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# Refrens

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> Refrens is an AI-powered platform for invoicing, accounting, GST, CRM, payments, inventory, reporting, and business operations.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 255 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Refrens?

Agencies, consultancies, service businesses, startups, D2C and e-commerce brands, wholesalers, distributors, and growing B2B companies.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 255 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Refrens Internet

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$0,00
- **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Refrens uses modular pricing, allowing businesses to choose accounting, Sales CRM, inventory, vendor workflow, or combined plans based on their requirements.

A limited Basic option is available at $0 with capped access to selected features, documents, users, custom fields, and AI OCR usage. Businesses can explore the platform before selecting a paid module or bundle.

Accounting plans start with Accounts Lite at $130 per year, equivalent to approximately $11 per month with annual billing. The full Accounts plan costs $250 per year, or approximately $21 per month, and adds complete double-entry accounting, automated bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, financial statements, and advanced reporting.

Sales CRM plans start with CRM Essentials at $150 per year, equivalent to approximately $13 per month. CRM Pro costs $250 per year, or approximately $21 per month, and provides higher limits, advanced roles and permissions, meeting scheduling, integrations, and additional controls for dedicated sales teams.

Inventory Management starts with Inventory Starter at $360 per year, equivalent to $30 per month, for businesses with lower stock volumes. The advanced Inventory plan costs $900 per year, or $75 per month, and supports higher stock volumes and more extensive inventory requirements.

Vendor Management and approval workflows are available through the Workflows plan at $350 per year, equivalent to approximately $29 per month. It includes vendor onboarding, RFQ and RFI workflows, KYC/KYB verification, approval stages, advanced roles and permissions, and process controls.

The complete Operations plan is available at $1,050 per year and combines advanced finance, workflow, and inventory capabilities.

Discounted bundles are also available, including Accounts \& CRM Pro at $425 per year, Accounts \& Inventory Starter at $535 per year, Workflows \& Inventory Starter at $450 per year, and Inventory \& CRM Pro at $1,075 per year.

The prices above reflect annual billing. Monthly and three-year billing options are also available, with longer commitments offering additional savings. Applicable taxes, optional add-ons, API usage, additional users, and custom requirements may involve separate charges.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: Arabic, English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more

## Features

- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Approval Process Control
- Audit Trail
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Categorisation/Grouping
- Compliance Management
- Contact Database
- Customizable Invoices
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- Fixed Asset Management
- General Ledger
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Payments
- Mobile Receipt Upload
- Multi-Currency
- Payment Processing
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Purchase Order Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Receipt Management
- Reimbursement Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Tax Calculation
- Tax Management
- Third-Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking

## Integrations (12 total)

- Cashfree
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Gmail
- IndiaMART Connector
- Meta for Business
- Pabbly Connect
- RazorSign
- Razorpay
- Shopify
- WhatsApp
- WooCommerce

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/1/accounting/software)

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## Reviews

### "Efficient app" — 4.0/5

> **Sindi** | *21 January 2026* | Investment Banking | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Cons**: It was limiting in terms of the number of invoices and quotations I could draw up, I had to end up deleting old ones to create new ones
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> Great\! The features, it made drawing up quotations and invoicing very efficient. I enjoyed attaching pictures on my products

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### "Comfortable Accounting app" — 5.0/5

> **Sheldon** | *30 June 2026* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Ease of use, affordable and able to do all my businesses accounting needs,it's allows even more then I would anticipate I need
> 
> **Cons**: Nothing,every aspect Is brilliant,if I had to highlight what I least liked it would be how it's not very well known
> 
> Brilliant easy to use,really good decent support, the ease of switching businesses allows me to share a system

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### "Great Product - Must Have" — 5.0/5

> **Tiro** | *19 March 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It’s very easy to use and makes my job so easy as I can run my business while on the move. The mobile app makes all this possible
> 
> **Cons**: They can have better template designs. The current ones a good but I feel like they can always be more creative.
> 
> Excellent. I have been using Refrens for over 5 years now and it has been my go to business management software

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### "Great platform\!" — 5.0/5

> **Alouis** | *23 February 2026* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The interface is user-friendly, with options for emailing invoices directly to clients from the app.
> 
> **Cons**: The paid subscription can feel costly, particularly for small businesses or freelancers who only need a few more features than the free version offers.
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> I have enjoyed using Refrens, it's easy to create, send, and track professional invoices and quotations quickly, reducing manual, time-consuming tasks.

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### "Refens Review" — 5.0/5

> **Rory** | *06 November 2025* | Wholesale | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Full of different options and advantages over other software. Easy to use and staff are super helpful.
> 
> **Cons**: Not much to complain about, it does what is says it can do. I am very happy with the product and it has never crashed.
> 
> I love the Ui , so smooth and simple yet professional . The Mobile app syncs immediately so no need for carrying around the laptop. Also the staff are never more than 2 minutes away on Whatsapp and always helpful

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