BillingEngine
About
BillingEngine is cloud invoicing and accounting software for freelancers and small businesses. It creates electronic invoices in ZUGFeRD and XRechnung formats compliant with EN 16931, and every plan includes an unlimited email inbox for incoming e-invoices. Accepted quotes can become invoices, reminders can be sent at several dunning levels, and receipt recognition extracts amounts, dates, tax rates and suppliers before matching receipts to expenses. Data exports are available in DATEV, CSV, XLS, XML and PDF formats; listed integrations include DATEV export and a REST API for customers, invoices and payments. The free plan costs 0.00 EUR per free, billed monthly, and allows three invoices, three quotes and three receipts per month for one user. Basic costs 6.00 EUR per month plus VAT and allows 30 of each monthly for two users. Premium costs 12.00 EUR per month plus VAT and provides unlimited invoices, quotes and receipts for five users. BillingEngine says data is encrypted in transit, stored on servers in Germany and archived in a GoBD-compliant manner.
Who it is for
BillingEngine suits freelancers and small businesses handling invoices, quotes, receipts and e-invoices. Teams needing structured formats, data exports or an API can use its listed options.
What is good
- Creates EN 16931-compliant ZUGFeRD and XRechnung invoices
- Unlimited incoming e-invoice email inbox on every plan
- Exports DATEV, CSV, XLS, XML and PDF
- REST API covers customers, invoices and payments
- Data is stored on servers in Germany
What to know first
- Free plan limits invoices, quotes and receipts to three monthly
- Basic limits each document type to 30 monthly
- AI receipt recognition sends the document encrypted to OpenAI
Verdict
BillingEngine offers structured e-invoicing, receipt capture, multiple export formats and API access. The free tier has low monthly document limits; higher tiers expand those limits for a monthly fee.
Compared on invoicing software
- Free plan
- Yesbillingengine.com
- Tax validation
- Yesbillingengine.com
- API access
- Yesbillingengine.com
- Invoice limit
- $30/mobillingengine.com
- Structured formats
- XRechnung, ZUGFeRDbillingengine.com
- Deployment
- cloudbillingengine.com
Facts
- Product
- BillingEngine is invoicing and accounting software for freelancers and small businesses.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- E-invoices
- It creates e-invoices in ZUGFeRD and XRechnung formats compliant with EN 16931.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Incoming invoices
- Each plan includes a free, unlimited email inbox for incoming e-invoices.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Quotes and reminders
- Quotes can become invoices when accepted, and reminders can be sent at several dunning levels.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- AI receipt capture
- Receipt recognition extracts the amount, date, tax rate and supplier and matches the receipt to an expense.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Exports
- Users can export data in DATEV, CSV, XLS, XML or PDF format on every plan.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The pricing page lists DATEV data export and a REST API for customers, invoices and payments.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Security and compliance
- The site says data is encrypted in transit and stored on servers in Germany, and describes its archiving as GoBD-compliant.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- AI data handling
- For AI receipt recognition, the site says only the document is sent encrypted to OpenAI, document content is not used to train AI models, and documents remain on its Frankfurt server.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Support
- Priority email support is included as a plan feature, with requests often answered the same business day.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Limits
- Free includes up to 3 invoices, 3 quotes and 3 receipts per month; incoming e-invoices are unlimited.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Company history
- BillingEngine says it launched in 2014 and was created to offer small businesses a simple invoicing solution.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Company address
- The contact page lists Timo Kleemann (DesignBits) at an address in Hamburg, Germany.billingengine.com · 29 Sept 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2014billingengine.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Hamburg, Germanybillingengine.com · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- billingengine.com/en/about· checked 29 Sept 2026
- billingengine.com/en/pricing· checked 29 Sept 2026
- billingengine.com/en/features· checked 29 Sept 2026
- billingengine.com/en· checked 29 Sept 2026
- billingengine.com/en/contact· checked 29 Sept 2026






