Free bookkeeping for your side hustle

The easiest side-hustle books start with a separate bank account. Connect it as your one live bank feed and every sale and expense flows into HelloBooks without touching your personal spending.

Invoice clients, record the tools and supplies you buy, and run a P&L whenever you want to know whether the hustle is paying off.

• Unlimited invoices, bills and quotes
• Unlimited email payment reminders
• 1 live bank feed through Plaid, plus 2 manual bank or card accounts
• 2 users
• Free AI credits to get started (upgrade for more)
• AP/AR aging, P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reports
• iOS and Android app

Side-hustle profit is taxable even if tax is already withheld from your paycheck, and net self-employment earnings of $400 or more usually mean self-employment tax as well. Some people raise their W-4 withholding at the day job to cover it; others pay quarterly estimates. Either way, the Free P&L tells you the profit figure to start from.

There is no trial clock and no invoice cap, so a hustle that bills twice a year and one that bills daily both fit on Free. Upgrade only if you need more bank feeds, more users, or paid features like recurring invoices.

Free includes 1 live bank feed, 2 users and free AI credits to get started. Data export, recurring invoices and multi-currency are on paid plans, and invoices sent from Free carry a small “Powered by HelloBooks” badge. Starter is $14.99/mo; Pro is $39.99/mo.