By the yourtinyoffice team · Published 05/11/2026 · updated 05/11/2026

yourtinyoffice vs. sevDesk: invoicing tool or accounting software?

sevDesk and yourtinyoffice both write invoices, but they solve different problems. sevDesk is accounting software from Germany: bookkeeping, VAT returns and bank connection in one place. yourtinyoffice is an invoicing tool for freelancers: customers, offers, hours and e-invoices, with one export per month for your tax advisor. This comparison shows where each one is the better choice, and every fact links to its source.

What is the difference between the two?

The short version: sevDesk is built around your books, yourtinyoffice around your customers and your work. The table compares the points that usually decide it.

What does sevDesk cost?

As of 29 October 2026, the sevDesk pricing page lists four plans. All prices are per month and net, plus VAT. The price depends on the billing period: monthly, yearly or every two years.

When we checked, the page also showed a time-limited discount on top of these prices, so the amount you pay may be lower for a while. One user is included; each further user is an add-on at € 5.90 per month. Every feature can be tested for 14 days without a credit card (source). The Austrian pricing page shows the same plan names and prices.

yourtinyoffice has three plans: Free at € 0 with 2 invoices per month, Basic at € 12 and Pro at € 20, both net per month and cancellable monthly (pricing). The prices are not directly comparable. sevDesk's Buchhaltung plans include bookkeeping, yourtinyoffice's plans do not.

When is sevDesk the better choice?

Be honest with yourself about who keeps your books. If the answer is "me", sevDesk does things yourtinyoffice does not do at all.

• You do your own bookkeeping. The Buchhaltung plan covers single and double-entry bookkeeping and builds the EÜR from your income and expenses (source).
• You file your VAT return yourself in Germany. sevDesk sends the UStVA straight to the tax office through its built-in ELSTER interface, without a separate certificate (source). On the Austrian site, the same plan lists a VAT evaluation (Umsatzsteuerauswertung) and an Einnahmen-Ausgaben-Rechnung instead (source).
• You want your bank account linked live. sevDesk connects to online banking and names over 4,000 supported banks and neobanks (source).
• You have many receipts. You scan them with the mobile app or forward them by e-mail, and sevDesk matches them to transactions and suggests a booking category (source).
• You sell goods or need more document types. Order confirmations, delivery notes, a cash book and an inventory add-on are on the pricing page (source).
• A customer asks for an XRechnung. sevDesk lists ZUGFeRD and XRechnung (source). yourtinyoffice creates Factur-X/ZUGFeRD (source).

When is yourtinyoffice the better fit?

If a tax advisor keeps your books, you pay for that work already. What you need yourself is a fast way to get from the first offer to a paid invoice, and a clean handover at the end of the month.

• Offers, hours and invoices in one chain. An accepted offer becomes an invoice with one tap, and tracked hours become invoice lines at the stored rate (source). Projects can carry an hour budget per month or until a due date (source). Time tracking is part of every plan, including Free (source).
• Clients in other EU countries. Offers, invoices and their e-mails come in six languages, and invoices in EUR, CHF, GBP, USD, INR and more than 30 currencies published by the European Central Bank (source). sevDesk switches invoices between German and English and writes them in any currency (source).
• Retainers. Recurring schedules draft the invoice with fixed items, the open hours of chosen projects, or both, and you approve it (source).
• Working with subcontractors. On Pro, you share a project with a partner's own account, and their hours appear on your project (source).
• Work from your phone. yourtinyoffice is built for the phone and runs as a web app, so there is nothing to install (source). To be fair: sevDesk includes free mobile apps in all paid plans (source).

Why does the VAT ID check matter for EU clients?

If you sell services to a business in another EU country, you usually don't charge VAT. The customer pays it in their country under the reverse charge procedure (Your Europe: cross-border VAT). The EU's VIES tool shows whether a business is registered to trade across borders within the EU (Your Europe: VIES).

In yourtinyoffice, you enter the VAT ID and the company details arrive via VIES (source). The invoice form then suggests domestic VAT, EU reverse charge, non-EU treatment or the small business exemption, and you review it before issuing (source). sevDesk also shows reverse charge on invoices to the EU and to non-EU countries (source). You can try the check without an account in the free EU VAT number checker, and test any e-invoice file with the e-invoice validator.

How does the handover to the tax advisor work?

Both tools let your advisor in, but in different ways.

• sevDesk: you give your advisor direct access to your account, and they work through the sevDesk tax advisor portal. Exports include CSV/XML in DATEV format, DATEV Rechnungsdatenservice 1.0, DATEV Buchungsdatenservice and ADDISON (source).
• yourtinyoffice: on Basic and Pro, you download each closed month as one ZIP with all invoice PDFs and e-invoice XML files, an invoice list, your expenses with receipts and the bank lines as MT940 and camt.053 statements. On Basic and Pro, your advisor also gets their own free, read-only login and sets up a DATEV Buchungsstapel or BMD NTCS booking file with their own accounts (source).

Ask your advisor which way they prefer before you choose.

Which setup fits me?

• You do your own books in Germany or Austria: sevDesk, or other accounting software. That is its home ground.
• You have a tax advisor and bill your time: yourtinyoffice for offers, hours and invoices, and the monthly ZIP or the read-only login for your advisor.
• You invoice clients across the EU in their language: yourtinyoffice, with six document languages, many currencies and a suggested VAT case for each customer.
• You do your own books and want faster invoicing on the phone: both can work side by side. Upload the invoice PDFs from the monthly export into your accounting software.

We compared yourtinyoffice with another German accounting tool in yourtinyoffice vs. lexoffice.

Sources: sevDesk pricing, Germany; sevDesk pricing, Austria; sevDesk: English invoices and foreign currencies; sevDesk home page; Your Europe: cross-border VAT; Your Europe: check a VAT number (VIES); yourtinyoffice features and pricing.

Status 29 October 2026. sevDesk facts are taken from sevDesk's own website on that day; prices and plans change, so check the pricing page before you book. This comparison is not tax advice.