# Best invoice issuing & receiving tools, compared

> Invoicing software in Japan comes in two kinds that are easy to confuse: issuing tools create and send your invoices, receiving tools collect the invoices your suppliers send you and turn them into data. Both exist because of two rules — the Invoice System, which fixes what a qualified invoice must show, and the Electronic Bookkeeping Act, which requires invoices exchanged as data to be kept as data. Prices below are from each vendor's own pricing page.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22

| Tool | Best for | Pricing | Issuing | Receiving | JP Invoice System (vendor-stated) | JP E-Bookkeeping Act (vendor-stated) | JIIMA certified | Free plan | Data retrieved |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| マネーフォワード クラウド請求書 (biz.moneyforward.com) | Small Japanese companies already on (or moving to) Money Forward's accounting, who want invoices to post to the books without re-keying. | Three plans, all excl. tax: ひとり法人 (1 user) ¥2,480/mo on annual billing (¥29,760/yr) or ¥3,980/mo monthly; スモールビジネス (up to 3 users) ¥4,480/mo annual (¥53,760/yr) or ¥5,980/mo monthly; ビジネス ¥6,480/mo annual (¥77,760/yr) or ¥7,980/mo monthly, with ¥300 per user from the 4th user. Postal delivery is ¥210 per letter. The plan price covers 12 Money Forward services including this one. One month free (Business-plan features), no card required. (source: https://biz.moneyforward.com/invoice/price/) | ○ | — | ○ | — | — | × | 2026-09-22 |
| freee請求書 (www.freee.co.jp) | Small teams that want to start issuing qualified invoices at no cost, and freee users who want billing to reconcile itself. | Free plan ¥0 (1–3 users, individual issuing, 1 recurring invoice). Standard ¥1,980/mo (¥23,760/yr) and Advance ¥10,000/mo (¥120,000/yr), both with unlimited users and invoices. Bulk sending is charged separately from ¥4,750/mo (¥57,000/yr) on annual billing. All prices excl. tax. (source: https://www.freee.co.jp/invoice/pricing/) | ○ | — | ○ | ○ | — | ○ | 2026-09-22 |
| 楽楽明細 (www.rakus.co.jp) | Companies that issue hundreds of statements a month from an existing billing or core system and want to stop printing and posting them. | ¥100,000 initial fee (excl. tax; customisation costs extra) + monthly fee from ¥25,000 (excl. tax). The monthly fee varies with the number of documents issued and the options chosen; the detailed price table is sent on request. (source: https://www.rakus.co.jp/rakurakucloud/meisai/price/) | ○ | — | — | — | — | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Bill One (bill-one.com) | Mid-size and larger companies that receive invoices from many suppliers in many formats and want all of them, paper included, to arrive as data. | No published prices. Fees are an initial fee plus an annual fee that Sansan sets per customer according to the number of invoices received. Users and stored invoices are unlimited. (source: https://bill-one.com/ap/plan/) | — | ○ | — | ○ | ○ | — | 2026-09-22 |
| invox受取請求書 (invox.jp) | Small and mid-size companies that want invoice receiving automated at a published, pay-per-invoice price rather than a negotiated annual contract. | No initial fee. Monthly base fee: ミニマム ¥980, ベーシック ¥9,800, プロフェッショナル ¥29,800 (excl. tax). Data entry is charged per invoice on every plan: ¥100 with operator confirmation (a few hours to 3 business days; up to 1 business day on プロフェッショナル) or ¥50 for instant AI OCR (a few minutes). (source: https://invox.jp/price/) | — | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | × | 2026-09-22 |
| TOKIUMインボイス (www.keihi.com) | Companies that still receive a lot of paper invoices and want them handled end to end, with cost tied to invoice volume rather than headcount. | Base fee from ¥10,000/mo (excl. tax) with unlimited accounts, plus metered charges by number of invoices. Detailed rates are in a downloadable price table, not on the page. (source: https://www.keihi.com/invoice/price/) | — | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | — | 2026-09-22 |

## The tools

### Money Forward Cloud Invoice (マネーフォワード クラウド請求書)

Small Japanese companies already on (or moving to) Money Forward's accounting, who want invoices to post to the books without re-keying.

