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Lemonway vs SolidInvoice

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Lemonway and SolidInvoice — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Lemonway vs SolidInvoice: at a glance

FeatureLemonwaySolidInvoice
SectorFinanceFinance
Velocity score5.05.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themessepa operations, bank holidays, onboarding friction, pay by bankinvoicing, self-hosted, security-patches, payments
Last editorial update6mo ago3d ago
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What is Lemonway?

Lemonway's feed is mostly bank-holiday ops with one real onboarding tweak buried in it.

Lemonway's recent changelog is dominated by recurring operational notices: SEPA and international-transfer cutoffs around French bank holidays, a sandbox server migration tied to PCI/DSS infrastructure work, and support-availability windows. The substantive product change in the window is the removal of an OTP step from the Online Onboarding identity-verification flow (QES by Onfido).

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What is SolidInvoice?

SolidInvoice 3.1.3 patches payment settling and clears 12 Symfony advisories.

SolidInvoice, the self-hosted invoicing app, is in a patch cycle on 3.1. The 29 October trio brought custom invoice templates, invitation expiry and a fixed upgrade path with migrations at startup or as a Helm pre-upgrade job. 3.1.3 follows with fixes: invoices paid through the API or MCP are only marked paid once the payment settles, the revenue chart counts each month once, and a Symfony bump clears 12 security advisories.

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Lemonway vs SolidInvoice: editorial side-by-side

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Lemonway
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5.0

Lemonway's feed is mostly bank-holiday ops with one real onboarding tweak buried in it.

◆ Current state

Lemonway's recent changelog is dominated by recurring operational notices: SEPA and international-transfer cutoffs around French bank holidays, a sandbox server migration tied to PCI/DSS infrastructure work, and support-availability windows. The substantive product change in the window is the removal of an OTP step from the Online Onboarding identity-verification flow (QES by Onfido).

◆ Where it's heading

As a regulated French PSP, Lemonway's customer-visible work mostly orbits around banking calendar rhythms and compliance plumbing. Product evolution shows up sparingly — the OTP removal in February and Faster Pay by Bank in January are the only two real feature notes in the past four months — pointing at a roadmap focused on conversion friction in onboarding and SEPA-Instant settlement speed.

◆ Prediction

Expect the operational-notice cadence to continue around upcoming French bank holidays. Real product motion is likely to stay on the onboarding and pay-by-bank surfaces, since those are where the team has invested visibly in the past quarter; anything else would be a departure from the established pattern.

S5.0

SolidInvoice 3.1.3 patches payment settling and clears 12 Symfony advisories.

◆ Current state

SolidInvoice, the self-hosted invoicing app, is in a patch cycle on 3.1. The 29 October trio brought custom invoice templates, invitation expiry and a fixed upgrade path with migrations at startup or as a Helm pre-upgrade job. 3.1.3 follows with fixes: invoices paid through the API or MCP are only marked paid once the payment settles, the revenue chart counts each month once, and a Symfony bump clears 12 security advisories.

◆ Where it's heading

After the large 3.0 release in June, work has moved to hardening: upgrade paths, packaging (Snap, static PHP builds) and correctness in payments and reporting. The mention of MCP payments shows AI-agent access is already wired into billing, though the entries don't detail it.

◆ Prediction

Expect more 3.1.x patches on packaging and payment edge cases; the entries don't signal what 3.2 will contain.

Alternatives to Lemonway and SolidInvoice

Other Finance products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Lemonway or SolidInvoice.

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Recent activity from Lemonway and SolidInvoice

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 3d agoSolidInvoiceSolidInvoice 3.1.3 fixes payment settling, clears 12 advisories
  2. 15d agoSolidInvoiceSolidInvoice 3.1.0: custom invoice templates, invitation expiry
  3. 15d agoSolidInvoiceSolidInvoice 3.1.1: post-3.1.0 bug fixes
  4. 15d agoSolidInvoiceSolidInvoice 3.1.2 fixes the broken in-app upgrade path
  5. 2mo agoSolidInvoiceInvoice lines now say '1 hour' instead of '1 hours'
  6. 4mo agoSolidInvoiceRelease 3.0.1
  7. 6mo agoLemonwayBank holiday May 14: SEPA and KYC cutoffs
  8. 6mo agoLemonwayBank holiday May 8: SEPA and KYC cutoffs
  9. 6mo agoLemonwayBank holiday May 1: SEPA and KYC cutoffs
  10. 7mo agoLemonwayBank holiday April 6: SEPA and KYC cutoffs
  11. 9mo agoLemonwayScheduled Maintenance – Sandbox Server Migration
  12. 9mo agoLemonwayOTP Removed from Identity Verification

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Lemonway and SolidInvoice?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Lemonway and SolidInvoice are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Lemonway better than SolidInvoice?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Lemonway and SolidInvoice are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Finance products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Lemonway?

Top Lemonway alternatives in Finance are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Lemonway alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/lemonway for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to SolidInvoice?

Top SolidInvoice alternatives in Finance are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SolidInvoice alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/solidinvoice for the full list with editorial commentary on each.