Freelance billing in India is WhatsApp + UPI, not a finance department
If you design, write, code, or consult, the invoice is often the only “ops” you do. Word templates look unofficial. Excel GST math is a weekend project. Payment follows in a separate UPI chat that does not match the PDF. Clients still ask “did you send the invoice?” because the file died in email.
CraftDocs is invoice software aimed at that loop: make a document that looks like a studio, send it where the client already is (WhatsApp), and put UPI on the same share page so they are not hunting for your VPA.
Look like a studio even if you are one person
The Brand Kit stores logo, colours, stamp, signature, bank details, and UPI. Every new invoice, quotation, or receipt picks them up. You are not screenshotting last month’s bill and changing the date.
Templates range from Swiss Minimalist to Indian GST Professional, so you can send a clean creative invoice today and a tax invoice with HSN if a client’s accounts team asks for GST later.
- Save clients once — no retyping names into every PDF
- Product catalog with HSN for retainers and repeat services
- Draft → Sent → Paid so you see what is still unpaid
- Public share links instead of “please find attached”
GST when you need it — without pretending you are a CA
Many Indian freelancers start unregistered and later need GST invoices. CraftDocs supports both a simple invoice and a GST tax invoice with HSN and CGST/SGST or IGST. This page is not tax advice: whether you must register, what to charge, or how to file returns depends on your turnover and a professional. The software’s job is to produce the document correctly once you know what you need to send.
If GST is already part of your work, use the GST invoice generator flow. If you are still quoting jobs, start with a quotation and convert it when the client confirms.
Free enough to try on real clients
The free plan includes 10 documents per month, one Inky AI trial, core templates, one workspace, and three shares per month (PDFs carry a CraftDocs watermark). That is enough to invoice a handful of clients before you decide to upgrade. Business adds unlimited Inky if you want the chat-to-invoice path every time.