BuchhaltungsButler vs sevDesk

BuchhaltungsButler

Bilanz alongside EÜR, fixed-asset accounting, cost centres and project accounting, and BWA, SuSa and Kontenblätter in even the entry plan tell me a real double-entry ledger sits underneath the pretty screens. But the only charts of accounts named are the association charts SKR42 and SKR49 — I found no public information on SKR03/SKR04, opening balances, or a period close with locking — so it lands just above the middle for me.

sevDesk

Real double-entry is confirmed — 'Für einfache und doppelte Buchführung' plus trial balance, cashbook, depreciation, and cost centres/BWA in Pro, which is past the EÜR-only tools. But nothing on SKR03/SKR04, opening balances, journals, or a period close with locking, so I can't credit it beyond the mid anchor.

BuchhaltungsButler

All I can hold onto is one sentence — "Wir arbeiten Datenschutz- und GoBD-konform" — an assertion with nothing behind it. I found no public information on an audit trail, corrections booked as reversals, the statutory retention period, or a Verfahrensdokumentation, which is the thinnest form a GoBD promise can take.

sevDesk

Not one word about GoBD, immutability, a change log, retention periods, or a Verfahrensdokumentation anywhere on the captured homepage, pricing, or privacy pages — the retention-heavy pages came back silent. For a product holding my books through a ten-year audit window, that silence is the score.

BuchhaltungsButler

"Umsatzsteuer-Voranmeldung oder ELSTER-Übermittlung direkt in der Software" is exactly the sentence I want before a Sunday VAT return, and the Smart plan adds the Zusammenfassende Meldung plus EÜR & Bilanz evaluations. "Umsatzsteuerfälle: Standard bis exotisch" is a slogan rather than a specification, and I found no public information on OSS, small-business, or Dauerfristverlängerung handling.

sevDesk

UStVA goes to ELSTER directly and without an extra certificate, and EÜR/GuV are in the plan — that's the Sunday-evening VAT return I actually want. But reverse-charge and intra-community handling are unmentioned, and nothing on OSS, §19, or Dauerfristverlängerung, so it sits a notch under the full anchor.

BuchhaltungsButler

Over 5,000 banks and services plus credit cards and PayPal, AI receipt recognition, automatic assignment of receipts to payments, self-learning pre-posting and my own rules — the matching largely runs itself, which is precisely what I pay for. E-Rechnung send and receive is listed even in the entry plan, but the format is not named, and I found no public information on replacement scanning or compliant archiving of the digital original.

sevDesk

Feeds from 4,000+ banks, receipt scanning with AI category recommendations, and e-invoices both directions (ZUGFeRD/XRechnung, EN 16931-validated) cover most of my weekly grind. Missing: rule-based matching with learning, replacement scanning documentation, and compliant archiving of the digital original — so exceptions may still be my problem.

BuchhaltungsButler

The cheapest plan already includes a free Steuerberater login and export, and the site advertises communication and task-sharing with the Steuerberatung — the adviser is in the system, not around it. But the export format is never named: I found no public information on a DATEV export, on receipt images travelling with the postings, or on any audit of what the adviser changed.

sevDesk

A named DATEV and ADDISON interface, plus the option to invite the Steuerberater into the account to work rather than just receive files — that's genuinely useful. Whether receipt images travel correctly linked, and whether his access is scoped or audited, is unproven, so it stays under the 8.

BuchhaltungsButler

Hosting "ausschließlich in deutschen Hochsicherheits-Rechenzentren" and a Berlin GmbH with a Charlottenburg register number are stated plainly, so where the books live is answered. But I found no public information on subprocessors, on the infrastructure by name, or on an export that keeps my statutory retention intact if I leave, and the Visma Group membership is stated without its jurisdiction.

sevDesk

German GmbH in Offenburg, German register court and VAT ID, 'Serverstandort Deutschland', plus a published AVV, TOM and Subunternehmer section — the bones of a sovereign setup. But infrastructure isn't named, the AI capture/Sevi chain is unexplained, and there's no stated export keeping me compliant on retention if I leave, so the pipeline's 'unknown' flags still bite.

BuchhaltungsButler

Tier prices, billing "zzgl. der gesetzlichen Mehrwertsteuer", a 500-document fair-use limit, a free adviser login and priced add-ons are all public, so my annual invoice is nearly computable. Three things stop full computability: the e-commerce branch package that the Shopify interface requires carries no price in what was captured, the Smart plan's number of users is not stated, and the captured pages give different figures for the ongoing Light price — 29,90 € on the tier card and 39,90 € struck through as the regular price.

sevDesk

I got tier structures, billing periods, and limits (3 invoices free, 1 user per plan), but not a single euro figure for the paid tiers in the captured pages, no VAT treatment, no price for extra users or adviser access — and 'Preis pro Monat ab*' only holds for 24-month terms with a 70% teaser on top. That's exactly the headline-that-isn't-the-invoice game I hate, and marketplace partner costs are 'not inkludiert'.