sevDesk alternatives
The 5 best sevDesk alternatives in 2026
The short answer: the best sevDesk alternative depends on why you want to switch. If you mainly want faster invoicing with real AI and automatic payment reminders, 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 in the tool, Lexware Office or easybill are the obvious candidates.
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 | Lexware Office | easybill | FastBill | Odoo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Invoices from AI prompts & automatic dunning | Full bookkeeping with ELSTER, Germany only | 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 | No limit stated (fair use per T&Cs) | Free: 50/month; Starter: 250/month | No invoice limit stated | No limit — even on "One App Free" |
| Price | from €9 / month | from €12.90 / month (plan M) | 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 you must accept | NoAI drafts text, you decide | NoOCR; receipts checked manually | NoAI in places (documents) |
| Professional templates | Yesdesigned templates | Partially5 base layouts | Partially2 base layouts you clone | Partiallyeditor with own fonts; Solo: 1 template | Partiallyconfigurable layouts |
| Live preview | Yes | Nopreview is a separate step | Nopreview on click | Yes | – |
| Recurring invoices | Yesset up in one sentence | Yesseries invoices | PartiallyProfessional (€25) and up | PartiallyPro (€27) and up | Yes |
| Automatic email sending | Yesinvoices & reminders, from the entry plan | Partiallyseries invoices optionally automatic; no automatic dunning | Partiallyseries from Professional, dunning Premium only | Partiallydunning as a paid add-on | Partiallyfollow-up reminders automatic once configured |
| Bookkeeping | Nodeliberately not | Yesplan L and up | No | PartiallyVAT filing yes, EÜR no | Yesaccounting module |
| E-invoicing | NoPDF invoices | Partiallysending from plan M | 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 sevDesk mainly for invoicing — and wants more automation out of it. 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
Lexware Office
The accounting classic (formerly lexoffice)Lexware Office is the most established sevDesk alternative for anyone who wants accounting and invoicing in one tool: EÜR, VAT filing via ELSTER and payroll add-ons included. Note that the cheapest plan S cannot write invoices — realistically you start at €12.90 on plan M, and there is no annual discount.
Two things worth knowing: per its own help center it has no automatic dunning function (it points to a paid third-party extension), and it is suitable for Germany only.
Strengths
- Mature bookkeeping: EÜR, VAT filing via ELSTER (from plan L)
- Over 230,000 customers, very approachable interface
- Native iOS and Android apps
- E-invoicing: receiving on all plans, sending from M
Weaknesses
- No automatic dunning — per the vendor itself
- Germany only; Austria explicitly not supported
- Plan S (€7.90) cannot write invoices
- Only 5 base layouts, no freely placed text fields
easybill
The e-commerce specialisteasybill is the best sevDesk 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.
The flip side is tier gating: recurring invoices need Professional (€25), and the automatic dunning that genuinely self-sends is Premium only (€37).
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: the VAT pre-registration files via ELSTER in every plan — though an official EÜR is missing. 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.
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 sevDesk alternative when invoicing is only the beginning: the modular suite covers CRM, inventory, manufacturing and projects, and a single app is permanently free. Austria is supported 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.