# Holded — ERP

Holded by Holded Technologies S.L. holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-10-28. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Holded Technologies S.L. (https://www.holded.com)
- Category: [ERP](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/holded
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/holded/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/holded/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-29 · evaluated 2026-10-28 · oldest source captured 2026-10-26

**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: Holded Technologies S.L.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

Holded is an ERP from Holded Technologies S.L. of Barcelona, reportedly part of Norway's Visma group — a report the vendor's own pages do not confirm. The bench scores it highest on production and projects, a flat 6: three time-logging methods, four hourly-rate methods, five budget methods, and profitability built from sales, expenses and time costs. Finance and compliance sits at 4 with no spread, on per-line Spanish taxes (VAT 21%, withholding 19%, equivalence surcharge 1.4%), ledger-account segmentation and Facturae 3.2.2 XML e-invoices for public administrations — though signing requires the government's Autofirma and manual upload. Weakest is integration and portability at 0 to 2: the only documented data movement is order import/export and the e-invoice XML download, and we found no public information on an API, connectors or a full export on leaving. Sovereignty spreads from 0 to 3 — some judges left it unrated for want of hosting or subprocessor information, others credited the Barcelona entity and Spanish focus. Orders score 4 to 5 but sit behind a paid Inventory gem; rollout rests on an expert-reviewed partner programme.

**Speaks for it:**
- Project billing is documented in depth — three time-logging methods, four hourly-rate methods, five budget methods, and profitability built from sales, expenses and time costs
- Public-administration e-invoices download as a Spanish-government-recognised XML in version 3.2.2 and can be validated on the government's FACE platform
- Per-line taxes come from a tax database — VAT 21%, withholding 19%, equivalence surcharge 1.4% — and orders assign to ledger account groups 60/65/66/67 and 70/75/76/77
- Sales and purchase orders link onward to shipments, purchase invoices and manufacturing orders, with warehouse of origin, lot or serial numbers and product scanning
- Implementation runs through a partner programme with expert-reviewed applications, a public directory, and partner managers acting only under client-granted roles and permissions

**Held against it:**
- We found no public information on an API, webhooks or connectors to shops, marketplaces, banks or accounting tools
- We found no public information on a documented full export of a company's data when it leaves the platform
- We found no public information on hosting location, subprocessors or a data processing agreement
- We found no public information on goods-receipt stock booking, reorder points, returns or picking
- We found no public information on ledgers, payments, dunning, bank matching or an export an accountant can import

**Best for:**
- You run a services firm that bills projects by time and needs profitability per project
- You invoice Spanish public administrations and need a government-recognised Facturae 3.2.2 XML with FACE validation
- You buy and sell in Spain and need per-line VAT, withholding and equivalence-surcharge handling with ledger-account segmentation
- You want implementation led by vetted consultancies through the vendor's partner programme

**Avoid if:**
- You need to connect a shop, marketplace, bank or accounting tool — the captured pages document only single-order import/export and the e-invoice XML download
- You need a documented migration path and full data export before committing
- You must see hosting location, subprocessors or a data processing agreement before signing
- Your warehouse floor depends on goods receipt, reorder points, returns and picking

## 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, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Managing Director | The Head of Finance | The Operations Lead | The Online Retailer | The IT Integrator | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finance, tax & compliance | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Purchasing, inventory & order processing | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Manufacturing, services & projects | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Integration, API & data portability | n/r | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 | n/r |
| Rollout, roles & operations | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| European sovereignty | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | n/r | n/r | n/r | 1/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **1.5/5** | **2/5** |

### The judges

- **The Managing Director** (v1.0): Runs a sixty-person wholesaler that outgrew an invoicing tool, two Excel stock lists and a shop backend nobody reconciles. Wants one system that goes live without stopping the business for a quarter, an implementation path and cost they can plan before signing, and a vendor that will still be there when the contract renews.
- **The Head of Finance** (v1.0): Closes the books for three companies every month and has retyped one supplier invoice too many. Wants incoming e-invoices read and matched to the purchase order, GoBD stated with a procedure documentation, DATEV for the tax adviser, intercompany postings that balance, and every figure traceable to the order and the person behind it.
- **The Operations Lead** (v1.0): Runs purchasing, two warehouses and a small assembly line, and is the one called when a delivery is promised from stock that is not there. Wants goods receipt booked on a scanner, stock per bin and batch, purchase proposals from real demand, and bills of materials that plan next week's production instead of a whiteboard.
- **The Online Retailer** (v1.0): Sells on a Shopware shop, Amazon and eBay from one warehouse with eight staff, and oversold a bestseller twice last Christmas. Wants stock synchronised across every channel, orders, labels and returns handled in one place, OSS VAT done right, and a price that does not jump with every thousand orders.
- **The IT Integrator** (v1.0): Looks after IT for a mid-sized manufacturer and has to connect the ERP to the shop, the bank, payroll, the BI tool and a supplier's EDI. Wants a public, versioned API with webhooks and a sandbox, roles and an audit log, hosting and subprocessors named, and a full export the day the company leaves.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has watched ERP projects run a year late and twice over budget, the partner's day rate the real price. Reads "ERP" that is an invoicing tool with a stock column, "GoBD-ready" with no procedure documentation, "open API" without a public reference, and a module price list that stops where implementation starts, and asks how the data gets out again.

## 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).

**Product**
- Application review: Applications are reviewed and approved by a Holded expert who guides the partner's first steps [S5]
- Article author: 2023-12-04 · Javier Gonzalez [S5]
- Article search: @ · magnifying glass · yes · type of product or service [S3]
- Assign to project: yes · yes [S3]
- Auto document number: Billing Preferences numbering lines · yes [S3]
- Budget methods: Five budget methods: total cost per member, total cost per billing category, total project hours, hours per billing category, hours per member [S4]
- Client account management: Partners can assign one or more managers to a client account and perform administrative tasks according to roles and permissions granted by the client [S5]
- Client chat: Clients message consultancies via a specific chat; the consultancy decides when and how to start a collaboration [S5]
- Custom fields: yes · yes [S3]
- Digitizing agent fields: Service start date · Service end date · Subsidized amount · Additional information [S1]
- Discounts: yes · yes [S3]
- Document messages: yes · after basic information, before order line fields [S3]
- Einvoice creation: E-invoice fields are filled via Options > E-invoice Fields on a sales invoice [S1]
- Einvoice digital kit requirements: 12 · yes · yes [S2]
- Einvoice download xml: XML · yes [S1]
- Einvoice fields: Issuer contract · Issuer contract date · Sender Operation · Recipient contract · Receiver transaction · Receiver operation date · File · File date · Delivery note number · Delivery note date · Billing start date · Billing end date · Order… [S1]
- Einvoice mandatory fields: DIR3 administrative centres: Accounting Office, Managing Body, Processing Unit mandatory; Proposing Body optional [S2]
- Einvoice payment method: yes [S2]
- Einvoice purpose: Holded supports creating e-invoices required for providers of Public Administrations [S1]
- Einvoice send process: Sending to Public Administrations is done manually by uploading the XML to the relevant body's website [S1]
- Einvoice signing: no · Autofirma [S2]
- Einvoice tax data zero VAT: Non Taxable · Exempt · Reverse Taxable · yes [S2]
- Einvoice validation via face: e-invoice downloadable from Holded and can be validated on Spanish government's FACE platform [S2]
- Einvoice version: 3.2.2 [S2]
- Einvoice xml: XML · yes [S3]
- Expiration options: yes · 7 · 14 · 30 [S3]
- Hourly rate methods: Four hourly rate methods: flat rate, project hourly rate, hourly rate per member, hourly rate per billing category [S4]
- Inventory gem required: Inventory payment gem in the Holded Store · yes [S3]
- Ledger accounts: 70 · 75 · 76 · 77 · 60 · 65 · 66 · 67 [S3]
- Line priority population: contact preferences · product preferences · company preferences [S3]
- Lot serial numbers: yes [S3]
- Marketplace visibility: yes · official Holded website · yes [S5]
- Multi currency: company account currency · yes [S3]
- Order creation flow: Inventory > Orders · Sales Orders · Purchase Orders [S3]
- Order options: Origin/Warehouse · Numbering · Language · Currency · Rate · E-invoice fields · Order Completed · Select lot/SN · Design template [S3]
- Partner program overview: Partner program lets consultancies manage all clients through the Holded platform and expand their portfolio via the Marketplace and public directory [S5]
- Payment method field: yes · no [S3]
- Pdf templates: yes [S3]
- Product scan: yes [S3]
- Project amount invoicing: Invoices can be generated for a custom project amount [S4]
- Project billing contact requirement: A contact must be assigned to a project before project invoicing options become available [S4]
- Project profitability metrics: Project profitability shows sales, expected sales, expenses, expected expenses, time costs, expected time costs, profit and expected profit [S4]
- Project quote creation: Quotes can be generated directly from a project [S4]
- Project specific billing config priority: Per-project invoicing, cost forecast and category configuration overrides general settings [S4]
- Related document types: Project invoicing can relate invoices, purchases, sales orders, purchase orders and budgets, each affecting project totals differently [S4]
- Related order flows: sales/purchase shipment · manufacturing orders · purchase invoice · import/export order · Purchase Orders report [S3]
- Save states: yes [S3]
- Tags and analytics: tags · sales channels · Analytics > Reports [S3]
- Tax selection: tax database · VAT 21% · Withholding 19% · Equivalence surcharge 1.4% [S3]
- Time log methods: Time logging methods: default time fractions, FROM-TO ranges, and stopwatch [S4]
- Title grouping: type *t* in Concept field · yes [S3]
- Total auto calculation: units x price + taxes · yes · yes [S3]

