Fewer mistakes
Amounts, VAT and deposits are calculated for you, no broken formulas.
Try it freeFeatures
Quotes and invoices
EstimatorAdvance invoiceE-invoices (Peppol)Getting paid
Sending and e-signatureAutomatic remindersOnline paymentsJobs and team
Projects and costsCalendar and plannerFor your accountantComparison
Excel and Word
or AdBooks?
Excel and Word are great tools, but they were not made for quotes, deposits and getting paid. Here is an honest comparison, and when Excel is all you need.
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Comparison
What changes in your daily work.
| Excel and Word | | |
|---|---|---|
| Quote and invoice numbering | Manual, numbers get repeated | ✓Automatic, no duplicates |
| Quote to invoice | Copy and retype | ✓One click |
| Deposit invoice | You calculate it | ✓Enter a percentage, amount and VAT are calculated |
| Sending and client signature | PDF by email, signature on paper | ✓WhatsApp, Viber or email, signed with a finger |
| Who has not paid | You track it in a sheet | ✓Overview of unpaid invoices and automatic reminders |
| Online payment | – | ✓By card or PayPal from the link |
| E-invoice (Peppol, EN 16931) | – | ✓XML with every PDF |
| For your accountant | You collect files by hand | ✓ZIP in one click or every month |
| Working on the phone | Hard on site | ✓Works in the browser, like an app |
| Price | You already have it | ✓From €199 a year, 14 days free |
When is Excel enough?
If you issue a few invoices a month, without deposits and without a team, Excel or Word can be enough. Once there are more jobs and clients, manual numbering, tracking payments and sending files to your accountant start taking hours every week.
Read the guide: Excel or invoicing software → How it works
Switch from Excel in three steps.
Import clients and products
From a CSV file, which Excel exports in one click, or add them as you go.
Create your first quote
In a few minutes, with your logo and colour.
Keep working in AdBooks
Old documents stay where they are, new ones go through AdBooks.
Plans: Pro from €199 a year. The first 14 days are free, no card needed.See prices →
Benefits
What do you get by switching?
Less time on paperwork, more time for the job.
Everything in one place
Quotes, invoices, clients and costs, no searching through folders.
Faster payment
Sending on WhatsApp, signing with a finger, online payment and reminders.
Nothing to install
Works in the browser on computer and phone.
Pricing
Simple pricing.
Choose the plan that fits your pace. 14 days with everything included, then you decide.
How many people use AdBooks in your company?
With yearly billing you get 2 months free and save up to €104 a year.
AdBooks Pro
For solo tradespeople and small businesses.
€16.58 per month
€20.90Save €52
You pay €199 once a year, excl. VAT
Estimates and invoices without unnecessary paperwork.
1 user · for working with a team choose Growth
Try 14 days freeIncluded
- Unlimited estimates and invoices
- Turn an estimate into an invoice in one click
- E-invoices (Peppol UBL 2.1) and online client signature
- Customers pay invoices by card or PayPal
- Automatic reminders for unpaid invoices
- Documents for your accountant in one click
- Up to 3 projects with tasks, notes, work hours and photos
- Expense tracking and profit per site
- Push notifications on phone and computer
- Up to 8 templates for estimates and invoices
AdBooks Growth
For companies with a crew, projects and several jobs at once.
€33.25 per month
€41.90Save €104
You pay €399 once a year, excl. VAT
Projects, crew and expenses connected in one place.
3 users included · each extra person €9/mo or €90/yr
Try 14 days freeEverything in Pro, plus
- Unlimited projects
- Tasks, notes and calendar inside and outside projects
- Receipt scanning for faster expense entry
- Push and email notifications for crew members
- Automatic monthly sending of documents to your accountant
- Voice input for text
- Google review requests (manual and automatic)
- Up to 12 templates for estimates and invoices
- Estimator: product catalogue by trade and industry
- Send a customer all invoices for a period in one click
- Advo AI assistant for everyday work
AdBooks Booster
For companies that want more than software.
€58.25 per month
Yearly billing only
You pay €699 once a year, excl. VAT
Besides the software you also get a website, a logo and personal support.
