Who AI recommends for invoicing software.

Updated 9 October 2026Google AI Overview on 10 October 2026 added

We ask AI assistants which invoicing software they’d recommend, with live web search on. Here’s who they name.

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Who gets recommended.

Products named for invoicing software, by share of 80 answers
#	Product	Share of answers	DR	vs last month	Avg. position
1	Zoho InvoiceDR 90zoho.com	79% 63/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#3.1
2	FreshBooksDR 83freshbooks.com	75% 60/80 answers —	DR 83	—	#2.1
3	WaveDR 79waveapps.com	66% 53/80 answers —	DR 79	—	#3.1
4	QuickBooks OnlineDR 88quickbooks.intuit.com	49% 39/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#4.4
5	BonsaiDR 75hellobonsai.com	46% 37/80 answers —	DR 75	—	#4.3
6	Invoice NinjaDR 71invoiceninja.com	41% 33/80 answers —	DR 71	—	#4.2
7	Square InvoicesDR 93squareup.com	36% 29/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#4.5
8	HarvestDR 76getharvest.com	23% 18/80 answers —	DR 76	—	#4.3
9	HoneyBookDR 87honeybook.com	23% 18/80 answers —	DR 87	—	#4.4
10	Stripe BillingDR 91stripe.com	20% 16/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#2.1
11	XeroDR 87xero.com	18% 14/80 answers —	DR 87	—	#5.4
12	ChargebeeDR 76chargebee.com	16% 13/80 answers —	DR 76	—	#1.5
13	PayPal InvoicingDR 94paypal.com	16% 13/80 answers —	DR 94	—	#4.8
14	RecurlyDR 74recurly.com	14% 11/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#3.5
15	Stripe InvoicingDR 91stripe.com	14% 11/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#4.7
16	PlutioDR 54plutio.com	9% 7/80 answers —	DR 54	—	#3.9
17	Wave InvoicingDR 79waveapps.com	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 79	—	#2
18	InvoicelyDR 55invoicely.com	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 55	—	#6.2
19	BookipiDR 56bookipi.com	6% 5/80 answers —	DR 56	—	#5.8
20	Zoho BooksDR 90zoho.com	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#4.3
21	QuickBooks Self-EmployedDR 88quickbooks.intuit.com	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#5.5
22	FreeAgentDR 72freeagent.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 72	—	#2.7
23	Zoho BillingDR 90zoho.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#3.7
24	Invoice SimpleDR 59invoicesimple.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 59	—	#4.3
25	BILLDR 77bill.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 77	—	#5
25	Paddle BillingDR 84paddle.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 84	—	#5
27	StripeDR 91stripe.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#4
28	Moon InvoiceDR 57mooninvoice.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 57	—	#4.5
29	QuickBooksDR 88quickbooks.intuit.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#5
29	Wave FinancialDR 79waveapps.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 79	—	#5
31	InvoiceraDR 58invoicera.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 58	—	#5.5
31	ZuoraDR 75zuora.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 75	—	#5.5
33	MaxioDR 71maxio.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 71	—	#6.5
34	OrbDR 45withorb.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 45	—	#1
34	TofuDR 27tofu.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 27	—	#1
36	AgiledDR 33agiled.app	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 33	—	#2
37	QuickBooks Self‑EmployedDR 88quickbooks.intuit.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#4
37	ManyRequestsDR 37manyrequests.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 37	—	#4
39	Zoho Invoice / Zoho BillingDR 90zoho.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#5
39	InvoicemonkDR 10invoicemonk.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 10	—	#5
39	Agency HandyDR 57agencyhandy.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 57	—	#5
39	WaffleInvoicewaffleinvoice.com	1% 1/80 answers —	—	—	#5
39	Invoiceyinvoicey.com	1% 1/80 answers —	—	—	#5
39	InvoicemakerDR 27invoicemaker.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 27	—	#5
45	QuickBooks SolopreneurDR 88quickbooks.intuit.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#6
45	AND.CODR 91fiverr.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#6
45	HubSpot Payments InvoicingDR 91hubspot.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#6
45	HubSpot Payments and InvoicingDR 91hubspot.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#6
45	Invoice2goDR 59invoice.2go.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 59	—	#6
50	PaymoDR 72paymoapp.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 72	—	#7
50	Adobe Acrobat invoicingDR 93adobe.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#7

Prompt by prompt.

Each prompt, the engines whose answers named its most mentioned product, and how many of the planned answers came back. Open a prompt for its own ranking, sources, searches and every answer.

Every prompt, the product its answers named most, and how many answers came back
#	Prompt	Named the leader	Most mentioned	Answers
1	FreshBooks 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	FreshBooks16/16	16/16
2	FreshBooks 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	FreshBooks16/16	16/16
3	Zoho Invoice 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Zoho Invoice16/16	16/16
4	Stripe Billing 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Stripe Billing16/16	16/16
5	FreshBooks 15/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview did not name it	FreshBooks15/16	16/16

Recommendations by engine.

Each cell is the share of that engine’s answers naming the product. Engines differ, and this is where it shows.

Share of each engine’s answers naming each product; open a cell for its answers
Product	ChatGPTChatGPT	ClaudeClaude	PerplexityPerplexity	GeminiGemini	GrokGrok	AI OverviewAI Overview
Zoho Invoice
FreshBooks
Wave
QuickBooks Online
Bonsai
Invoice Ninja
Square Invoices
Harvest
HoneyBook
Stripe Billing
Xero
Chargebee
PayPal Invoicing
Recurly
Stripe Invoicing

Where the answers looked.

Sites the answers cited, by the share of answers citing each one.

1agiled.app
25%20/80
2itechguides.com
20%16/80
3forbes.com
18%14/80
4dupple.com
16%13/80
5plutio.com
16%13/80
6assembly.com
15%12/80
7zapier.com
14%11/80
8fitsmallbusiness.com
13%10/80
9getholdings.com
13%10/80
10searcheye.io
13%10/80
11airwallex.com
11%9/80
12fastlancer.org
11%9/80

In their own words.

Lines from the answers that name the product, word for word, with the engine and the day it answered.

What the engines say about

“What is the best invoicing software for freelancers?”
3. Zoho Invoice — https://www.zoho.com/invoice — Generous free tier and highly customizable invoices with good automations for solo freelancers. ([itechguides.com](https://www.itechguides.com/the-best-free-invoice-apps-in-2026/?utm_source=openai))
ChatGPT9 Oct 2026
“What is the best invoicing software for freelancers?”
4. Zoho Invoice — https://www.zoho.com/invoice
Claude9 Oct 2026
“What is the best invoicing software for freelancers?”
2. Zoho Invoice — zoho.com/invoice — Best free option, with a serious feature set for creating, sending, and tracking invoices.[1][7]
Perplexity9 Oct 2026
“What is the best invoicing software for freelancers?”
4. Zoho Invoice
Gemini9 Oct 2026
“What is the best invoicing software for freelancers?”
3. Zoho Invoice - zoho.com/invoice - Highly rated free option with recurring billing, reminders, and broad integrations.
Grok9 Oct 2026
“What is the best invoicing software for freelancers?”
- Zoho Invoice — *Best free invoicing software*
AI Overview10 Oct 2026

How this was measured.

Measured on 9 October 2026.
5 buyer questions, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok and AI Overview.
Asked more than once.
Each question went to each engine several times (Google AI Overview once), so the tables show rates, not one list.
Gaps stay gaps.
An answer that failed is left out of every count, never read as one that named nobody.
Every answer is here.
Quoted word for word, and in the CSV and JSON.

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