Pricing

For self-employed/freelancers For companies

Freelancer plans are limited to a single user. They are well suited for freelancers and solo entrepreneurs. If you want to manage employees and freelancers, you should get an organizational subscription.

Free

0 € / month

net plus statutory VAT

Billed annually.

3 outgoing invoices per month
ZUGFeRD & XRechnung
5 incoming invoices per month
Validation & visualization of e-invoices
Unlimited incoming credits
from ZEIT.IO organisations
Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Projects
create unlimited projects
Project time tracking
book time on projects
Expenses
posting expenses to projects
API access
access to the ZEIT.IO REST API
Revision-proof storage
of all invoices and credit notes
Email inbox for e-invoices
Automatically process incoming invoices

Basic

5 € / month

net plus statutory VAT

Billed annually. 60 € / year + USt.

10 outgoing invoices per month
ZUGFeRD & XRechnung
20 incoming invoices per month
Validation & visualization of e-invoices
Unlimited incoming credits
from ZEIT.IO organisations
Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Projects
create unlimited projects
Project time tracking
book time on projects
Expenses
posting expenses to projects
API access
access to the ZEIT.IO REST API
Revision-proof storage
of all invoices and credit notes
Email inbox for e-invoices
Automatically process incoming invoices

0,20 € per additional outgoing invoice:	0,20 €
0,10 € per additional incoming invoice:	0,10 €

Pro

9 € / month

net plus statutory VAT

Billed annually. 108 € / year + USt.

50 outgoing invoices per month
ZUGFeRD & XRechnung
100 incoming invoices per month
Validation & visualization of e-invoices
Unlimited incoming credits
from ZEIT.IO organisations
Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Projects
create unlimited projects
Project time tracking
book time on projects
Expenses
posting expenses to projects
API access
access to the ZEIT.IO REST API
Revision-proof storage
of all invoices and credit notes
Email inbox for e-invoices
Automatically process incoming invoices

0,20 € per additional outgoing invoice:	0,20 €
0,10 € per additional incoming invoice:	0,10 €

The organizational plans are designed for companies and organizations that want to manage employees and suppliers. Prices are based on the number of active users in your organization.

Basic

9 € / month

net plus statutory VAT

Billed monthly.

30 days free trial

HR functions
Manage employees
Supplier functions
Manage suppliers/freelancers
Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Projects
create unlimited projects
API access
access to the ZEIT.IO REST API
Outgoing invoices
Creation of outgoing invoices in the ZUGFeRD & XRechnung formats
Incoming invoices
Validation and visualization of e-invoices (ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Peppol Bis 3)
Revision-proof storage
of all invoices and credit notes
Email inbox for e-invoices
Automatically process incoming invoices

Per incoming invoice:	0,10 €
Per outgoing invoice & credit note:	0,20 €
Per active employee:	9,00 €
Per active supplier/freelancer:	22,00 €

Pro

14 € / month

net plus statutory VAT

Billed monthly.

30 days free trial

HR functions
Manage employees
Supplier functions
Manage suppliers/freelancers
Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Projects
create unlimited projects
API access
access to the ZEIT.IO REST API
Outgoing invoices
Creation of outgoing invoices in the ZUGFeRD & XRechnung formats
Incoming invoices
Validation and visualization of e-invoices (ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Peppol Bis 3)
Revision-proof storage
of all invoices and credit notes
Email inbox for e-invoices
Automatically process incoming invoices

Per incoming invoice:	0,10 €
Per outgoing invoice & credit note:	0,20 €
Per active employee:	9,00 €
Per active supplier/freelancer:	22,00 €

Advanced

19 € / Monat

net plus statutory VAT

Billed monthly.

30 days free trial

HR functions
Manage employees
Supplier functions
Manage suppliers/freelancers
Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Projects
create unlimited projects
API access
access to the ZEIT.IO REST API
Outgoing invoices
Creation of outgoing invoices in the ZUGFeRD & XRechnung formats
Incoming invoices
Validation and visualization of e-invoices (ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Peppol Bis 3)
Revision-proof storage
of all invoices and credit notes
Email inbox for e-invoices
Automatically process incoming invoices

Per incoming invoice:	0,10 €
Per outgoing invoice & credit note:	0,20 €
Per active employee:	9,00 €
Per active supplier/freelancer:	22,00 €

For companies

All features

HR functions

Manage employees
Contract management
Contract documents, terms, terminations, extensions
Recording of working hours
Working hours, breaks, overtime
target times
Display of planned working time per day, week, month, year, taking into account holidays, sick leave and public holidays
Overtime accounts
Overtime, negative hours, compensation
Recording of project hours
Book time on projects
billable bar
Display of billable hours in time recording
Expenses
Posting expenses and expenditures to projects
Vacation management
vacation requests, remaining vacation, special leave
Sick notes
submission of sick notes
Holidays
Public and self-created holidays
Self-Service-Portal
Employees can manage their data themselves