5 users included · extra people €9/mo or €90/yr
Book a demoWith Booster you also get, at no extra cost:
Website with domainLogo design250 business cards2 site signs
Everything in Growth, plus
- Basic SEO setup
- Business email address (info@yourcompany.com)
- Staff records (HRM)
- Enquiries from your website go straight into AdBooks
- Advo AI assistant with a higher limit
- Personal help setting up AdBooks
- Faster support replies
14 days free on the Growth planCancel anytimeE-invoicing in every planYour data is always yoursSupport for all users
| Feature | Pro | Growth | Booster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invoicing and e-invoicing | |||
| Invoices, estimates and customers | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| E-invoices in supported formats | |||
| Estimate to invoice | |||
| Online client signature on estimates and invoices | |||
| Online invoice payment (Stripe cards / PayPal) | |||
| Automatic reminders for unpaid invoices (3 levels) | |||
| All invoices for a period to a customer in one click | — | ||
| Invoice templates | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Projects and sites | |||
| Projects | Up to 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Tasks, calendar and notes inside a project | |||
| Tasks, calendar and notes outside projects | — | ||
| Work hours per worker (inside a project) | |||
| Site photos attached to the project | |||
| Voice text input | — | ||
| Expenses and profit | |||
| Manual expense entry | |||
| Automatic receipt scanning (expenses) | — | ||
| Expenses per site and supplier purchase orders | |||
| Profit and margin per project | |||
| Estimator - product and item database for estimates and invoices | — | ||
| Accountant | |||
| Export of invoices, estimates and credit notes (PDF + Excel) | |||
| Automatic sending to your accountant every month | — | ||
| Team | |||
| People with access | 1 (just you) | 3 | 5 |
| Extra person | — | €9/mo or €90/yr | €9/mo or €90/yr |
| Staff records (HRM) | — | — | |
| Customers and reputation | |||
| Email notifications (overdue invoices, appointments, plan expiry) | |||
| Push notifications on phone and computer | |||
| Google review requests (manual and automatic) | — | ||
| Company visibility | |||
| Website with domain | — | — | |
| Logo design | — | — | |
| 250 business cards | — | — | |
| 2 site signs | — | — | |
| Basic SEO setup | — | — | |
| Business email address (info@yourcompany.com) | — | — | |
| AI and support | |||
| Advo AI assistant | — | Higher limit | |
| Support | |||
| Personal adviser and faster replies | — | — | |
Prices are in euros and exclude VAT. Booster is billed yearly only. Extra person on Growth and Booster: €9 per month or €90 per year.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Excel and Word are great tools, but they were not made for quotes, deposits and getting paid. Here is an honest comparison, and when Excel is all you need.
Yes. Import clients and products from a CSV file, which Excel exports in one click.
For a few invoices a month it can be. With more, Excel does not number documents, send reminders or show who has not paid.
Yes. For your accountant you export documents to PDF and Excel, and invoices and quotes to CSV as well.
Signing up takes a minute and your first quote takes a few minutes. Add the rest of your data as you go.
Save hours of admin every week. Time for the job, not for paperwork.
Try 14 days free
Pricing
Simple pricing.
Choose the plan that fits your pace. 14 days with everything included, then you decide.
How many people use AdBooks in your company?
With yearly billing you get 2 months free and save up to €104 a year.
AdBooks Pro
For solo tradespeople and small businesses.
€16.58 per month
€20.90Save €52
You pay €199 once a year, excl. VAT
Estimates and invoices without unnecessary paperwork.
1 user · for working with a team choose Growth
Try 14 days freeIncluded
- Unlimited estimates and invoices
- Turn an estimate into an invoice in one click
- E-invoices (Peppol UBL 2.1) and online client signature
- Customers pay invoices by card or PayPal
- Automatic reminders for unpaid invoices
- Documents for your accountant in one click
- Up to 3 projects with tasks, notes, work hours and photos
- Expense tracking and profit per site
- Push notifications on phone and computer
- Up to 8 templates for estimates and invoices
AdBooks Growth
For companies with a crew, projects and several jobs at once.
€33.25 per month
€41.90Save €104
You pay €399 once a year, excl. VAT
Projects, crew and expenses connected in one place.
3 users included · each extra person €9/mo or €90/yr
Try 14 days freeEverything in Pro, plus
- Unlimited projects
- Tasks, notes and calendar inside and outside projects
- Receipt scanning for faster expense entry
- Push and email notifications for crew members
- Automatic monthly sending of documents to your accountant
- Voice input for text
- Google review requests (manual and automatic)
- Up to 12 templates for estimates and invoices
- Estimator: product catalogue by trade and industry
- Send a customer all invoices for a period in one click
- Advo AI assistant for everyday work
AdBooks Booster
For companies that want more than software.
