Lexware Office alternatives
The 5 best Lexware Office alternatives in 2026
The short answer: the best Lexware Office alternative depends on what is driving you away. The three most common reasons: no automatic dunning (Lexware states this itself in its help center), the Germany-only limitation, and the real entry price — plan S (€7.90) cannot write invoices, so you actually start at €12.90 on plan M, with no annual discount. If any of those bothers you, Billy (from €9/month) is our pick — it is our own product, and below we are transparent about where it wins and where it does not.
If you want to keep doing full bookkeeping with EÜR and VAT filing in the tool, sevDesk is the most obvious replacement. This roundup covers all five serious options — with verified pricing (as of July 2026), honest weaknesses and a clear "best for" per tool.
All alternatives at a glance
| Billy | sevDesk | easybill | FastBill | Odoo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Invoices from AI prompts & automatic dunning | Full bookkeeping (EÜR, VAT filing) with invoicing | Marketplace sellers (Amazon, eBay, Shopify) | VAT returns straight from the tool, deep template design | Growing companies with ERP needs (inventory, CRM, manufacturing) |
| Document limit | from 50/month; unlimited on Pro | Free: 3 invoices/month; paid unlimited | Free: 50/month; Starter: 250/month | No invoice limit stated | No limit — even on "One App Free" |
| Price | from €9 / month | Free (3 invoices/month); from €12.90 / month | Free (50 docs/month); from €9 / month | from €9 / month (Solo) | "One App Free"; then per user/month |
| Invoice from AI prompt | Yescore feature | No | No | No | No |
| All features via AI assistant | Yesassistant reaches every feature | Nosuggestions only (receipts, bookings) | NoAI drafts text, you decide | NoOCR; receipts checked manually | NoAI in places (documents) |
| Professional templates | Yesdesigned templates | Yes11 layouts, 6 of them Premium | Partially2 base layouts you clone | Partiallyeditor with own fonts; Solo: 1 template | Partiallyconfigurable layouts |
| Live preview | Yes | – | Nopreview on click | Yes | – |
| Recurring invoices | Yesset up in one sentence | Yes | PartiallyProfessional (€25) and up | PartiallyPro (€27) and up | Yes |
| Automatic email sending | Yesinvoices & reminders, from the entry plan | Partiallyseries invoices optionally automatic; dunning manual | Partiallyseries from Professional, dunning Premium only | Partiallydunning as a paid add-on | Partiallyfollow-up reminders automatic once configured |
| Bookkeeping | Nodeliberately not | Yesin the accounting plan | No | PartiallyVAT filing yes, EÜR no | Yesaccounting module |
| E-invoicing | NoPDF invoices | Yeseven in the free tier | Yeseven in the free tier | Yesin every plan | Yes |
All pricing and feature claims per the vendors, verified on August 2, 2026. Prices net; subject to change.
Billy
The AI invoicing appBilly is the alternative for everyone who uses Lexware Office mainly for invoicing — and runs into exactly its limits: no automatic dunning, Germany only. The AI assistant creates invoices, quotes and reminders from one sentence, sends them after your confirmation, and chases late payers automatically — from the entry plan, not a premium tier.
Full transparency, since Billy is our product: it is deliberately NOT accounting software. If you want to file EÜR and VAT returns from the tool yourself, the alternatives below serve you better.
Strengths
- Invoices from an AI prompt — none of the other tools here can (as of July 2026, per their own sites)
- Automatic dunning from the entry plan
- Germany AND Austria in one account (§14 UStG / §11 öUStG)
- Professionally designed templates with live preview
- Set up in minutes, cancel monthly
Weaknesses
- No bookkeeping: EÜR, VAT filing and DATEV export are deliberately absent
- No e-invoicing (XRechnung/ZUGFeRD) — PDF only
- No permanent free plan (7-day trial, no credit card)
- Web app rather than a native mobile app
sevDesk
The all-in-one accounting solutionsevDesk is the most direct replacement for Lexware Office: also a full accounting solution with EÜR, VAT filing and receipt management — but with e-invoicing even in the free tier, 11 invoice layouts (6 of them Premium) and dunning levels in its accounting plan, where Lexware Office offers no automatic dunning function at all. For Austria there is a separate offering (sevdesk.at).
