FigureLane
Bookkeeping for small businesses, trades and freelancers: collect receipts by email, create invoices and download Excel or PDF reports.
What is FigureLane?
FigureLane is a bookkeeping tool for small businesses, trades and freelancers. You can create invoices, mark them paid when payment arrives, and collect receipts and invoices by forwarding supplier emails to a private collection address. Documents are kept together in a workspace organised by month, where you can check dates, amounts, categories and business use against the original before the figures go into a report.
The product is aimed at freelancers and sole traders running a service business, such as consultants, designers and developers, as well as solopreneurs and small businesses that want to prepare records for themselves or their accountant. Free invoice templates are offered for construction, cleaning, electrical, HVAC and plumbing work.
Reports can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet, a PDF report, CSV, or a complete ZIP pack that includes the original documents. An MCP server option lets you search records and prepare reports with a supported MCP client, with proposed changes approved inside FigureLane. A free sample includes 10 uploads in total with no card required, and paid Starter and Pro plans are listed with monthly upload and storage allowances.
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