Invoice Ninja

#1

Post by campuscodi » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 12:07 PM UTC

Invoice Ninja
invoiceninja.com

Re: Invoice Ninja

#2

Post by fmitchell0 » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:00 PM UTC

great job!

as a bonus, it gives those interested in laravel a chance to see other packages to use for various functionality.

https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja

definitely curious if this will there ever use a paid business model. i'm guessing a more robust feature set for a monthly fee?

Re: Invoice Ninja

#3

Post by spossy » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:04 PM UTC

fmitchell0 wrote: post #2

great job! as a bonus, it gives those interested in laravel a chance to see other packages to use for various functionality. https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja definitely curious if this will there ever use a paid business model. i'm guessing a more robust feature set for a monthly fee?

Very similar layout and functionality to http://invoiceable.co/

Re: Invoice Ninja

#4

Post by ville » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:13 PM UTC

The demo is very fast, I just click a button and I'm in the middle of creating an invoice in a blink of an eye and it even produces the PDF right away. Good job.

I didn't find the pricing information anywhere on the site, however. Even after I clicked Sign Up there was no mention of how much it costs or if it's free, so I went back to the front page searching for that information and didn't find it there either.

EDIT: I noticed the box telling it's 100% free now that I had missed when I arrived at the site as I just quickly scanned it and then clicked the Invoice Now button. How are you planning to monetize it? Why should I believe it will always be free?

Re: Invoice Ninja

#5

Post by jffry » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:15 PM UTC

ville wrote: post #4

The demo is very fast, I just click a button and I'm in the middle of creating an invoice in a blink of an eye and it even produces the PDF right away. Good job. I didn't find the pricing information anywhere on the site, however. Even after I clicked Sign Up there was no mention of how much it costs or if it's free, so I went back to the front page searching for that information and didn't find it there either. EDIT…

It's FOSS [1], and the version they host says "FREE" all over the homepage.

[1] https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja

Re: Invoice Ninja

#6

Post by trebor » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:16 PM UTC

ville wrote: post #4

The demo is very fast, I just click a button and I'm in the middle of creating an invoice in a blink of an eye and it even produces the PDF right away. Good job. I didn't find the pricing information anywhere on the site, however. Even after I clicked Sign Up there was no mention of how much it costs or if it's free, so I went back to the front page searching for that information and didn't find it there either. EDIT…

Um, did you miss the yellow block on the left side of the front page? It says...

    100% FREE, ALWAYS

    Invoicing with no monthly fee, because you have enough bills already! Free, now and
    forever! Quality invoicing to build your business and get paid.

There are references to "Free" all over the front page.

Re: Invoice Ninja

#7

Post by jevin » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:21 PM UTC

spossy wrote: post #3

fmitchell0 wrote: post #2

great job! as a bonus, it gives those interested in laravel a chance to see other packages to use for various functionality. https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja definitely curious if this will there ever use a paid business model. i'm guessing a more robust feature set for a monthly fee?

Very similar layout and functionality to http://invoiceable.co/

Invoiceable is nice too. Pity it doesn't get regular updates.

Re: Invoice Ninja

#8

Post by photoGrant » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:25 PM UTC

This is fantastic! I have one piece of feedback / improvement.

With the 'due date' field have an automatic +30 days / +60 days / + 90 days option.

Re: Invoice Ninja

#9

Post by rjv » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:29 PM UTC

Love that this is open source and developed with Laravel. Great job!

Re: Invoice Ninja

#10

Post by matthewmacleod » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 1:30 PM UTC

I really like this, obviously a lot of attention to usability.

Minor niggle: the invoice redraws a lot when it doesn't have to, e.g. changing focus without actually modifying any fields. That's a bit flickery and distracting.