Accounting Software · Germany (DE)
sevDesk
Cloud accounting and invoicing for German SMBs.
The switch
QuickBooks→sevDeskalso replaces Xero
About
sevDesk is a German cloud accounting tool with GoBD-compliant invoicing, receipts and DATEV export.
Why we recommend it
- GoBD compliant
- German tax authority ready
- EU hosting
EU vs USA
sevDesk vs QuickBooks
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 sevDesk
🇺🇸 QuickBooks
Headquarters
Offenburg
Mountain View, CA, USA
Jurisdiction
Germany
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
Germany
Global, US-controlled (AWS)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
Private
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU)
Founded
2013
1983
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