Pricing: Three plans, all excl. tax: ひとり法人 (1 user) ¥2,480/mo on annual billing (¥29,760/yr) or ¥3,980/mo monthly; スモールビジネス (up to 3 users) ¥4,480/mo annual (¥53,760/yr) or ¥5,980/mo monthly; ビジネス ¥6,480/mo annual (¥77,760/yr) or ¥7,980/mo monthly, with ¥300 per user from the 4th user. Postal delivery is ¥210 per letter. The plan price covers 12 Money Forward services including this one. One month free (Business-plan features), no card required.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22 · Source: https://biz.moneyforward.com/invoice/price/

- [Money Forward Cloud Invoice (マネーフォワード クラウド請求書) pricing and assessment](https://agent-door.com/tools/invoicing/moneyforward-invoice)

### freee Invoice (freee請求書)

Small teams that want to start issuing qualified invoices at no cost, and freee users who want billing to reconcile itself.

Pricing: Free plan ¥0 (1–3 users, individual issuing, 1 recurring invoice). Standard ¥1,980/mo (¥23,760/yr) and Advance ¥10,000/mo (¥120,000/yr), both with unlimited users and invoices. Bulk sending is charged separately from ¥4,750/mo (¥57,000/yr) on annual billing. All prices excl. tax.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22 · Source: https://www.freee.co.jp/invoice/pricing/

- [freee Invoice (freee請求書) pricing and assessment](https://agent-door.com/tools/invoicing/freee-invoice)

### Rakuraku Meisai (楽楽明細)

Companies that issue hundreds of statements a month from an existing billing or core system and want to stop printing and posting them.

Pricing: ¥100,000 initial fee (excl. tax; customisation costs extra) + monthly fee from ¥25,000 (excl. tax). The monthly fee varies with the number of documents issued and the options chosen; the detailed price table is sent on request.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22 · Source: https://www.rakus.co.jp/rakurakucloud/meisai/price/

- [Rakuraku Meisai (楽楽明細) pricing and assessment](https://agent-door.com/tools/invoicing/rakuraku-meisai)

### Bill One

Mid-size and larger companies that receive invoices from many suppliers in many formats and want all of them, paper included, to arrive as data.

Pricing: No published prices. Fees are an initial fee plus an annual fee that Sansan sets per customer according to the number of invoices received. Users and stored invoices are unlimited.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22 · Source: https://bill-one.com/ap/plan/

- [Bill One pricing and assessment](https://agent-door.com/tools/invoicing/bill-one)

### invox (invox受取請求書)

Small and mid-size companies that want invoice receiving automated at a published, pay-per-invoice price rather than a negotiated annual contract.

Pricing: No initial fee. Monthly base fee: ミニマム ¥980, ベーシック ¥9,800, プロフェッショナル ¥29,800 (excl. tax). Data entry is charged per invoice on every plan: ¥100 with operator confirmation (a few hours to 3 business days; up to 1 business day on プロフェッショナル) or ¥50 for instant AI OCR (a few minutes).

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22 · Source: https://invox.jp/price/

- [invox (invox受取請求書) pricing and assessment](https://agent-door.com/tools/invoicing/invox)

### TOKIUM Invoice (TOKIUMインボイス)

Companies that still receive a lot of paper invoices and want them handled end to end, with cost tied to invoice volume rather than headcount.

