Short answer
Choose Tailride if you want the whole pre-accounting step handled: unlimited supplier portals, connected Gmail, Outlook and IMAP inboxes with a retroactive history scan, line-item coding to your chart of accounts and AI bank reconciliation. Starter is $19 per month or $158 per year, with unlimited users on every plan.
Choose invoicefetcher if you want the cheapest possible way to have a handful of German supplier portals emptied automatically into your accountant's system, and you are happy to keep coding and reconciliation where they are today.
What is invoicefetcher?
invoicefetcher® (invoicefetcher.com) is a German service that logs into supplier portals on your behalf and downloads the invoices waiting there. Its published catalogue names 40+ providers including Amazon, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Adobe, DHL, O2 and IONOS, spanning telecoms, retail, IT services and logistics.
Collected documents are handed on to DACH accounting and document systems: the DATEV Belegbilderservice, sevDesk, Lexware Office, FastBill, BuchhaltungsButler, Stotax, weclapp, Paperless-ngx and others, plus archive copies in OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or WebDAV. Email capture is a separate paid app, invoicefetcher.email, rather than part of the core plans.
Where invoicefetcher has the edge
invoicefetcher is the cheapest serious portal collector in the German market. It is the stronger choice when:
The lowest entry price in the category
There is a free plan at 0,00 € per month for 30 documents and 2 online portals, and the Easy plan is 4,59 € per month. Nothing else in this comparison starts that low.
Deep German provider coverage
The published portal list is built for the German market — Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, O2, IONOS, DHL and similar — and is maintained by a German team.
DACH accounting and DMS interfaces
Documents can be pushed to the DATEV Belegbilderservice, sevDesk, Lexware Office, FastBill, BuchhaltungsButler, Stotax, orgaMAX and WISO MeinBüro, which covers most Steuerberater workflows.
Multi-client handling for tax advisors
Multi-client capability is enabled from the Premium plan at 21,99 € per month, and Professional at 29,99 € per month adds 25 portals and 10 users — inexpensive for a practice managing several small clients.
Pay only for the portals you use
Extra online portals and extra users cost 0,99 € per month each, so a very small business can size the subscription tightly.
Where Tailride wins
Portals are unlimited, not metered
invoicefetcher includes 2 portals on Free and Easy, 3 on Starter, 5 on Standard, 10 on Premium and 25 on Professional, at 0,99 € per month for each one beyond. Tailride includes unlimited supplier portals on every plan, including the free tier.
A teachable browser extension for any portal
invoicefetcher can only fetch from providers on its supported list. Tailride's browser extension runs inside your own authenticated session and can be taught a portal that no catalogue covers — custom supplier sites, intranet systems and two-factor logins included.
Email capture is standard, not an add-on
invoicefetcher's email capture is a separate app, invoicefetcher.email, at 2,99 € per month and available from the Standard plan up. Tailride connects Gmail, Outlook and IMAP on every plan, free tier included.
Retroactive inbox scanning
Tailride scans back through existing inbox history to recover invoices you never filed. invoicefetcher starts collecting from the moment a portal is connected.
Coded bookkeeping data, not just files
invoicefetcher moves documents — its DATEV route is the Belegbilderservice, which transfers document images. Tailride extracts each line item and codes it to the account and tax key before it reaches your ledger.
AI bank reconciliation on every plan
Unlimited bank reconciliation is included on all Tailride plans, matching invoices to statement lines and flagging the transactions with no document behind them. invoicefetcher does not advertise bank reconciliation.
Ten ledgers, not only DACH
Tailride posts directly to QuickBooks, Xero, Odoo, Business Central, sevDesk, e-conomic, Lexware Office, Sage Accounting, FreeAgent and Holded, plus DATEV export, CSV, the API and archive copies in Google Drive, Google Sheets or OneDrive. That covers a German business that also runs Xero or QuickBooks abroad, which a DACH-only interface list does not.
