# DATEV Unternehmen online — Accounting

DATEV Unternehmen online by DATEV eG holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 1.5/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: DATEV eG (https://www.datev.de)
- Category: [Accounting](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/datev-unternehmen-online
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/datev-unternehmen-online/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/datev-unternehmen-online/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-01

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: DATEV eG
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

DATEV Unternehmen online, from DATEV eG of Nuremberg, is built as the hub for exchanging receipts, data and documents between a company and its tax adviser, and it is strongest there: adviser handoff scores run 7-9, its highest, crediting document release via MyDATEV Kanzlei and remote maintenance by the adviser's firm. Tax and filings scores sit at 4 — the Anlage EÜR, AVEÜR, SZ and, for partnerships, SE and AVSE go to ELSTER as individual or total values — but coverage stops at the income side. The judges genuinely split on documents and banking: high scores credit four documented bank routes including EBICS 3.0 and daily data-center retrieval, lower ones find no public information on OCR capture or matching rules. They split too on sovereignty: bank connections sit in the DATEV data center, yet no sovereignty attributes are on record and no public information appears on hosting location or a subprocessor list. Bookkeeping core scores 3-4 on an EÜR route fed by the adviser's ledger, GoBD compliance 2-4 on consulting rather than product behaviour, with pricing transparency at 0.

**Speaks for it:**
- Adviser handoff scores of 7-9 for native exchange of receipts, data and documents with the tax adviser, including document release via MyDATEV Kanzlei and remote maintenance by the adviser's firm
- Tax and filings scores of 4 for the Anlage EÜR, AVEÜR, SZ and, for partnerships, SE and AVSE, transmitted via ELSTER as individual or total values
- Bank traffic documented across four routes — EBICS 3.0, daily data-center retrieval, PIN/TAN via finAPI and camt.053 file import
- Digital receipts flow from DATEV-Marktplatz partner programs into the adviser exchange via the Belegbilderservice

**Held against it:**
- GoBD compliance scores of 2-4 rest on consulting and specialist literature, with no public information on unalterable postings, change history or retention as product features
- Filing coverage shown stops at the income side — we found no public information on UStVA, reverse charge or OSS
- We found no public information on OCR capture or matching rules that learn, leaving the pairing work after automated retrieval undescribed
- No sovereignty attributes are on record, and we found no public information on where the cloud applications are hosted or on a subprocessor list
- Pricing transparency sits at 0 — no price, tier or billing period appears on the captured pages

**Best for:**
- You hand your bookkeeping to a tax adviser who works natively in DATEV and want the collaboration hub itself
- You run an Einzelunternehmen, Personengesellschaft, Verein or Stiftung and file the EÜR family of forms via ELSTER
- Your adviser books in DATEV Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen and you want account balances and inventories carried into the Anlage EÜR
- You want daily automatic bank retrieval — EBICS 3.0 or the data-center procedure — feeding the adviser's workflow

**Avoid if:**
- You run your accounts without a tax adviser — the product's stated purpose is the exchange between company and tax adviser
- You want the double-entry ledger in your own hands — the captured pages show an EÜR route fed by balances from the adviser's Kanzlei software
- Your filing year runs through VAT returns — what the pages show covers the Anlage EÜR family carried into the income tax or Feststellung return

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The Bookkeeper | The Tax Adviser | The Auditor | The Founder | The Integrator | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bookkeeping core | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 |
| GoBD, immutability & audit | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 |
| Tax handling & filings | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Receipts, banking & matching | 2.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Tax adviser handoff | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **2/5** |

