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QuoteCloud + FreshBooks

From accepted proposal to FreshBooks invoice, line for line

Write the proposal once in QuoteCloud. When your client accepts and signs, Zapier can carry the services, tax and client details straight into a FreshBooks invoice, and record the payment when they pay online.

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What FreshBooks is

FreshBooks is accounting and invoicing software built for freelancers and small service businesses. QuoteCloud customers send their proposals and quotes from QuoteCloud and keep invoicing and payments in FreshBooks.

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Workflows

Three Zaps worth building first

Each one is a trigger in one app and the steps that follow in the other. Build them as they are, or change any step.

01Via Zapier

Invoice the client when a proposal is signed

  1. WhenQuoteCloudDocument Signing Complete
  2. ThenFreshBooksFind or Create Client
  3. ThenFreshBooksCreate Invoice

When every signer has signed, the client is found or created in FreshBooks and an invoice is created with the proposal's services, quantities, rates and tax.

Web developers & SEO

02Via Zapier

Record a deposit paid on the proposal

  1. WhenQuoteCloudDocument Payment Event
  2. ThenFreshBooksFind Invoice
  3. ThenFreshBooksAdd Payment to Invoice

When the client pays online through Stripe or PayPal, the payment is recorded against the matching FreshBooks invoice, so the balance owing is right.

Translation & localisation

03Via Zapier

Add new QuoteCloud contacts as FreshBooks clients

  1. WhenQuoteCloudNew Contact Created
  2. ThenFreshBooksCreate or Update Client

A contact added in QuoteCloud is created or updated as a client in FreshBooks, so the invoice lands against the right name.

Marketing services

In practice

How three businesses use QuoteCloud with FreshBooks

Example businesses from our industry pages, and the job the connection does for each.

Web developers & SEO

Glasswing Studio

Glasswing Studio sends website build proposals with design, development and care plan lines. When Ella and Luca Mancini both signed the proposal for Sparrow & Pine Florist's new site, Zapier created the client and the invoice in FreshBooks with each line and the tax. Mia Okonkwo invoiced the same afternoon instead of rebuilding it at month end.

QuoteCloud for web developers & SEO

Translation & localisation

Larkmoor Language Services

Larkmoor Language Services quotes documentation translation into several languages and takes a deposit on signing. When Hana Sorensen paid the deposit for Kestrel Robotics online by card, Zapier recorded the payment against the FreshBooks invoice. Tobias Wren could start the project knowing the books already showed the deposit.

QuoteCloud for translation & localisation

Marketing services

Ambergrove Digital

Ambergrove Digital sends SEO, social and content proposals to growing brands. When Rina Takahashi added Grace Kirkby of Orchard Lane Wines as a new QuoteCloud contact, Zapier created her as a client in FreshBooks. When the project proposal was accepted, the invoice went to the existing client record instead of a duplicate.

QuoteCloud for marketing services

Setup

Set it up in Zapier

  1. 1

    Connect both apps in Zapier

    Create a Zap and sign in to QuoteCloud and FreshBooks when Zapier asks. Zapier access to QuoteCloud is on the Essentials plan and up.

  2. 2

    Pick the QuoteCloud trigger

    Choose the event that starts the work, such as Document Signing Complete, Document Payment Event or New Contact Created.

  3. 3

    Add the FreshBooks steps

    Pick an action such as Create Invoice, Add Payment to Invoice or Create or Update Client, and map the recipient, services, quantities, rates and tax.

  4. 4

    Test and turn it on

    Sign a test proposal sent to an @example.com address, check the invoice in FreshBooks, then switch the Zap on.

Zapier access is on QuoteCloud's Essentials plan and up, and each document created through Zapier or the API carries a fee of US$2.00, $1.80 or $1.60 by volume.

FAQ

QuoteCloud and FreshBooks: questions

How are FreshBooks invoices created from QuoteCloud?

You build a Zap with a QuoteCloud trigger, such as Document Signing Complete or Document Status Changed, and a FreshBooks action, such as Create Invoice. Once the Zap is on, each accepted document can create a new FreshBooks invoice on its own, with the client found or created first so nothing is typed twice.

Can I control what is sent to FreshBooks?

Yes. You choose which QuoteCloud fields go into which FreshBooks invoice fields when you build the Zap, and you can test it before you turn it on. Your proposals are designed in QuoteCloud, and the invoice keeps the look you have set up in your FreshBooks account. Anything you don't map stays in QuoteCloud.

Will payments taken in QuoteCloud show in FreshBooks?

They can. Clients pay on the document through Stripe or PayPal, and QuoteCloud's Document Payment Event, Document Part Paid and Document Paid triggers can start a Zap that runs FreshBooks' Add Payment to Invoice. QuoteCloud takes the payment on signing; later stages are invoiced from FreshBooks as usual.

Does it keep both apps matching both ways?

No. Each Zap is a one-way automation that runs when its trigger fires. A signed proposal can create an invoice and a payment can be recorded against it, but these are separate Zaps. Editing the invoice in FreshBooks won't change the signed proposal in QuoteCloud, so revise the document there when the scope changes.

What does it cost?

Zapier access is on QuoteCloud's Essentials plan and up. Each document created through Zapier or the API carries a fee of US$2.00, falling to $1.80 and $1.60 at higher volumes. Zaps that create FreshBooks invoices, clients or payments don't create QuoteCloud documents, so they carry no QuoteCloud fee. Your Zapier plan's own task limits apply too.

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