Choose the right solution for your business
Frienton: Automated financial operating system for SMEs
Best for:
✅ Growing businesses (10-500 employees)
✅ E-commerce companies with high transaction volumes
✅ SaaS & subscription businesses
✅ Service agencies & consultancies
✅ Any business tired of manual bookkeeping
Key advantage:
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Built for speed. What takes hours in traditional systems takes seconds in Frienton. Process hundreds of transactions daily without increasing headcount.
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Startup program:
Special pricing for companies younger than 2 years
LexOffice: Bookkeeping for solopreneurs
Best for:
✅ Sole proprietors and freelancers (1-3 employees)
✅ Side businesses & hobby projects
✅ Local service providers with simple needs
Key limitations:
❌ Manual everything: No automatic categorization or accruals
❌ No real-time reporting: Wait for month-end to get a glance at your numbers
❌ Payment restrictions: Limited to basic transfers, no batch processing
❌ Growth ceiling: Becomes inefficient above 50 documents/month
❌ No advanced features: No cash flow forecasting, KPIs, or business intelligence
❌ Integration gaps: Missing critical e-commerce and payment connections
Frienton vs. LexOffice | Overview
Feature / Function
Frienton
Lexware Office
Live reporting (BWA, cash flow, plan/actual, balance sheet)
Restricted
Automatic posting including SKR tax code
Partially
Live comparison of business analysis (business owner) with chart of accounts (tax advisor)
Integration of external tools at no extra cost
Partially
Direct clarification of queries within the system
without emails/phone calls
E-commerce & PAYG model
Special features for tax offices
Feature / Function (Tax firms)
Frienton
Lexware Office
Fully pre-booked accounting journal for the month-end/year-end closing
Direct clarification within the system
without emails/phone calls
Frienton vs LexOffice | Details
The complete financial platform that does what traditional accounting can't—automated, real-time, and actually easy to use
Features
RECOMMENDED
Frienton
All-in-one platform
Lexware Office
Basic accounting
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE & REPORTING
Automatic cash flow statement
Live P&L (BWA)
Current balance sheet
Real-time plan/actual comparison, deviations
KPI cockpit incl. (cash) burn rate / runway
Business analysis according to the standard chart of accounts (SKR)
Live view/comparison of business analysis (business owner) with chart of accounts (tax advisor)
Trial balance (SuSa)
PAYMENT & BANKING OPERATIONS
One-click payments
restricted*
One-click real-time transfers
Collective payments (multiple receipts)
restricted*
Standing orders
AUTOMATION & EFFICIENCY
Assignment of any categories to SKR
Demarcation
Automatic
Manual
Discount
Automatic
Manual
Direct clarification of queries within the system (without email/phone)
integrated comment function
Immediate access for tax firm to documents, transactions, postings
E-COMMERCE & INTEGRATIONS
Stripe
Shopify
Amazon
Invoicing (easybill, Billbee, Chargebee)
SERVICE & RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT
Factoring (service)
Debt collection / receivables management (service)
BUSINESS OPERATIONS & ACCESS
Multi-user / role and rights concept
For an additional fee
OSS reports
Client access without system disruption (multi-user)
PAYG model
usage-based pricing
*Limited to specific banking partners