### The judges

- **The Bookkeeper** (v1.0): Posts the month and closes it. Wants a real ledger with SKR03/04, recurring entries, cost centres and a close that locks. Judges receipt capture by how many exceptions are left after the automation, not by the demo video.
- **The Tax Adviser** (v1.0): Closes the year for forty clients and needs the books to arrive in a form DATEV accepts, receipts attached. Reads "export to CSV for your Steuerberater" as an admission that nobody asked one. Wants scoped access and a clean period handover.
- **The Auditor** (v1.0): Arrives with a Betriebsprüfung and asks for the data export and the Verfahrensdokumentation. Wants postings that cannot be altered after the fact, corrections booked as reversals, a complete change history, and retention that survives the full statutory period.
- **The Founder** (v1.0): Runs a twelve-person company and does the books on a Sunday. Wants bank feeds that match themselves, invoices out in a minute, and the VAT return submitted without learning ELSTER. Will pay for the hour saved, and notices when the headline price was not the invoice.
- **The Integrator** (v1.0): Connects the books to the shop, the payment provider and the payroll system. Wants a documented API, e-invoicing both directions, and imports that reconcile rather than duplicate. Reads a Zapier logo as an outsourced integration.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen "GoBD-konform" printed on pages that offer no documentation to back it, and wants the feature that makes it true. Also reads for the booking limit, the tier where DATEV export appears, and what an extra bank account costs.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

No sovereignty finding yet.

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Integrations**
- Marketplace partner list: yes [S7]

**Legal**
- Copyright entity: 2026 · DATEV eG [S2]
- Entity: DATEV eG [S1]

**Pricing**
- Eur steuern included: yes · Contract for Einkommensteuer classic/comfort or Körperschaftsteuer classic/comfort · no [S6]

