Free tools
Four tools for the money side of freelancing
Work out what to charge, what you are owed, and what the unbilled work is costing you — then send a clean invoice for it. No account, no email address, nothing to install.
The tools
Free invoice generator
Fill in your details, add line items, download a clean PDF. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
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Freelance hourly rate calculator
Take-home target, expenses, tax, and time off in — the rate you actually need out.
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Late fee calculator
Invoice amount, due date, and your annual rate in — the fee accrued so far out.
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Scope creep calculator
The hours you give away every week, priced out over a year. Most people are surprised.
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Why these are free
They are the honest version of marketing. PaloWorks is a paid product for freelancers and small studios, and these tools solve one slice of the same problem well enough that some people who use them will want the rest. That is the whole arrangement — there is no email gate, no trial countdown, and no upsell in the middle of a calculation.
The invoice generator puts one small line in the PDF footer saying it was made with PaloWorks. That is the only string attached, and it is why the tool can stay free.
What PaloWorks does that a calculator cannot
- Locks the scope — deliverables, revision rounds, timeline, and price — on a link the client can read before the work starts.
- Logs every revision round against that scope, so the moment a project runs past what was agreed, it is a fact rather than a feeling.
- Tracks invoices from draft to sent to paid, with reminders, so chasing is not a memory exercise.
- Keeps intake, scope, time, and invoices for the same client in one place instead of four apps and a notes file.
Free tier: 1 client and 3 active projects. Pro is $19/mo for unlimited.