{"id":11342,"date":"2023-09-14T08:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T07:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=11342"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:44:32","slug":"invoice-ninja-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/invoice-ninja-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Invoice Ninja Review (Plus How To Install and Get Started)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this first impressions review, I\u2019m going to have a look at invoice, expenses and task tracker software Invoice Ninja<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How easy is it to get set-up, how good are the features and should you use it for your business?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

What is Invoice Ninja?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Invoice Ninja is free, open source invoice and expense tracking software, built with Laravel and tailwind. It describes itself as \u201cEasy invoicing, multiple payment options, expense & vendor management, and much more!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invoice Ninja is available as a one-click app on our Managed Hosting<\/a> and through our Reseller Hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How easy is it to install Invoice Ninja?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, Invoice Ninja comes as a one-click app on our hosting, so installing Invoice Ninja was as easy as it gets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you use a hosting solution that doesn\u2019t provide Invoice Ninja as a one-click app, their official set up guides are linked to from their home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invoice Ninja offers comprehensive support documentation<\/a>, including getting started guides, as well as a support forum<\/a> and YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting started with Invoice Ninja<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Upon installation, it\u2019s time set everything up. Here’s my first screen…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I type in my domain name and click the oddly names \u2018Test PDF\u2019 button \u2013 that CTA is confusing, but there\u2019s nothing else I can see to click on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It then reveals my database connection information. This information has been prefilled for me by the 20i one-click app installation, so I know it\u2019s all correct<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It now wants me to send a test email. Just clicking on the button seems to be enough, and I\u2019m not sure if (or how) any email has been sent \ud83e\udd37<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And finally, I\u2019m now ready to create my account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After adding my information, I\u2019m taken to the log in screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of the buttons have odd names that don’t describe the action (as far as I can see), but from installing the software to logging in has only taken a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up Invoice Ninja<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As soon as I log in, a pop-up asks if I want to upload my logo. This seems like the start of an easy to follow onboarding process… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…but no, it literally wants me to just do that and then leaves me there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The logo I try to upload doesn\u2019t work, but there\u2019s no feedback why \u2013 is the image too big? Are the dimensions wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After a couple of attempts, I decide to leave it and move on. I click back to the dashboard home page in order to get my bearings and have a look around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Invoice\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, the menu on the left is clearly labelled, so I start working my way down that list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things start to get better, and after a clunky first impression, I now begin to see the powerful and useful set of features Invoice Ninja has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t go through every feature line by line here. There are a huge number of items that need adding or editing, but that\u2019s the same with most software solutions that you want to apply your brand to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pre-existing fields are well thought out and will cover the vast majority of use cases. I can also add my own custom fields to each section as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A great example of how easy it is to navigate; Once I’ve added a product to my account, I can quickly and easily create an invoice or purchase order from that product\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Add\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 or add a product to an invoice if I choose to do it that way around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Add\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can also choose to email the invoice now or schedule it for a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other features that come bundled with Invoice Ninja include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n