Generate clean invoices in 60 seconds with a direct link to your own Stripe account. No middlemen, no 7-10 day "processing" holds, no extra fees.
Ever had an invoicing app hold your own money hostage?
7 to 10 business days to see your own money. "Processing," they call it. Feels a lot more like someone floating their balance sheet on your cash.
We got tired of tools treating freelancers like a float balance instead of a customer. So we built the simplest, most honest alternative we could.
It makes a PDF. It drops in a payment link to YOUR Stripe account. It gets out of the way.
The comparison
| Railbill | Bonsai / Invoice2go | |
|---|---|---|
| Payment delays | ✓ Zero. Direct to your Stripe. | ✗ Often 7-10 business days |
| Pricing | ✓ $19 lifetime. Pay once. | ✗ Monthly, tends to creep up |
| Setup | ✓ 0 minutes. No account needed. | ✗ Onboarding, ID checks, wait time |
| Scope | ✓ Makes invoices. That's it. | ✗ Bloated "business OS" you don't use |
// data pulled from public reviews on Capterra, G2, and PissedConsumer. We didn't make this up.
How it works
Fill in your invoice. Client, line items, total. Done in a minute. No login screen standing between you and getting paid.
Drop your Stripe Payment Link. Don't have one? Generating one takes about 2 minutes - and if that's annoying, that's on Stripe, not us.
Download the PDF... clean enough that clients take you seriously. Send it. Get paid directly. That's the whole app, actually.
You need a Stripe account. That's literally it.
Since we don't touch your money, we can't freeze your funds, charge transaction cuts, or delay payouts. If that trade-off sounds like a downgrade, you've just been trained by apps that overcharge you to feel that way.
Pricing
// no subscriptions. we refuse to become another $15/month line item you forget to cancel.
FAQ
Yes. That's the whole trade-off: because we don't process payments, we physically can't freeze your money, hold payouts, or charge transaction cuts. Don't have one yet? Setup takes about 2 minutes.
Never. Your Stripe Payment Link goes straight to your own Stripe account. We just format the PDF and put the link where your client can see it. That is literally our entire job.
Because "doing more" is how you end up as Bonsai: a CRM, a time tracker, a proposal builder, and a payment processor holding your client's money hostage while you pay a monthly fee for all of it. We make clean invoices that get you paid. That's the entire product roadmap.
Because software subscriptions are out of control. We'd rather earn $19 once than bank on you forgetting to cancel. Pay once, use it forever.
No. There are no accounts and no databases on our end. Your client details and invoice history live exclusively in your browser's local storage, until you clear it yourself.
Just email us within 14 days. No exit survey, no passive-aggressive retention offers, no waiting a week for a reply. Just your money back.
Make an invoice free. See the payment link go straight to your Stripe... no middleman, no waiting.
Create an invoice - free