Frienton vs. Mika
Mika is an AI bookkeeping autopilot for small GmbHs and UGs that want to organise bookkeeping, VAT returns and annual accounts as simply as possible. Frienton is the Financial Operating System for growing companies: banking, automated bookkeeping, live financial data, payment workflows and collaboration with your tax firm in one system.
Choose the right solution for your business
Mika is the right fit if you want to hand over bookkeeping and tax compliance as simply as possible. Frienton is the right fit if your finance processes have to scale with your growth.
Frienton: Financial Operating System for growing companies
Best for:
✅ Growing GmbHs, UGs and corporations with multiple financial sources
✅ Teams with banks, cards, PayPal, Stripe, invoicing tools or shop systems
✅ Companies that want to work with their existing or a partner tax firm
✅ Managing directors who want less receipt stress and more control over numbers, cashflow and open items
✅ E-commerce, SaaS, agencies and service businesses with higher process complexity
Mika: AI-guided bookkeeping and tax autopilot for small GmbHs and UGs
Best for:
✅ Small GmbHs and UGs with manageable finance-process complexity
✅ Companies without an internal finance function
✅ Teams that want to outsource or run ongoing bookkeeping, VAT and accounts in a strongly guided way
✅ Managing directors looking for a very simple accounting-first experience
✅ Setups with limited need for multi-banking, payment approvals, plan/actual and operational reporting
Frienton vs. Mika | Overview
Features
Frienton
Mika
System approach
Financial Operating System / money chain
AI bookkeeping / tax autopilot
Primary focus
Bookkeeping, tax-firm process, banking, payments, reporting and operational finance steering
Making bookkeeping, VAT, annual accounts and tax to-dos as simple as possible
Target customer
Growing companies with multiple financial sources, workflows and reporting needs
Small GmbHs/UGs without an internal finance function and with manageable process complexity
Tax firm
Existing or partner tax firm stays part of the process
Depending on plan: with own advisor, self-created, or partner advisor in the all-inclusive model
Annual accounts
Via existing or partner tax firm; Frienton delivers structured/pre-booked data
Depending on plan: advisor produces the accounts, the MD self-creates them (responsibility & risk with the MD), or partner advisor in the all-inclusive model
Banking & payments
Multi-banking, cards, payment providers, payment approvals and payment workflows
Bank account, receipts, open invoices and bookkeeping-adjacent payment functions
Reporting & steering
Live BWA, cashflow, liquidity, KPI, plan/actual and operational finance overview
Dashboard, to-dos, tax/savings hints and accounting transparency
E-commerce & tool stack
Strong with multiple shops, payment providers, invoicing and finance tools
E-commerce possible, but more accounting-first / via partner-integration logic
Company
Bootstrapped, German brand
Venture-capital-funded startup (pre-seed 2024)
Best choice when …
Bookkeeping is not just done but finance is steered in a scalable way
Bookkeeping and tax compliance should be outsourced/guided as simply as possible
Start simple – without underselling your finance processes
Mika makes bookkeeping very simple when the process is manageable. Frienton makes the next step simple: connect several accounts, prepare receipts automatically, structure payment flows, clear open items and bring the tax firm in productively. You start with less bookkeeping stress – and still have a system that grows with your company.
✅ Less searching for receipts
✅ Fewer queries with the firm
✅ Faster numbers for decisions
Two models for working with your tax firm
Mika: Guided accounting for small GmbHs and UGs
Mika simplifies bookkeeping and tax compliance through a strongly guided accounting process. Depending on the plan, a tax advisor stays involved for the annual accounts, in the self-service plan the managing director creates them with Mika and carries responsibility and risk for them, or a partner advisor takes over in the all-inclusive model.
Frienton: Tax firm as part of the architecture
Frienton takes a different approach: the tax firm is not a side process but part of the architecture. Frienton prepares receipts, transactions, posting logic and open items so that the existing or a partner tax firm can work more efficiently. Professional responsibility and accounts expertise stay with the professional, while the company gets better live data and less operational friction.
Unlike Mika, Frienton does not position itself primarily as a replacement for the classic tax office, but as a Financial Operating System for productive collaboration between the company and the tax firm. Frienton connects multi-banking, receipts, transactions, payment approvals, live BWA, cashflow and plan/actual reporting with the tax-firm process. Mika focuses more on a simple, AI-guided accounting and tax process for small GmbHs and UGs.
Frienton vs. Mika | Details
Features
RECOMMENDED
Frienton
All-in-one platform
Mika
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE & REPORTING
Live BWA, updated daily
live-steerable
BWA in dashboard
Cashflow & liquidity in real time
Liquidity overview
Plan/actual in real time
KPI cockpit incl. burn rate / runway
Cost centres / controlling views
Trial balance (SuSa)
BANKING & PAYMENTS
Multi-banking — all banks via PSD2
multi-banking ready
Connect a bank account
Credit cards incl. American Express
PayPal & Stripe
1-click payment / instant transfer
Pay from the app
Batch payments / payment run
Payment run available
Payment approval workflows
multi-banking ready
BOOKKEEPING & AUTOMATION
AI receipt recognition
Automatic posting SKR03/04 incl. tax codes
Open-item management
Invoicing (quote, invoice, reminder)
E-invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
TAX & ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
VAT return (ELSTER)
Via the tax firm; own ELSTER link planned (~2027)
(Mika prepares / submits)
Annual accounts
Via existing or partner tax firm (professional is responsible)
Depending on plan: self-created — responsibility & risk with the MD — or partner advisor
Pre-booked journal to the firm
firm-integrated (DATEV/ADDISON)
DATEV export
Payroll
Payroll journal upload
E-COMMERCE & INTEGRATIONS
Shopify, Amazon, Shopware (native)
E-commerce via partner-integration logic
Stripe, easybill, Billbee, Chargebee, GetMyInvoices, MOCO
OSS reporting
AI & ASSISTANCE
AI-driven bookkeeping automation
AI assistant for authority letters / chat agent
(mika bot/agent)
BUSINESS OPERATIONS & ACCESS
Multi-user with roles & permissions
role-based
Firm/client access without system break
firm-integrated
Factoring & receivables management (service)
