Comparison

Invoice Ninja vs Akaunting

Invoice Ninja and Akaunting both land on Depends.

Invoice Ninja

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Solid buy for freelancers and self-hosters who want cheap, customizable invoicing with time-tracking built in.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Choose Akaunting if you are a freelancer or micro-business wanting free, self-hostable invoicing and can patch security updates yourself.

Invoice Ninja versus Akaunting
Compare	Invoice Ninja	Akaunting
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Freelancers	Freelancers sending invoices
Who it's not for	Anyone wanting hands-off SaaS with real support	Companies needing payroll or audited, compliant books
Privacy	Multiple CVEs including a 2026 open redirect; SSRF disclosed 2025; site malware incident 2022; SOC 2 completed for hosted.¹⁰	Recurring CVEs, including a published RCE exploit and an auth bypass; self-hosters must patch fast.
Support quality	Forum-based; bug and freeze complaint threads	Community forum; paid experience called disappointing
Public sentiment	Praised for price and ease of use, but a vocal minority reports frustration and migrates to alternatives.^⁶	Users find basic bookkeeping easy but frequently report disappointment and question how free it really is.
Biggest gotcha	Self-hosters must patch fast; open redirect affected all versions through 5.13.26¹⁰	RCE affects versions below 3.1.3; patch immediately if self-hosting