- Invoice and Quotation Creation : Allow you to design and send professional invoices, quotations, and proforma invoices that match your branding.
- Expense Tracking : Help you record and monitor all business expenses so you can keep accurate financial records.
- Payment Reminders : Send automated reminders to clients, which ensures that payments are collected on time.
- Multiple Currencies and Taxes : Support various currencies and tax settings, which makes it ideal for both local and international transactions.
- Inventory Management : Let you track product stock levels, update quantities, and manage items efficiently.
- Recurring Billing : Create invoices automatically for ongoing services, which saves time and reduces manual work.
- Reports and Analytics : Provide detailed financial and sales reports so you can make informed business decisions.
- User Roles and Permissions : Let you assign specific access levels to team members for better control and security.
- Sales CRM Tools : Offer lead tracking, sales pipeline management, and client follow-ups to help boost sales performance.
- Multi-Device Access : Enable you to use the platform from desktops, tablets, or mobile devices, which ensures flexibility.
Refrens
Refrens helps businesses create, manage, and track invoices, quotes, and payments.
Updated July 29, 2026
Refrens Overview
Refrens is a business invoicing and accounting platform designed to simplify financial management for freelancers, small businesses, and agencies. It allows users to create professional invoices and quotations, manage expenses, track payments, and generate financial reports.
The platform also supports multiple currencies and tax settings, which makes it ideal for global transactions. Its intuitive interface ensures that managing finances becomes efficient and hassle-free.
Key Features
Pricing
| Plan | Price (per year, INR) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | ₹0 | Free with no commitment: 15 documents, 2 users, unlimited cloud storage, and the Android and iOS apps |
| Accounts Lite | ₹5,900 (was ₹7,080) | For solo founders and newly started businesses; works out to about ₹492/month |
| Accounts Pro | ₹15,000 (was ₹18,000) | Accounting and GST compliance; about ₹1,250/month |
| Workflows | ₹22,000 (was ₹26,400) | For enterprises and process-driven teams; about ₹1,833/month |
| Operations | ₹39,000 (was ₹46,800) | Everything in Workflows plus integrated inventory; about ₹3,250/month |
| Services (listed internally as Books Ultimate) | ₹1,26,000 (was ₹1,51,200) | Highest tier, about ₹10,500/month, and the only one the pricing page fronts with a “Get Custom Quote” button rather than a checkout. It bundles a dedicated accountant, bookkeeping, GSTR-3B and GSTR-9 filing, and up to 6 hours a month of call support. |
Prices shown are the yearly billing rate in Indian rupees, which carries a 16% discount. Quarterly billing costs more per month, and a three-year commitment saves 25%.
Pricing source: https://www.refrens.com/refrens-premium
Pros
| Competitor | Pros of Refrens |
|---|---|
| Zoho Books / Zoho Invoice | Refrens starts free — the Basic tier covers 15 documents with 2 users and the Android and iOS apps — and its first paid plan, Accounts Lite, is ₹5,900 a year. Zoho Books’ cheapest paid plan, Standard, is ₹899 per organisation per month, or ₹749 billed annually, with extra users charged at ₹180 each per month. Indian compliance sits in Accounts Pro at ₹15,000 a year: e-way bills, e-invoices with bulk IRN generation, GSTR-1, GSTR-2B reconciliation and GSTR-3B summaries. |
| FreshBooks | FreshBooks’ entry plan, Lite, is $23 a month and stops at 5 billable clients, and it does no Indian GST work at all. Refrens is priced and built for India: GST verification and auto-fill of a client’s GST details, a client and vendor GST trust score, and an audit trail on the accounting tiers. Unlimited documents arrive on the cheapest paid plan rather than being metered by client count. |
| Xero | Xero’s US entry plan, Early, is $25 a month and caps you at 20 invoices and 5 bills a month; Accounts Lite removes document limits entirely for ₹5,900 a year. Refrens also lets you strip its own branding, add a brand watermark, customise templates and send by WhatsApp on that same tier. Setup is self-service in a browser, with no accountant needed to switch it on. |
