[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":455},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fcompare\u002Fvs-moxie":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"competitor":38,"date":443,"description":444,"extension":445,"logo":446,"meta":447,"navigation":448,"path":449,"pricingChecked":450,"seo":451,"stem":452,"updated":453,"__hash__":454},"comparisons\u002Fcompare\u002Fvs-moxie.md","Billebly vs Moxie: full freelancer OS or just invoicing?",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":422},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,147,151,154,162,166,169,172,176,179,182,186,303,311,315,318,329,332,335,339,342,345,349,352,356,359,362,366,369,373,376,380,383,387,390,394,397,401,404,408,412,415],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Moxie (withmoxie.com, formerly Hectic) is an all-in-one platform for\nfreelancers: CRM and sales pipeline, proposals and contracts, invoicing and\npayments, scheduling, time tracking, and light bookkeeping, starting at\n$12\u002Fmonth. Billebly does one slice of that job (clients, invoices, time\ntracking, and payment status) on a free plan, with a small fee only on\npayments that actually go through. This comparison is for freelancers deciding\nwhether they need a full business-operating system or just a reliable way\nto bill and get paid.",[10,14,15],{},"The short version: Moxie replaces a stack of separate tools if you use\nenough of it to justify the subscription. Billebly replaces the invoicing\nand payment-tracking piece of that stack, for free, if that's the only\npiece you're missing.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"quick-comparison","Quick comparison",[22,23,24,39],"table",{},[25,26,27],"thead",{},[28,29,30,33,36],"tr",{},[31,32],"th",{},[31,34,35],{},"Billebly",[31,37,38],{},"Moxie",[40,41,42,54,65,76,86,95,105,115,126,136],"tbody",{},[28,43,44,48,51],{},[45,46,47],"td",{},"Starting price",[45,49,50],{},"Free",[45,52,53],{},"$12\u002Fmo (Starter)",[28,55,56,59,62],{},[45,57,58],{},"Pricing model",[45,60,61],{},"Free plan with no subscription and a 0.5% fee on payments processed; optional Premium at €9\u002Fmonth (0.2% fee)",[45,63,64],{},"Monthly\u002Fannual subscription, tiered by feature",[28,66,67,70,73],{},[45,68,69],{},"CRM & sales pipeline",[45,71,72],{},"Basic client list",[45,74,75],{},"Yes",[28,77,78,81,84],{},[45,79,80],{},"Proposals & contracts",[45,82,83],{},"No",[45,85,75],{},[28,87,88,91,93],{},[45,89,90],{},"Invoicing & recurring billing",[45,92,75],{},[45,94,75],{},[28,96,97,100,103],{},[45,98,99],{},"Time tracking",[45,101,102],{},"Yes, feeds invoices directly",[45,104,102],{},[28,106,107,110,112],{},[45,108,109],{},"Workflow automation",[45,111,83],{},[45,113,114],{},"Pro plan only ($25\u002Fmo)",[28,116,117,120,123],{},[45,118,119],{},"Client portal",[45,121,122],{},"Payment link only, no login",[45,124,125],{},"White-labeled, Pro plan only",[28,127,128,131,133],{},[45,129,130],{},"Bookkeeping",[45,132,83],{},[45,134,135],{},"Basic P&L and expense reports",[28,137,138,141,144],{},[45,139,140],{},"Best for",[45,142,143],{},"Just invoicing, time tracking, and getting paid",[45,145,146],{},"Running the entire freelance business in one app",[17,148,150],{"id":149},"what-is-moxie","What is Moxie?",[10,152,153],{},"Moxie is a freelancer business-management platform built around consolidation:\na single login for the sales pipeline, proposals with e-signatures,\nproject and task management, time tracking, invoicing, recurring billing,\nexpense tracking, meeting scheduling, and a branded client portal. It's\naimed at solo freelancers and small collaborative teams (the Teams plan\ncaps at 5 members) who are currently juggling several disconnected tools\nand want one system instead.",[10,155,156,157,161],{},"Moxie's strength is real: reviewers consistently say the combination of\nCRM, invoicing, and time tracking in one place removes a lot of manual\nre-entry. The catch shows up in the pricing structure. The $12\u002Fmonth\nStarter plan includes invoicing, proposals, and basic accounting, but\n",[158,159,160],"strong",{},"workflow automation, the white-labeled client portal, the API, Zapier,\nand the QuickBooks integration are all locked to the $25\u002Fmonth Pro plan",".