Best for
Best for Swiss SMEs and the self-employed that want quotes, invoices, bookkeeping, banking and payroll in one system built for Swiss rules.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Accounting & Invoicing Comparison
bexio vs. BuchhaltungsButler
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for German small businesses and online sellers that want receipts, bank payments and bookings matched automatically before the tax adviser takes over.
- Small and mid-sized
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | bexio | BuchhaltungsButler |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From CHF 35 / month The Basic package on annual billing, for one user. Monthly billing costs CHF 10 more per month on every package. The list rates on annual billing are CHF 35 for Basic, CHF 42 for Advanced, CHF 69 for Optima and CHF 119 for Ultimate. A 30 percent first-year discount on Advanced and above was running at the time of writing. | From €39.90 / month Light plan on a monthly term; Smart is €46.90 and Premium €89.90 a month, the e-commerce plans €84.90 and €119.90, and the club plan €49.90. A yearly term is also offered. The pricing page does not say whether VAT is included, and a time-limited promotion lowered these rates when checked. |
| Free trial | 30 days without obligation, on the Ultimate package excluding the document archive and bexio Pay | 14 days free; a 30-day money-back guarantee applies to direct purchases |
| Team size | 1 user on Basic, 2 on Advanced, 5 on Optima and 25 on Ultimate | Not stated |
| Users | More than 100,000 companies, per the vendor | Not stated |
| API | Yes, a REST API authenticated over OpenID Connect, plus a marketplace of more than 120 apps | API client on Premium and E-Commerce Premium |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS), stored in Swiss data centres | Cloud (SaaS), data stored on servers in Frankfurt am Main |
| Made in | Switzerland | Not stated |
| Invoicing and quotes | Yes, quotes and orders from stored products and services, QR invoices from multilingual templates, and project time carried into the invoice | Yes, invoices, quotes and credit notes with a custom layout and letterhead, recurring invoices, e-invoices sent and received, and invoices marked paid automatically when the payment arrives |
| Bookkeeping and bank feeds | Yes, single-entry or double-entry bookkeeping with pre-configured Swiss charts of accounts and VAT rates, and automatic reconciliation against more than 65 Swiss banks | Yes, more than 5,000 banks, credit cards, PayPal and Stripe connected, automatic receipt-to-payment matching, learning account assignment and rules, EÜR booked from payments alone or double-entry with debtor and creditor accounts, SKR03, SKR04, SKR42, SKR45 and SKR49, foreign currencies and an asset register |
| Expenses and receipts | Yes, supplier invoices and receipts posted against selected ledgers, with AI receipt scanning in the bexio Go app, metered per package | Yes, AI-assisted receipt recognition, a personal email inbox, Dropbox import and the scan app for iOS and Android, plus single and batch transfers and an approval step before invoices are paid |
| Tax and compliance | Yes, VAT statements in several methods and the year-end close, plus a GeBüV-compliant document archive with tamper-proof timestamps in Swiss data centres (Switzerland) | Yes, UStVA and the EU sales list filed through its own ELSTER link without a personal certificate, the official Anlage EÜR to ELSTER, e-balance sheets via eBilanz+, GDPdU and Z3 exports for tax audits, OSS on the e-commerce plans, and DATEV Unternehmen online data services (Germany) |
| Payroll | Yes, certified to Swissdec 5.3 with automatic reporting to the authorities; a paid add-on on Advanced and included from Optima upwards | No payroll of its own. Payroll is run in TAXMARO, a partner product, and its data is available in BuchhaltungsButler straight away |
| Reports and exports | Yes, balance sheet and income statement with year-on-year comparison, plus a dashboard of financial key figures | BWA with drill-down to the booking, trial balance and account sheets, EÜR and balance sheet from the Smart plan, plausibility checks with to-do lists, and a controlling dashboard on Premium |
