BuchhaltungsButler vs sevDesk

BuchhaltungsButler

Bilanz mode, Summen- und Saldenlisten and Kontenblätter point to a real ledger underneath, and cost centres, project accounting and Anlagenverwaltung arrive from the Smart tier — but the captured pages name only the association charts SKR42 and SKR49, and we found no public information on SKR03/SKR04, opening balances, manual journal postings or a period close with locking.

sevDesk

They claim 'einfache und doppelte Buchführung' with cost centres, BWA, cashbook and a trial balance, which is more than a pure EÜR list — but the evidence names no SKR03/SKR04, no manual postings or journals, no opening balances, no period close and no locking. Without a chart of accounts I recognise and a closable period, this is a hybrid that sits between the simplified and the double-entry anchors.

BuchhaltungsButler

The whole GoBD claim is one marketing sentence — "Wir arbeiten Datenschutz- und GoBD-konform" — and behind it we found no public information on a change history, unalterable postings, the statutory retention period or a supplied Verfahrensdokumentation.

sevDesk

Not one word about GoBD, immutability, change history, retention period or a Verfahrensdokumentation anywhere in the evidence — the privacy page offers AVV, TOM and a DPO, but nothing on how postings survive an audit. The anchor for zero is exactly this: no retention statement, no GoBD claim, no documentation.

BuchhaltungsButler

The VAT pre-return transmits by ELSTER directly from the software, the Zusammenfassende Meldung sits in the Smart tier, and EÜR and Bilanz evaluations are produced — but we found no public information on OSS, Dauerfristverlängerung, Kleinunternehmer or E-Bilanz, and "Umsatzsteuerfälle: Standard bis exotisch" is the only word on reverse-charge.

sevDesk

UStVA goes directly to ELSTER without an extra certificate, EÜR and GuV are produced, and the dashboard tracks the Umsatzsteuerzahllast — that is the backbone of the anchor. But reverse-charge, intra-community supply, OSS, Dauerfristverlängerung and correction filings are entirely absent from the evidence, so I cannot place it at five, let alone eight.

BuchhaltungsButler

Connections to more than 5,000 banks and services plus PayPal, AI receipt recognition, automatic matching that learns from prior postings, a scan app and e-invoice send and receive in every plan make a strong intake; we found no public information on ersetzendes Scannen or documented archiving of the digital original, and the e-invoice formats are not named.

sevDesk

Online banking across 4,000 banks, app-based receipt scanning with AI category recommendation, and e-invoices in ZUGFeRD/XRechnung both directions with EN 16931 validation — that earns the mid anchor. What is missing is everything the eighth anchor demands: rule-based matching with learning, one-click posting-to-receipt chain, and any documented ersetzendes Scannen so my clients may legally burn the paper.

BuchhaltungsButler

"Gratis Steuerberater-Zugang & Export" in even the Light tier and task-sharing with the Steuerberatung are real, but the export's format is not documented on the captured pages and we found no public information on a DATEV export, scoped adviser permissions or period handover with locking.

sevDesk

A DATEV/ADDISON interface exists and the adviser can be invited into the account rather than emailed a PDF pile — the two legs of anchor five, though nothing says the DATEV export carries receipt images or that my access is read-only. Every plan ships with exactly one user and no adviser seat is priced, and there is no audit of what the adviser touched, so anchor eight is out of reach.

BuchhaltungsButler

Exclusively German data centres, a Berlin GmbH with a Charlottenburg register entry and a DSGVO statement are on the pages; however, no subprocessor list is published, Visma group membership is the only ownership signal, and we found no public information on an archive export that would keep statutory retention alive if the customer leaves.

sevDesk

A German GmbH registered at Amtsgericht Freiburg, a deliberate server location in Germany, plus a published subprocessor section, AVV and TOM — solidly above the mid anchor, and I note the pipeline flagged half these attributes unknown despite the imprint. It stays below eight because the infrastructure is not named, the subprocessor list's completeness is unverifiable from the evidence, and there is no stated export that satisfies ten-year retention when the customer walks away.

BuchhaltungsButler

All three tiers plus the assisted-accounting surcharge, onboarding, daily document review and per-booking support are priced with monthly billing and VAT treatment stated, and the adviser seat is explicitly free; the price of the E-Commerce Branchenpaket, what happens beyond the 500 Belege per month fair-use allowance and the Smart tier's user count are not stated.

sevDesk

Billing periods of 1/12/24 months, a permanent free tier with its three-invoice limit, a user count of one per plan, and the DATEV interface visible in the paid Rechnung plan — the skeleton of a computable invoice is there. But the evidence carries no euro figures for the paid tiers, no adviser seat or extra user price, marketplace partner costs explicitly excluded, and a 'bis zu 70%' promo that makes the real annual invoice a guessing game.