Self-employed workers, freelancers, and very small business owners who spend their evenings filing invoices and only discover their cash flow by accident. If the word “accounting” gives you cold sweats, this one is for you.
Price verified on October 30, 2026.
Pennylane (pennylane.com), the French accounting platform. It connects to your bank, reads your invoices automatically, and pre-categorizes every expense. Your accountant keeps control of what matters.
Trigger: A bank transaction or an invoice comes in — reads the document, matches it, and suggests a category, and you get pre-bookkeeping ready to approve.
€14 to €40 before tax/month depending on the plan. Permanent €0 Free plan for micro-businesses (invoicing, 1,200 invoices/year) plus a 15-day free trial on paid plans. Price verified on October 30, 2026.
Yes, partly. Permanent €0 Free plan for micro-businesses (invoicing, 1,200 invoices/year) plus a 15-day free trial on paid plans.
Level: Easy. Setup takes 4 steps; the first one: Create a Pennylane account and connect your business bank account.
Check the suggested categories during the first month: the AI learns from your corrections. Keep an accountant for the annual closing and filings — the tool doesn't replace their eye.
Nobody answers my website visitors in the evening, and I'm losing customers
$0 to $29/month at entry level (Starter; Growth from $59 depending on volume, Lyro billed separately).
I keep getting asked the same questions, I spend my days repeating myself
$0 to $99/month depending on the number of conversations (free plan to try it out).
My customer contacts are scattered between sticky notes and Excel files
$0 to $25/month (the basic CRM is free).
I never know what's being said about my business online
$30 to $100/month depending on mention volume.
Booking an appointment takes me ten email back-and-forths
$0 to $12/month per user (free for a solo professional).
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