\nSeveral reviewers describe this as the entry plan feeling like \"a manual\nrecord-keeping tool\" until you pay for Pro. Reliability complaints also\nturn up in reviews: disappearing tasks, invoice reminders silently\nbreaking after updates, and a Teams tier that caps out at 5 people, which\nrules Moxie out for growing agencies.",[17,163,165],{"id":164},"what-is-billebly","What is Billebly?",[10,167,168],{},"Billebly is a free invoicing and payments tool for freelancers, coaches,\nand consultants. It covers a client list, invoice creation (one-off and\nrecurring), time tracking that turns logged hours into invoice line items,\nand a payment dashboard showing what's paid, pending, and overdue. Clients\npay through a hosted link with no account required, and none of that loop\nsits behind a plan tier or a setup step.",[10,170,171],{},"That focus is a deliberate choice, not a gap: Billebly is built to do the\nbilling-and-payment job well rather than to be a full business-operating\nsystem, so it leaves the CRM pipeline, proposal editor, workflow\nautomation, and bookkeeping ledger to tools built for that purpose. The\npayoff for staying narrow is price: the free plan has no subscription, and\nno cost in a month where nothing gets billed.",[17,173,175],{"id":174},"billebly-vs-moxie-key-differences","Billebly vs Moxie: key differences",[10,177,178],{},"The real difference isn't feature count, it's scope and pricing model.\nMoxie is a subscription business-operating system: sales pipeline through\ndelivery through billing. Billebly is a billing-and-payment-status tool:\nit assumes you already have a way to pitch and sign clients, or don't need\none, and just want the part where hours become invoices and invoices get\npaid.",[10,180,181],{},"The pricing models pull in opposite directions too. Moxie's cost is fixed\nper month regardless of how much you bill: useful if you're using the\nCRM and automation daily, wasteful if you're not. On Billebly's free plan,\ncost is zero until a payment is actually processed, so a slow month costs\nnothing and a busy month costs a small, predictable percentage.",[17,183,185],{"id":184},"features-comparison","Features comparison",[22,187,188,199],{},[25,189,190],{},[28,191,192,195,197],{},[31,193,194],{},"Feature",[31,196,35],{},[31,198,38],{},[40,200,201,211,220,229,238,247,257,266,275,285,294],{},[28,202,203,206,208],{},[45,204,205],{},"Client & prospect tracking",[45,207,72],{},[45,209,210],{},"Full CRM with sales pipeline",[28,212,213,216,218],{},[45,214,215],{},"Proposals & contracts with e-signature",[45,217,83],{},[45,219,75],{},[28,221,222,225,227],{},[45,223,224],{},"One-off invoices",[45,226,75],{},[45,228,75],{},[28,230,231,234,236],{},[45,232,233],{},"Recurring \u002F subscription billing",[45,235,75],{},[45,237,75],{},[28,239,240,243,245],{},[45,241,242],{},"Time tracking → invoice line items",[45,244,75],{},[45,246,75],{},[28,248,249,252,254],{},[45,250,251],{},"Expense tracking",[45,253,83],{},[45,255,256],{},"Yes, with receipts and vendor tracking",[28,258,259,262,264],{},[45,260,261],{},"Meeting scheduler",[45,263,83],{},[45,265,75],{},[28,267,268,270,272],{},[45,269,109],{},[45,271,83],{},[45,273,274],{},"Pro plan only",[28,276,277,279,282],{},[45,278,119],{},[45,280,281],{},"Payment link, no login",[45,283,284],{},"White-labeled portal, Pro plan only",[28,286,287,290,292],{},[45,288,289],{},"API \u002F Zapier",[45,291,83],{},[45,293,274],{},[28,295,296,299,301],{},[45,297,298],{},"Basic accounting (P&L reports)",[45,300,83],{},[45,302,75],{},[304,305,308],"callout",{"title":306,"type":307},"When Moxie's extra depth is worth paying