Free invoice generator
Create professional, branded invoices in seconds, for free. No credit card, no trial limit, no watermark. Download as PDF or share a link; paid plans add one-click email delivery.
Kostenloser Plan · Keine Kreditkarte nötig · In wenigen Minuten startklar
Die Probleme, die Sie wirklich haben
One-off invoice generators forget you
You fill in the form, download the PDF, and a month later you can't find what you sent.
Watermarks and ads
"Free" tools that brand your invoice with their logo aren't actually free. They're paying you in your customer's impression of your business.
No payment tracking
Generating a PDF is step one. Step two is knowing if it got paid. Most free tools stop at step one.
Re-typing every time
Without saved customers and products, every new invoice is a fresh data entry job.
A free invoice generator that actually saves you time
Lemon Invoice's free plan gives you a real invoicing tool, not a one-off PDF generator. Save customers and products, send branded invoices, track who paid, and never re-type the same data twice.
So funktioniert's
Create your free account
Sign up with your email and you're generating invoices in under a minute: no credit card, no trial countdown, and nothing to install. Because it runs entirely in the browser, the same free account works whether you're finishing an invoice on a laptop tonight or from your phone tomorrow morning, with no trial clock ticking in the background.
Add your business and clients
Add your business details (logo, payment info) once, then save your customers and products so you never retype the same name and rate into a form twice. If you're switching from a one-off PDF generator, import your customer list from a spreadsheet instead of re-entering it by hand. Every invoice afterward pulls straight from these saved records.
Send your first invoice
Pick a customer, add your line items, and send the invoice as a branded PDF or a shareable link, your logo on it, never ours. From there, your dashboard tracks it as paid, partial, or overdue, so generating the PDF isn't where the free plan's usefulness stops. That tracking is included from your very first invoice, not something you unlock later.
Das erhalten Sie
No watermarks, no ads
Your brand on the invoice. Not ours. Ever.
Saved customers & products
Enter once, reuse forever. New invoices take seconds.
Branded PDF download
Your logo on every invoice. Looks like the rest of your business.
PDF or shareable link
Send the invoice as a PDF or a hosted link, right from the app. Paid plans add one-click email delivery.
Payment tracking
Mark invoices paid, track partials, see who's overdue.
Free forever for the basics
No credit card required. Upgrade only when you outgrow the free plan.
What a free invoice generator should actually include
Most searches for a free invoice generator turn up a form: fill in a few fields, download a PDF, and the tool forgets you existed the moment the file saves. Lemon Invoice's free plan works differently because it's not a one-off generator wearing a marketing label. It's the same invoicing tool paid users get, with customers and products saved once so the next invoice takes seconds instead of another blank form, and every invoice numbered automatically and in sequence rather than starting back at one each time you open the page. Nothing to install, nothing to configure. Sign up in the browser and the first invoice can go out within the same session.
'Free' honestly includes the entire billing loop, not just the PDF at the end of it. Send the invoice as a branded document with your own logo (never a watermark stamped over your business's name) and track it afterward as paid, partially paid, or overdue from a dashboard, instead of generating a file and having no idea whether it was ever paid. Quotes are included too: send one before the work starts, and convert it into an invoice in a single click once it's approved, with the numbering staying consistent between the two documents.
VAT is handled the same way on the free plan as on any other: set a rate per line item and every invoice shows the net, VAT, and gross breakdown clearly, whether you're VAT-registered or not. Billing an international client works too. Issue the invoice in their currency, and your view of what you've earned still totals correctly in your own. If a job changes after you've already invoiced it, issue a credit note against the original rather than deleting it, which keeps an honest trail rather than a gap in your numbering.
What genuinely doesn't come free forever is scale: as your customer list and document volume grow past what a single freelancer or small side project needs, you'll eventually hit the point where upgrading makes sense. But the core of it (creating and sending professional invoices, tracking payments, and quoting before you bill) isn't a trial with a countdown. It's the actual product, available from the first invoice you ever send, and it stays available for as long as your volume fits the free plan's limits.
Ready to generate an invoice that stays actually free?
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Is it actually free?+
Yes. The free plan covers what most solo users need to get going: professional invoices with your logo, your saved customer and product details, and PDF or link download. No credit card required. Paid plans add email delivery, fully custom branded templates, and higher document limits.
Are there watermarks on the invoice?+
No. Your invoice carries your brand. We never add a Lemon Invoice watermark, even on the free plan.
What's the catch?+
The free plan has limits on the number of customers, documents (invoices, quotes, and receipts), and storage you can use. If you're a high-volume business, you'll outgrow it and upgrade. If you're not, the free plan stays free.
Can I cancel my account?+
Yes. You can delete your account at any time. Export your data first if you want a copy.
Does the free invoice generator handle VAT?+
Yes. If you're VAT-registered, set a rate per invoice line and Lemon Invoice works out the net, VAT, and gross totals automatically, on the free plan as well as paid ones. If you're not registered, leave VAT off entirely. The invoice format adapts either way. There's no separate VAT feature to unlock or upgrade for. It's part of the free plan from your very first invoice.
Can I send a quote before I invoice, on the free plan?+
Yes. Quotes are included on the free plan, and once a client approves one, convert it into an invoice in one click. Nothing gets retyped, and the numbering stays consistent between the two documents. There's no separate quoting tier to unlock. It's part of the same free account you already have.
What if I need to correct an invoice after sending it?+
Issue a credit note against the original invoice instead of editing or deleting it. This is included on the free plan too. It keeps your numbering sequence intact and gives you a clean record of exactly what changed, which matters the day you're reconciling a full year of invoices. Nothing about the original invoice gets rewritten or hidden. The correction sits alongside it, clearly linked.
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