Setting Up Invoicing in Freelo via Fakturoid

In Freelo, you can send tracked hours and amounts directly to Fakturoid and issue an invoice – without manually re-entering data. Once you set up the connection via API credentials, only a few clicks stand between your time reports and a finished invoice. In this article, you will find a step-by-step setup guide and tips on when the integration is most useful.

How to complete the invoicing?

In Freelo, you can send tracked hours and amounts directly to Fakturoid and turn them into an invoice.

1. Go to Reports > Invoice in Freelo. Check the reports you want to invoice and proceed to the next step.
2. In step 2, adjust what you want on the invoice. You can add and edit line items and directly influence the invoiced amount.
   TIP: This is the perfect place to add a client markup, for example.
3. Click Save as Billed to move to the next page, where you will send the data to Fakturoid.
4. Click Invoice via app next to a line item and select Fakturoid.
5. A settings window will appear. In Fakturoid, go to Settings > User account, where you will find your account name and can generate your Client ID and Client secret via the + Generate API credentials button.

A confirmation screen will appear — confirm by clicking Yes, grant access.

Issuing an advance invoice

Once the invoice is created in Freelo, simply select which app you want to invoice through.

Fine-tune the last details before sending. You can set the date, payment method, currency, and VAT rate. Need to issue an advance invoice only? No problem — just check the Issue advance invoice checkbox.

If you chose to issue an advance invoice, Fakturoid will generate it for you.

Practical Use

The Freelo–Fakturoid integration is most useful when you regularly invoice for tracked time or fixed amounts:

• Freelancers and consultants – you track time reports in project tasks and want to transfer them to an invoice at the end of the billing period without re-entering data.
• Agencies and teams – you manage multiple projects at once and invoice each separately, sometimes with different VAT rates or currencies.
• Client markup – in the invoice editing step (step 2), you can add custom line items or increase the amount by a markup, without it appearing in the original reports.
• Advance invoice – need to collect a deposit before work begins? The integration handles that too.