BuchhaltungsButler vs sevDesk

BuchhaltungsButler

The pages show EÜR and Bilanz modes, cost centres with project accounting, fixed-asset management and Kontenblätter and BWA/SuSa down to the cheapest tier, which is more than an income-and-expense list. But the only charts of accounts named are the association charts SKR42 and SKR49, and I found no public information on SKR03/SKR04, manual postings, journals, opening balances or a month-end close that locks the period.

sevDesk

Double-entry is claimed, with trial balance, cashbook and cost centres in the Pro tier — but the evidence never names SKR03/SKR04, journals, opening balances, or a month-end close that locks. That is roughly half of the 5-anchor bundle missing, so I interpolate to 4 rather than take 'einfache und doppelte Buchführung' on faith.

BuchhaltungsButler

GoBD conformity appears as a single sentence — "Wir arbeiten Datenschutz- und GoBD-konform" — with nothing behind it: no described audit trail, no Verfahrensdokumentation offered, no statement on the retention period. That is an assertion on a page, not a product feature I could put in front of a Betriebsprüfer.

sevDesk

Not a single word on GoBD, immutability, retention periods or a Verfahrensdokumentation anywhere in the captures — no GoBD claim, no retention statement, no documentation. That is the 0 anchor by its own definition; a Buchhaltungssoftware marketing page and privacy policy with nothing on audit survival tells me the record may not survive a Betriebsprüfung.

BuchhaltungsButler

The USt-Voranmeldung goes out electronically via ELSTER directly from the software, the Smart tier adds the Zusammenfassende Meldung, and EÜR and Bilanz evaluations are produced, which covers the monthly VAT routine. The special cases stop there: I found no public information on OSS for cross-border B2C, small-business or Ist/Soll taxation, Dauerfristverlängerung, E-Bilanz or correction filings — "Umsatzsteuerfälle: Standard bis exotisch" is a slogan, not a list.

sevDesk

UStVA goes straight to ELSTER without an extra certificate, and EÜR, GuV and depreciation are in the plan — that is the core of the 5 anchor. But reverse-charge, intra-community supply, OSS, ZM, §19 and Dauerfristverlängerung are all unevidenced, so it earns 5 clean and nothing toward 8.

BuchhaltungsButler

Over 5,000 bank and service integrations plus credit cards and PayPal, AI receipt recognition with learning pre-categorisation, and rules with automatic and batch matching — that is the machinery that should leave exceptions rather than transactions. Two gaps hold it back: I found no public information on replacement scanning or compliant archiving of the digital original, and the e-invoice formats are never named even though sending and receiving e-invoices is listed in every plan.

sevDesk

Over 4,000 banks connected, receipts scanned with AI category recommendation, and e-invoices both directions in ZUGFeRD/XRechnung with EN 16931 validation in every plan — that lifts it well above 5. But no rule-based matching engine with learning is described, and ersetzendes Scannen plus compliant archiving of the digital original are undocumented, so the evidence chain is not closed enough for 8.

BuchhaltungsButler

Even the cheapest tier ships a free Steuerberater login and export, and the pages promise task-sharing with the Steuerberatung. But the export format is never named — I found no public information on a DATEV export — and nothing says what the adviser may change in the system or whether those changes are audited.

sevDesk

A DATEV/ADDISON interface to the Steuerberatung plus inviting him to work in the account is precisely the 5 anchor. Whether receipt images travel with the DATEV export with correct linking, and whether the adviser's access is scoped and audited, the evidence says nothing — so not a step further.

BuchhaltungsButler

The captured pages state that data is stored exclusively in German high-security data centres, and the contracting entity is a Berlin GmbH registered at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, which places both the books and the contract in Germany. Beyond that it goes dark: no subprocessor list, no published certification, and no public information on an export that would satisfy statutory retention if the customer leaves — group membership in the Visma Group is stated but its consequences for the data chain are not.

sevDesk

The imprint shows a German GmbH under Amtsgericht Freiburg and the privacy policy names a German server location with a Subunternehmer section — the pipeline's 0 rests on 'unknowns' that its own captured pages disprove. Still no named infrastructure, no certification, and above all no exit export that keeps the ten-year retention alive after leaving the vendor, which caps it below 8.

BuchhaltungsButler

Tier prices with monthly billing, VAT treatment stated as "zzgl. der gesetzlichen Mehrwertsteuer", a 500-document monthly fair-use limit in every plan, explicitly free adviser access, and priced add-ons from assisted accounting to onboarding make most of the annual invoice computable from public pages. The gaps: the E-Commerce Branchenpaket carries no price, seats beyond the bundled ones are unpriced and the Smart tier's seat count is not stated, nothing says what happens past the 500 documents, and the captured pages give different figures for the Light standard price — 29,90 € in the tier table and 39,90 € in the billing terms.

sevDesk

Billing periods (1/12/24 months), one user per plan, plan contents and the tier where DATEV begins are public — more than a headline price. But the captured figures stop at 'Preis pro Monat ab*' plus a 'bis zu 70%' promo: no euro amounts in evidence, no price for additional users or the adviser seat, and partner marketplace costs explicitly excluded — so the real annual invoice is not computable from this sheet.