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PAYUP AND SQUARE INVOICES

A Square Invoices alternative with a lower card fee

Square Invoices is free with no cap on invoices, and includes recurring invoices and automatic reminders. Invoices paid online cost 2.5%, so a £500 invoice costs you £12.50. Plus is £20 a month.

Payup Free has fewer invoices, 25 a year. But on Basic with your own Stripe, or on Super, a £500 card payment costs £7.70.

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SIDE BY SIDE

Payup and Square Invoices, side by side.

PayupSquare Invoices
Free planYes, 25 invoices or quotes a yearYes, no cap on invoices
Cheapest paid plan£20 a year£20 a month (Plus)
Card fee on a £500 invoice£7.70 on your own Stripe or on Super£12.50
Bank transfer feeNoneNone listed
Accounting and VAT returnsNo, downloads for your accounting softwareNot listed

Card fee examples use Stripe's standard UK card rate, 1.5% + 20p. Super Basic isn't VAT registered, so our prices are the full price. Square Invoices's details checked on 8 November 2026 from its own pages, listed at the bottom of this page. Prices change, so check before you choose.

WHERE WE DIFFER

Why people move from Square Invoices.

  • £7.70 card fee on £500 with your own Stripe, against £12.50
  • Bank transfers cost nothing
  • Basic is £20 a year; Square Invoices Plus is £20 a month

WHEN SQUARE INVOICES SUITS BETTERYou send lots of invoices and want to pay nothing a month, or you already use Square in your shop.

MOVING ACROSS

Moving from Square Invoices to Payup.

  1. Add your business details

    Your name, address and bank details, once. Say whether you're VAT registered.

  2. Connect your own Stripe

    On Basic, connect Stripe so card payments cost Stripe's fee and nothing more.

  3. Send your next invoice from Payup

    Use Payup for new work, and leave old invoices in Square Invoices until they're paid.

  4. Keep your accountant happy

    Payup gives you downloads for spreadsheets and accounting software.

QUESTIONS

Square Invoices questions

How much does Square charge on a £500 invoice?

£12.50: invoices paid online cost 2.5%. With Payup on your own Stripe, or on Super, the same payment costs £7.70.

Can my clients pay by bank transfer?

Yes. Every Payup invoice can be paid by bank transfer, with a reference for each customer, and it costs nothing.

Is Payup free?

Yes. Free has 25 invoices or quotes a year and 1 payment page. Basic is £20 a year for 1,000, and Super is £10 a month with no cap.

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Where the rival details come from

Checked on 8 November 2026. Names belong to their owners, and we're not linked to any of them. Tell us at hello@thesuperbasic.com if anything here is out of date and we'll fix it.

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WORKS WITH

Part of Super Basic.

Payup.to is one of the Super Basic apps, all on one login. A finished TaskTrack.to job becomes a Payup invoice in one click, and Entry.to tickets and Bookin.to deposits are paid through the same Super Basic payments.

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