BillingEngine is cloud invoicing and accounting software for freelancers and small businesses. It creates electronic invoices in ZUGFeRD and XRechnung formats compliant with EN 16931, and every plan includes an unlimited email inbox for incoming e-invoices. Accepted quotes can be converted into invoices, reminders can be sent at several dunning levels, and receipt recognition extracts the amount, date, tax rate and supplier before matching a receipt to an expense. Users can export data in DATEV, CSV, XLS, XML or PDF formats; listed connections include DATEV export and a REST API for customers, invoices and payments. The free plan allows three invoices, three quotes and three receipts per month for one user. Basic costs 6.00 EUR per month plus VAT and allows 30 of each document type monthly for two users. Premium costs 12.00 EUR per month plus VAT, with unlimited invoices, quotes and receipts for five users. BillingEngine says data is encrypted in transit, stored on servers in Germany and archived in a GoBD-compliant manner. AI receipt recognition sends only the encrypted document to OpenAI; its contents are not used to train AI models.
Who it is for
BillingEngine suits freelancers and small businesses that need invoicing, quotes, expense receipts and accounting exports. Its e-invoice formats and DATEV export are relevant to users working with those formats and systems.
What is good
- Creates ZUGFeRD and XRechnung e-invoices.
- Incoming e-invoice inbox is unlimited on every plan.
- Accepted quotes can become invoices.
- Exports include DATEV, CSV, XLS, XML and PDF.
- Receipt recognition extracts key expense details.
What to know first
- Free plan limits invoices, quotes and receipts to three monthly.
- Basic costs 6.00 EUR per month plus VAT.
- Premium costs 12.00 EUR per month plus VAT.
Verdict
BillingEngine covers e-invoices, quotes, reminders, receipt capture and accounting exports, with a free tier and two paid plans. The free tier has monthly document limits; paid plans increase those limits or remove them.
BillingEngine plans and pricing
All plansCompared on invoicing software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Tax validation
- Yes
- API access
- Yes
- Invoice limit
- $30/mo
- Structured formats
- XRechnung, ZUGFeRD
- Deployment
- cloud
