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Billy vs. sevDesk: AI invoicing app or accounting suite?
sevDesk is one of the best-known accounting tools in the DACH region — cash-basis accounting (EÜR), VAT filings and receipt management included. Billy is a different thing: an AI invoicing app where you create invoices, quotes and payment reminders from a prompt, and an AI assistant runs the dunning process automatically.
The honest short version: if you want to do your full bookkeeping inside the tool, sevDesk is the safe pick. If your core job is writing professional invoices and getting paid — while your tax advisor handles the books — Billy is built for exactly that.
Why freelancers switch from sevDesk to Billy
sevDesk does a lot — but if all you need are invoices, you are navigating an accounting interface. Billy flips that: the fastest path from "client hired me" to "invoice sent" is one sentence to the assistant.
- Invoice from a prompt: "Invoice Max Mustermann €1,500 for web design" — done in seconds
- The AI assistant watches open invoices and sends payment reminders and formal Mahnungen automatically
- Professionally designed templates with a live preview — invoices that look designed, not generated
- Germany AND Austria in one account (§14 UStG / §11 öUStG, small-business rule, reverse charge)
- Set up recurring invoices in one sentence — the assistant creates and sends them on schedule
Billy vs. sevDesk at a glance
| Billy | sevDesk | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & automation | ||
| Create an invoice from an AI prompt | Yescore feature | No |
| AI executes actions (send, update) | Yescreates, sends, chases | Nosuggestions only |
| Automatic dunning | Yesfrom the entry plan | Partiallymanual per invoice; dunning levels need the accounting plan |
| AI receipt capture (OCR) | Nodeliberately not | Yes |
| Design & interface | ||
| Ready-made invoice designs | Yeswith live preview | Yes11 layouts, 6 of them Premium |
| Custom branding | Yeslogo, colors, layout | Partiallylogo, color from a palette; custom layout only as a paid service |
| Invoicing from a mobile app | Partiallyweb app, installable | YesiOS & Android |
| Invoicing workflow | ||
| Recurring invoices | Yesset up in one sentence | Yes |
| E-invoicing (XRechnung/ZUGFeRD) | NoPDF invoices | Yeseven in the free tier |
| Countries, bookkeeping & price | ||
| Austria (§11 öUStG) | Yessame account | Yesseparate offering: sevdesk.at |
| Bookkeeping (EÜR / VAT filing) | Nodeliberately not | Yesin the accounting plan |
| Entry price (net/month) | from €9 / month | from €12.90 ("Rechnung" plan); free tier: 3 invoices/month |
sevDesk pricing and feature claims per the vendor, verified on August 2, 2026. Prices net; subject to change.
When sevDesk is the better choice
To be fair: if you want to handle EÜR, VAT filings and receipts yourself inside the tool, sevDesk is the more complete solution — that is what it is built for. Billy deliberately skips the accounting module and is faster and simpler at the actual invoicing.
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