How do people currently solve this problem?
Before Invoices Up, most FreshBooks users handled bulk invoicing tasks in one of three ways. None of them ideal.
1. Manual Updates in FreshBooks
The most common approach is clicking into each invoice and making changes one-by-one. It technically works — but it’s painful at scale.
- Easy to make mistakes
- Time-consuming and repetitive
- No way to track changes across many invoices
- Slows down monthly reporting and payment follow-ups
This process becomes unsustainable as your invoice volume grows.
2. Spreadsheet Workarounds
Some users export invoice data into spreadsheets, try to clean or update the information there, and then manually reapply those edits in FreshBooks.
- Risk of outdated or misaligned data
- No true “bulk edit” — you still update invoices individually
- Doesn’t sync cleanly back into FreshBooks
- High risk of errors and duplicates
It’s duct-tape at best. And it creates more admin work, not less.
3. Custom-Built Tools (Rare, but Costly)
Larger teams sometimes try building their own internal tools using the FreshBooks API. But these solutions:
- Take weeks of dev time to build and test
- Require constant maintenance as FreshBooks updates
- Still don’t always cover edge cases like line item changes or tax updates
- Aren’t worth it unless you have a dedicated engineering team
That’s why we built Invoices Up — to give FreshBooks users a purpose-built tool for importing, updating, and reviewing invoices at scale.
No spreadsheets. No fragile processes. No developer needed.
Just a fast, reliable way to manage invoices without the manual work.
→ Try Invoices Up. Get hours back every month and scale your invoicing workflow without the hassle.