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#20 in Payments & BillingUpdated 2026-08

InvoicePlane

by InvoicePlane · Self-hosted open source quoting, invoicing and payments

33.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

InvoicePlane is a self-hosted open source application for managing quotes, invoices, clients and payments. It offers CRM-like client records with notes and custom fields, basic project and task management, and customisation of themes, amount formats, email and PDF templates. From version 1.6.2 it can create eInvoices that can comply with European Union standards.

Best for
Small businesses that want to self-host quoting, invoicing and payment tracking.
Pricing
No prices are shown; the application is described as free and open source and is downloaded for self-hosting.
Runs on
Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

  • Free and open source, self-hosted on your own server
  • Covers quotes, invoices, payments and client records
  • Online payments through PayPal and Stripe
  • Community translations give a multilingual interface

Trade-offs

  • Self-hosting only; you provide and maintain the server
  • Latest version listed is a release candidate, v1.7.2-rc-1
  • Support is community-run: forum, Discord and GitHub issues
  • Only PayPal and Stripe named for online payments

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support
0 out of 100
Documentation
0 out of 100
Agent friendliness
68 out of 100
Changelog
100 out of 100
Marketing site structure
50 out of 100
Operational trust
25 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness
30 out of 100
Maintenance
100 out of 100

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