--- description: Learn more about Wave price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in Australia. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Wave Cost & Reviews - Capterra Australia 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [PEO Software](/directory/32442/peo/software) > [Wave](/software/178021/wave-apps) # Wave Canonical: https://www.capterra.com.au/software/178021/wave-apps Page: 1 / 70\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/178021/wave-apps?page=2) > Accounting solution that helps businesses automate invoicing, payroll management, estimating, invoicing, and bookkeeping tasks. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 1720 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Wave? Wave helps small business owners, freelancers, solopreneurs, and consultants in the US and Canada manage accounting, payroll, invoicing, estimating and other processes. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 1720 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Wave - **Location**: Toronto, Canada - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 19.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Wave offers a free version under the Starter plan with basic bookkeeping and invoicing features. The Pro plan is available at $19 USD per month with additional features. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - ACH Payment Processing - Accounting - Accounts Payable - Accounts Receivable - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Bank Reconciliation - Billing & Invoicing - Budgeting/Forecasting - Cash Management - Chart of Accounts - Commission Management - Customer Statements - Dashboard - Data Import/Export - Direct Deposit - Expense Tracking - Financial Analysis - Financial Management - Financial Reporting - Fixed Asset Management - For Real Estate - Fund Accounting - General Ledger - Income & Balance Sheet - Invoice Management - Invoice Processing - Multi-Currency - PCI Compliance - Payroll Management - Payroll Reporting - Profit/Loss Statement - Project Accounting - Purchase Order Management - Receipt Management - Receivables Ledger - Recurring/Subscription Billing - Reminders - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Revenue Recognition - Tax Compliance - Tax Management - Third-Party Integrations - Time & Expense Tracking - Transaction Management ## Integrations (6 total) - Gmail - Google Sheets - Microsoft Outlook - PayPal - Shoeboxed - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [PEO Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/32442/peo/software) ## Related Categories - [PEO Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/32442/peo/software) - [Direct Deposit Payroll Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/32598/direct-deposit-payroll/software) - [Payroll Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30202/payroll/software) - [HR Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/5/human-resource/software) - [Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/1/accounting/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Xero](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/169561/xero) — 4.4/5 (3273 reviews) 2. [NetSuite](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/135757/netsuite) — 4.2/5 (2003 reviews) 3. [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/141374/quickbooks-online) — 4.3/5 (8393 reviews) 4. [PayPal](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/179251/paypal) — 4.6/5 (26301 reviews) 5. [Abby](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/1036470/abby) — 4.7/5 (603 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Fatal UX fail on onboarding\!" — 1.0/5 > **Marcin** | *27 January 2026* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: I'm a long-term premium customer. By accident, I used another Google email to log in. Now, I'm stuck at https://next.waveapps.com/onboarding and can't exit. It's a fatal UX fail. ----- ### "Compact invoicing software" — 4.0/5 > **Soma** | *8 June 2024* | Arts & Crafts | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love ease of use and functions that match my business needs. Allows branding and customisation of invoices. Love that I can clone invoices saving time for repeat services to same clients ( art coaching in my case) > > **Cons**: Disappointed that they removed wave receipts for non-US clients. This particular feature was critical to document hard copies of receipts on the go, into the online wave system. Now their is nothing else to integrate the hard copies of receipts into the wave system > > Was positive till a section of the app was discontinued for non-US subscribers. ----- ### "Wave Recent Changes in Experience" — 3.0/5 > **Amanda** | *19 April 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I've used Wave for 5 years. It's very easy to use and can help process payroll, send invoices and keep track of expenses. > > **Cons**: In the recent past, I've had issue with them processing tax payments on time, and their support has significantly decreased from the past. ----- ### "Must have for small businesses looking to grow\!" — 5.0/5 > **Pauline** | *27 July 2025* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Invoicing options. Ability to collect payment on invoices. Connecting banking transactions and reconciliations. For a small business having a payroll program that's affordable and manageable while they take care of remittances and off boarding. Financial tracking for profit and loss reports is extremely helpful as well. Open chat system with questions and answers; If answers aren't readily available, the support team follows up with an email to assist. The automation with sync banking and categorizing expenses and income is vey useful for identifying balancing books keeping your tasks on track. > > **Cons**: Not sure if it's been updated or integrated as of yet; the ability to have a schedule and dispatch for jobs related to the invoices. > > Been very pleased with the services as a well rounded provider. Would recommend for any and all new businesses just starting out that need assistance with Payroll, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Invoicing. This platform has enabled me to grow my business without the huge additional costs that other providers charge for features you're not ready for. ----- ### "Payroll Fiasco Nightmare" — 1.0/5 > **Laura** | *1 July 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: I used to love her, but I had to kill her. At first, she told me everything I wanted to hear. Now the true colors are here, just another software who had it good and then screwed it up. We were so loyal and loved the invoicing and ease and costs, but this is now unsustainable. > > **Cons**: Payroll fiasco. Couldn't run payroll after a software integration upgrade and we were unable to receive any support or assistance. > > Wave was great until they upgraded their payroll and left ALL of the customers out of the lurch. The lack of communication, inability to even contact anyone except an AI chat bot, and lack or response to tickets is asinine. This has been the worst experience ever. I had to write paper checks to my employees. It has been an absolute disaster. ----- Page: 1 / 70\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/178021/wave-apps?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/178021/wave-apps) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data