for","tip",[10,309,310],{},"If you're actively running a sales pipeline, sending proposals, and want\nautomation tying it all together day to day, Moxie's $25\u002Fmonth Pro plan\ncan genuinely replace several separate subscriptions. That's a specific,\nactive-pipeline use case, though, not the daily reality for most\nfreelancers, coaches, and consultants, who mainly need invoices sent and\npayments tracked, the part Billebly already covers for free.",[17,312,314],{"id":313},"pricing-comparison","Pricing comparison",[10,316,317],{},"Moxie: $12\u002Fmonth (Starter, billed monthly) or $10\u002Fmonth billed annually\nfor the entry tier; $25\u002Fmonth (Pro) or $20\u002Fmonth annually for automation,\nwhite-label portal, and integrations; $40\u002Fmonth (Teams, up to 5 members)\nor $32\u002Fmonth annually. A 14-day free trial is available, no card required.\nThe practical cost to consider: the Starter price looks cheap, but the\nfeatures most people associate with \"all-in-one\" (automation and the\nclient portal) require Pro, so budget for $20 to $25\u002Fmonth if that's what\nyou actually want.",[10,319,320,321,328],{},"Source: ",[322,323,327],"a",{"href":324,"rel":325},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.withmoxie.com\u002Fpricing",[326],"nofollow","Moxie's pricing page",".",[10,330,331],{},"Billebly: free plan, no subscription. A 0.5% platform fee applies only to payments\nprocessed through the platform, plus Stripe's standard processing fee\n(roughly 1.5% + €0.25 for cards, less for bank methods like iDEAL\u002FSEPA).\nYou choose whether you or the client absorbs the platform fee. There's no\nminimum, no seat fee, and nothing charged for invoices that go unpaid or\nunsent. An optional Premium plan costs €9\u002Fmonth (excl. VAT) and lowers\nthe platform fee to 0.2%.",[10,333,334],{},"For a freelancer billing €3,000\u002Fmonth, Moxie Pro costs $25\u002Fmonth\nregardless of billing volume. Billebly's free plan costs roughly €15 to\n€20 in fees on that same volume, invoiced or not, which is cheaper at\nlow-to-moderate volume, though the comparison shifts if you're also using\nMoxie's CRM, proposals, and automation and would otherwise pay separately\nfor those tools.",[17,336,338],{"id":337},"invoicing-and-billing","Invoicing and billing",[10,340,341],{},"Both tools generate one-off and recurring invoices, and both let tracked\ntime flow directly onto an invoice as billable line items without manual\nre-entry. Both also support sending a quote before the work starts:\nBillebly's converts directly into an invoice once the client accepts, no\nproposal-editor step required. Moxie adds automatic late-fee options,\ndeposit\u002Fpayment-plan invoices, and email follow-up sequences. Billebly\nautomatically flags a failed or declined recurring payment the moment it\nhappens, but doesn't have Moxie's payment-plan or deposit-invoice\nstructure.",[10,343,344],{},"Where Moxie pulls ahead: full proposals with e-signature that convert\ndirectly into a project and invoice once signed. Where Billebly pulls\nahead: nothing extra to configure or pay for if all you need is the\nquote-to-invoice-to-payment path, with no automation tier required to get\ninvoices sent and tracked.",[17,346,348],{"id":347},"payments","Payments",[10,350,351],{},"Moxie processes payments through Stripe (cards, Apple Pay\u002FGoogle Pay) and\nPayPal, at standard Stripe rates (2.9% + $0.30 for cards) with an\nadditional $1 per ACH transaction charged by Moxie on top of Stripe's ACH\nfee. Billebly processes through Stripe only, with a 0.5% platform fee (0.2%\non Premium) plus Stripe's processing rate, and supports cards, iDEAL, SEPA,\nKlarna, Amazon Pay, and bank transfers depending on the client's location.