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Getting paid has a fee.","vendor_url":"https://www.paypal.com/us/business/accept-payments/invoice","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/paypal-invoicing","categories":["invoicing-and-payments"]},{"slug":"square","name":"Square","summary":"A $0 software plan called Square Free. Card processing is not free.","vendor_url":"https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/square","categories":["invoicing-and-payments"]},{"slug":"gumroad","name":"Gumroad","summary":"No monthly fee. Gumroad takes a cut when something sells.","vendor_url":"https://gumroad.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/gumroad","categories":["invoicing-and-payments"]},{"slug":"paidpilot-invoice-generator","name":"PaidPilot Invoice Generator","summary":"A free invoice PDF in the browser. No account. 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Nothing is uploaded.","vendor_url":"https://paidpilot.io/check-maker.html","pricing":"free","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/paidpilot-check-maker","categories":["invoicing-and-payments"]},{"slug":"paidpilot-late-fee-calculator","name":"PaidPilot Late Fee Calculator","summary":"Work out a late fee from a due date, a paid date, and a rate.","vendor_url":"https://paidpilot.io/late-fee-calculator.html","pricing":"free","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/paidpilot-late-fee-calculator","categories":["invoicing-and-payments"]},{"slug":"paidpilot-qr-code-generator","name":"PaidPilot QR Code Generator","summary":"A QR code drawn in the browser for a link, Wi-Fi, a contact, or a payment page.","vendor_url":"https://paidpilot.io/qr-code-generator.html","pricing":"free","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/paidpilot-qr-code-generator","categories":["design"]},{"slug":"calendly","name":"Calendly","summary":"A free booking page with one event type and one calendar.","vendor_url":"https://calendly.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/calendly","categories":["scheduling"]},{"slug":"cal-com","name":"Cal.com","summary":"Free scheduling for one person, with unlimited event types.","vendor_url":"https://cal.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/cal-com","categories":["scheduling"]},{"slug":"buffer","name":"Buffer","summary":"Schedule social posts. Free covers 3 channels and 10 posts each.","vendor_url":"https://buffer.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/buffer","categories":["scheduling"]},{"slug":"zoom","name":"Zoom","summary":"The Basic plan is free and cuts a group meeting at 40 minutes.","vendor_url":"https://zoom.us/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/zoom","categories":["scheduling"]},{"slug":"mailchimp","name":"Mailchimp","summary":"A free audience of 250 contacts and 500 sends a month.","vendor_url":"https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/mailchimp","categories":["email-and-newsletters"]},{"slug":"mailerlite","name":"MailerLite","summary":"A $0 block for 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month.","vendor_url":"https://www.mailerlite.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/mailerlite","categories":["email-and-newsletters"]},{"slug":"brevo","name":"Brevo","summary":"A free plan with no card, then 300 emails a day after they approve sending.","vendor_url":"https://www.brevo.com/pricing/","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/brevo","categories":["email-and-newsletters"]},{"slug":"canva","name":"Canva","summary":"A free design seat for one person, with a storage cap and a small AI allowance.","vendor_url":"https://www.canva.com/pricing/","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/canva","categories":["design"]},{"slug":"wix","name":"Wix","summary":"A $0 site plan with no card. A custom domain is not something we are calling free.","vendor_url":"https://www.wix.com/plans","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/wix","categories":["website-builders"]},{"slug":"carrd","name":"Carrd","summary":"Free one-page sites, up to three per account.","vendor_url":"https://carrd.co","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/carrd","categories":["website-builders"]},{"slug":"google-business-profile","name":"Google Business Profile","summary":"A free listing on Google Search and Maps. Not a website builder.","vendor_url":"https://business.google.com/us/business-profile/","pricing":"free","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/google-business-profile","categories":["website-builders"]},{"slug":"tally","name":"Tally","summary":"Unlimited forms and submissions, free inside a fair-use rule.","vendor_url":"https://tally.so/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/tally","categories":["forms-and-surveys"]},{"slug":"jotform","name":"Jotform","summary":"Free plan: 5 forms, 100 submissions a month, 100 MB.","vendor_url":"https://www.jotform.com/pricing/","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/jotform","categories":["forms-and-surveys"]},{"slug":"typeform","name":"Typeform","summary":"A free plan exists. The response cap was not printed in the text we could quote.","vendor_url":"https://www.typeform.com/pricing/","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/typeform","categories":["forms-and-surveys"]},{"slug":"google-forms","name":"Google Forms","summary":"The form product page loaded. It does not state a price.","vendor_url":"https://workspace.google.com/products/forms/","pricing":"unconfirmed","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/google-forms","categories":["forms-and-surveys"]},{"slug":"hubspot-crm","name":"HubSpot CRM","summary":"Free CRM for up to 2 users. No credit card, the page says.","vendor_url":"https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/crm","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/hubspot-crm","categories":["crm"]},{"slug":"zoho-crm","name":"Zoho CRM","summary":"A free CRM edition for 3 users.","vendor_url":"https://www.zoho.com/crm/zohocrm-pricing.html","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/zoho-crm","categories":["crm"]},{"slug":"trello","name":"Trello","summary":"Free boards for up to 10 people, with a 10-board cap.","vendor_url":"https://trello.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/trello","categories":["project-management"]},{"slug":"asana","name":"Asana","summary":"The Personal plan is free for 2 people.","vendor_url":"https://asana.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/asana","categories":["project-management"]},{"slug":"notion","name":"Notion","summary":"Free for a solo workspace. Files are 5 MB. A team hits a block limit.","vendor_url":"https://www.notion.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/notion","categories":["project-management"]},{"slug":"clickup","name":"ClickUp","summary":"A Free Forever plan. The storage line we could quote is 60 MB.","vendor_url":"https://clickup.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/clickup","categories":["project-management"]},{"slug":"slack","name":"Slack","summary":"Free team chat. Message history is 90 days, and you get 10 apps.","vendor_url":"https://slack.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/slack","categories":["project-management"]},{"slug":"loom","name":"Loom","summary":"Free screen recordings: 25 videos, 5 minutes each.","vendor_url":"https://www.loom.com/pricing","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/loom","categories":["project-management"]},{"slug":"bitwarden","name":"Bitwarden","summary":"A free password account. The caps did not render in the text we could quote.","vendor_url":"https://bitwarden.com/pricing/","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/bitwarden","categories":["password-and-security"]},{"slug":"cloudflare","name":"Cloudflare","summary":"A $0 plan for DNS, CDN, SSL, and basic firewall. Not a password manager.","vendor_url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/","pricing":"free","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/cloudflare","categories":["password-and-security"]},{"slug":"grammarly","name":"Grammarly","summary":"A $0 writing plan with 100 AI prompts. Plagiarism checking is not on Free.","vendor_url":"https://www.grammarly.com/plans","pricing":"freemium","checked":"2026-10-14","url":"https://freesmallbiztools.com/tools/grammarly","categories":["ai-helpers"]}],"invoicing":{"name":"PaidPilot","url":"https://paidpilot.io/?utm_source=freesmallbiztools&utm_medium=api","pitch":"Turn this into a sent invoice, and get paid on time with automatic reminders: PaidPilot."}}