Wave Reviews & Product Details

Very user-friendly, has great help guides, and a vibrant community that collaborates and helps others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn't really anything I've found so far. Great for keeping receipt copies and generating reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

smart reconciliation and bookkeeping. Work well with bank connections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

no project accounting. needs improvement in project and class side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bank integration works seamlessly. Super easy to tag transactions and close accounting and conciliation of accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Did not extract the full value of Wave yet. Thinking of using payroll, but there is no easy transition from Gusto Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's free and super easy to use. Gives a small business all the options that you need to get started. Keep track of revenue, and expenses and accept credit card payments all-in-one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The mobile apps were geared towards receipts and invoices only. Not just tracking expenses or income not related to a Wave invoice. That was my only issue with Wave. My business is mobile so mobile apps are important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good low cost option to keep your books and records. Invoicing and accepting payments goes smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No real dislikes, we just outgrew it as a company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI seems intuitive. I have to hit the minimum character count, so I am simply typing these words aimlessly. There is literally nothing else I like about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Keep in mind, that the genesis of my issues with Wave has come from within my organization, but we are not wholly at fault for the matter.

Wave's customer service team is nonexistent, and with something as significant as payroll, you want to know that--if there's an issue--you'll have quick access to helping hands. However, you will not find that with Wave. Though the UI is good-looking, Wave doesn't store much useful data for you to access within it. Furthermore, when you want to get, help you'll be limited to speaking with someone via chat. When you have an ongoing issue, it will be someone new every time, so you will be explaining and re-explaining yourself time after time after time. They will make promises to follow up with you via email, but those emails will never come, or they will not address your problem thereby confirming your suspicions that when you were chatting with them they didn't take the time to understand your issue completely. Truly the most difficult organization I have ever experienced. For a brief moment, I connected with a truly kind and attentive customer service rep who followed up with me via email, but after a few email exchanges, he was gone. Never to be heard from again. Again, the needs of my organization are complex, and I inherited a mess to sift through. Maybe if your org is well organized and accurate payroll and tax remittance are high priorities. If it's not, though, then please do not choose Wave. If you have complex needs or don't have an absolute expert in payroll already in-house, then Wave will not be your best bet. Also, what's up with only remitting to, like, 14 states? That'll give you a HUGE headache as you'll have to pay states directly yourself. Not cool. Beware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's free to use and do all your accounting. It is easy to get your reports to do taxes or just look at your P & L's. It works great and is quite easy. You can do payroll with it but you do have to pay for that, so if you are a tiny business it works great as you don't need payroll. You can also take online ACH and Credit Card payments. There are fees per payment but they are decently reasonable and they just send the payment to your bank account minus the fee. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I really don't like is the recurring invoices. It does not name them correctly so instead of going Maintenance Contract Billing 1 then 2 then 3 it gives random names from last invoices you made that don't even have to do with the customer. So I have to rename them and send them instead of having Wave do it automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wave has features that were lacking in other comparable programs. I use the invoice function quite a bit as I bill clients for hourly work. It automatically numbers invoices sequentially, keeps track of paid and unpaid invoices and has an easy set up to accept credit cards and bank payments, a feature lacking in many other basic business programs. It keeps track of income and expenses and will integrate with its accounting function, which I use sparingly because my needs are not great in this regard. I particularly like the fact that it will create receipts to send when payments are received. Invoices and receipts are very polished and professional looking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only suggestions I have for Wave is that it should keep track of client emails across functions so I don't have to manually enter it when sending receipts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wave is easy to use, and works very much like QuickBooks. A minimal learning curve also has a mobile app. It also allows you to send recurring invoices with several reminders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not sure I have found what I dislike about it yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That it's free! And honestly, it has been absolutely perfect for my small business. I've been using it for about 10 years now and the software continues to improve all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the improvements come along pretty slowly, and I've had some minor issues disconnecting old businesses that are no longer in existence, but it really hasn't caused any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.