Is Frienton an alternative to Mika?

Frienton is the Mika alternative for growing companies — whether a corporation or a partnership: a financial operating system that steers the entire finances and works with a qualified tax firm (the existing one or a suitable one from the Frienton partner network), instead of replacing the tax firm with a bookkeeping service.

What is the most important difference between Mika and Frienton?

The growth stage — and who carries the tax responsibility. Mika takes bookkeeping and closing off the desk of small GmbHs and UGs without their own finance function and replaces the tax firm. Frienton steers the entire finances of growing companies and keeps a qualified tax firm responsible.

Does a company have to change its tax firm with Frienton?

No. Frienton works additively with the existing firm (DATEV or ADDISON) — no system change. Frienton provides no tax advice itself. Companies without a tax firm are matched with a suitable one from the partner network through the Professional Tax Plan.

Does Frienton file the VAT return like Mika?

No — deliberately not. The VAT advance return runs through the tax firm, which carries the mandate responsibility. Frienton delivers the pre-booked data to DATEV or ADDISON.

For whom is Mika a better fit?

For small GmbHs and UGs without their own finance function and with modest document volume, who want to hand over bookkeeping and closing without their own tax advisor. Mika describes exactly this group as its audience.

For whom is Frienton a better fit?

For growing companies with rising financial complexity: several banks and payment providers, higher document volume, an emerging finance function.

The Mika alternative for growing companies: a financial operating system with a real tax firm — not a bookkeeping autopilot

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.

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Frienton is a financial operating system for growing companies — whether a corporation or a partnership. Frienton steers your entire finances (multibanking including American Express, cashflow forecasting, runway, role-based payment approvals) and delivers pre-booked accounting to a qualified tax firm — your existing one or a suitable one from the Frienton partner network. Mika is AI bookkeeping that takes bookkeeping and closing off the desk of smaller GmbHs and UGs without their own finance function, replacing the tax firm. The difference is the growth stage — and who carries the tax responsibility.

Frienton

Financial operating system for growing companies. Steers finances end to end and works with a qualified tax firm (your existing one or a matched one).

Mika

AI bookkeeping for small GmbHs and UGs without a finance function. Takes over bookkeeping and closing and replaces the tax firm.

What you actually want to get done

Features

Frienton

Mika

See how much money is really there across all accounts

Multibanking across all accounts incl. American Express

One account via open banking, no card integration

Look ahead — plan liquidity and runway

Cashflow forecast, runway, plan vs. actual in real time

Retrospective BWA; e-commerce via Pathway payouts (batch)

Approve and run payments with clear roles

Role-based approval + batch payments across several banks

Payment run for one account

A tax firm that stays responsible

Existing or matched (Professional Tax Plan) — mandate responsibility stays with the firm

Replaces the firm; responsibility stays with the client (unless partner tier)

THE DIFFERENCE IS THE GROWTH STAGE

Mika describes its own audience as “small GmbHs and UGs without a CFO — and only those”: no internal finance function, modest document volume (pricing in transaction bands up to 150 per month, above that on request). That is exactly where Mika is strong. Frienton begins where that stage ends: several banks and payment providers, document volume growing into four digits per month, an emerging finance function that needs not just finished bookkeeping but steering — liquidity, runway, approvals, controlling. Companies that are scaling need a financial operating system, not just their bookkeeping done.

Two models for working with your tax firm

Mika’s model:

AI bookkeeping that takes on the tax-firm role itself — bookkeeping, annual accounts and tax returns run through Mika, checked by bookkeepers (Steuerfachangestellte, Bilanzbuchhalter).

Frienton’s model:

a financial operating system plus a qualified tax firm (your existing one or one from the partner network) that stays in the loop, advising and responsible. You stay in your system — DATEV or ADDISON.

The details — what makes the difference for growing companies

Features

Frienton

All-in-one platform

Mika

FINANCIAL STEERING & TAX FIRM MODEL

Multibanking via PSD2 (all accounts, one cockpit)

One account via open banking (for bookkeeping)

Credit cards incl. American Express

Cashflow forecast & runway

Plan vs. actual in real time

Role-based payment approval

Payment run (one account)

Native e-commerce integrations (Shopify, Amazon, Shopware)

native, at order level

Via Pathway (payout batches)

Factoring & receivables management

Pre-booked accounting to the existing or matched tax firm

Replaces the firm

Mandate responsibility with a qualified tax firm

With the client (unless partner tier)

BOOKKEEPING & CLOSING

AI receipt recognition · SKR03/04 coding · trial balance/BWA · cost centres · e-invoicing (XRechnung/ZUGFeRD) · invoicing · DATEV EXTF export · open-item accounting

Via partner

Payroll

Via partner

VAT advance return

Deliberately via the tax firm

Direct (you file yourself)

Switch in a few business days — your tax firm stays

Master data, receipts, banks and roles are set up in a few business days. Your tax firm stays in DATEV or ADDISON — we migrate without you having to change your tax advisor.

Smooth migration to Frienton

Frienton for tax advisors

Professional woman using a laptop for digital bookkeeping

When is Mika the right choice?

When Mika is the better fit: if you are a small GmbH or UG without your own finance function, with modest document volume, and you mainly want bookkeeping and closing off your desk without your own tax advisor — Mika describes exactly this as its audience.

Frienton fits when you are growing, need to steer across several banks and payment flows, want to plan your finances ahead, and want a consulting tax firm with responsibility in the loop — your own or one we find for you.