Billing & Invoicing

Cloud accounting software for self-employed professionals and small businesses

Lexware Office (formerly lexoffice) is a cloud-based accounting and invoicing solution built for German freelancers, self-employed individuals, and small businesses. It automates receipt capture, banking reconciliation, and invoicing while ensuring strict GoBD and DATEV compliance.

Helping business flow with accounting, ERP, payroll and HR software for SMBs

Sage is a broad business-management software portfolio covering accounting, invoicing, payroll, HR, and ERP for SMBs, accountants, and mid-market organizations. Its key differentiator is the depth and breadth of its financial-management capabilities, though user feedback points to uneven usability, support, and modernization across products.

Create, Approve, Track & eSign Docs 40% Faster

PandaDoc is an all-in-one document automation platform for creating, collaborating on, eSigning, tracking, and getting paid for proposals, quotes, contracts, and invoices. It targets sales, finance, and operations teams at SMBs to enterprises seeking faster deal cycles and fewer errors. Key differentiator is its deep CRM integrations combined with CPQ, payments, and analytics in one workflow.

AI-powered agreement management and electronic signatures

DocuSign is a mature electronic-signature and agreement-management platform for individuals, small businesses, and enterprises that need to send, sign, track, and automate contracts or other documents. Its key differentiator is the combination of strong brand recognition, recipient familiarity, broad integrations, enterprise compliance controls, and a growing Intelligent Agreement Management platform.

Small business software for easy accounting, invoicing, payments, and payroll.

Wave is free-to-start accounting, invoicing, and payments software with optional payroll for small businesses and solopreneurs. It stands out for its no-cost entry point and user-friendly design compared to more complex or expensive alternatives like QuickBooks.

Radically different banking for startups and scaling companies

Mercury is a modern business banking and financial operations platform designed for tech startups and scaling companies, offering free FDIC-insured accounts via partner banks. It combines core checking, savings, corporate debit cards, and treasury yield with automated accounting sync. Its primary differentiator is its developer-first architecture, featuring a full-featured REST API and programmatic payment controls.

All-in-one digital accounting software for freelancers and small businesses in Germany

sevdesk is a German cloud accounting platform for freelancers, self-employed professionals, and small businesses. It combines invoicing, receipt management, bookkeeping, banking, reporting, and tax-advisor collaboration, with its main differentiator being strong alignment with German accounting and compliance requirements.

Invoice and Accounting Software for Small Businesses

FreshBooks is cloud-based invoicing and accounting software designed for small businesses, freelancers, and service-based companies. It excels at simplifying invoicing, expense tracking, and getting paid faster through automation. Its key differentiator is an intuitive interface focused on non-accountants, combining core accounting with strong client billing features in one easy-to-use platform.

Business e-signatures and document workflows from Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat Sign is an enterprise-oriented e-signature and document-workflow platform for sending, signing, tracking, and managing agreements. It is best suited to organizations already using Adobe Acrobat or those that need robust PDF editing alongside signatures; its key differentiator is the depth of the broader Adobe document ecosystem.

Accelerate your pipeline with proposal software designed for busy teams who want to win.

Proposify is a cloud-based proposal and document management platform designed for sales teams, agencies, and service providers to create, track, and close professional sales documents. It replaces static PDFs with an interactive, drag-and-drop proposal builder equipped with content libraries, CRM synchronization, and detailed viewing analytics. Its key differentiator is combining granular design customization with sales-focused engagement tracking and approval controls.

Smart Tools. Better Business.

QuickBooks by Intuit is a cloud accounting and business management platform designed for freelancers, small businesses, and growing teams to manage invoicing, expenses, bank reconciliations, and payroll. It serves as an all-in-one financial ledger that automates day-to-day bookkeeping workflows. Its primary differentiator is its ubiquitous industry standard status, extensive integration network of over 800 apps, and built-in AI assistance for automated transaction categorization.

Automatisiere Deine Rechnungsprozesse

Billomat is cloud-based invoicing and bookkeeping-preparation software for freelancers, small businesses, and smaller teams. It supports invoicing, recurring billing, dunning, document management, e-invoices, banking, and DATEV collaboration, with German-market compliance as its key differentiator.

E‑Rechnungspflicht 2027 / 2028: einfach erfüllt. Ab 89 € pro Jahr.

Monego is a specialized e-invoicing utility designed for German freelancers and small businesses to meet mandatory B2B requirements (2025-2028). It focuses on generating and archiving ZUGFeRD and XRechnung files at a competitive, flat-rate annual price.

Interactive Proposals & Analytics

Qwilr is interactive proposal and quote software that lets sales teams create visually rich, trackable documents with e-signatures, payments, and CRM integrations. It is best for B2B sales, marketing, and revenue teams that want to replace static PDFs with professional, analytics-driven experiences. Its key differentiator is strong buyer engagement tracking combined with live editing and seamless CRM connectivity.

Führend in Software, Service & Wissen.

DATEV is a comprehensive German SaaS suite for accounting, tax compliance, payroll, and invoicing targeted at tax advisors, auditors, and SMEs. It stands out as the long-standing industry standard with deep regulatory integration and high security standards. Key differentiator is its cooperative ownership model ensuring alignment with professional users.

Die Buchhaltungssoftware für deinen Erfolg!

FastBill is a German cloud accounting tool for freelancers and small businesses that automates invoicing, receipt capture, banking reconciliation, and tax reporting handoff. It excels for users who want simple, compliant German bookkeeping with easy Steuerberater integration rather than full-featured international accounting suites.

Das Rechnungsprogramm für jede Branche – einfach & professionell

easybill is a German cloud invoicing and billing software designed for freelancers, SMEs, and multi-channel e-commerce merchants. It automates the generation of legally compliant documents (including GoBD, XRechnung, and ZUGFeRD formats) and integrates directly with tax advisors via DATEV. Its key differentiator is combining standard invoicing and time-tracking with automated multi-channel marketplace order syncing (Amazon, eBay, Shopify).