Comparison

Invoice Ninja vs Stripe Billing

On the evidence we track, Stripe Billing leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Invoice Ninja61

★Stripe Billing69

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Invoice Ninja	Stripe BillingLeader
vioscaleAI score	61 / 100high · 75%	69 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	£20
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1,000	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=hillelcoren%2Finvoice-ninja&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.999
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	10,268	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	1	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Invoice Ninja61 / 100high · 75%

Stripe Billing69 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Model

Invoice Ninjafreemium

Stripe Billingcommercial

Price level

Invoice Ninjalow

Stripe Billingmid

Starting price

Invoice Ninja–

Stripe Billing£20

Transparent

Invoice Ninja✗

Stripe Billing✓

Integrations

Count

Invoice Ninja1,000

Stripe Billing10

Security

Disclosure policy

Invoice Ninja–

Stripe Billing✓

Gdpr

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Iso27001

Invoice Ninja–

Stripe Billing✓

Pci

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Scorecard

Invoice Ninja4

Stripe Billing–

Soc2

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Vulnerabilities

Invoice NinjaCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=hillelcoren%2Finvoice-ninja&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

Stripe Billing–

Reliability

Sla pct

Invoice Ninja–

Stripe Billing99.999

Status page

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Invoice Ninja0

Stripe Billing–

Github stars

Invoice Ninja10,268

Stripe Billing–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Invoice Ninja100

Stripe Billing–

Release

Cadence days

Invoice Ninja1

Stripe Billing–

History

Invoice Ninja20 items

Stripe Billing–

Language

Primary

Invoice NinjaPHP

Stripe Billing–

Market

Availability

Invoice NinjaAvailable worldwide

Stripe BillingAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Invoice Ninja6 items

Stripe Billing7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Billing & Invoicing Software
Capability	Invoice Ninja	Stripe Billing
Core
Subscription billing	✓	✓
Usage metering	Basic	Real-time
Pricing models	Subscription, time-based, project-based invoicing	Subscription, usage-based, and volume-tiered pricing with multidimensional rates
Invoicing & AR	✓	✓
Catalog management	✓	✓
Commerce
Merchant of record	-	✓
Finance
Revenue recognition	-	Native ASC 606
Tax handling	Integration	Native
Collections
Dunning	Basic retry	Smart
Integrations
GL / ERP sync	✓	-
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	✗
Insight
Revenue analytics	✓	✓

Core

Subscription billing

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Usage metering

Invoice NinjaBasic

Stripe BillingReal-time

Pricing models

Invoice NinjaSubscription, time-based, project-based invoicing

Stripe BillingSubscription, usage-based, and volume-tiered pricing with multidimensional rates

Invoicing & AR

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Catalog management

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Commerce

Merchant of record

Invoice Ninja-

Stripe Billing✓

Finance

Revenue recognition

Invoice Ninja-

Stripe BillingNative ASC 606

Tax handling

Invoice NinjaIntegration

Stripe BillingNative

Collections

Dunning

Invoice NinjaBasic retry

Stripe BillingSmart

Integrations

GL / ERP sync

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing-

Ecosystem

API-first / developer-first

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Insight

Revenue analytics

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

What each one is

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

Invoice Ninja

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

Stripe Billing

Leader

A billing system enabling platforms to offer subscriptions, memberships, usage-based pricing, and financial services to end customers, with multi-currency support and tax compliance automation.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Invoice Ninja

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 2026-09-10verify ↗

Stripe Billing

Leader

from £20/moSubscription

From £5.00 per unit per month. Supports free trials and coupons.

Platinum plan£20.00 per month

as of 2026-09-23verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Invoice Ninja	Stripe Billing
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Android

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

macOS

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Windows

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Linux

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✓

Self-hosted

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Hybrid

Invoice Ninja✓

Stripe Billing✗

Integrations

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

Invoice Ninja

15 total

Stripe
PayPal
Square
GoCardless
Gmail
QuickBooks
Slack
MailChimp
Zapier
Make
Pabbly
Checkout.com
Helcim
PayFast
Nordigen

Independently observed

Stripe Billing

Leader

14 total

Stripe Payments
Stripe Checkout
Stripe Connect
Stripe Treasury
Stripe Issuing
Stripe Terminal
Stripe Radar
Metronome
Fifth Third Bank
Wells Fargo
Shopify
Lightspeed
Mindbody
Thinkific

Independently observed

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