# Lexware Office review (2026): is it worth €7.90 a month? > German online bookkeeping and invoicing for freelancers and firms Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Lexware Office, formerly known as lexoffice, is cloud accounting software for self-employed people and small businesses in Germany. It covers invoices and e-invoices, receipt capture, bank-linked bookkeeping, VAT pre-filing and profit-and-loss reports, in four versions from S to XL. Payroll and a business account are optional paid add-ons, and the site is in German. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** Lexware (since 1989) - **Website:** https://www.lexware.de - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you operate outside Germany, as no other country is advertised. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Lexware Office is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €7.90 per month excl. VAT (€3.95 for the first 3 months). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30 days free; starting the trial means giving up the introductory discount. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | S | €7.90 per month excl. VAT, cancel monthly | Receipt capture and archive. The page advertises €3.95 per month for the first 3 months. | | M | €12.90 per month excl. VAT, cancel monthly | Adds quotes, e-invoices and payment reminders. Advertised at €6.45 per month for the first 3 months. Marked as the most popular version. | | L | €21.90 per month excl. VAT, cancel monthly | Adds bookkeeping, income-surplus (EÜR) reports and VAT. Advertised at €10.95 per month for the first 3 months. | | XL | €32.90 per month excl. VAT, cancel monthly | Adds EU and partial-payment invoices and the public API. Advertised at €16.45 per month for the first 3 months. | Read from https://www.lexware.de/preise/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Lexware Office before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **50% off the first 3 months** (Other savings): The pricing page shows each version at half price for a 3-month introductory term, then the regular monthly price. The sign-up page says the 30-day free trial forgoes this discount. Source: https://www.lexware.de/preise/ ## Key features - **Quotes, invoices and e-invoices:** Creates quotes, delivery notes, invoices and reminders, and handles German e-invoice formats (ZUGFeRD and XRechnung) required since 1 January 2025. - **Receipt scanning:** The free iOS and Android app scans receipts, reads amount and supplier, and suggests a booking to confirm with one tap. - **Bookkeeping and VAT:** Bank transactions are matched to receipts. VAT pre-filings can be sent to the tax office from the app, with a running VAT forecast. - **Reports:** Profit-and-loss and income-surplus reports plus a business evaluation (BWA) that can be exported as PDF. - **Payroll add-on:** An optional module for payslips and the statutory social-insurance and tax notifications, priced by number of employees. - **Business account and partners:** An optional business account (Solo or Plus) with a German IBAN, plus more than 140 partner extensions for shops, time tracking and travel expenses. ## Good for - Freelancers and small firms in Germany that need e-invoicing - Owners who want to photograph receipts and have them booked - People who work with a tax adviser and want shared access ## Worth knowing - Built around German tax rules and the German-language site; no other country is advertised. - Prices are shown excluding VAT, and the 3-month introductory price is not available if you start the 30-day trial. - Payroll is a separate add-on shown from €12.90 per month for up to 2 employees (€6.45 for the first 3 months); the business account is also extra. - Bookkeeping, EÜR and VAT filing start at the L version; the public API needs XL. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Lexware Office, known as lexoffice, is German online bookkeeping and invoicing from €7.90 a month excluding VAT. The bookkeeping, EÜR and VAT filing start at the L version, the API needs XL, and everything is built around German tax rules. - **Value for money: C.** S is €7.90 a month, but bookkeeping, EÜR and VAT filing start at L at €21.90, roughly the middle of accounting's range. Payroll and the business account cost extra. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 30 days free, and the 3-month introductory price is lost if you start the trial. The listing does not say a card is needed. - **Features: C.** Quotes, invoices, e-invoices, receipts, VAT and reports, with payroll as an add-on. Filing sits on the larger versions and it is German only. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up the company, accounts and receipt flow first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with 3 integrations on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Lexware Office's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - Lexware Office's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 43 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 30. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 28 of 127) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6). - Its paid plans start at about $8.83 a month, against a middle price of $18.09 for the category: 26 of the 90 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Lexware Office you would be making live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $105.91 a year. - You could make: Invoicing and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, PayPal, Shopify and DATEV among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with PayPal, Shopify, DATEV **Tags:** Invoicing, Bookkeeping, Payroll, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Sevdesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sevdesk): German online accounting and e-invoicing with a free plan. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lexoffice-vs-zoho-books) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.lexware.de/preise/ - https://www.lexware.de/ - https://www.lexware.de/anmelden/ - https://www.lexware.de/funktionen/app/ - https://www.lexware.de/ueber-uns/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/lexoffice Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).