| Integrations and API | Yes, a REST API over OpenID Connect covering sales, contacts, accounting, purchasing, items, projects, banking, files and payroll, with a marketplace of more than 120 apps | API client on Premium and E-Commerce Premium, plus connectors for Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Stripe and Billbee |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Phone, Email helpdesk | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Live online demos and webinars, Guided onboarding |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | Clockodo, TimeStatement, 2getHR, PEAX, Worldline, SumUp & PepperShop POS solution, PepperShop Online Shop, Shopify Connector by Helvy, echo for Microsoft Teams, Callwise, Social EDI (gate2b) | more entries DATEV, ELSTER, PayPal, Stripe, Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Billbee, GetMyInvoices, invoicefetcher, Payjoe, Dropbox, eBilanz+ |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price bexio From CHF 35 / month BuchhaltungsButler From €39.90 / month
- Free trial bexio 30 days without obligation, on the Ultimate package excluding the document archive and bexio Pay BuchhaltungsButler 14 days free; a 30-day money-back guarantee applies to direct purchases
- Company size bexio Freelancers, Small and mid-sized BuchhaltungsButler Small and mid-sized
- Hosting bexio Cloud (SaaS), stored in Swiss data centres BuchhaltungsButler Cloud (SaaS), data stored on servers in Frankfurt am Main
- Support bexio Phone, Email helpdesk BuchhaltungsButler Email helpdesk
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
bexio
Strengths
- Swiss specifics built in: QR invoices, Swissdec 5.3 payroll, VAT statements and a GeBüV-compliant archive in Swiss data centres
- Free live access for the fiduciary, with around 1,000 certified Swiss partners already working in the system
- Automatic reconciliation with more than 65 Swiss banks
- REST API over OpenID Connect and a marketplace of more than 120 apps
Limitations
- Packages are cut by user count, so one extra login can mean the next tier
- Payroll is absent from the Basic package and a paid add-on on Advanced
- AI receipt scanning in the mobile app is metered on every package except Ultimate
- Built for Switzerland, so the tax, banking and payroll work does not transfer to other markets
BuchhaltungsButler
Strengths
- EÜR users book straight from the bank account, without open-item accounting
- UStVA and EU sales list filed through its own ELSTER link, no personal certificate needed
- Amazon, eBay and Shopify payouts booked automatically on the e-commerce plans
- Data stored on servers in Frankfurt am Main
Limitations
- Light and Smart include one user; Premium includes five
- The API client needs Premium or E-Commerce Premium
- The VAT return, EÜR and balance sheet reports start at Smart, not Light
- The pricing page does not state whether VAT is included
Plans
Pricing
bexio
- Basic CHF 35 / month On annual billing, CHF 45 per month billed monthly. One user. Contacts, invoices, accounting, products, expenses, e-banking, document archive, projects, time tracking and stock management. No payroll and no bexio Pay.
- Advanced CHF 42 / month On annual billing, CHF 52 per month billed monthly. Two users. Adds payroll as a paid add-on (CHF 7 to 25 per month), bexio Pay for CHF 14 per month, 50 AI receipt scans per month and more than 90 marketplace apps.
- Optima CHF 69 / month On annual billing, CHF 79 per month billed monthly. Five users. Payroll for five employees included, bexio Pay for CHF 14 per month, 100 AI receipt scans per month.
- Ultimate CHF 119 / month On annual billing, CHF 129 per month billed monthly. 25 users. Payroll for 25 employees included, bexio Pay included, unlimited AI receipt scans.
BuchhaltungsButler
- Light €39.90 / month One user plus tax adviser access, AI receipt recognition, rules, bank, credit card and PayPal sync, transfers, invoicing and e-invoices, BWA and trial balance.
- Smart €46.90 / month Adds the VAT return, EU sales list, EÜR and balance sheet, cost centres and project accounting, asset management and one e-commerce connector as an add-on.
- Premium €89.90 / month Adds 5 users, role-based permissions, payment approval, tasks, the controlling dashboard, the API client, priority support and assisted bookkeeping at no extra cost.
- E-Commerce Smart €84.90 / month Smart plus one connector (Amazon, eBay, Stripe, Billbee or Shopify), 500 receipts and OSS reporting.
- E-Commerce Premium €119.90 / month Premium plus all connectors, the API client, 1,000 receipts and OSS reporting.
- BuchhaltungsButler Pro Not stated Price on request. Multi-client edition in beta for accounting firms and holdings with 5 or more companies.
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bexio https://www.bexio.com · no check date recorded yet
BuchhaltungsButler https://www.buchhaltungsbutler.de · checked against the official source on 2026-10-22
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