Pricing: Base fee from ¥10,000/mo (excl. tax) with unlimited accounts, plus metered charges by number of invoices. Detailed rates are in a downloadable price table, not on the page.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22 · Source: https://www.keihi.com/invoice/price/

- [TOKIUM Invoice (TOKIUMインボイス) pricing and assessment](https://agent-door.com/tools/invoicing/tokium-invoice)

## Buyer's checklist for invoice issuing & receiving

- Which side is the problem — the invoices you send, or the ones you receive? Issuing and receiving are different products, and most vendors sell them separately.
- For issuing: does every invoice carry what a qualified invoice needs — your registration number, the transaction date and details, amounts totalled by tax rate, the applicable rate and consumption tax by rate (National Tax Agency, Tax Answer No. 6625)?
- For issuing: does it keep copies of what you sent? A registered issuer must keep copies of the qualified invoices it issues, not only the ones it receives (National Tax Agency, No. 6498).
- For receiving: can it check a supplier's registration number against the National Tax Agency's public register, instead of a person eyeballing it?
- For invoices exchanged as PDFs or data: can records be searched by date, amount and counterparty, and is there a measure against after-the-fact alteration? Both are Electronic Bookkeeping Act requirements for electronic transaction data since January 2024.
- What does cost scale with? Some tools charge per user, some per invoice processed, and some publish no price at all — work out the bill at your own monthly invoice volume.

## Related pages

- [Bill One vs invox (invox受取請求書)](https://agent-door.com/compare/bill-one-vs-invox)
- [Bill One vs TOKIUM Invoice (TOKIUMインボイス)](https://agent-door.com/compare/bill-one-vs-tokium-invoice)
- [freee Invoice (freee請求書) vs Money Forward Cloud Invoice (マネーフォワード クラウド請求書)](https://agent-door.com/compare/freee-invoice-vs-moneyforward-invoice)
- [Rakuraku Meisai (楽楽明細) vs Money Forward Cloud Invoice (マネーフォワード クラウド請求書)](https://agent-door.com/compare/rakuraku-meisai-vs-moneyforward-invoice)
- [Bill One alternatives](https://agent-door.com/alternatives/bill-one)
- [Rakuraku Meisai (楽楽明細) alternatives](https://agent-door.com/alternatives/rakuraku-meisai)
- [Japan's Invoice System (インボイス制度)](https://agent-door.com/glossary/invoice-system)
- [Electronic Bookkeeping Act (電子帳簿保存法)](https://agent-door.com/glossary/denshi-chobo-hozon-ho)

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the difference between an invoice issuing system and an invoice receiving system?

An issuing system creates and sends the invoices you bill customers with — Money Forward Cloud Invoice, freee Invoice and Rakuraku Meisai here. A receiving system collects the invoices suppliers send you, paper and PDF alike, and turns them into data for approval and payment — Bill One, invox and TOKIUM Invoice here. They solve opposite problems, so a company usually needs to decide which side hurts before comparing prices.

### What must a qualified invoice (適格請求書) show?

According to the National Tax Agency (Tax Answer No. 6625): the issuer's name and registration number, the transaction date, what was supplied, the total amount by tax rate with the applicable rate, the consumption tax by rate, and the recipient's name. An issuing tool is useful to the extent it fills these in every time without manual steps.

### Can we print invoices received by email and file the paper?

Not as the record of an electronic transaction. Since 1 January 2024, when the grace measure ended, data received electronically must be kept as data and protected against alteration — for example by a timestamp or an internal procedure rule — and, in principle, be searchable by date, amount and counterparty; a business with base-period sales of 50 million yen or less is exempt from the search requirement if it can hand the data over on request (National Tax Agency guidance on electronic transaction data). This is why receiving tools state their Electronic Bookkeeping Act support and JIIMA certification; check the specific certification, since scanner storage and electronic transactions are certified separately.

### Which invoicing tools publish their prices?

Of the six compared here, Money Forward Cloud Invoice, freee Invoice and invox publish full price lists; Rakuraku Meisai and TOKIUM Invoice publish a starting price with the rest on request; Bill One publishes its fee structure but no figures. Each tool page shows the source link and the date we checked it.

### How can AgentDoor help choose an invoicing tool?

Instead of booking a demo with each vendor, you describe your requirements once — issuing or receiving, monthly invoice volume, how much still arrives on paper, your accounting software — and AgentDoor's buyer agent interviews matching vendor agents in parallel, returning a shortlist with fit, indicative pricing and compliance answers.

Data retrieved: 2026-09-22

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