Handl Billing: The Best Wave Alternative For Digital Agencies
Handl Billing provides specialised, project-based billing designed specifically for digital agencies with milestone payment triggers and integrated project tracking, while Wave offers basic, free accounting services primarily built for small businesses and freelancers without agency-specific functionality.
Why Digital Agencies Choose Handl Over Wave
Purpose-Built for Digital Agencies
Specifically designed for digital marketing agencies, software firms, and design professionals with unique billing workflows.
General accounting software built for small businesses and freelancers with simple invoicing needs.
Project-Payment
Integration
Automatically links project milestones to payment triggers, ensuring clients pay as work progresses rather than waiting until completion.
Basic invoicing disconnected from project progress, requiring manual tracking of deliverables and billing cycles.
Media Account Spend Management
Streamlines digital marketing by automating micropayments between ad accounts and client payments, solving a critical agency challenge.
No specialised features for managing client ad spend or marketing budgets, creating additional administrative burden.
Deliverable Protection
For software and design agencies, securely links digital asset delivery to payment confirmation, protecting valuable work products.
No mechanisms to protect digital deliverables or connect them to payment status.
Scope Change Tracking
Features advanced scope creep detection that automatically identifies when projects expand beyond original agreements.
No project management features or scope tracking capabilities.
Secure Code-Payment Linkage
For software agencies, securely links code exchanges to transactions, ensuring clients receive deliverables only after payment.
No specific features to protect digital deliverables or link them to payment confirmation.
Feature Comparison
Target Users
Project-Payment Linking
Media Budget Management (Coming Soon)
Digital Asset Protection
Scope Creep
Asset exchange payment
Client Portal
Accounting Features
Payment Processing
Understanding the Fundamental Difference
Free General Accounting vs. Agency-Specific Value
Wave has gained popularity by offering free basic accounting tools, but this comes with significant limitations for digital agencies:
Wave's Approach:
- Free general accounting and invoicing
- Revenue through payment processing fees
- Designed for businesses with simple financial needs
- No specialized features for project-based businesses
Handl's Approach:
- Purpose-built for digital agency revenue models
- Investment in agency-specific features that drive business value
- Designed for complex client-agency financial relationships
- Features that directly improve agency profitability and cash flow
Transform Your Agency's Financial Operations
Handl is designed specifically for digital agencies looking to:
Link project milestones to automated payments
Track and bill for scope changes
Protect valuable digital deliverables
Streamline media account spending
Improve cash flow and eliminate payment delays
Start your
free trial today
No credit card required. Experience the difference purpose-built agency billing software makes.
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