You signed up for Moxie because you wanted one place for everything: clients, projects, time, contracts, invoices. Six months later you are still clicking through four screens to send one invoice, and the money is still late.
That is the trade with any all-in-one. You get breadth, and you pay for it in setup time and daily friction. If your actual job is send a proposal, get it accepted, get paid, most of that surface area is dead weight.
This is a look at where Moxie fits, where it does not, and what freelancers are moving to in 2026.
What Moxie actually is
Moxie is freelance business management software: CRM, project management, time tracking, contracts, proposals, scheduling, invoicing, and light bookkeeping in one workspace. It is aimed at solopreneurs and small agencies who want to run the whole business from one login.
As of publication, Moxie lists three tiers: Starter at $12/month, Pro at $25/month, and Teams at $40/month, with roughly 20% off on annual billing. There is no permanent free plan.
On price alone it undercuts HoneyBook and Dubsado, which is a real advantage. If you genuinely need time tracking tied to project boards tied to client records, Moxie earns its money.
Why freelancers go looking for a Moxie alternative
Three reasons come up over and over.
You are paying for modules you never open. Most freelancers use two things daily: proposals and invoices. Time tracking, Kanban boards, and a full CRM are things you set up in week one and abandon by week four. That is a familiar pattern across the whole category, and it is the same reason people leave Dubsado. We wrote about that setup tax in the real cost of Dubsado.
Features you assumed were included sit on a higher tier. Tier-gating is standard practice now, and it is worth reading the plan comparison before you commit rather than after. Bonsai did the same thing when it moved workflow automation off its entry plan, which we covered in Bonsai raised prices and cut workflow automation from Starter.
It still does not chase the money. This is the big one. Almost every tool in this category will generate a beautiful invoice and then go quiet. The invoice sits there unpaid, and the follow-up is your job, on your calendar, in your inbox, in your head.
The alternatives worth a look
If you want proposals and invoices only: Nvoyce
Nvoyce is built for one flow: write a proposal, client accepts, invoice goes out with a payment link attached, and automated follow-ups run until the money lands. No project boards. No time tracking. No CRM to maintain.
You describe the job in plain language and the AI drafts the proposal and the invoice. When a client accepts a proposal, the invoice generates itself. Overdue invoices get chased automatically instead of sitting there.
Solo is $19.99/month for unlimited documents and every feature. Team is $39.99/month. There is a 7-day free trial and no credit card required to start.
The honest trade: if you bill hourly and need a stopwatch attached to a project board, Nvoyce is not that. It is for people who quote work, deliver it, and want to stop thinking about collections.
If you want the same shape as Moxie, cheaper: Indy or Plutio
Indy and Plutio both sit in the all-in-one lane and both compete with Moxie directly on price and on client portals. If you like the Moxie model and just want a better deal or a nicer portal, start there rather than switching categories.
If you need real accounting: Wave or Xero
If your reason for wanting an all-in-one is actually bookkeeping, invoicing tools are the wrong shelf. But be careful with the free framing on Wave, which has changed, and be honest about whether you need double-entry accounting at all. We broke both down in Wave is not actually free anymore and Xero alternatives for freelancers.
If you are a full agency: HoneyBook or Dubsado
More people, more handoffs, more workflow automation, and a budget to match. Worth it above a certain size, painful below it.
How to actually choose
Skip the feature grid. Answer two questions instead.
One: what did you open yesterday? Not what you might use. What you actually opened. If the honest answer is invoices and a client email, you do not need an operating system for your business. You need the money to arrive.
Two: what breaks when you are busy? For most independent professionals it is follow-up. You deliver, you invoice, you get pulled into the next job, and the unpaid invoice quietly ages out. A tool that only stores invoices does nothing about that. A tool that chases them does.
The US Small Business Administration is blunt about it: cash flow, not profit, is what kills small businesses. Late invoices are a cash flow problem wearing an admin costume.
Switching without losing anything
Before you cancel any subscription:
- Export your client list to CSV. Every tool in this category supports it.
- Download PDFs of every invoice from the current tax year. The IRS expects you to keep records that support income and deductions, and losing them in a migration is a bad way to find that out.
- Note your open invoices and their due dates so nothing goes untracked during the gap.
- Only then cancel, and only after the new tool has sent one invoice successfully.
We walked through the full version of this in how to export your data and switch without losing anything.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Moxie free?
No. Moxie has no permanent free tier. As of publication its plans start at $12/month for Starter, with Pro at $25/month and Teams at $40/month, and roughly 20% off for annual billing. Check their pricing page before you commit, since tiers change.
What is the cheapest Moxie alternative?
On sticker price, entry plans from Indy and similar all-in-ones land near or below Moxie Starter. But cheapest is the wrong test if the tool still leaves you chasing payments manually. Price the tool against the invoices it helps you collect, not against another monthly line item.
Do I need an all-in-one tool as a freelancer?
Usually not. Most independent professionals need three things: a way to quote, a way to bill, and a way to make sure the bill gets paid. Project management and CRM features matter once you are coordinating other people, not before.
Can I move my Moxie invoices to another tool?
You can export client data and download invoice PDFs for your records. Historical invoices generally do not transfer as live records into a new system, so keep the PDFs and start fresh with new document numbers.
Does Nvoyce do time tracking?
No, deliberately. Nvoyce is built for the proposal-to-payment flow. If your billing model requires hour-by-hour tracking against tasks, pair it with a dedicated timer or pick an all-in-one instead.
Will I lose my invoice numbering if I switch?
Your new tool starts its own sequence. Nvoyce assigns numbers in the format INV-YYYY-NNN at send time. Keep your old PDFs, note where the old sequence ended, and carry on.
Stop paying for software you do not open
If you spend most of your week doing the work and the rest of it chasing payment for the work, you do not need more modules. You need the chasing to stop.
Nvoyce turns notes into a proposal, turns an accepted proposal into an invoice with a payment link, and follows up automatically until the client pays.
Start your 7-day free trial at nvoyce.ai. No credit card required.