**Product**
- Access via: DATEV Arbeitsplatz · DATEV Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen · DATEV Einkommensteuer [S5]
- Account balances transfer: Individual account balances and individual inventories are transferred into Anlage EÜR/SE and AVEÜR/AVSE respectively [S6]
- Anlage eur for associations: Anlage EÜR can be created for Vereine (associations) [S6]
- Anlage se avse transfer: Values for Anlage SE and AVSE can be transferred for partnerships [S6]
- API interfaces: Optimization through interface/integration connections [S1]
- Applicable entities: Einzelunternehmen · Personengesellschaften · Vereine · Stiftungen [S5]
- Asset accounting: yes [S1]
- Authentication required: SmartCard · mIDentity-Stick · SmartLogin · yes [S9]
- Bankdatenservice: DATEV Bankdatenservice enables electronic sending of payment orders and retrieval of account transactions, integrable and automatable in DATEV programs [S8]
- Bankdatenservice: DATEV Bankdatenservice: elektronisches Senden von Zahlungsaufträgen und Abruf von Kontoumsätzen, integrierbar in DATEV-Programme, automatisierbar (automatisches elektronisches Bankbuchen) [S8]
- Booking with datev software path: Option: already booking with a DATEV accounting program [S2]
- Booking without datev software path: Option: not yet booking with DATEV software [S2]
- Bookkeeping software: Bookkeeping software automates tasks from capturing business transactions to creating comprehensive financial reports [S1]
- Camt053 format: camt.053 · 2025-11 [S8]
- Camt053 format: camt.053 · 2025-11 [S8]
- Cash management: yes [S1]
- Cloud access: yes · yes [S10]
- Consulting procedure documentation: Verfahrensdokumentation · DATEV-Mitglieder · yes [S3]
- Core role: Central hub for collaboration with clients for financial accounting and payroll [S10]
- Customizable tour email: yes · email [S10]
- Data transfer: Übergabe von Kontensalden (EÜR) und Einzelinventaren (AVEÜR) aus Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen [S5]
- Dateiimport: Dateiimport von Kontoumsätzen, z. B. aus einem Bankprogramm [S8]
- Description: Digitale Belege aus Programmen von DATEV-Marktplatz-Partnern nach DATEV Unternehmen online übertragen [S7]
- Digital exchange with tax advisor: DATEV offers solutions for digital data exchange between companies and their tax advisory firms [S2]
- Digital processes: yes [S1]
- Dms integration: Auswertungen an DATEV DMS bzw. Dokumentenablage senden [S5]
- Document exchange: yes [S10]
- Ebics retrieval: Account transactions retrieved automatically once EBICS is set up [S8]
- Ebics verfahren: yes · Automatischer Abruf nach Einrichtung [S8]
- Ebics version: 3.0 [S8]
- Ebics version: EBICS 3.0 [S8]
- Edi document exchange: yes [S1]
- Einvoice solutions: Solutions, trainings and consulting for mandatory e-invoicing [S1]
- Elster individual values: Choice of transmitting individual values or total values via ELSTER [S6]
- Elster transmission: yes · optional [S5]
- Eur steuern purpose: EÜR Steuern is a cloud application for computing taxable profit/loss via Einnahmenüberschussrechnung per § 4 Abs. 3 EStG [S6]
- Existing user optimization: Workflows optimieren · Zusatz-Software und -Services [S1]
- Fachliteratur titles: Kompaktwissen "Brennpunkt Kassenführung" · Elektronische Rechnungen - einfach und sicher · Ordnungsgemäße Kassenführung · Digitalisierung von Geschäftsprozessen im Rechnungswesen, 4. Auflage · Ersetzendes Scannen - Abschied vom Papier · Ko… [S4]
- Fee value transfer: Gegenstandswerte werden ermittelt und an die Rechnungsschreibung übergeben [S5]
- File import: Account transactions imported from a file, e.g. from a bank program (CAMT format) [S8]
- Forms supported: EÜR · AVEÜR · SZ · LuF (ggf.) · SE · AVSE [S5]
- Handover to advisor path: Option: bookkeeping handed over entirely to tax advisor [S2]
- Help resources: KI-Chatbot Service-Assistent · Hilfe-Video 6:27 min · Hilfe-Center Dok.-Nr. 1028394 [S5]
- Help video duration: help video · 6.45 [S6]
- Individual consulting: Ein DATEV-Referent unterstützt bei der Information von Mandanten, auch im Rahmen einer Mandantenveranstaltung [S4]
- Industry specific solutions: yes [S1]
- Invoice and billing: yes [S1]
- Migration choice until 2025: For tax periods up to and including 2025, choice between EÜR Steuern and previous DATEV programs; available from year change 2025/2026 [S6]
- Migration mandatory from 2026: From tax period 2026 onward, Anlagen EÜR, AVEÜR, SZ, SE, AVSE handled exclusively via EÜR Steuern [S6]
- Migration three phases: Bereitstellung von Basisdaten · Rechte vergeben · Arbeiten mit EÜR Steuern [S6]
- Mydatev integration: Anbindung an MyDATEV Kanzlei zur Freizeichnung von Dokumenten [S5]
- One click data transfer: One-click data transfer of Anlage EÜR from DATEV Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen and Anlage AVEÜR from DATEV Anlagenbuchführung [S6]
- Onsite full day consulting: Rechnungswesen für Kanzleien: Beratung vor Ort - Ganztagsberatung [S4]
- Partner interface variability: Schnittstellen-Einstellungen variieren je nach Partner-Anbieter-Implementierung [S7]
- Payment cloud infrastructure: Bank connections in DATEV data center migrated step by step to new Payment-Cloud-Infrastruktur; transactions automatically adopted and processed [S8]
- Payment cloud infrastruktur: Payment-Cloud-Infrastruktur: migrierte Bankverbindungen im DATEV-Rechenzentrum, automatisierte Übernahme und Verarbeitung von Kontoumsätzen [S8]
- Payment newsletter: Infoservice Payment · 4 [S8]
- Pintan finapi: yes · finAPI [S8]
- Pintan retrieval: PIN/TAN · finAPI [S8]
- Prerequisite basisdaten online: Prerequisite: Basisdaten online must be provided for the DATEV cloud [S6]
- Product tour purpose: Produkttour gives an overview of central functions and benefits of DATEV Unternehmen online [S10]
- Purpose: Cloud-Anwendung zur Ermittlung des steuerpflichtigen Gewinns/Verlusts per EÜR gemäß § 4 Abs. 3 EStG [S5]
- Purpose: Program for exchanging receipts, data and documents between companies and tax adviser [S9]
- Rechenzentrum retrieval: Account transactions automatically retrieved daily in the morning by DATEV [S8]
- Rechenzentrum verfahren: yes · Täglicher automatischer Abruf morgens durch DATEV [S8]
- Rights management required: Rights for EÜR Steuern must be granted via Rechteverwaltung online [S6]
- Sepa37 deadline: November 2026 · Q1/2027 [S8]
- Sepa37 deadline: 2026-11 · 2027-06 (voraussichtlich) [S8]
- Sepa37 transition: 2026-07-13 · DATEV Bank online · DATEV Zahlungsverkehr · 11.53 [S8]
- Sepa37 umstellung start: 2026-07-13 · DATEV Bank online · DATEV Zahlungsverkehr · 11.53 [S8]
- Setup assistant docs: 1000731 · 1022677 [S7]
- Start or switch: Start mit unserer Buchführungssoftware · Wechsel auf unsere Buchführungssoftware [S1]
- Tax advisor collaboration: Optimierte Zusammenarbeit mit Ihrem Steuerberater · Flexible Lösungen für effizientere Workflows [S1]
- Tax return transfer: Übernahme des Gewinns/Verlusts in Einkommensteuer, ESt beschränkte Steuerpflicht oder Feststellung [S5]
- Tour duration: 30 [S10]
- Tour link: tour.datev.de [S10]
- Tour reports: Tour covers providing reports of financial accounting and HR [S10]
- Tour time indicators: yes [S10]
- Tour topics accounting: digital document exchange · payment management · cash management · creating and sending sales receipts [S10]
- Tour topics payroll: onboarding new employees · sick employees · exchanging HR documents · changing employee master data · variable monthly data · attendance and absence recording [S10]
- Two tour variants: for own firm · for clients without prior DATEV Unternehmen online usage [S10]

