Zenvoice vs Stripdo (2026)

Zenvoice is a Stripe invoicing tool built by Marc Lou, an indie maker known for shipping products fast. The idea behind Zenvoice is simple: instead of sending invoices to your customers, you give them a link where they can look up their Stripe payment and generate an invoice themselves. They enter their company name, VAT number, billing address, and download a PDF.

It is a one-time purchase ($49 for one Stripe account, $69 for unlimited), which is nice if you prefer not to pay monthly. Marc has built a solid product that works well for what it does, and plenty of indie hackers and SaaS founders use it.

That said, Zenvoice and Stripdo take very different approaches to the same problem. Zenvoice asks your customers to do the work. Stripdo does the work for them. This article breaks down the differences so you can pick the right tool for your business.

Stripdo is an invoicing tool built specifically for Stripe users. It connects to your Stripe account and automatically generates professional invoices every time a payment is made. It costs a flat $39/year with unlimited invoices and zero per-invoice fees.

Zenvoice is a one-time purchase. You pay $49 for one Stripe account or $69 for unlimited accounts, and that is it. No monthly fees, no per-invoice charges, lifetime access. For founders who want to pay once and move on, this is appealing.

Stripdo is $39/year. So after roughly 1.5 years, Zenvoice becomes the cheaper option on paper. Both tools are affordable and both are way cheaper than Stripe's built-in invoicing (0.4% per invoice).

Where the cost comparison gets interesting is the hidden stuff. With Zenvoice, customers generate their own invoices. That sounds great until someone enters the wrong VAT number, cannot find their transaction, or emails you asking how the invoice link works. Those support conversations cost time. With Stripdo, invoices go out automatically with the right data, so there is less back-and-forth to deal with.

Both tools connect to Stripe using a restricted API key. Setup takes a minute for both. No drama there.

After setup, the experience is completely different. Zenvoice gives you a link (like yourapp.zenvoice.io) that you share with customers. When a customer needs an invoice, they go to that link, verify their email, find the payment, fill in their billing details, and download the PDF. It works, but the customer has to do multiple steps.

Stripdo sets up a webhook on your Stripe account. When someone pays you, Stripdo picks up the transaction, generates a PDF invoice with the customer's details (pulled straight from Stripe), and emails it to them. The customer does not have to do anything. They just get the invoice in their inbox.

If your customers are technical (developers, SaaS founders), the self-serve link might be fine. If you sell to non-technical customers or businesses that expect a proper invoice in their email, Stripdo's approach is smoother.

The biggest difference is who does the work. With Zenvoice, your customer has to visit a link, find their payment, type in their company details, and download the invoice. With Stripdo, the customer gets the invoice in their email automatically. No link to visit, no form to fill out.

The second thing is data accuracy. When customers fill in their own details, mistakes happen. Wrong company name, typo in the VAT number, missing billing address. You end up with inconsistent invoices. Stripdo pulls the data straight from the Stripe transaction, so what the customer entered during checkout is what goes on the invoice.

There is also the customer experience angle. Some customers find self-serve invoice portals confusing, especially if they are not used to it. They might email your support asking where to find their invoice or how to add their VAT number. With Stripdo, they just check their inbox.

If you are currently using Zenvoice and getting questions from customers about the process, Stripdo removes that friction entirely.

Stripdo is built for one specific workflow: turning your Stripe payments into professional invoices, automatically. Here's how it works:

Zenvoice is a clever product from Marc Lou, and the one-time pricing is a nice touch. If your customers are mostly tech-savvy founders who do not mind generating their own invoices, it gets the job done at a fair price.

Stripdo is the better pick if you want your customers to receive invoices automatically without lifting a finger. At $39/year the cost is similar, but the experience is very different. Your customers get a professional invoice in their inbox with the correct details, and you do not have to worry about support tickets or data entry mistakes.

Both tools solve the same core problem (avoiding Stripe's 0.4% invoicing fee), just in different ways. Zenvoice puts the work on the customer. Stripdo handles it for them. Pick whichever fits your customers better.

Stripdo works alongside your existing tools. You can try it without changing anything about your current setup. The whole process takes less than a minute: