# SelectLine — ERP SelectLine by SelectLine Software GmbH holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-10-29. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined. - Vendor: SelectLine Software GmbH (https://www.selectline.de) - Category: [ERP](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp.md) - Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made - Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/selectline - Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/selectline/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/selectline/alternatives.md)) - Data as of: 2026-10-29 · evaluated 2026-10-29 · 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: SelectLine Software GmbH - 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 SelectLine neo is an ERP for small and mid-sized companies in Germany and Austria. The bench scored it strongest on finance and compliance: bookings are protected and corrected only via automatic cancellation postings referencing the original, changes to GoBD-relevant data are logged, auditors get Z1 to Z3 access plus an IDEA interface, e-invoices run as XRechnung and ZUGFeRD, and DATEV runs both ways. Production and projects also scored 7-8, on the Factory package's bills of materials, work plans, capacity planning and shop-floor data capture. The weak spots are sovereignty, where the vendor states all data is encrypted on German servers and DSGVO-conform but the certifications section names no certification and we found no public information on subprocessors or a data processing agreement; orders and inventory, where we found no public information on storage bins, batch or serial numbers, or reorder points; and integration and portability, the widest spread, with the API behind Premium and no public API reference. Pricing transparency sits at 6, and the flagged splits flagged no splits. **Speaks for it:** - Bookings are protected from change and corrected only by automatic cancellation postings that reference the original. - Auditors get data access via Z1, Z2 and Z3, with a filterable GoBD export and an IDEA interface. - The DATEV handover runs in both directions — file and online service — with a lock flag and read-back of the accountant's file. - The Factory package documents bills of materials, work plans, capacity planning, shop-floor data capture and production cost calculation. - All five packages and the main add-ons carry public monthly prices excluding VAT, with updates included and a 30-day full-function trial. **Held against it:** - We found no public information on subprocessors, hosting infrastructure or a data processing agreement, and the certifications section names no certification. - An API is offered from the Premium tier, but we found no public API reference, webhooks or sandbox. - We found no public information on storage bins, batch or serial numbers, reorder points, or whether goods receipt posts stock. - We found no public information on OSS or reverse-charge VAT, or on dunning. - The captured pages state neither the per-user scaling behind the edition prices, nor implementation fees or data-return terms at cancellation. **Best for:** - You run a German-speaking SME and need GoBD-aligned bookkeeping with Z1 to Z3 auditor access and a two-way DATEV handover to your tax adviser. - You are a small manufacturer that wants bills of materials, work plans and capacity planning in the same package as your accounting. - You sell through Shopify, Shopware, Amazon or eBay and want priced connectors on a subscription that does not scale with order volume. - You prefer partner-led rollout through more than 200 certified Fachhandelspartner, starting from a 30-day full-function trial. **Avoid if:** - You need the sovereignty chain proven before signing: we found no public information on subprocessors, hosting infrastructure or a data processing agreement, and sovereignty scored 4-5. - Your integration roadmap depends on a public, versioned API reference, webhooks or a sandbox; the API sits behind the Premium tier and integration and portability scored 4-6. - Your warehouse control relies on bins, batch or serial tracking, or reorder points; orders and inventory scored 5-6 and we found no public information on these. - You must compute a first-year cost for a fixed headcount — the captured pages state neither the per-user scaling rule behind the edition prices nor implementation fees or data-return terms at cancellation. ## 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 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | | Purchasing, inventory & order processing | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | | Manufacturing, services & projects | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | | Integration, API & data portability | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | | Rollout, roles & operations | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | | European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | | Pricing transparency | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | | **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | ### 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 Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined. | Dimension | Finding | Points | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Legal entity | Not determined | — | — | | Ownership | Not determined | — | — | | Data residency | Not determined | — | — | | Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — | ## Key facts Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources). **Compliance** - Certification section: Zertifizierungen section present but no specific certification named on page [S6] - Certifications section: Page contains a 'Zertifizierungen' (certifications) section [S5] - Certifications section: Page includes a Zertifizierungen (certifications) section [S4] - DSGVO server: BAG-Urteil · EuGH · Mindestlohngesetz · ITSG · yes · German servers [S11] - GDPR: yes [S10] - Gobd documentation claim: GoBD-compliant bookkeeping and e-invoicing support claimed [S6] **Hosting** - Address: Magdeburg · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 · SelectLine Software GmbH · D-39104 [S1] **Integrations** - API: yes [S10] - Datev booking import: yes · nur Buchungen des aktuellen Wirtschaftsjahres [S12] - Datev data transferred: booking entries · account labels · address data · with related document or booking, not individually [S13] - Datev data transferred: Buchungssätze · Kontenbeschriftungen · Adressdaten · zusammen mit zugehörigem Beleg oder Buchungssatz [S14] - Datev datenservice availability: no · Warenwirtschaft · Rechnungswesen · Warenwirtschaft [S12] - Datev datenservice availability: no · Warenwirtschaft · Rechnungswesen · Warenwirtschaft [S13] - Datev datenservice availability: no · Warenwirtschaft · Rechnungswesen · Warenwirtschaft [S14] - Datev datenservice availability: no · Warenwirtschaft · Rechnungswesen · Warenwirtschaft [S15] - Datev datenservice export no repeat: no [S14] - Datev datenservice export not repeatable: no [S12] - Datev datenservice modules: Buchungsdatenservice: Warenwirtschaft & Rechnungswesen; Rechnungsdatenservice 1.0: nur Warenwirtschaft; nicht im Kassenbuch [S6] - Datev datenservice no repeat: no [S13] - Datev datenservice no repeat: no [S15] - Datev datenservice prerequisites: yes · yes [S12] - Datev datenservice requirements: requires DATEV-Login and DATEV services booked in DATEV shop [S6] - Datev datenservice requirements: DATEV-Login · Datenservices booked in DATEV-Shop [S13] - Datev datenservice requirements: DATEV-Login · im DATEV-Shop gebuchte Datenservices [S14] - Datev datenservice requirements: DATEV-Login · im DATEV-Shop gebuchte Datenservices [S15] - Datev document linking: Digitale Belege aus Archiveinträgen zur Übermittlung bereitstellen · DATEV-Datenservice · Dokumenten-GUID verknüpft Buchung und Beleg [S14] - Datev document transfer: document GUID links booking and document · option to provide digital documents from archive entries · DATEV-Datenservice [S13] - Datev document transfer: Option "Digitale Belege aus Archiveinträgen zur Übermittlung bereitstellen" · DATEV-Datenservice · Dokumenten-GUID verknüpft Buchung und Beleg [S15] - Datev export data scope: Buchungssätze · Kontenbeschriftungen · Adressdaten · no [S12] - Datev export formats: CSV (XML for Belege) · yes [S6] - Datev export lock: Stapel in DATEV-Software nicht mehr veränderbar · yes [S15] - Datev export manual: manuell · letzter Tag des Vormonats [S15] - Datev export not repeatable: no [S6] - Datev export trigger: manual · last day of previous month [S13] - Datev export trigger: manuell · letzter Tag des Vormonats · no [S14] - Datev file interface included: SelectLine neo Finance Basic · SelectLine neo Finance Premium [S12] - Datev import accountant changes: yes · nur Buchungen des aktuellen Wirtschaftsjahres [S14] - Datev import back: tax advisor file imported via DATEV import into new batch, current fiscal year only [S6] - Datev import of accountant changes: only bookings of current fiscal year · yes [S13] - Datev included: SelectLine neo Finance Basic · SelectLine neo Finance Premium [S15] - Datev included plans: SelectLine neo Finance Basic · SelectLine neo Finance Premium [S13] - Datev included plans: Dateischnittstelle · SelectLine neo Finance Basic · SelectLine neo Finance Premium [S14] - Datev interface included: neo Finance Basic · neo Finance Premium [S6] - Datev interface included: SelectLine neo Finance Basic · SelectLine neo Finance Premium [S7] - Datev lock flag: exported batch cannot be changed in DATEV software · yes [S13] - Datev tax advisor changes import: yes · nur Buchungen des aktuellen Wirtschaftsjahres [S15] - Datev transfer methods: file in DATEV format · CSV, plus XML for documents · online via DATEV-Datenservice [S13] - Datev transfer methods: Datei im DATEV-Format · DATEV-Datenservice · CSV (XML für Belege) · DATEV-Rechenzentrum [S15] **Legal** - Address: Magdeburg · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 · 39104 · DE [S5] - Address: 39104 · Magdeburg · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 · DE [S4] - Address: Magdeburg · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 · Germany · D-39104 [S6] - Company: SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67, D-39104 Magdeburg [S11] - Company: Magdeburg · SelectLine Software GmbH · D-39104 · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 [S7] - Company: SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67, D-39104 Magdeburg [S15] - Company address: 39104 · Magdeburg · SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 · Germany [S13] - Company address: D-39104 · Magdeburg · SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 [S14] - Company name: SelectLine Software GmbH [S4] - Company name: Magdeburg · SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 · D-39104 [S8] - Company name: SelectLine Software GmbH [S6] - Entity: Magdeburg · SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67 [S3] - Entity: Magdeburg · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67, D-39104 Magdeburg · SelectLine Software GmbH · Germany [S10] - Entity address: SelectLine Software GmbH · Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 67, D-39104 Magdeburg [S12] - Entity name: SelectLine Software GmbH [S5] - Group: SelectLine Group [S1] - Group: Teil der SelectLine Group [S8] - Group membership: SelectLine Software GmbH states it is part of the SelectLine Group [S5] - Group membership: Teil der SelectLine Group [S4] - Group membership: SelectLine Group [S12] - Imprint available: yes [S5] - Legal links: Impressum · AGB · Datenschutz · Bildlizenzen [S4] **Pricing** - Addon dms: excluded · 29 [S3] - Addon shipping: excluded · Basismodul + ein Dienstleister · 47.2 [S3] - Addon shopify: excluded · 209 [S3] - Addon shopware: excluded · 129 [S3] - Annual discount: 10 [S3] - Erp basic annual: excluded · annual · 59 [S3] - Erp factory annual: excluded · annual · 129 [S3] - Erp premium annual: excluded · annual · 99 [S3] - Finance basic annual: excluded · annual · 59 [S3] - Finance premium annual: excluded · annual · 99 [S3] - Model: subscription (Abo) · yes [S10] - No license tiers for archives: no [S7] - Seat flexibility: yes [S3] - Separat buchbar: both add-ons are separately bookable · yes [S11] - Trial: 30 · yes [S1] - Trial: 30 · yes · yes [S3] - Trial: 30 [S10] - Trial 30 days: yes · 30 [S11] - Trial terms: yes · alle SelectLine Programme · 30 · yes [S1] - Updates included: yes [S3] - Upgrade anytime: yes [S3] **Product** - Addon for selectline neo: SelectLine Zeiterfassung · SelectLine Serviceerfassung · SelectLine neo ERP [S11] - Addons: yes [S8] - Addons available: Shop-Anbindungen · Versandlösung · yes [S3] - Arbeitszeitmodelle: Vollzeit · Teilzeit · Gleitzeit · Schichtsysteme [S11] - Archive overview: per-document archive overview logs each version with source, archive type, filename, date and user [S7] - Archive systems: interne Ablage · SelectLine DMS · docuvita [S7] - Archive variants: Ablage · DMS · docuvita · SelectLine doqio · EASY · ELO [S6] - Archive versioning: interne Ablage · docuvita · yes [S7] - Audit fields: BearbeitetAm · BearbeitetVon [S6] - Audit trail function: Protokollierung · Buchungen · Stammdaten · Steuerschlüssel · USt-Formularzuordnungen · Periodenabschlüsse [S6] - Automatic backup: yes · yes [S6] - Basic scope: Warenwirtschaft · CRM · mobile Datenerfassung (MDE) · unbeschränkte Mandantenverwaltung [S2] - Bde: yes [S10] - Bom: yes [S10] - Booking immutability: yes · automatic Storno booking with reference to original [S6] - Central warenwirtschaft: yes [S8] - Correction via storno: corrections via automatic cancellation booking referencing original booking, fields BearbeitetAm/BearbeitetVon [S7] - Cost calculation: yes [S10] - Datev data transferred: Buchungssätze · Kontenbeschriftungen · Adressdaten · transferred with associated document or booking, not individually [S7] - Datev datenservice no repeat: no [S7] - Datev datenservice requirements: DATEV login · DATEN services booked in DATEV Shop · no · Warenwirtschaft · Rechnungswesen · Warenwirtschaft [S7] - Datev e invoice handling: vollständige Kontierung mit Buchungssätzen, Archivbeleg mitgegeben · no [S15] - Datev erechnung processing: vollständige Kontierung mit Buchungssätzen · Archivbeleg als Beleg zur Buchung · no [S12] - Datev export date: yes [S7] - Datev export digital documents: Digitale Belege aus Archiveinträgen zur Übermittlung bereitstellen · CSV · ZIP with XML and document attachments · yes [S7] - Datev export manual trigger: manuell · letzter Tag des Vormonats (XML-Export-Vorschlag) [S12] - Datev export modes: CSV file (XML for documents) · online DATEV-Datenservice [S7] - Datev festschreibung: exported bookings cannot be modified in DATEV software · yes [S7] - Datev festschreibungskennzeichen: Stapel in DATEV-Software nicht mehr veränderbar [S12] - Datev festschreibungskennzeichen: Stapel in der DATEV-Software nicht mehr veränderbar · Festschreibungskennzeichen beim DATEV-Export [S14] - Datev import back: only bookings of current fiscal year · yes [S7] - Datev tax advisor document transfer: Dokumenten-GUID verknüpft Buchung und Beleg · Digitale Belege aus Archiveinträgen zur Übermittlung bereitstellen · DATEV-Datenservice [S12] - Demo availability: yes [S1] - Demo booking: yes [S8] - Developed with emvion: emvion · venabo.Zeit · venabo.Service [S11] - Development origin: yes [S1] - Digital documents readout: yes [S6] - Dms features: OCR search, revision-safe archiving per GoBD and DSGVO, integrates with invoicing and inventory [S3] - Dms link sharing: yes [S7] - Documents belegfluss: SelectLine Warenwirtschaft includes standard documents and a typical document flow (Belegfluss) [S9] **Support** - Academy: individuelle Schulung · Webinare · Lerninhalte on demand [S1] - Consultation: software consultants and specialist retail partner network available for consultation [S3] - Demo: yes [S10] - Implementation: emvion · SelectLine Fachhändler [S11] - Partner: certified regional reseller provides technical support [S10] - Partner network: deutschlandweit · 40000 · 200 [S1] - Updates academy: yes · yes · yes [S10] 65 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/selectline ## Questions ### Is SelectLine European? Yes. whats-best.ai classifies SelectLine as EU-Made. ### Where does SelectLine store data? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026. ### Does SelectLine have a free plan? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026. ### What are the best alternatives to SelectLine? 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: [SelectLine alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/selectline/alternatives). ## What this page leaves out - 7 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. - 5 pricing 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. - 3 compliance 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. ## Sources - [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.selectline.de/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S2] Features page (neo ERP): https://www.selectline.de/erp-software/selectline-neo-erp/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S3] Pricing page: https://www.selectline.de/selectline-neo-preise/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S4] Legal notice: https://www.selectline.de/impressum/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S5] Privacy policy: https://www.selectline.de/datenschutz/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S6] Finance, tax & compliance — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/wissen/gobd-konforme-buchhaltung-und-e-rechnung-mit-selectline/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S7] Finance, tax & compliance — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/wissen/e-rechnungen-archivieren-und-nachweisen-audit-trail-und-datev-uebergabe-in-selectline-erp-und-selectline-neo-finance/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S8] Purchasing, inventory & order processing — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/selectline-warenwirtschaft/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S9] Purchasing, inventory & order processing — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/videos/warenwirtschaft-belege-belegfluss/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S10] Manufacturing, services & projects — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/erp-software/produktion/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S11] Manufacturing, services & projects — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/selectline-zeiterfassung-und-serviceerfassung/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S12] Integration, API & data portability — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/faq/welche-im-und-export-schnittstellen-gibt-es/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S13] Integration, API & data portability — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/faq/welche-schnittstellen-bietet-das-selectline-rechnungswesen/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S14] Rollout, roles & operations — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/faq/wie-lange-dauert-die-implementierung-der-erp-software/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S15] Rollout, roles & operations — found from sitemap: https://www.selectline.de/faq/gibt-es-technischen-support-und-regel-maessige-updates/ (checked 2026-10-26) --- Cite as: whats-best.ai, "SelectLine — ERP", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-29. https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/selectline Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/1004?target=page