**Support**
- Free onboarding: yes [S7]
- Help center: yes · unabhängig von den Servicezeiten [S9]
- Hilfe doku 1023544: 1023544 [S8]
- Hilfe doku 1034302: 1034302 [S8]
- Newsletter infoservice payment: yes · 4 [S8]
- Remote maintenance options: by DATEV · by your tax adviser firm [S9]
- Service assistant AI: DATEV Service-Assistent provides AI-generated answers for migration support [S6]

## Questions

### Is DATEV Unternehmen online European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies DATEV Unternehmen online as EU-Made.

### Where does DATEV Unternehmen online store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### Does DATEV Unternehmen online have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to DATEV Unternehmen online?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Papierkram (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/papierkram), [sevDesk (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/sevdesk) and [BuchhaltungsButler (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/buchhaltungsbutler) highest among the other 24 Accounting products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Papierkram](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/papierkram) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [DATEV Unternehmen online alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/datev-unternehmen-online/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on compliance on the pages we read (datev.de/web/de/unternehmen/loesungen/rechnungswesen/buchfuehrung, datev.de/web/de/unternehmen/loesungen/rechnungswesen/datenaustausch-mit-kanzlei, datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/gesetzliche-themen/gobd, datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/gesetzliche-themen/gobd/unterstuetzungsangebot, datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/mydatev/cloud-anwendungen/datev-euer-steuern, datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/service-und-support/umstellungen/auf-datev-euer-steuern and 4 more). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 4 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Bookkeeping core — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/unternehmen/loesungen/rechnungswesen/buchfuehrung (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Bookkeeping core — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/unternehmen/loesungen/rechnungswesen/datenaustausch-mit-kanzlei (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] GoBD, immutability & audit — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/gesetzliche-themen/gobd (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] GoBD, immutability & audit — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/gesetzliche-themen/gobd/unterstuetzungsangebot (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] Tax handling & filings — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/mydatev/cloud-anwendungen/datev-euer-steuern (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Tax handling & filings — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/service-und-support/umstellungen/auf-datev-euer-steuern (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Receipts, banking & matching — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/mydatev/datenservices/belegbilderservice-rechnungswesen-einrichten (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Receipts, banking & matching — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/gesetzliche-themen/payment/kontoumsaetze-bereitstellen-neues-format (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Tax adviser handoff — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/mydatev/cloud-anwendungen/datev-unternehmen-online (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S10] Tax adviser handoff — found from sitemap: https://www.datev.de/web/de/berufsgruppenuebergreifend/nachrichten/datev-unternehmen-online-produkttour (checked 2026-10-01)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "DATEV Unternehmen online — Accounting", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/accounting/datev-unternehmen-online

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