| NetSuite | NetSuite’s pricing page describes an annual licence assembled from core platform, optional modules and user count, plus a one-time implementation fee before you start. Refrens has no implementation project: you can begin on the free tier and move up to Accounts Pro, Workflows or Operations when the work demands it. Its ceiling, Books Ultimate at ₹1,26,000 a year, is still an SMB number. |
| TallyPrime / Vyapar | TallyPrime Silver is a single-PC licence — ₹750 for one month, ₹8,100 for twelve, or ₹22,500 outright, all plus 18% GST — and multi-PC access means moving up to Gold. Vyapar likewise sells yearly desktop and mobile device licences. Refrens runs in the browser with Android and iOS apps, stores documents in unlimited cloud storage, and discounts 16% on annual and 25% on three-year billing. |
Cons
| Competitor | Cons of Refrens |
|---|---|
| Zoho Books / Zoho Invoice | Zoho Books’ free plan runs indefinitely for businesses under ₹25 lakh of annual revenue and allows up to 1,000 invoices a year, where Refrens’ free Basic tier stops at 15 documents. Zoho also spans CRM, projects and inventory in one account and scales to 25 users on its Ultimate plan. Refrens has a narrower ecosystem to grow into. |
| FreshBooks | FreshBooks is built for cross-border billing and time tracking, with a ladder from $23 on Lite to $70 on Premium. Refrens counts seats tightly — 2 users on Basic and Accounts Lite, 3 on Accounts Pro — and charges separately for the Freya AI accounting assistant, digital signatures and multi-business management. Those extras are easy to miss when comparing headline prices. |
| Xero | Xero includes unlimited users on every plan, from Early at $25 to Established at $90 a month, so a six person finance team does not change the bill. On Refrens the same team pushes you up the ladder, and Workflows-level approvals cost ₹22,000 a year while inventory sits in Operations at ₹39,000. Xero’s live bank feeds and accountant collaboration also run deeper than Refrens’ bookkeeping set. |
| NetSuite | NetSuite lets you switch on CRM, ecommerce, warehouse and planning modules against the same licence as the company grows. Refrens covers invoicing, GST filing, accounting and inventory and stops there, so a company outgrowing SMB tooling changes systems rather than adds modules. It is also India-first, so a company billing mostly overseas gets little from the GST machinery it is paying for. |
| TallyPrime / Vyapar | TallyPrime’s ₹22,500 lifetime Silver licence is bought once with no yearly renewal, a one-time cost Refrens’ yearly subscription cannot match over several years. Tally and Vyapar also go deeper on inventory valuation and GST filing workflows, and both work without an internet connection. Refrens also meters its AI OCR, at 100 document scans a month even on Accounts Pro. |
Reviews
- Trustpilot Review (Rating: 4.5/5): Refrens earns praise from freelancers and small agencies who call it a “free, simple, and functional tool” with a polished invoicing system and strong GST support, and one long-term user said it made accounting “super easy.” Others report serious issues, including a recurring invoice whose due date “keeps bouncing” and refund requests being ignored, with complaints about poor customer service follow-up.
- Capterra Review (Rating: 4.9/5 from 237 reviews): The clean interface and short learning curve let small businesses keep billing organised without a complicated setup, and reviewers single out the modern workflows and the ability to collect customer testimonials inside the platform. Billing and invoicing is the use case 97% of reviewers cite. The recurring criticism is price: several freelancers say the paid tiers feel expensive for one-person operations. Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice all draw on the same Gartner Digital Markets review pool, so this is the one figure worth quoting.
- Product Hunt Review (Rating: 5/5): One reviewer describes Refrens as a comprehensive and user-friendly invoicing platform that simplifies the invoicing process, highlighting its customizable features.
- G2 Review (Rating: 4.7/5 from 140 reviews): Setup takes minutes even without a technical background, and one reviewer says they can generate an invoice and send it to a client in under two minutes. Sending through WhatsApp or email, converting quotes to invoices, and tracking pending payments with due-date alerts come up repeatedly; some reviewers wish reminder emails and WhatsApp messages were in the basic plan and want automatic payment tracking.
