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Upgrading to Pro - what you get

A straight comparison of Keepr Free and Keepr Pro, so you can decide if £9 a month is worth it for you.

Keepr Pro costs £9 a month or £84 a year (a 22% saving versus monthly). Everything you do today on Free keeps working - Pro adds automation on top: recurring invoices, automated reminders, receipt scanning, custom branding, deeper reports, and a lower Stripe fee on card payments.

The headline numbers

FreePro
Price£0 forever£9 / month or £84 / year
Card payment fee (UK)2.5% + 20p (Stripe 1.5% + 20p, plus Keepr 1%)1.5% + 20p (Stripe's rate, no Keepr fee)
Clients, invoices, expenses, time entriesUnlimitedUnlimited
Card on fileNot neededStored by Stripe
Both plans are unlimited on the core stuff. There are no caps on the number of clients, invoices, expenses, projects, or time entries on Free. The only divide is manual on Free, automated on Pro.

Free vs Pro at a glance

FeatureFreePro
Unlimited clients, invoices, expensesYesYes
Time tracking (timer + manual)YesYes
Financial reports (P&L, tax summary, payments)YesYes
Accountant accessYesYes
Stripe payment links on invoicesYes (1% Keepr fee)Yes (no Keepr fee)
Recurring / scheduled invoicesNoYes
Recurring expensesNoYes
Automated invoice remindersManual onlyYes
Receipt scanning (OCR)NoYes
Profitability & insights reportsNoYes
Custom branding (logo, colour, no Keepr footer)LimitedYes

What each Pro feature actually does

Recurring invoices

Set up an invoice once with a schedule (weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly) and Keepr generates and sends it automatically each cycle. Useful if you bill the same clients on retainer or have a subscription product.

Worked example. If you bill two clients monthly on retainer, recurring invoices save roughly 5 minutes each month - about an hour a year. The bigger win is forgetting to send one and getting paid late.

Automated invoice reminders

On Free, you nudge an unpaid client with the Resend button on each invoice. On Pro, you set the rules once under Settings → Invoices (for example, a reminder 3 days before due, on the due date, and 7 days after) and Keepr emails the client for you. Reminders stop automatically once the invoice is paid.

Receipt scanning

Snap a photo of a receipt and Keepr reads the merchant, date, and amount and pre-fills a new expense. On Free you'd type those fields in by hand.

Recurring expenses

Same idea as recurring invoices, but for the regular costs of running your business - software subscriptions, monthly hosting bills, rent. Set it up once and Keepr logs the expense each cycle.

Profitability & insights reports

The Project Profitability report (compares the agreed estimate for a project against the hours you actually spent) and other deeper insights are Pro-only. Standard reports like Profit & Loss, tax summary, and revenue by client stay free.

Custom branding

Your invoice PDF and the email Keepr sends your client carry your logo and accent colour. The Keepr branding in the email footer is removed. On Free, the email and PDF use a generic Keepr template.

Lower Stripe fee

When a client pays an invoice by card, Stripe takes 1.5% + 20p and Keepr adds an application fee on top. That extra fee is 1% on Free and 0% on Pro. So a £1,000 card payment costs you £25.20 on Free (Stripe £15.20 + Keepr £10.00) versus £15.20 on Pro (just the £15.20 Stripe fee).

A rough break-even. If you invoice roughly £900+ a month through Stripe, the 1% fee saving alone covers the £9 subscription - before counting the time you save on automation.

The 14-day Pro trial

Every new Keepr signup gets 14 days of full Pro access, no card required. When the 14 days are up, you drop to the Free plan automatically unless you subscribe - nothing breaks, you just lose the Pro-only features.

How to upgrade

  1. Go to Billing, or open the Pricing page, and click Upgrade to Pro.
  2. On the checkout page, choose Monthly (£9) or Annual (£84).
  3. Enter your card details. Card processing is handled by Stripe - your card number never touches Keepr's server.
  4. Click Subscribe. You'll be returned to the billing page with Pro Plan Active shown.
If you upgrade during your 14-day trial, your subscription begins at the end of the trial - you won't be charged twice for the same period.

Cancelling or downgrading

You can cancel at any time. There's no contract and no cancellation fee.

  1. Open Billing and click Downgrade to Free.
  2. Optionally leave a note about why you're leaving (this helps us improve Keepr - it doesn't affect anything else).
  3. Click Cancel Subscription.

Your Pro access continues to the end of the current billing period - you don't lose features the moment you cancel. After that date, your account moves to Free.

What happens to your data?

Nothing is deleted. Every invoice, client, expense, project, and time entry stays exactly as it is. Only the Pro-only features stop working:

FeatureWhat happens at downgrade
Recurring invoicesStop generating new invoices. Existing invoices are unchanged.
Recurring expensesStop generating new entries. Existing expenses are unchanged.
Automated invoice remindersStop sending. You can still resend manually.
Custom brandingYour invoice emails revert to the generic Keepr template.
Stripe feeGoes back to 1% on card payments.

Change your mind? Click Resubscribe to Pro on the billing page. Everything turns back on immediately, with no setup to redo.

Refunds

Keepr Pro is billed in advance. Cancelling stops the next renewal - you keep Pro access until the period you've already paid for ends. We don't offer mid-period refunds as a self-serve option, but if something has gone wrong, email support and we'll sort it.

Will Pro features just disappear if I cancel?
No. You keep Pro access until the end of the billing period you've already paid for. Only after that does your account drop to Free. Your data stays put.
Can I switch between Monthly and Annual later?
Yes. From the checkout page, pick the interval you want when you (re)subscribe. Annual works out at £7 a month, saving 22% versus paying monthly.
Is the Pro fee on card payments separate from Stripe's fee?
Yes. Stripe always charges 1.5% + 20p per UK card transaction - that goes to Stripe. Keepr's application fee sits on top: 1% on Free, 0% on Pro. The total a Pro user pays is 1.5% + 20p.
Do I need a Pro subscription to give my accountant access?
No - granting your accountant read access is included on the Free plan.
What payment methods do you accept for the subscription?
Card payments via Stripe (Visa, Mastercard, Amex).
Will my price change later?
We don't have plans to raise the price during launch. If we ever do, existing subscribers are kept on their current price - any change applies to new signups only.
Decided to upgrade?
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