Feature
Recurring invoices that send themselves
Bill the same client every week, every two weeks, every month, or every quarter. Set the plan up once. Each invoice goes out on schedule, or waits for your OK first. Free, like the rest of JupiterInvoice.
How to set up a recurring invoice
- Save the client once. Name, email, billing address, and an AP contact if they have one.
- Start a recurring plan for that client. Add the line items and prices, pick how often (weekly, every two weeks, monthly, or quarterly), and pick the first date.
- Choose how it sends. Automatic sends on the date. Approve first holds each invoice until you say go.
- Save. A few days before each run you get an email with a link to check it, add a note, or skip that cycle. Three days by default; you can set it anywhere from same day to 30 days ahead.
That is the whole setup. Each cycle creates a real invoice with its own number, its own private link, and the same view tracking and card payment option as any invoice you send by hand.
Why we built it this way
Most repeat billing is not a subscription. It is the same lawn every Tuesday, the same office cleaned every month, the same retainer every quarter, and once in a while the number changes because you replaced a pump or added a deep clean. A billing system built for software subscriptions makes that awkward. Re-typing the invoice every month makes it tedious.
So the plan does the repeating, and the heads-up email gives you a moment to change this one invoice without touching the plan. Add a one-time line, add a note, or skip a month the client was away. Next cycle goes back to normal.
Two plans in the demo account. See the full tour →
What you get
Four schedules
Weekly, every two weeks, monthly, or quarterly. A plan that starts on the 31st bills on the last day of shorter months.
Automatic or approve first
Automatic sends on the date. Approve first waits for your click and sends the moment you approve. If you don't approve by the date, that cycle is skipped, so nothing goes out you didn't check.
A heads-up before every run
An email with the client, the amount, and the date, plus a link to add a note, add a one-time charge, or skip this cycle. No login needed from the email.
Pause without a backlog
Pause a plan for the off-season. When you resume, it picks up at the next date. It does not send a pile of catch-up invoices for the months it was paused.
Card payments and reminders
Connect your Stripe account and each recurring invoice gets a Pay button. Turn on payment reminders and late ones get a nudge at 3, 7, and 14 days past due.
From an accepted quote
Quoted a monthly service and the client said yes? "Set up recurring billing" on the quote starts a plan with the same client and line items. More on quotes →
Who uses it
- →Pool, lawn, and cleaning routes. The same customers on the same rhythm, with the odd repair or extra visit added to one invoice. Pool service, lawn care, cleaning.
- →Suppliers with standing orders. A bakery billing two cafes every month, where the cafe's AP team wants a proper invoice with a PO number on it. They can add the PO themselves on the invoice.
- →Retainers. A designer or consultant billing a fixed monthly fee, usually set to approve first so hours over the retainer can be added that month.
Recurring invoices: common questions
Are recurring invoices free?
What is the difference between recurring invoices and recurring billing?
Can I change the amount for one month only?
What if I forget to approve an invoice?
Does my client need an account?
Can I automate recurring invoices through the API instead?
Last updated August 23, 2026
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Free account, no card. Save a client, add the line items, pick a schedule, and the next invoice sends itself.
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