, and use those entries when generating an invoice instead of rebuilding the work log in a separate billing tool.

  3. 03

    Automate repeat billing

    Schedule recurring invoices and reminders, configure a supported payment gateway, and use saved payment methods where supported to reduce manual follow-up.