Informer

Informer is cloud invoicing and administration software from Informer Group. The company dates back to 1993 and serves more than 120,000 entrepreneurs, by its own count. The international version runs at informer.eu, with country sites for Germany, Austria, France and Belgium. Dutch customers use the older InformerOnline bookkeeping product at informer.nl, which has its own packages and files VAT returns directly with the Belastingdienst. The international product starts with a free plan for sending and receiving e-invoices over Peppol. That plan has no monthly limit on sales invoices and includes contacts, reports, an accountant portal and a mobile receipt app. Business Essentials costs 15 euros per user per month and adds purchase invoices, quotes, recurring invoices, AI scanning of documents, bank connections, payment reminders, online payments, foreign currency, approvals, and hours, mileage, expense and leave tracking. Several things are billed on top: extra users, light users, extra administrations, postal letters, scans beyond 50 a month, extra bank accounts and archive storage above 1 GB. Informer Money is an optional business account from 9 euros a month that matches incoming payments to invoices. Informer suits small businesses that need to meet e-invoicing mandates and work with an outside accountant, who gets free access. It has an open API and batch exports for moving data into other accounting packages. The main limitation is depth. Outside the Netherlands, Informer acts more as an invoicing and pre-accounting front end than a full general ledger. It has no payroll or multi-entity consolidation, export options are limited, and per-document fees can add up for businesses with many purchases.