--- title: "Connect ActiveCollab and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in ActiveCollab, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect ActiveCollab and FreshBooks When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** actions FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ActiveCollab and FreshBooks to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ActiveCollab and FreshBooks can do together ### From ActiveCollab to FreshBooks - When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to ActiveCollab - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Add task list** in ActiveCollab Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with ActiveCollab and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 21 triggers · 53 actions - Trigger **New Project** Fires when a new active project is created in ActiveCollab. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New Task List** Triggers when a new task list is created in a project in Active Collab. - Trigger **Task Closed** Triggers when a task is closed in Active Collab. - Trigger **Task Moved** Fires when an open task in the selected project lands in a task list it has not been seen in before (a task moved between task lists). Newly seen tasks also fire on first appearance. - Action **Add Comment to Discussion** Adds a new comment to discussion. - Action **Add Comment to Task** Creates a new comment in selected task. - Action **Add note** Create a note in a project. - Action **Add task list** Create a task list in a project. - Action **Add time record** Log time on a project or task. - Action **Add user** Create a user. - Action **Complete Project** Completes a project. - Action **Complete Task** Completes a task. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Create Discussion** Creates a new discussion in a project. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task. - Action **Delete task** Moves a task in a project to trash. - Action **Get Discussion** Returns one discussion including its comments. - Action **Get project** Get a project by id. - Action **Get task** Get a task by id. - Action **Invite User to Project** Invites a new user to a project. - Action **List companies** List companies. - Action **List projects** List active projects. - Action **List task lists** List task lists in a project. - Action **List tasks** List open tasks in a project. - Action **List users** List users. - Action **Update project** Update a project. - Action **Update task** Update a task. - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **ActiveCollab** ActiveCollab is a powerful yet simple workspace for task, project, team, client and billing management –...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab) - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveCollab - [ **ActiveCollab to Google Gemini** Google AI Studio is a fast, easy way to start prototyping generative AI ideas using Google's Gemini model.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-google-gemini) - [ **ActiveCollab to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveCollab to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveCollab to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of ActiveCollab's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Task, New Task List and Task Moved. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in ActiveCollab? Any of FreshBooks's 29 actions, including Create Bill, Create Client, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreshBooks to ActiveCollab? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in ActiveCollab too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and ActiveCollab's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab or FreshBooks? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use ActiveCollab and FreshBooks without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.