Filip Hannel

Facturwise is an invoicing platform built for freelancers and small businesses across the EU, with ZUGFeRD and Factur-X e-invoicing compliance included free on every plan — no plugins, no configuration, no extra cost.

Europe is in the middle of the biggest change to business invoicing in decades. Germany has mandated that every business must be able to accept structured e-invoices since January 2025, with mandatory sending following for businesses above €800k turnover in 2027 and all businesses in 2028. France rolls out its own mandate from September 2026. Belgium and Poland are already live. By 2030 the EU's ViDA initiative will extend mandatory structured e-invoicing to all intra-EU B2B transactions across every member state. Millions of freelancers and small businesses across Europe need to get compliant — and most of them have no idea where to start.

The problem with existing invoicing tools is straightforward. Most of them treat e-invoicing compliance as a premium feature locked behind expensive tiers. Lexoffice charges €16.90 per month before you get e-invoicing. Zervant meters e-invoices at just 3 per month on their starter plan. Others claim compliance but generate invoices with XML errors that are invisible in the PDF but fail validation when processed by the recipient's accounting software. And almost none of them serve the cross-border freelancer who invoices clients in both Germany and France simultaneously — a growing and completely underserved audience.

Facturwise was built to solve all of this from the ground up. Every invoice Facturwise generates is automatically a fully compliant ZUGFeRD 2.4 and Factur-X 1.0.8 e-invoice at the EN 16931 profile level. Every invoice is a hybrid PDF/A-3 document with structured CII XML embedded inside — human-readable for your client, machine-readable for their accounting software. No plugins to install, no settings to configure, no extra cost regardless of which plan you are on.

Beyond compliance, Facturwise includes everything a freelancer or small business needs to invoice professionally across the EU. Multilingual invoice documents in 6 languages so every client receives an invoice in the language they do business in. 30 currencies supported. SEPA QR codes for zero-fee scan-to-pay bank transfers. Automated recurring billing. Automated payment reminders. Expense tracking. Client management. Quotes and credit notes. A full financial dashboard with monthly revenue charts, year-to-date summaries, and overdue invoice tracking.

Facturwise is built specifically for German freelancers and Kleinunternehmer preparing for the 2027 mandate, French auto-entrepreneurs ahead of September 2026, and cross-border EU freelancers billing clients across multiple countries who need one tool that handles both ZUGFeRD and Factur-X simultaneously from a single account.

Start free at facturwise.com/en — no credit card required.