€58.25 per month
Yearly billing only
You pay €699 once a year, excl. VAT
Besides the software you also get a website, a logo and personal support.
5 users included · extra people €9/mo or €90/yr
Book a demoWith Booster you also get, at no extra cost:
Website with domainLogo design250 business cards2 site signs
Everything in Growth, plus
- Basic SEO setup
- Business email address (info@yourcompany.com)
- Staff records (HRM)
- Enquiries from your website go straight into AdBooks
- Advo AI assistant with a higher limit
- Personal help setting up AdBooks
- Faster support replies
14 days free on the Growth planCancel anytimeE-invoicing in every planYour data is always yoursSupport for all users
| Feature | Pro | Growth | Booster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invoicing and e-invoicing | |||
| Invoices, estimates and customers | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| E-invoices in supported formats | |||
| Estimate to invoice | |||
| Online client signature on estimates and invoices | |||
| Online invoice payment (Stripe cards / PayPal) | |||
| Automatic reminders for unpaid invoices (3 levels) | |||
| All invoices for a period to a customer in one click | — | ||
| Invoice templates | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Projects and sites | |||
| Projects | Up to 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Tasks, calendar and notes inside a project | |||
| Tasks, calendar and notes outside projects | — | ||
| Work hours per worker (inside a project) | |||
| Site photos attached to the project | |||
| Voice text input | — | ||
| Expenses and profit | |||
| Manual expense entry | |||
| Automatic receipt scanning (expenses) | — | ||
| Expenses per site and supplier purchase orders | |||
| Profit and margin per project | |||
| Estimator - product and item database for estimates and invoices | — | ||
| Accountant | |||
| Export of invoices, estimates and credit notes (PDF + Excel) | |||
| Automatic sending to your accountant every month | — | ||
| Team | |||
| People with access | 1 (just you) | 3 | 5 |
| Extra person | — | €9/mo or €90/yr | €9/mo or €90/yr |
| Staff records (HRM) | — | — | |
| Customers and reputation | |||
| Email notifications (overdue invoices, appointments, plan expiry) | |||
| Push notifications on phone and computer | |||
| Google review requests (manual and automatic) | — | ||
| Company visibility | |||
| Website with domain | — | — | |
| Logo design | — | — | |
| 250 business cards | — | — | |
| 2 site signs | — | — | |
| Basic SEO setup | — | — | |
| Business email address (info@yourcompany.com) | — | — | |
| AI and support | |||
| Advo AI assistant | — | Higher limit | |
| Support | |||
| Personal adviser and faster replies | — | — | |
Prices are in euros and exclude VAT. Booster is billed yearly only. Extra person on Growth and Booster: €9 per month or €90 per year.
And everything else you need.
The little things that make everyday work easier, included in every plan.
Multiple currencies and languages
The app in 17 languages, documents in the currency you need.
CSV export and import
Export for your accountant, import of customers and products.
Flexible reports
Income, expenses, P&L and VAT in one place.
Professional templates
8 to 12 templates for estimates and invoices.
Work hours
Entry and overview of work hours per worker.
Works everywhere
Online on your computer, and on your phone add it to the home screen as an app.
Secure data
Encrypted connection and servers in Germany.
Support and tutorials
Viber and WhatsApp support, video tutorials in 5 languages.
Works with the tools you already use.
Stripe
PayPal
Viber
WhatsApp
PeppolGoogle Calendar
Outlook
Apple Calendar
Google reviews
Peppol UBL 2.1 · EU
E-invoices ready for the EU.
Your client's accounting system imports a structured e-invoice automatically - no retyping from PDF and fewer mistakes on both sides.
Learn more →- European standard EN 16931Peppol UBL 2.1 XML that complies with the European e-invoicing standard.
- One click, next to the PDFEvery invoice has an e-invoice (XML) export right next to the standard PDF.
- Checks before sendingAdBooks checks the IBAN, VAT number and item descriptions and shows exactly what is missing.
CEO and founder
Eldan Delić
We build AdBooks for people who work with their hands and their heads, so that an estimate, an advance and an invoice are done in a few minutes. If something isn't working for you, message me directly.
- Support in your language
- On Viber and WhatsApp, no tickets
- Video tutorials in 5 languages