Supplier functions

Manage suppliers/freelancers
Contract management
Contract documents, terms, terminations, extensions
Hourly rates
Store up to 4 purchasing and sales hourly rates per supplier and project
Daily rates
Enter up to 2 purchase and sales daily rates per supplier and project
project time tracking
Book time on projects
Expenses
Posting expenses and expenditures to projects
Approval process
approval process for times, expenses and incoming invoices
Approver
Customer can be entered as approver for times and expenses
credit note procedure
Suppliers receive a credit note for approved performance records & expenses
Self-Service-Portal
Suppliers can manage their data themselves

project functions

Manage projects
Project types
Time & Material or fixed price
Budgets
project-based budget management
stick to budgets
Overbooking not possible by default, but can be allowed
budget notifications
Notifications when reaching X% of the budget
budget allocation
Project budget can be divided into activities and tickets
Project members
Employees and suppliers can be added to projects
Margin
Margin in the project is calculated automatically
Real-time controlling
Costs and margin are updated after each booking
Automatic invoicing
Automatic invoicing after approval of times or expenses

Invoicing functions

Customer management
with contacts, departments and comments
Outgoing invoices
Creation of outgoing invoices in the ZUGFeRD & XRechnung formats
Incoming invoices
Validation and visualization of e-invoices (ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Peppol Bis 3)
credit notes (outgoing)
Credit notes for suppliers
credit notes (incoming)
Credit notes from customers
Invoicable table
Display of billable hours and expenses
Digitize outgoing invoices
clearing outgoing invoices
Dunning process
payment reminders and dunning notices
DATEV Integration
Automatically transfer outgoing invoices, incoming invoices and credit notes to DATEV
DATEV CSV Export
Export outgoing invoices as DATEV CSV
Audit-proof storage
Audit-proof storage of invoice documents (optional)

Cancellable at any time. All prices are net prices, plus VAT. The offer is aimed exclusively at business customers.

Paid AddOns

Most add-ons and integrations for ZEIT.IO are free. Only the paid ones are listed below.

SAP ByD

2499 €

net plus statutory VAT

One time payment

Your customer's SAP ByD system can be connected to ZEIT.IO via an OData interface. Once this connection is established, ZEIT.IO can upload the booked times of an approved timesheet to their customer's SAP system. This means that the approved times are available to your customers immediately after approval. We charge EUR 2499 for setting up this connection once.

EMAILBRIEF

99 €

net plus statutory VAT

One time payment

If your ZEIT.IO organization is connected to EMAILBRIEF, you can send invoices from ZEIT.IO as a real letter with just one click. The PDF invoice is sent directly to the Deutsche Post printing line, where it is printed, folded, enveloped, franked and sent to your customer. We charge a one-time fee of EUR 99 to set up this integration.

In addition, of course, there are costs for sent invoices. We pass on the costs of EMAILBRIEF.de, with a small surcharge.

Support

Mo-Fr/9-17

20%

of the monthly cost

per month

	Monday to Friday
	09:00 to 17:00
	Email and ZenDesk - With callback option
	Guaranteed response within 24 hours
	20% of the monthly costs but at least 200 €

24/7

80%

of the monthly cost

per month

	Monday to Sunday
	24 hours
	Email and ZenDesk - With callback option
	Guaranteed response within 6 hours
	80% of the monthly costs at least € 800

Custom development and customization

Adjustments

992 €

net plus statutory VAT

per person day

Would you like to see a special feature implemented in ZEIT.IO promptly? Do you want to integrate your CRM or DMS with ZEIT.IO so that events in your CRM/DMS trigger certain processes in ZEIT.IO? Or the other way around? No problem! We also do integration projects. Customization pricing is based on requirements and volume.

FAQ

Why does a supplier cost more than an employee?

ZEIT.IO specializes in the management of experts who are invoiced according to time & material. There are a lot of workflows and processes that are specifically tailored to the requirements of freelance experts. Zeit.io digitized and automatically the processes used for the management of freelance experts. If you adhere to the fully automated standard process, you can save up to 4 hours in the back office with ZEIT.IO, per supplier and month.

If we don't pay for support, do we not have support at all?

Support is currently still available to all users. However, without a support plan, there are no guaranteed response times! And of course the support requests are sorted by support plan. Support requests from customers with a 24/7 support plan are always answered before any other request.

What is an active user?

An active user is a user who has at least one active contract with your organization.

What is an active contract?

If you want to add an employee or supplier (freelancer) to your organization, you must offer the person a ZEIT.IO contract. People and organizations are connected by contracts. A contract contains the most important cornerstones of a cooperation, such as the hourly purcahse rate and the payment modalities. A ZEIT.IO contract always has a start and end date. A contract is considered active when it has been accepted by both parties, the start date is in the past and the end date is in the future.