Win more clients. Get paid faster.The simple invoicing app for freelancers
- Create professional invoices in seconds
- Write proposals that win deals
- One-time payment, no subscription
- For Windows and macOS
€69 €99
Everything you need for a successful freelance business
Get paid faster
Invoices
Create professional invoices in just a few clicks. The client's data is inserted automatically. Keep track of paid and unpaid invoices.
Close deals & win clients
Proposals
Cakedesk's Proposals feature makes it easy to create proposals that detail your services in a convincing manner, building trust with the client and getting them to hire you.
Build a client database
Clients
See who your most valuable clients are and easily access all your clients' information, invoices and proposals.
Cakedesk for me has been a huge time saver, it now takes just a few minutes to create a design proposal or invoice. It remembers client’s billing details and calculates VAT for you, plus it’s very easy to use. Cherry on top is its built-in templates – the Industrial one is my go-to 😻
Roman Tesliuk, Product Designer
Features for professionals
Simple and intuitive
Powerful invoice editing
- Items and subitems
- Rich text descriptions for individual items
- Automatic VAT calculation
- Quantities and unit prices
- Delivery / service dates
- Discounts
- Flexible VAT rates
- Create invoices from proposals
- Duplicate documents
- Export as PDF
Electronic invoices made easy
Create and send electronic invoices in the German XRechnung format. Learn more
QR codes for easy payments
Add QR codes to your invoices to make it easier for your clients to pay you.
Multiple languages
Easily create invoices and proposals in English, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish and more languages.
Supports your currency
Cakedesk supports EUR (€), CHF, PLN (zł), GBP (£), USD ($) and over 100 other currencies.
Cakedesk is exactly what I was looking for and have not found for so long. A simple, clean and yet very flexible software to create elegant invoices and quotes. It even lets you create your own templates, which I especially like. And the icing on the cake is the absolutely great support I received from Max. Thanks a lot!
Mirco Grande, Web developer
Write invoices faster than ever
Invoice created. Invoice sent.
Send invoices with one click
No loading times
You won't find any loading spinners interrupting your workflow when you use Cakedesk.
Shortcuts for everything
Cakedesk turns you into a power user by teaching you time-saving keyboard shortcuts as you use the app.
Item catalog
Store your most-used products and services as catalog items and insert them into any invoice in seconds.
No subscription, no cloud
Works offline
Your business shouldn't depend on third parties. That's why Cakedesk works even when your internet doesn't!
Own your data
Cakedesk stores all your data locally on your own machine and never sends it to Cakedesk's servers.
Cakedesk is intuitive, not overloaded and has all the functions I need. And the best thing for me: I get to use my own invoice design.
Leonhard Hilzensauer, Photographer
7 built-in designs for invoices and proposals
Make your business look stunning
Show off your personality with templates that are popular with designers, developers, photographers, writers and other freelance artists!
Your designs, your workflow
Invoices as unique as your brand
Custom invoice designs made easy
Upload your logo, adjust colors and choose your fonts to make your invoices your own.
Create your own designs with HTML & CSS
Do more than just changing a logo. Cakedesk lets you completely customize your document layouts and designs using HTML & CSS so that your invoices and proposals accurately represent your brand.
Custom fields
Missing something? Add custom fields to your invoices and proposals and create an authoring experience for documents that best fits your workflow.
As a designer, I naturally want to send well-designed invoices and quotes. With Cakedesk, that's super easy. Since I've been using the app, it has also become much easier for me to keep track and save valuable time when creating invoices.
Manuel Fleig, Designer & Art Director
What else?
Multiple Workspaces
Manage multiple companies with just one Cakedesk installation. Each company has its own clients, invoices, proposals and settings.
Custom Invoice Numbers
Define your own invoice, proposal and client number formats using variables to ensure gapless and sequential numbering.
Custom Filenames
Define your own filenames for invoices and proposals using variables, saving you a few seconds every time you create an invoice or a proposal.
Revision History
Every change is recorded. This way you can always see when what was changed.
And of course...
Dark Mode
Simple, affordable pricing
Give it a try
Free version
- Fully featured
- Limited to 3 clients / invoices / proposals
- No trial period, no watermarks
One-time payment
€69 €99
- Create unlimited clients, invoices and proposals
- Pay once and keep Cakedesk forever
- One year of free updates
60 Days money back
If you're not happy with Cakedesk, simply ask for your money back within 60 days and your purchase will be refunded, no questions asked.
Cakedesk is an easy-to-use and useful invoicing software for freelancers and self-employed individuals. It helps me focus on my business. Thanks to active development, useful new features are constantly being added, making everyday work easier and more efficient.
Robert Janus, Digital Consultant