Tools for Trades

Wave

List price band $0–19/mo, checked 2026-09-05 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 pricing

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

Ranges show annual billing against month-to-month. List prices, before add-ons.

What Wave does for an HVAC shop

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?

Wave pays this site nothing if you sign up: how the scoring works.

Sources

Checked against these pages on 2026-09-07. Anything the vendor doesn't state is marked that way, never guessed.