A Xero alternative to a plan you can outgrow but never make pay

Xero is real accounting software with invoicing built in, and Growing and Established are a serious choice for a business that wants bank reconciliation and payroll in the same login. This page is about the plan underneath those two: Early.

BillingHub — 25 invoices USD 25.00 once, never expires
What Xero costs $25 (Early), $55 (Growing) or $90 (Established) a month — Xero's own pricing page states prices are increasing again from 1 October 2026.
Clients Unlimited — Early caps invoices sent per month, not clients billed
Multi-currency Established plan only

Prices checked August 2026 — source

See what leaving Xero would cost you at your own volume — try the invoice cost calculator.

What Xero is good at

Growing and Established are proper double-entry accounting with bank reconciliation, project tracking and multiple currencies built in — for a business that wants all of that under one subscription, Xero is mature, capable software, and this page isn't arguing otherwise.

Where it stops

  • Early, the plan this page is about, caps you at 20 invoices a month — sending a 21st means upgrading, not just paying more for the one you sent.
  • That cap sits below Early's own break-even, so no amount of volume inside the plan ever brings its per-invoice cost down to a dollar — the ceiling and the floor sit on the wrong sides of each other.
  • Multiple currencies are an Established-only feature, by Xero's own comparison table — a client who pays you in anything but your own currency needs the most expensive of the three plans.

When to choose Xero over us

If you want bookkeeping, project tracking and payroll under one login, and twenty invoices a month is more than you'll ever send, Xero is the more complete tool. We only do invoices, estimates and quotes, and no subscription is required to send them.

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Common questions

Does BillingHub cap how many invoices I can send?
No. Every plan sends any number of invoices — a 21st costs the same as the first, and nothing forces an upgrade to keep sending.