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QuickBooks vs Wave
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceQuickBooksWave
- Pricing
- $30/mo
- $16/mo
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Freemium
- Founded
- —
- 2010
- Location
- —
- —
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- —
- —
- Category
- Invoicing & Accounting
- —
- Indie alternatives
- 4
- 0
- Founders
- —
- Kirk Simpson, James Lochrie
Key differences
Pricing
Wave starts cheaper at $16/mo; QuickBooks starts at $30/mo.
Funding
Both are venture-backed.
Indie alternatives
QuickBooks has 4 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Wave has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founder of QuickBooks
No founder details documented yet.
Founders of Wave
- James LochrieCo-founder
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