Invoice Badger
Summary
Freelancers lose hours every month copying time-tracking notes into invoice templates, chasing clients, and switching between tabs to check what's outstanding — InvoiceBadger routes that entire loop through an AI agent so you never open an invoice form again.
The core workflow is a Claude or MCP-connected agent that accepts plain-language input — 'log 90 mins on Acme' — and writes the invoice line, applies the rate, and updates totals without you touching a dashboard. A public payment link goes to the client; you watch statuses from one screen. The wall appears fast: branding, PDF downloads, and online payment collection are paid-only features, so the free tier ships invoices with InvoiceBadger's badge and no PDF export. Automatic payment chasing and recurring retainers are listed as coming-soon Studio features, meaning teams with retainer-heavy books are waiting on a roadmap, not a product.
Bottom line: Pick this if you bill hourly, live in Claude, and want invoicing to disappear into your chat window — skip it if your clients expect branded PDFs on the free tier or you need recurring invoice automation today.
Pricing Plans
Subscription- Price
- £5/mo (Pro)
- Free Tier
- Unlimited invoices and clients with branding notice
Free
Unlimited invoices and clients, clean public links, AI agent connection
- Unlimited invoices
- AI agent integration
- Public invoice links
Pro
Everything in Free plus logo, no badge, all themes, PDF download
- Your logo
- No Made with badge
- 8 invoice themes
- PDF download
Studio
Everything in Pro plus online payments, automatic chasing, recurring invoices, reports, custom domain, accountant access (coming soon)
- Online payments
- Automatic payment chasing
- Recurring retainers
- VAT reports
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Pros
Sign in to edit- Natural-language time logging via Claude or any MCP client, so capturing billable hours takes one sentence in the same window where the work is happening — no tab-switch, no separate timer app to reconcile later.
- Automatic invoice generation from logged work, which means the gap between 'I finished the project' and 'invoice sent' collapses to seconds rather than the 20-minute formatting session most freelancers put off until Friday.
- Public payment links on every invoice, so clients can view, print to PDF, and confirm receipt without needing an account — removing the 'I never got the invoice' reply that stalls payment.
- Unlimited invoices and clients on the free tier, so early-stage freelancers can run their entire billing operation without a payment commitment while they assess whether the workflow fits.
- A single dashboard tracking totals, statuses, and outstanding amounts, which means chasing overdue payments starts from a clear list rather than a mental audit of sent emails.
Cons
Sign in to edit- PDF download and logo branding are paid-only features, so free-tier invoices carry the InvoiceBadger badge and cannot be exported as PDFs — freelancers whose clients expect branded, downloadable documents either upgrade immediately or the free tier is not a real option for them.
- Recurring retainer invoices and automatic payment chasing are listed as coming-soon Studio features, not shipped functionality — agencies or freelancers whose entire book is monthly retainers will find the core automation loop incomplete and switch to an invoicing tool that already handles scheduled billing, such as FreeAgent or Xero.
- The entire product depends on the user running Claude or another MCP client; there is no standalone app, no API, and no web form fallback — a team that does not already operate inside an MCP environment has to adopt one before InvoiceBadger does anything at all.
- No self-hosted option and no API means all invoice data lives on InvoiceBadger's cloud infrastructure, which disqualifies the tool for any freelancer or small studio with a client contract that restricts third-party data processors.
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About
- Platforms
- Web, MCP clients (e.g. Claude)
- API Available
- No
- Self-Hosted
- No
- Last Updated
- 2026-07-28T04:23:52.194Z
Best For
Who it's for
- Freelancers using Claude or MCP-compatible AI agents
- Users wanting minimal manual invoicing effort
- Small operations needing basic invoice tracking and reminders
What it does well
- Logging work hours via natural language to AI agent
- Generating and sending professional invoices automatically
- Tracking invoice statuses and outstanding payments in one dashboard
- Providing clients with public invoice links for payment
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Invoice Badger free?
- Invoice Badger has a permanent free tier alongside paid upgrades (paid plans from £5/mo (Pro)). You can keep using a baseline version indefinitely without paying.
- Is Invoice Badger open source?
- No — Invoice Badger is a closed-source tool. Source code is not publicly available.
- When was Invoice Badger released?
- Invoice Badger was first released in 2026.
- What platforms does Invoice Badger support?
- Invoice Badger is available on: Web, MCP clients (e.g. Claude).
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InvoiceBadger connects to Claude or any MCP-compatible AI client and turns natural-language work logs into invoices. You tell the agent what you worked on; it writes the line item at the correct rate, keeps running totals, and generates a public link the client can view and print to PDF. The dashboard exists for moments when you want a visual check, but the vendor’s stated design intent is that you drive everything through conversation.
The differentiating feature is the MCP integration itself — there is no separate app to open, no form to fill, no context-switch required. For a solo freelancer already working inside Claude, logging time becomes a side-comment in the same window where the actual client work is happening. That frictionless capture is where the tool earns its place.
The fit is narrow by design. InvoiceBadger targets freelancers with straightforward hourly or fixed-fee billing who already use Claude or an MCP client. It breaks for anyone who needs branding on a zero-cost budget (the free tier adds a ‘Made with InvoiceBadger’ badge and withholds PDF download), for operations that run on retainers (recurring invoice automation is listed as coming soon), and for freelancers who need VAT reporting or accountant access — both of which sit in the coming-soon Studio tier.
The technical dependency is worth noting explicitly: without an MCP-compatible agent, the product has no input mechanism. There is no API available and no self-hosted option, so the entire workflow is cloud-dependent and gated on the user already operating inside a supported AI client.