Unlimited users on every plan
invoicefetcher includes 1 user on every plan up to Premium and 10 on Professional, at 0,99 € per month for each extra user. Tailride includes unlimited users and invited accountants on every plan at no extra cost.
Learn more: Retroactive invoice scanning · Inbox scanning · Browser extension
invoicefetcher vs Tailride pricing (verified August 18, 2026)
invoicefetcher publishes six tiers: Free at 0,00 € per month (30 documents, 2 online portals, 1 user), Easy at 4,59 € (30 documents, 2 portals), Starter at 8,99 € (50 documents, 3 portals), Standard at 15,99 € (150 documents, 5 portals), Premium at 21,99 € (unlimited documents, 10 portals, multi-client) and Professional at 29,99 € (unlimited documents, 25 portals, 10 users, multi-client). Extra portals and extra users are 0,99 € per month each, and the invoicefetcher.email app is 2,99 € per month from the Standard plan upwards.
Tailride is free for 10 invoices per month. Starter is $19 per month or $158 per year for 75 invoices per month and 2 connected inboxes. Growth is $49 per month or $408 per year for 350 invoices and 8 inboxes; Scale is $99 or $825 for 750 and 20; Premium is $199 or $1,658 for 1,500 with unlimited inboxes. Every plan includes unlimited supplier portals, unlimited bank reconciliation and unlimited users.
A worked example
A German business collecting from 12 supplier portals needs invoicefetcher Professional at 29,99 € per month, or Premium at 21,99 € plus 1,98 € for two extra portals, and another 2,99 € per month if invoices also arrive by email — roughly 25 € to 33 € per month for collection alone, with coding and reconciliation still to do elsewhere. Tailride Starter is $19 per month or $158 per year and includes unlimited portals, connected inboxes, line-item coding and unlimited bank reconciliation.
invoicefetcher vs Tailride feature comparison
| Feature |  invoicefetcher |  |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 0,00 €/month for 30 documents and 2 portals | 10 invoices per month with coding and accounting sync |
| Paid entry price | 4,59 €/month (Easy) | $19/month or $158/year Starter |
| Top published plan | 29,99 €/month (Professional): unlimited documents, 25 portals, 10 users | $199/month or $1,658/year Premium: 1,500 invoices, unlimited inboxes |
| Supplier portals | Metered: 2 / 3 / 5 / 10 / 25 by plan, 0,99 €/month per extra portal | Unlimited on every plan; 100+ pre-built plus teachable browser extension |
| Custom and intranet portals | Limited to the supported provider catalogue | Teachable browser extension runs in your own authenticated session |
| Email capture | invoicefetcher.email app at 2,99 €/month, from Standard up | Gmail, Outlook and IMAP included on every plan |
| Connected inboxes | Add-on app rather than plan-level mailbox allowances | Gmail, Outlook and IMAP; 2 / 8 / 20 / unlimited by plan |
| Retroactive inbox scan | Not offered | Included on every plan |
| Link-only invoice emails | Not advertised | Follows invoice links (Stripe today, more coming) |
| Users | 1 user up to Premium, 10 on Professional, 0,99 €/month per extra user | Unlimited users and invited accountants on every plan |
| Line items | Document transfer, including DATEV Belegbilderservice images | Line-level chart-of-accounts and tax-code coding |
| Bank reconciliation | Not advertised | Unlimited invoice-to-statement matching with missing-document flags |
| Accounting destinations | DATEV, sevDesk, Lexware Office, FastBill, BuchhaltungsButler, Stotax and other DACH systems | QuickBooks, Xero, Odoo, Business Central, sevDesk, e-conomic, Lexware Office, Sage Accounting, FreeAgent, Holded, plus DATEV, CSV and API |
| Archive targets | OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and WebDAV | Google Drive, Google Sheets and OneDrive |
| Best fit | Cheap automated collection from German supplier portals | Full pre-accounting: collection, coding and bank reconciliation |
Choose invoicefetcher if you…
- •Want the lowest possible monthly price for portal collection
- •Collect from a small, fixed set of well-known German providers
- •Only need documents delivered into DATEV, sevDesk or Lexware Office
- •Are a tax practice wanting inexpensive multi-client portal collection
- •Already handle coding and bank reconciliation elsewhere
Choose Tailride if you…
- Collect from more portals than a metered allowance comfortably covers
- Have custom, intranet or two-factor supplier portals no catalogue lists
- Want connected inbox scanning included rather than sold as an add-on
- Want years of inbox history recovered by a retroactive scan
- Want unlimited bank reconciliation on every plan
- Post to QuickBooks, Xero, Odoo, Business Central, sevDesk, e-conomic, Lexware Office, Sage Accounting, FreeAgent or Holded
- Need unlimited users and invited accountants at no extra cost
How to switch from invoicefetcher to Tailride
- 1List the portals invoicefetcher currently fetches from and export the archive it has already built.
