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Automate the manual work in Wave

FullSpec maps how Wave fits into your day-to-day, finds the repetitive work worth automating, and gives you a clear plan to connect it with the rest of your tools.

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Wave by the numbers

Insights from real process mapping sessions that involve Wave.

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Top 5 Wave friction points when done manually

1

Reconciling Wave transactions manually

You spend hours matching bank deposits and expenses in Wave against your actual bank statements because transactions don't auto-reconcile properly.

78% report this
2

Chasing down Wave invoice payments

You have to manually track which Wave invoices have been paid versus which are still outstanding because payment status doesn't update automatically.

61% report this
3

Entering Wave expenses repeatedly

You manually re-enter receipt data into Wave instead of having receipts automatically categorized and uploaded from your email or bank feeds.

52% report this
4

Exporting Wave reports for stakeholders

You export profit and loss or balance sheet reports from Wave into spreadsheets every month because the built-in reports don't format the way your accountant or investors need.

38% report this
5

Wave tax category guessing

You manually assign tax categories to Wave transactions because the software doesn't learn your business patterns or suggest the right category automatically.

27% report this

Data points based on anonymized data from FullSpec mapping sessions

What you can automate in Wave

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The most popular processes that use Wave

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Tools commonly connected to Wave

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