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Comparison

Crater vs Invoice Ninja

On the evidence we track, Invoice Ninja leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Crater50
★Invoice Ninja61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Crater50 / 100high · 75%
Invoice Ninja61 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Model
Crateropen_source
Invoice Ninjafreemium
Price level
Craterfree
Invoice Ninjalow
Transparent
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✗
Integrations
Count
Crater3
Invoice Ninja1,000
Security
Gdpr
Crater–
Invoice Ninja✓
Pci
Crater–
Invoice Ninja✓
Scorecard
Crater–
Invoice Ninja4
Soc2
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Crater–
Invoice Ninja0
Github stars
Crater8,351
Invoice Ninja10,268
Activity
Commits last 30d
Crater–
Invoice Ninja100
Release
Cadence days
Crater2
Invoice Ninja1
History
Crater20 items
Invoice Ninja20 items
License
Spdx
CraterAGPL-3.0
Invoice Ninja–
Language
Primary
CraterPHP
Invoice NinjaPHP
Market
Availability
Crater–
Invoice NinjaAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Crater7 items
Invoice Ninja6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for billing & invoicing software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Subscription billing
Crater-
Invoice Ninja✓
Usage metering
Crater-
Invoice NinjaBasic
Pricing models
Crater-
Invoice NinjaSubscription, time-based, project-based invoicing
Invoicing & AR
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Catalog management
Crater-
Invoice Ninja✓
Commerce
Merchant of record
Crater-
Invoice Ninja-
Finance
Revenue recognition
Crater-
Invoice Ninja-
Tax handling
Crater-
Invoice NinjaIntegration
Collections
Dunning
Crater-
Invoice NinjaBasic retry
Integrations
GL / ERP sync
Crater-
Invoice Ninja✓
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Insight
Revenue analytics
Crater-
Invoice Ninja✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Crater

Open-source web and mobile app that helps track expenses, payments, and create professional invoices and estimates.

Independently observed

Invoice Ninja

Leader

Provides invoicing, payment collection, expense tracking, and time tracking capabilities integrated into a single application. Available as a cloud-hosted service or self-hosted installation with full control over infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Crater

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open-source

  • Open SourceFree
    • Expense tracking
    • Payment tracking
    • Invoice creation
    • Estimate creation
as of verify ↗

Invoice Ninja

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free forever. Pro pricing not shown. Enterprise pricing varies by users (1-100).

  • FreeFree
    • 5 clients
    • Unlimited invoicing
    • 4 invoice templates
    • Payment processing (Stripe, PayPal, Square, GoCardless)
    • Recurring invoices and auto-billing
    • +12 more
  • Pro-
    • 11 invoice templates
    • All Free plan features
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 11 invoice templates
    • Custom features and configuration
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
iOS
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✗
Android
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
macOS
Crater✗
Invoice Ninja✓
Windows
Crater✗
Invoice Ninja✓
Linux
Crater✗
Invoice Ninja✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Crater✗
Invoice Ninja✓
Self-hosted
Crater✓
Invoice Ninja✓
Hybrid
Crater✗
Invoice Ninja✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • QuickBooks
  • Stripe

Crater

4 total - 2 not shared
  • Plaid
  • Xero
Independently observed

Invoice Ninja

Leader
15 total - 13 not shared
  • PayPal
  • Square
  • GoCardless
  • Gmail
  • Slack
  • MailChimp
  • Zapier
  • Make
  • Pabbly
  • Checkout.com
  • Helcim
  • PayFast
  • Nordigen
Independently observed
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