AccountView vs Lexware Office Comparison

Why choose AccountView

• Higher Customization score (7/10 vs 4/10)
• Higher Analytics score (6/10 vs 4/10)
• Includes Inventory Accounting, which Lexware Office lacks
• Includes Multi-currency, which Lexware Office lacks

Why choose Lexware Office

• Lower estimated cost for 10 users: €8/mo vs €248/mo
• Higher Cost score (8/10 vs 3/10)
• Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 4/10)
• Better fit for freelancers (9/10 vs 2/10)
• Better fit for small business (8/10 vs 6/10)

AccountView

Pros

• Deployment is flexible: run it on your own Windows server, through a hosting partner, or as AccountView Online.
• Team and Business both include unlimited administrations, which helps groups and accounting practices.
• The modular bundles cover trade, inventory, projects and hours, so it stretches beyond pure bookkeeping.
• The vendor cites 89 integrations, including Visma AutoInvoice, Approval, UBL e-invoicing, Nmbrs and CaseWare.
• A Web API and third-party connectors such as Invantive give access to the data for BI tools like Power BI.

Cons

• It is expensive: Team starts at 137.50 euros per month, and invoicing alone costs another 55 euros per month.
• The legacy FoxPro-based architecture creates a new administration for each fiscal year, which complicates master data, according to Zenvoices.
• It is aimed only at the Dutch market and the Dutch language.
• Some features, such as the audit trail and automatic payments, need extra modules.
• There is little public user review coverage on G2, Capterra or SourceForge.

Lexware Office

Pros

• Users on OMR Reviews and testers on Experte.de describe receipt scanning and bank matching as fast and easy to set up.
• Creates ZUGFeRD and XRechnung e-invoices and files VAT returns directly to ELSTER.
• Every plan can be cancelled monthly, and users are unlimited according to Für-Gründer.
• Tax advisor access and DATEV export make it easy to hand the books to an accountant.
• An optional payroll add-on handles social security and tax filings for up to 50 employees.

Cons

• Invoices can only be issued in euros.
• Cannot manage several companies, and has no approval workflow and no cost-centre reporting.
• Bookkeeping and VAT returns need the L plan, and recurring features need higher tiers.
• Users report bank connections that drop and support that is hard to reach by phone.
• There is no postal invoice sending and no built-in time tracking.