Stripe Invoicing vs HoneyBook

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

Compare	Stripe InvoicingStripe	HoneyBookHoneyBook
In one line	Invoices and payment links on Stripe's rails	Proposals, contracts, invoices, and payments for client services
Starting price	Free	From $29/mo
Six-person team	$0/mo	$29/mo
On $10,000 of card sales	$336/mo	$324/mo
Plans	No monthly fee; Starter 0.4% per paid invoice; Plus 0.5% (adds quotes); plus Stripe card processing 2.9% + 30¢	Starter $29/mo; Essentials $49/mo (2 team members); Premium $109/mo (unlimited), billed yearly; card payments 2.9% + 25¢ (the pricing page also says from 2.7% + 10¢), ACH 1.5%
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	—	30 days
Users	Unlimited	1 on Starter; 2 on Essentials
Both connect to	QuickBooks Online
Also connects to	Xero, FreshBooks, Zoho Books, Puzzle, Akaunting, Kashoo, ZipBooks, Bench +2 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	Live chat: Mon–Fri 4:00 am–8:00 pm PT; Sat–Sun 8:00 am–5:00 pm PT
Incidents posted	Stripe has a public status page. Status page	HoneyBook has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 10 reviews (few reviews)	4.7 / 5 from 692 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	4.0 / 5 from 750 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	50	15
Fit: Restaurant or café	30	15
Fit: Service business	88	92
Fit: Agency or studio	92	82
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	55
Fit: Online store	85	10
Why people pick it	No subscription Subscriptions and payment links included	Whole client flow in one place Contracts and payments together
Where it falls short	Needs a developer for anything custom Percentage fee on every invoice	US-centric Card fees on top of the plan
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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