Comparison
A free Zoho Invoice alternative without the 500 invoice ceiling
How LaloDocs and Zoho Invoice actually differ, with the numbers each of us publishes.
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Zoho Invoice is a real free product and a good one. It has limits worth knowing before you commit a year of billing to it: 500 invoices a year, 2 users, 3 projects, and a “Powered by Zoho Invoice” line on the document. Zoho also deletes data on accounts left inactive for 180 days, with notice.
If you send 10 invoices a month, none of that will ever touch you. If you are a cleaning company sending 60 a month, you will hit the annual cap in September.
LaloDocs has no annual document cap on the free plan and never will. Both products let you make a document without an account first — that is table stakes now, and Zoho’s free generator is good. The difference shows up once you want the document kept, sent and tracked, because that is the point at which Zoho starts counting to 500.
Which one fits you
Where Zoho Invoice is the better pick
- You want project and timesheet tracking attached to the invoice.
- You already use the rest of the Zoho suite and want one login across it.
- You need a second person on the account today — LaloDocs has no team seats yet.
Where LaloDocs is the better pick
- You send enough documents that an annual ceiling is a real risk.
- You want the PDF before you decide whether to open an account at all.
- You want the document itself in one of 13 languages, independent of the language you work in.
Honest comparison
| Feature | LaloDocs Free | Zoho Invoice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0, permanent | $0, permanent |
| Invoices per year | Unlimited | 500 |
| Vendor branding on the document | Small “Made with LaloDocs” line in the footer; removable when Pro opens | “Powered by Zoho Invoice” |
| Inactivity data deletion | No | After 180 days inactive, with notice |
| Users on one account | One — no team seats yet | 2 |
| Project tracking | Not a feature | 3 projects |
| Document languages | 13 | Not stated |
Competitor details checked 27 July 2026.
“Not stated” means the vendor’s own pricing page did not publish that detail when we checked, so we are not asserting a number for it.
Moving your list over
Export contacts and items from Zoho to CSV and pick the Zoho Invoice mapping preset. Your client list and your item catalog come across. Historical invoices stay in Zoho.
The mapping presets import a client list and an item catalog. They do not import historical invoices — those stay in Zoho Invoice.