← Invoice payment terms calculator
Two different shapes: FreshBooks is paid invoicing and bookkeeping software you sign up for and use as an ongoing system of record. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — given this invoice's terms and how your client actually runs payments, when does the cash land, and does an early-pay discount or factoring beat waiting.
FreshBooks sends and tracks invoices, lets you set payment terms per invoice, sends automatic reminders for a late payment, accepts online payment from the client, and produces the books an accountant or tax filing needs, as a paid ongoing subscription with signup and setup. FreshBooks' own pricing page is not reachable from this session to confirm today's plan names or figures, so no dollar amount for FreshBooks appears anywhere on this page — only its well-documented identity and category (invoicing and bookkeeping software sold as a subscription, aimed at freelancers and small service businesses) are stated.
This calculator does not send an invoice, track a client's balance, or touch your books, and it stores nothing on a server. It takes an invoice amount, payment terms, and how your client's accounts-payable run actually works (weekdays only, twice a month, once a month), and turns that into the due date, the date cash actually lands once that run is accounted for, what 30/60/90 days of delay costs at your carrying-rate assumption, whether a 2/10 Net 30 discount or a factoring fee still beats waiting, and how exposed a project is under a given deposit or milestone schedule. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I need one system sending every invoice, reminding clients, and taking online payment. | FreshBooks, or a comparable invoicing platform — that is not something this calculator does. |
| Given this invoice's terms, when does the cash actually land once my client's payment run is accounted for? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| Does a 2/10 Net 30 discount still beat waiting, at the rate my own capital costs? | This calculator's early-pay comparison. |
| Does factoring this invoice still beat waiting after the fee? | This calculator's factoring comparison. |
| How much of a project stays unpaid on handover day under a given deposit split? | This calculator's billing-schedule comparison. |
| What payment terms did I set on this client, and which invoices are still open? | FreshBooks' own invoice tracking — this calculator does not store or track anything across invoices. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. FreshBooks is used through a paid subscription account. |
This calculator is not a replacement for FreshBooks, or for invoicing and bookkeeping software generally. It does not send an invoice, does not track a client's running balance, and does not produce books for an accountant or a tax filing. Most freelancers who invoice regularly get different value from each: FreshBooks (or a comparable platform) for sending invoices, reminding clients, and taking online payment as an ongoing subscription, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login answer to when a specific invoice's cash actually arrives and whether an early-pay or factoring offer is worth taking before you set the term.
They do different jobs and most freelancers who invoice regularly will end up using both. FreshBooks is paid invoicing and bookkeeping software built for freelancers and small service businesses: it sends the invoice, tracks who owes what across every client, accepts online payment, and produces the books an accountant or tax filing needs, sold as an ongoing subscription with a signup and setup step. This calculator does one narrower thing before or alongside that: starting from an invoice amount, payment terms, and how your client actually runs payments (weekdays, twice a month, once a month), it works out the due date, the date cash actually lands once that payment run is taken into account, what a 30/60/90-day delay costs at your carrying-cost assumption, whether a 2/10 Net 30 discount still beats waiting, whether factoring still beats waiting after the fee, and how much of a project stays unpaid under a given deposit or milestone schedule. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, sends nothing you type anywhere, and does not send the invoice itself. A freelancer who already needs one system tracking every client, every invoice, and the books behind them is better served by FreshBooks or a comparable platform; someone who wants an instant, private answer to when this invoice's cash actually arrives and whether an early-pay or factoring offer is worth it is in the right place here.
FreshBooks lets you set payment terms per invoice, send automatic late-payment reminders, and see which invoices are outstanding or overdue. What it does not do is model when your client's specific payment run actually pays that due date, price a 2/10 early-pay discount or a factoring fee against your own cost of carrying the cash, or turn a project's billing schedule into a day-by-day unpaid-exposure figure. This calculator is not a replacement for FreshBooks' invoice tracking; it is the arithmetic step before you set the term or decide whether an early-pay or factoring offer is worth taking.
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FreshBooks. FreshBooks is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
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