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Wave

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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What is Wave?

Wave makes it easy to be your own boss. Focus on what you love, and lean on Wave's intuitive online software to manage your financial and organizational needs. Wave Apps makes your money-related tasks easy with: • Unlimited invoicing, 100% free! • Unlimited accounting, 100% free!

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Awards & Recognition

Wave won the following awards in the Accounting - Small Business category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2022

Wave Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

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96 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Wave?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Expense Management

Cost Revenue Tracking

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Reconciliation

Budgeting Forecasting

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Cash Flow Management

Project Accounting

Integration APIs

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Wave Reviews

Stephanie N.

Role: Finance
Industry: Utilities
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Wave Accounting is the real deal in invoicing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Wave from other similar products?

Wave Accounting was easy to implement and use. Also, it is cost effective as it is always free.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Forwading imvoices to respective customers through email services integration. AP and AR automation is another great aspect.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Unavailability of offline mode to handle accounting while not connected to the internet. Also, Wave lacks capabilities for global enterprise companies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure they configure their accounting desires before implementing Wave Accounting.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Kelvin B.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Great tool for SMEs invoicing and accounting

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Wave from other similar products?

Wave Accounting is totally free, and cost for upgrading is pocket friendly. Other online Accounting tools are highly expensive.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I have been able to save a lot of time and expenses while handling accounting procedures such as AP and AR Automation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I slightly dislike that Wave Accounting don't have global enterprise features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider the size of their organization so as to know if Wave Accounting will best suit their invoicing and accounting procedures.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Carl W.

Role: Finance
Industry: Government
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

The best and trustworthy QBO alternative: WAVE

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Wave from other similar products?

Only that it has a clean User Interface and is easy to use, no much difference from other accounting systems.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Automation of account payables and purchase orders. Creation of professional looking invoices. Cash flow management and project accounting.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Wave do not have robust invoicing abd accounting features, I barely use it. I usually use it wgen QuickBooks Online is down.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

They can implement it as QBO alternative since they share similar features.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Wave Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Wave?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders Record of debts owing for an organization. Sometimes includes a purchase order capability

Expense Management Includes all aspects of expense forms design, completion, submission, limits and compliance, and reporting.

Cost Revenue Tracking The process of recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, and allocating costs associated with a process

Accounts Receivable Invoicing Record of claims for payment for goods or services provided. Usually includes a customer invoicing capability

Reconciliation Functionality that ensures that two sets of records (usually the balances of two accounts) are in agreement.

Budgeting Forecasting Functionality allowing users to create and maintain budgets and develop forecasts, “what-if” scenarios, etc

General Ledger Chart of Accounts The general ledger contains the organization’s accounts for recording assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses.

Cash Flow Management Includes income and expense tracking, as well as cash flow monitoring.

Project Accounting Ability to track, report and analyse financial results and implications at an individual project level

Integration APIs Ability of the software to interface with legacy and other third party applications.

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, forecasting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Wave Reviews

Stephanie N.

Wave Accounting is the real deal in invoicing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kelvin B.

Great tool for SMEs invoicing and accounting

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Carl W.

The best and trustworthy QBO alternative: WAVE

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Expense Management

Cost Revenue Tracking

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Reconciliation

Budgeting Forecasting

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Cash Flow Management

Project Accounting

Integration APIs

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features