Stripe Invoicing vs Bonsai

Two invoicing & payments tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Stripe InvoicingStripe	BonsaiBonsai
In one line	Invoices and payment links on Stripe's rails	Proposals, contracts, time tracking, and invoices for freelancers
Starting price	Free	From $19/person
Six-person team	$0/mo	$114/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	$336/mo	$315/mo
Plans	No monthly fee; Starter 0.4% per paid invoice; Plus 0.5% (adds quotes); plus Stripe card processing 2.9% + 30¢	Basic $9/user/mo has no invoices or payments; Essentials $19/user/mo is the cheapest with invoicing; Premium $29; Elite $49 (3-user minimum), billed annually (monthly $15/$25/$39/$59); payments 2.9% + 30¢, 1% extra with Stripe or PayPal
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	—	7 days
Users	Unlimited	Per user
Both connect to	QuickBooks Online, Xero
Also connects to	FreshBooks, Zoho Books, Puzzle, Akaunting, Kashoo, ZipBooks, Bench, Patriot Accounting +1 more	No others on record
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Every plan	None listed
Live chat	Every plan	Plans not stated
Support hours	Phone: 24x7 · Email: 24x7 · Live chat: 24x7	Email: 24/7
Incidents posted	Stripe has a public status page. Status page	Bonsai has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 10 reviews (few reviews)	4.6 / 5 from 95 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	4.3 / 5 from 641 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	50	10
Fit: Restaurant or café	30	5
Fit: Service business	88	85
Fit: Agency or studio	92	88
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	45
Fit: Online store	85	10
Why people pick it	No subscription Subscriptions and payment links included	Contracts and time tracking included Cheap entry plan
Where it falls short	Needs a developer for anything custom Percentage fee on every invoice	Per-user pricing for teams Short 7-day trial
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. Card sales costs include the plan price and card fees at US rates, at a $500 average sale. How we calculate prices