FreeAgent
Accounting · by FreeAgent Central
Accounting software for freelancers and small businesses with invoicing and tax.
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Summary
Accounting software for freelancers and small businesses with invoicing and tax.
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Poor fit for
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Pricing
GBP as the vendor showed us · never converted
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free (NatWest Group bank account holders) | Free | – | |
| Landlord | GBP 10/mo | GBP 100/yr | 30 days |
| Limited company | GBP 33/mo | GBP 330/yr | 30 days |
| Partnership or LLP | GBP 27/mo | GBP 270/yr | 30 days |
| Sole trader | GBP 19/mo | GBP 190/yr | 30 days |
| Accountant or bookkeeper (Practice Dashboard) | Pricing on request (contact sales) | – | |
Free (NatWest Group bank account holders)
Free
Landlord
- Billed monthly
- GBP 10/mo
- Billed annually
- GBP 100/yr
30-day free trial
Limited company
- Billed monthly
- GBP 33/mo
- Billed annually
- GBP 330/yr
30-day free trial
Partnership or LLP
- Billed monthly
- GBP 27/mo
- Billed annually
- GBP 270/yr
30-day free trial
Sole trader
- Billed monthly
- GBP 19/mo
- Billed annually
- GBP 190/yr
30-day free trial
Accountant or bookkeeper (Practice Dashboard)
Pricing on request
Features
Overall availability, and what each plan includes where we know it.
Capabilities
| Feature | Overall |
|---|---|
| Automated reminders | Included |
| Bank reconciliation | Included |
| Document templates | Included |
| Expense tracking | Included |
| Invoicing | Included |
| Mobile app | Included |
| Multilingual sites | Included |
| Payment forms | Included |
| Payment gateways | Included |
| Point of sale | Included |
| Real-time analytics | Included |
| Recurring invoices | Included |
| Task management | Included |
- Automated remindersIncluded
- Bank reconciliationIncluded
- Document templatesIncluded
- Expense trackingIncluded
- InvoicingIncluded
- Mobile appIncluded
- Multilingual sitesIncluded
- Payment formsIncluded
- Payment gatewaysIncluded
- Point of saleIncluded
- Real-time analyticsIncluded
- Recurring invoicesIncluded
- Task managementIncluded
Support
| Feature | Overall |
|---|---|
| Priority support | Included |
- Priority supportIncluded
“Unknown” and “Not recorded” mean we have no data yet, not that the feature is missing.
What users say about FreeAgent
Themes from 6 public Hacker News comments that mention FreeAgent (Mar 19, 2025 to Aug 20). These are people’s opinions, not facts we have verified. Counts are comments, not a survey.
What people like
Covers personal and company tax
3 commentsCommenters recommend FreeAgent for handling self-assessment, corporation tax, VAT and payroll, often alongside a partner bank or accountant.
“FreeAgent as the accounting software - it'll handle personal tax (self-assessment), corporation tax, VAT, and payroll.”
Hacker News · Mar 31, 2025(opens in a new tab) Bank feed and API automation
2 commentsCommenters describe pulling transactions automatically from a bank and uploading receipts or invoices through FreeAgent's API, with one saying the accountant has not complained about the results.
“FreeAgent grabs my transactions from Wise already, and then I give it [Claude Code, in fact] a folder of PDFs to attach to my invoices”
Hacker News · Jul 9(opens in a new tab) “We've used the following CLI to do the freeagent upload”
Hacker News · Jul 9(opens in a new tab) Used by UK micro businesses
2 commentsCommenters note that FreeAgent is commonly used by small and micro businesses in the UK for invoicing and bookkeeping.
“in the UK I rather imagine many small businesses (Harvest's target) are getting their invoicing from Freeagent.”
Hacker News · Aug 20(opens in a new tab) “Here in the UK I see a lot of people using Xero & Sage, and micro businesses using Freeagent.”
Hacker News · Mar 19, 2025(opens in a new tab)
Common complaints
No theme raised by more than one comment.
Grouped by AI on Oct 28, 2026. Every quote is copied word for word from the linked comment, and a theme needs at least two separate comments.
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