Progress Billing
Bill the work completed this period, withhold retainage and show the payment due now.
Progress Billing
Free Online Progress Billing & Construction Invoice Generator
Bill for the work completed this period, hold retainage, and show what is due now
Progress billing is how construction and long-running project work gets paid: instead of one invoice at the end, the contractor bills for the portion completed in each period. Every application shows the work done, what has already been billed, the retainage held back, and the amount due right now.
This generator handles the parts that make construction billing different from an ordinary invoice. Line items are priced by units completed — cubic yards, linear feet, hours on site — so a partial month calculates itself. Set the retainage as a percentage and it is withheld automatically; enter previous billings and the bottom line becomes the payment due for this period alone.
Add your company logo, pick one of five PDF themes and set your currency. Download a print-ready application for payment or email it straight to the owner, the general contractor, or the project's quantity surveyor.
Progress Billing FAQ
Yes. You can use the full WYSIWYG editor, pick any of the 5 PDF themes, upload your logo, switch between 150+ currencies, and download a polished PDF — all without an account.
PDF downloads are unlimited on every tier — no daily cap, no watermark, and no need to sign in.
Every new account starts with a 30-day Pro trial — full access, no credit card required. After the trial ends:
Free, signed-in:
5 AI Fills / day, 5 saved Progress Billings, 5 client emails, 1 CSV import with AI mapping, 10 address-book entries, plus full cross-device sync of everything you save.
Pro:
Everything with the caps removed — unlimited AI Fill, unlimited saved Progress Billings synced across devices, unlimited emails to clients, unlimited CSV imports with AI mapping, unlimited address book, and access to every future template (quote, receipt, credit note, purchase order).
Yes — every account gets 30 days of full Pro access for free when you sign up. No credit card required, no auto-billing surprise at the end.
The trial unlocks every Pro feature across the platform: unlimited AI in calculators, Progress Billings and trackers; full access to every tracker (current and future); unlimited document features; AI Insights and per-trade analysis.
Nothing locks you in — close the browser and walk away if it's not for you.
Your account becomes "Free signed-in" — you keep cross-device sync and read access to everything you created during the trial, but new actions move back into free-tier quotas (5 saved Progress Billings, 5 client emails, 5 AI Fills / day, etc.).
Nothing is deleted. Your saved Progress Billings, address book, calculator history, and tracker entries all remain visible — they're just frozen at the free cap until you subscribe. You can also export everything to CSV at any time.
When you're ready, subscribe to Pro to lift the caps again.
A professional Progress Billing contains your business name and address (the "From" block), your client's details (Bill To), a unique Progress Billing number, the issue date and due date, optional payment terms ("Net 30", "Due on receipt") and PO reference number.
Then the line items — description, quantity, and rate. We calculate the amount automatically. Below that: applicable tax (percent or flat), optional discount and shipping, free-form notes and terms, and the totals (subtotal, tax, discount, shipping, total, amount paid, balance due).
All 150+ ISO 4217 currencies — from majors like USD, EUR, GBP, JPY through to less common ones like KWD, XOF, ZWG. The selector lists majors at the top, then alphabetical.
Each currency uses its correct number of decimal places: USD/EUR/GBP show 2 decimals, JPY/KRW/VND show 0, KWD/BHD/IQD show 3. Amounts format using your selected locale's thousands separator and decimal mark.
Yes, free. Click "Add Your Logo" in the top-left of the editor and pick a PNG, JPEG, or WEBP file up to 500 KB. The logo is stored in your browser with the rest of the Progress Billing draft and renders in every PDF theme.
It never leaves your device unless you sign in and explicitly Save the Progress Billing to your account. No external CDN, no public URL — the image is embedded directly in the PDF.
AI Fill lets you populate your Progress Billing in two ways. First, you can type a natural-language description (e.g. "Frontend dev, 40 hours at $90/hr plus 5 design revisions at $200 each") and the AI parses it into line items. Second, you can click the paperclip icon to upload a screenshot, photo, or PDF of a billing document (old Progress Billing, receipt, timesheet, purchase order). The AI automatically runs OCR and extracts the sender, client details, document number, dates, line items, taxes, notes, and bank info to autofill the entire form. Free tier includes 5 AI Fills per day; Pro has no limits.
Anonymous users: your Progress Billing lives only in your browser (localStorage). Nothing is sent to our servers until you click Download, at which point we render the PDF and immediately discard the data.
Signed-in Pro users who click Save get their Progress Billings stored in their account, so you can open them from any device, edit, and re-download the PDF later. You own this data — delete any saved Progress Billing from the /Progress Billings page with one click.
Yes, with Pro. Open the "Email to client" composer in the right rail, enter your client's email address, optionally add a message, and hit Send. We attach the rendered PDF as the Progress Billing file.
Your own email is set as the reply-to address, so when your client replies with questions or confirms payment, the reply goes directly to you — not to us. We don't see or store the conversation.
Yes! Toggle the "Show Signature" switch in the settings sidebar on the right rail, then click "Draw Signature". An interactive canvas will pop up, allowing you to draw your signature with your mouse, trackpad, or touch screen. Once saved, the signature is rendered at the bottom of the Progress Billing preview and embedded directly in all 5 PDF themes for download.
You can read our comprehensive Methodology Handbook to learn more about legal requirements, bookkeeping standards, and professional design tips.