## Questions

### Is Holded European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Holded as EU-Made.

### Where does Holded store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026.

### Does Holded have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Holded?

As of 29 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Odoo (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/odoo-erp), [weclapp (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/weclapp-erp) and [Haufe X360 (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/haufe-x360) highest among the other 13 ERP 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 [Odoo](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/odoo-erp) (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: [Holded alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/holded/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on pricing on the pages we read (help.holded.com/en/articles/6967114-create-and-manage-an-e-invoice, help.holded.com/en/articles/7263115-e-invoice-frequently-asked-questions, help.holded.com/en/articles/6883810-create-a-sales-or-purchase-order, help.holded.com/en/articles/6899295-project-billing, help.holded.com/en/articles/7003911-how-the-partner-program-works). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- We found no public information on compliance on the pages we read (help.holded.com/en/articles/6967114-create-and-manage-an-e-invoice, help.holded.com/en/articles/7263115-e-invoice-frequently-asked-questions, help.holded.com/en/articles/6883810-create-a-sales-or-purchase-order, help.holded.com/en/articles/6899295-project-billing, help.holded.com/en/articles/7003911-how-the-partner-program-works). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 1 product 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.

## Sources

- [S1] Finance, tax & compliance — found from sitemap: https://help.holded.com/en/articles/6967114-create-and-manage-an-e-invoice (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S2] Finance, tax & compliance — found from sitemap: https://help.holded.com/en/articles/7263115-e-invoice-frequently-asked-questions (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S3] Purchasing, inventory & order processing — found from sitemap: https://help.holded.com/en/articles/6883810-create-a-sales-or-purchase-order (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S4] Manufacturing, services & projects — found from sitemap: https://help.holded.com/en/articles/6899295-project-billing (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S5] Rollout, roles & operations — found from sitemap: https://help.holded.com/en/articles/7003911-how-the-partner-program-works (checked 2026-10-26)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Holded — ERP", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-29. https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/holded

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