BuchhaltungsButler vs sevDesk

BuchhaltungsButler

Both EÜR and Bilanz modes are offered with account statements, BWA/SuSa, cost centres, project accounting, fixed-asset management and user-defined posting rules, so a real double-entry ledger is implied. The captured pages never name the standard SKR03/SKR04 charts (only SKR42 and SKR49 for associations), and we found no public information on manual postings, opening balances, or a period close with locking.

sevDesk

The evidence claims "einfache und doppelte Buchführung" with cashbook, trial balance, EÜR/GuV and depreciation, and cost centres plus BWA in Buchhaltung Pro — real ledger territory. But nowhere is a chart of accounts (SKR03/SKR04), journals, opening balances or any period close with locking evidenced, which is what separates rubric level 5 from real bookkeeping.

BuchhaltungsButler

GoBD conformity is asserted in a single sentence — "Wir arbeiten Datenschutz- und GoBD-konform" — and nothing in the captured pages stands behind the claim. We found no public information on an audit trail, unalterable postings, the statutory retention period, a Verfahrensdokumentation, or an auditor export.

sevDesk

Total silence: the feature inventories on homepage and pricing page list dozens of capabilities without one word on GoBD, immutability, retention period or a Verfahrensdokumentation. For a 170,000-customer bookkeeping product that absence speaks loudly, and rubric level 0 is exactly that: no GoBD claim, no retention statement, no documentation.

BuchhaltungsButler

The VAT pre-registration is submitted electronically via ELSTER directly in the software, the Zusammenfassende Meldung is prepared, and both EÜR and balance-sheet evaluations are produced; "Umsatzsteuerfälle: Standard bis exotisch" hints at breadth without naming a single case. We found no public information on OSS, small-business §19 treatment, Dauerfristverlängerung, E-Bilanz or correction filings.

sevDesk

UStVA goes directly to the Finanzamt through an integrated ELSTER interface with no extra certificate, and EÜR plus GuV are listed — the core of rubric level 5 is there. But reverse-charge, intra-community supply, OSS, Zusammenfassende Meldung and correction filings appear nowhere, so I can't go above the middle.

BuchhaltungsButler

This is the part that earns its keep with me: over 5,000 bank, payment-provider, marketplace and WaWi connectors including PayPal and credit cards, AI receipt recognition, automatic matching of receipts to payments with learning pre-posting and custom rules, a free scan app, and e-invoices sent and received already in the entry tier. It stays short of the top band because we found no public information on PSD2 as such, replacement scanning, or compliant archiving of the digital original.

sevDesk

Over 4,000 banks connected with transfers straight out of the app, AI receipt capture with automatic category recommendation, and e-invoicing in ZUGFeRD/XRechnung both directions in every plan — the pipe from money and evidence into the books is genuinely built. What's missing is the reconciliation half: no rule-based automatic matching with learning, no ersetzendes Scannen, no archiving of the digital original.

BuchhaltungsButler

Adviser access and export are explicitly free — "Gratis Steuerberater-Zugang & Export" — from the entry tier, tasks can be distributed to the Steuerberatung, and Kanzleien managing multiple clients in one interface are a named target segment. But the export format is never named, and we found no public information on DATEV, on whether the adviser login is scoped or read-only, or on corrections flowing back.

sevDesk

DATEV and ADDISON interfaces are named, assigned to a concrete paid tier and framed as "Verknüpfung zu deiner Steuerberatung", and the adviser can be invited into the account to work — that meets rubric level 5. But the export's contents (receipt images, linking) are undocumented, the adviser seat is unscoped and unaudited, and corrections flowing back is pure speculation on this evidence.

BuchhaltungsButler

Data is stored "ausschließlich in deutschen Hochsicherheits-Rechenzentren" and the contracting entity is a German GmbH with a published register number at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, though a member of the Visma Group. We found no public information on subprocessors, on the named hosting infrastructure behind "Hochsicherheits-Rechenzentren", or on any export that would satisfy statutory retention after leaving the vendor.

sevDesk

The vendor's own pages state German server location, the imprint confirms a German GmbH under Amtsgericht Freiburg, and the privacy page publishes a subprocessor list, AVV and TOM — rubric level 5 territory. But nothing is independently verified (the pipeline flags every attribute unknown), the infrastructure is unnamed, and there is no stated export that keeps statutory retention alive if the contract ends.

BuchhaltungsButler

Three tiers carry monthly prices with VAT treatment stated, a 500-document fair-use limit across all packages, and adviser access explicitly free; assisted accounting, daily document review, onboarding and per-booking premium support are all publicly priced. The E-Commerce package required before any Amazon, eBay, Stripe or Shopify interface works is not priced, the number of bank accounts per tier is unstated, and the captured pricing page shows both 29,90 € and 39,90 € as figures for the Light tier.

sevDesk

Structure is public: 1/12/24-month terms with "ab" prices valid only for 24-month terms, an explicit free tier with a 3-invoice limit, and the DATEV tier identifiable. But a business still can't compute its real invoice: one user per plan with no extra-seat or adviser price, marketplace partner costs explicitly "nicht inkludiert", discount promos of "bis zu 70%" muddying the headline, and no euro figures or VAT treatment captured at all.