Workflow
Getting Paid
The unglamorous part that actually keeps the doors open.
Where the time goes
Invoices go out late, payments are hard to make, and chasing what's owed eats hours - the unglamorous work that quietly decides whether the doors stay open.
What this covers
Invoicing, online payments, checkout, and dunning - everything that turns delivered work into money in the account, with fewer manual steps and less chasing.
What good looks like
- Invoices and payment links out automatically
- Customers can pay in a couple of clicks
- Overdue reminders that chase so you don't have to
The software that serves this
20 tools across 3 categories in the directory address getting paid. Open any category for the full list, strengths, and watch-outs.
E-commerce & Payments
View all in the directory →Scalable hosted store platform.
$$Merchant-of-record payments for SaaS.
UsageWidely trusted online payments.
UsageThe default platform to sell online.
$$Payments and POS for in-person and online.
UsagePayments infrastructure for the internet.
UsageTurn WordPress into a store.
Free–$Merchant-of-record payments for digital products.
UsageAccounting
View all in the directory →Invoicing-first accounting for service businesses.
$$The default small-business accounting platform.
$$Accounting for growing and product businesses.
$$Free accounting and invoicing for very small businesses.
Free–$Clean cloud accounting, strong outside the US.
$$Affordable accounting in the Zoho suite.
Free–$Real-time accounting built for startups.
$$Spend & Expenses
View all in the directory →Accounts payable and receivable automation.
$$Cards, banking, and spend for startups.
Free–$$Receipt scanning and expense reports.
$Corporate cards with automated expense and spend controls.
FreeBusiness banking built for startups.
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