It does not fully solve the dunning problem, though: reminders are sent manually per invoice, and dunning levels only come with the accounting plan. Design-wise, colors come from a palette — a custom layout is only available as a paid service.
Strengths
- Mature bookkeeping: EÜR and VAT filing in the accounting plan
- E-invoicing (XRechnung/ZUGFeRD) even in the free tier
- 11 invoice layouts, 6 of them Premium
- Native iOS and Android apps
- Austria via a separate offering (sevdesk.at)
Weaknesses
- Dunning is manual per invoice; dunning levels need the accounting plan
- Free tier limited to 3 invoices/month
- Colors from a palette only; custom layout only as a paid service
- No AI that creates documents — receipt capture and a support chatbot only
easybill
The e-commerce specialisteasybill is the best Lexware Office alternative for online sellers: orders from Amazon, eBay and your own shop are billed automatically, OSS and shipping labels included. Its permanently free plan (50 documents/month, e-invoicing included) is the most generous in the field — a stark contrast to Lexware’s €12.90 entry with invoicing.
The flip side is tier gating: recurring invoices need Professional (€25), and the automatic dunning that genuinely self-sends is Premium only (€37). easybill offers no bookkeeping with EÜR.
Strengths
- Permanently free plan: 50 docs/month incl. e-invoicing
- Strongest marketplace integrations (Amazon, eBay, Shopify, OSS)
- Automatic dunning that genuinely self-sends (Premium)
- Own fonts and colors, Liquid template language
Weaknesses
- Automatic dunning only in the Premium plan (€37)
- Recurring invoices only from Professional (€25)
- No native mobile app
- No Austrian version, no bookkeeping (EÜR)
FastBill
Invoicing plus VAT filingFastBill sits between a pure invoicing tool and accounting — and closes a gap Lexware Office leaves open: the VAT pre-registration files via ELSTER in every plan, from €9. An official EÜR is missing, though. For the design-minded: a real template editor with custom fonts and millimetre-precise positioning, plus a live preview while you type.
Its dunning does send automatically but is a paid add-on; recurring invoices need the Pro plan (€27), and the Solo plan allows just one template. Like Lexware Office, FastBill is built for Germany only.
Strengths
- VAT filing via ELSTER in every plan
- Template editor with custom fonts and mm-precise positioning
- Live preview while editing
- E-invoicing (XRechnung/ZUGFeRD) in all plans
Weaknesses
- Automatic dunning only as a paid add-on
- Recurring invoices only from Pro (€27)
- Solo plan: 1 template; the app only scans receipts
- Germany only, no official EÜR
Odoo
The open-source ERP suiteOdoo is the right Lexware Office alternative when invoicing is only the beginning: the modular suite covers CRM, inventory, manufacturing and projects, and a single app is permanently free. Unlike Lexware Office, Odoo also supports Austria via localization.
The price is complexity: setup takes time (or an implementation partner), billing is per user per month with prices that vary by country, and dunning consists of follow-up rules you configure yourself.
Strengths
- "One App Free": one app permanently free, unlimited users
- Grows with you: CRM, inventory, manufacturing, projects in one suite
- Germany and Austria via localization
- E-invoicing and an accounting module available
Weaknesses
- Setup takes time or a partner — no minutes-to-start
- Per user/month, prices vary by country
- Dunning only as self-configured follow-up rules
- Heavily oversized for pure invoice senders
How we evaluated
All pricing and feature claims come from the vendors’ own pricing and help pages, last verified on 31 July 2026 — including the inconvenient details like tier gating and dunning limitations. Where a vendor does not document something, we do not claim it. Billy is our own product: we rank it #1 for the use case it is built for, and we state its weaknesses as plainly as everyone else’s.