\nNeither publishes a specific payout-speed guarantee; both rely on standard\nStripe payout timing.",[17,353,355],{"id":354},"ease-of-use","Ease of use",[10,357,358],{},"Moxie's onboarding is fast (roughly 3 minutes to sign up), and reviewers\ngenerally praise the dashboard's simplicity for what it shows. The\ntradeoff shows up once you go looking for automation or a branded\nportal and discover it isn't included at the entry price. Several\nreviewers describe this gap as the most frustrating part of getting\nstarted. Some also flag a \"little clunky\" learning curve and a basic\nmobile app.",[10,360,361],{},"Billebly's setup is intentionally shallow: add a client, build an invoice,\nsend one payment link, track status on a dashboard. There's no automation\nto configure, and nothing in that flow is gated behind a higher tier: it\nall works on the free plan.",[17,363,365],{"id":364},"which-is-better-for-freelancers","Which is better for freelancers?",[10,367,368],{},"A freelancer actively selling (pitching, proposing, negotiating) and\nmanaging an ongoing pipeline of prospects will get real use out of Moxie's\nCRM, especially at the Pro tier. A freelancer whose sales process happens\noutside any software, relying on referrals, existing relationships, or a\nseparate tool they already like, and who mainly needs invoices sent and\npayments tracked has less use for that layer and will find Billebly\ncheaper and\nsimpler for the exact task they need done.",[17,370,372],{"id":371},"which-is-better-for-small-businesses","Which is better for small businesses?",[10,374,375],{},"Neither tool is built for teams past a handful of people. Moxie's Teams\nplan caps at 5 members, and Billebly is built for a single operator by\ndesign, with no team or multi-user layer to configure in the first place.\nA small business with several people who need shared visibility into a\nsales pipeline will eventually outgrow Moxie's structure, and will\noutgrow Billebly's single-operator model sooner still. For a freelancer,\ncoach, or one-person consultancy, though, that focus is exactly the\npoint: no seats to manage, no permissions to set up, just billing that\nworks for one person.",[17,377,379],{"id":378},"who-should-choose-moxie","Who should choose Moxie?",[10,381,382],{},"A solo freelancer or consultant currently paying for three or more\nseparate tools (a CRM, an e-signature tool, an invoicing app, a\nscheduler, a time tracker) who wants one login and is willing to pay\n$25\u002Fmonth for the version of Moxie that actually delivers on the\nall-in-one promise.",[17,384,386],{"id":385},"who-should-choose-billebly","Who should choose Billebly?",[10,388,389],{},"A freelancer, coach, or consultant who already has proposals and contracts\nhandled elsewhere (or doesn't need them), doesn't want a monthly\nsubscription for software they might use lightly some months, and wants\nthe invoicing-time tracking-payment loop to just work without configuring\nautomation or upgrading to a paid plan.",[17,391,393],{"id":392},"is-billebly-a-good-moxie-alternative","Is Billebly a good Moxie alternative?",[10,395,396],{},"Yes, for the invoicing and payment layer specifically: if the main things\nyou use Moxie for are sending invoices, tracking time against clients,\nand seeing what's been paid, Billebly's free plan does that same job\nwithout a subscription. Someone paying $25\u002Fmonth for Moxie Pro mainly to invoice\nand get paid, with the CRM and automation sitting mostly unused, is a\ngood candidate to switch and can put that $25\u002Fmonth back in their\npocket. For the CRM, proposals, and automation layer, Billebly stays\nout of that lane on purpose, so someone relying on Moxie's pipeline,\nproposals, or automation daily is better off staying put.",[17,398,400],{"id":399},"moxie-alternatives","Moxie alternatives",[10,402,403],{},"Moxie sits in a crowded category of all-in-one freelancer platforms,\nalongside tools like Plutio, Dubsado, and HoneyBook, each with its own mix\nof CRM depth, automation, and price. If the appeal of that category is\nspecifically the CRM-to-invoice pipeline, those are worth comparing\ndirectly. If the appeal was mainly \"one tool instead of five\" but the\nactual daily use is closer to \"send invoices and track payments,\" a\nnarrower tool like Billebly is worth trying before committing to another\nsubscription.",[405,406],"faq-block",{":faqs":407},"[{\"question\":\"Is Moxie the same company as the salon-software or Bumble-parent Moxie?