# Pike for Xero: send invoices from tracked work

> Sync products, customers, and invoices with Xero, and send invoices built from tracked time without re-keying.

Canonical URL: https://usepike.com/integrations/xero
Last updated: 2026-10-25

## At a glance

- **Direction:** Xero to Pike for products. Both ways for customers and invoices, controlled by Send toggles.
- **Who sets it up:** Workspace admins and finance users.
- **Source of truth:** Xero, once a record is linked.
- **Documentation:** [Xero docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/xero)

## What syncs between Xero and Pike

| Entity | What syncs | Pike can send to Xero |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Products | Name, price, SKU, unit, active state | No, read only |
| Customers | Name, tax number, currency | Yes, when Send is on |
| Invoices | Status, dates, currency, exchange rate, customer | Yes, on by default |

Sync settings control each direction. Every entity has **Read** and, where supported, **Send** toggles. New connections read everything and send invoices only. Once a record is linked, Xero owns it and Pike reads it back.

## How to connect Xero

1. Go to **Workspace settings → Integrations → Xero**.
2. Click **Add integration** and authorise Xero.
3. Set **Read** and **Send** for products, customers, and invoices in the sync settings card.

Full setup steps and field mappings are in the [Xero integration docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/xero).

## How agencies use Pike with Xero

- **Invoice from billable time.** Build invoices in Pike from logged hours and send them to Xero, without re-keying.
- **Create customers on first invoice.** Set customers to send with their first invoice, so new clients appear in Xero when you bill them.
- **Keep books in Xero.** Finance keeps Xero as the ledger while project leads track budget and margin in Pike.

## Limits to know before you connect

- Pike cannot create products in Xero.
- Invoices reach Xero only when someone sends them. Emailing an invoice from Pike does not send it to Xero.
- Only admins and finance can change sync settings.

## Xero integration questions

### Does Pike integrate with Xero?

Yes. Pike syncs products, customers, and invoices with Xero, and sends invoices created in Pike to Xero.

### Can Pike create customers in Xero?

Yes, when customer Send is on. Send each customer yourself, or have Pike create the customer in Xero with its first invoice.

### Does emailing an invoice from Pike send it to Xero?

No. An invoice reaches Xero only when someone sends it to Xero from the invoice Send menu.

## Related

- [QuickBooks](https://usepike.com/integrations/quickbooks): Invoices, bills, and expenses on every project.
- [Visma e-conomic](https://usepike.com/integrations/e-conomic): Customers, products, and invoices both ways.
- [Finance in Pike](https://usepike.com/features/finance): Invoicing, budgets, and margin by project and client.