- 2Connect Gmail, Outlook or IMAP to Tailride and run the retroactive scan so historical invoices come back automatically.
- 3Recreate each portal connection in Tailride and teach the browser extension any supplier the pre-built catalogue does not cover.
- 4Connect your accounting destination — sevDesk, Lexware Office or DATEV export for a German ledger — check one month of coded results, then cancel the invoicefetcher subscription and its email add-on.
Frequently asked questions
How much does invoicefetcher cost in 2026?
Six published tiers: Free at 0,00 €, Easy at 4,59 €, Starter at 8,99 €, Standard at 15,99 €, Premium at 21,99 € and Professional at 29,99 € per month. Extra portals and users cost 0,99 € per month each and the email app is 2,99 € per month. Tailride Starter is $19 per month or $158 per year with unlimited portals and unlimited users.
How many supplier portals does invoicefetcher support?
Its site names 40+ providers including Amazon, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Adobe, DHL, O2 and IONOS, but each plan can only connect a limited number of them: 2 on Free and Easy, up to 25 on Professional, with extra portals at 0,99 € per month. Tailride includes 100+ pre-built portals and unlimited connections on every plan.
Does invoicefetcher collect invoices from my email?
Through a paid add-on. The invoicefetcher.email and invoicefetcher.forward apps cost 2,99 € per month and are available from the Standard plan upwards. Tailride connects Gmail, Outlook and IMAP on every plan, including the free tier, and also scans existing history.
Does invoicefetcher work with DATEV?
Yes, through the DATEV Belegbilderservice, which transfers document images into DATEV Unternehmen online. Tailride also produces a DATEV export, but sends coded line items with accounts and tax keys rather than images alone.
Does invoicefetcher do bank reconciliation?
Bank reconciliation is not part of invoicefetcher's published feature set; it collects and forwards documents. Tailride includes unlimited AI bank reconciliation on every plan and flags transactions that have no matching document.
Which accounting systems does Tailride support?
Tailride posts directly to QuickBooks, Xero, Odoo, Business Central, sevDesk, e-conomic, Lexware Office, Sage Accounting, FreeAgent and Holded, plus DATEV export, CSV, the API and archive copies in Google Drive, Google Sheets or OneDrive. German businesses typically use sevDesk, Lexware Office or the DATEV export.
Is invoicefetcher better than GetMyInvoices?
They solve the same problem at different price points: both fetch documents from a catalogue of supplier portals. Neither codes line items to a chart of accounts or reconciles against the bank, which is the part Tailride adds.
Can I keep invoicefetcher and add Tailride?
You can, but the overlap is large — both collect from supplier portals. Most businesses that move to Tailride cancel the portal subscription rather than run two collectors against the same suppliers.
Sources and methodology
Prices, plan allowances and interfaces were checked against the official invoicefetcher pricing, product, apps and FAQ pages on August 18, 2026. Prices are quoted in EUR as published; confirm current figures and VAT treatment before signing.
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