\",\"answer\":\"No. The freelancer platform at withmoxie.com is a separate company, formerly branded as Hectic before its 2023 rebrand. There are unrelated products with similar names in other industries.\"},{\"question\":\"Does Moxie have a free plan?\",\"answer\":\"No permanent free plan, but there's a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. After that, plans start at $12\u002Fmonth.\"},{\"question\":\"Can I use Moxie's time tracking without paying for Pro?\",\"answer\":\"Yes, time tracking is included on the Starter plan. It's automation, the white-labeled client portal, the API, and Zapier that are locked to Pro.\"},{\"question\":\"Does Billebly have a CRM or sales pipeline like Moxie?\",\"answer\":\"No. Billebly has a client list for contact and billing details, but leaves out pipeline stages, deal tracking, and lead capture on purpose. It's built to make billing an existing client fast and free, not to run a sales process.\"},{\"question\":\"What does Billebly cost if I don't send any invoices in a month?\",\"answer\":\"Nothing, on the free plan: there's no subscription or monthly minimum, so a slow month costs nothing rather than the same flat fee as a busy one. The optional Premium plan costs €9\u002Fmonth (excl. VAT) whether or not you invoice.\"}]",[17,409,411],{"id":410},"final-verdict","Final verdict",[10,413,414],{},"For most freelancers, coaches, and consultants, the bottleneck isn't a\nmissing sales pipeline, it's getting an invoice out, tracking the hours\nbehind it, and knowing what's been paid. Billebly's free plan does exactly\nthat, with nothing to configure and no cost until money actually moves.\nIt's also worth weighing Moxie's real friction points before committing\nto it: the $12\u002Fmonth Starter plan holds back automation and the branded\nclient portal until you upgrade to Pro, and reviewers report reliability\nissues like disappearing tasks and invoice reminders breaking after\nupdates. If you're actually running an active sales pipeline with\nproposals and automation day to day, Moxie's Pro plan earns its\n$25\u002Fmonth. Most other freelancers are better served starting free and\nadding paid tools only once a real gap shows up.",[416,417],"cta-banner",{"button-label":418,"description":419,"href":420,"title":421},"Start for free","Skip the subscription and the setup. Add a client, send an invoice, and see what's paid without configuring a CRM or an automation tier first.","https:\u002F\u002Fapp.billebly.com\u002Fregister","Just need invoicing, time tracking, and payment status?",{"title":423,"searchDepth":424,"depth":425,"links":426},"",2,3,[427,428,429,430,431,432,433,434,435,436,437,438,439,440,441,442],{"id":19,"depth":424,"text":20},{"id":149,"depth":424,"text":150},{"id":164,"depth":424,"text":165},{"id":174,"depth":424,"text":175},{"id":184,"depth":424,"text":185},{"id":313,"depth":424,"text":314},{"id":337,"depth":424,"text":338},{"id":347,"depth":424,"text":348},{"id":354,"depth":424,"text":355},{"id":364,"depth":424,"text":365},{"id":371,"depth":424,"text":372},{"id":378,"depth":424,"text":379},{"id":385,"depth":424,"text":386},{"id":392,"depth":424,"text":393},{"id":399,"depth":424,"text":400},{"id":410,"depth":424,"text":411},"2026-08-26","A comparison of Billebly and Moxie (the freelancer business platform) for solo freelancers deciding between an all-in-one CRM and a focused invoicing and payments tool.","md","\u002Fimages\u002Fcompare\u002Fmoxie.png",{},true,"\u002Fcompare\u002Fvs-moxie","2026-09",{"title":5,"description":444},"compare\u002Fvs-moxie","2026-09-28","SZFzgZsMrLZQclm_3TbjDJUF55AT8k_duQQmY5NZHoE",1792840628979]