Tools for Trades

Wave Pricing

List price band $0–19/mo, checked September 7, 2026 against the vendor's own page. Built for the books side of a trades business.

The only real free tier in the setUnlimited invoicing at $0no job costing and no field-software sync path

Wave plans and list prices, tier by tier

Wave list pricing
TierList priceSeats and notes
Starter$0/mofree; card processing 2.9% + $0.60
Pro$19/mo$190/yr; bank auto-import, receipt capture

Verified 2026-09-07 · vendor pricing page

The Starter plan is genuinely free; card payments cost 2.9% plus 60 cents on either plan.

What Wave does for an HVAC shop

What Wave states for each capability
CapabilityWhat the vendor states
Job costingnot claimed by the vendor
Invoicing and estimatesunlimited invoices and estimates, free tier included
Bill paybill records on all tiers
Payrolladd-on from $25/mo
Inventorynot claimed by the vendor
Field software syncnone of the ten field platforms we track connects to it

Which field platforms sync with Wave

None of the ten field-service platforms we track offers a Wave sync. If your shop runs field software, that usually decides this choice; see the accounting guide.

Does this site earn from Wave?

If you sign up for Wave through links on this site, we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. That never changes how any tool is scored or described: how the scoring works.

Where the Wave facts come from

Checked against these pages on September 7, 2026. Anything the vendor doesn't state is marked that way, never guessed.