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            "tagline": "Time tracking and invoicing for freelancers and agencies",
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                "Links with Asana, Slack and Stripe"
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                "Free plan covers one person and two projects",
                "Suited to billable work more than general team tracking"
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            "overview": "Harvest tracks hours with timers or manual entries and turns tracked time into invoices. Reports show time and revenue by client, project and person. Harvest Forecast is sold as a separate product for scheduling people onto projects across weeks.\n\nThe free plan includes time tracking and invoicing for one seat and two projects. Paid plans add more people and admin controls, and Harvest links with Asana, Slack and Stripe. It suits service businesses that bill by the hour more than product teams, and its paid plans come with a free 30-day trial."
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            "page": "https://listme.name/software/zipbooks",
            "tagline": "Invoicing and bookkeeping for freelancers and small businesses",
            "summary": "ZipBooks is online invoicing and bookkeeping software for freelancers and small businesses. Its Starter plan is free and includes unlimited invoices, customers and vendors, and paid plans add more features, team members and reports. An accountant tier is aimed at firms that keep books for clients.",
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            "overview": "ZipBooks combines invoicing, expense tracking and bookkeeping in one web app. The free Starter plan includes unlimited invoices, customers and vendors, and paid tiers add features such as more team members, custom invoices and quotes, and a fuller set of reports.\n\nZipBooks suits freelancers and small firms that want a free invoicing start and simple bookkeeping. Its higher tiers are built for growing businesses, and an accountant tier is aimed at firms that keep books for clients. It is less established than Xero or FreshBooks and has a narrower ecosystem, so check that its bank and payment options cover your country before you choose it."
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