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Agenda

The pragmatic mid-market Kanzleisoftware for German tax practices, strong on day-to-day Steuerberater workflow.

Primary

Practice Mgmt

Kind

Practice Mgmt

Pricing

Per-seat + per-module; positioned below DATEV / ADDISON on TCO

01Score Breakdown

Each dimension is a composite of public signals. The Index is a weighted average; weights are published on the methodology page.

Autonomy · 30%
50.0
Accuracy · 20%
84.0
Coverage · 13%
86.0
Local Fit · 13%
24.0
Integrations · 8%
68.0
Traction · 8%
78.0
Pricing · 8%
78.0
02Feature Coverage

Where the tool plays across the 17-category taxonomy used by this index.

General Ledger

The system of record — chart of accounts, journal entries, trial balance.

Transaction Categorization

Classifying bank and card transactions against a chart of accounts.

Bank Reconciliation

Matching ledger entries to bank statements; flagging discrepancies.

Accounts Payable

Bill capture, vendor management, approval workflows, payment execution.

Accounts Receivable

Invoicing, dunning, collections, payment matching.

Month-End Close

Accruals, deferrals, depreciation, task orchestration, review workflows.

Financial Reporting

P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, variance analysis, board-ready packs.

Tax

Income tax, sales tax / VAT / moms, nexus tracking, e-filing.

Audit Prep

Documentation, PBC lists, evidence trails, auditor collaboration.

Payroll

Wage calculation, withholdings, benefits, regulatory filings.

Multi-Entity Consolidation

Inter-company elimination, currency translation, consolidated statements.

Revenue Recognition

ASC 606 / IFRS 15 automation, performance-obligation tracking.

Expense Management

Corporate cards, expense policy, reimbursements, spend controls.

FP&A Copilot

Forecasting, budgeting, scenario modeling, variance commentary.

Natural-Language Interface

Conversational query, report generation, and action-taking via chat.

Practice ManagementPrimary

Firm-side workflow, client portals, deadlines, CRM, billing, and team orchestration for accounting and tax practices.

AI Tax Research

Generative-AI research and memo-writing assistants trained on tax code, rulings, and case law.

03Research

Agenda is the pragmatic middle of the German Kanzleisoftware market. In the four-way comparison that FIBU Magazin uses (DATEV, Agenda, ADDISON, Stotax), Agenda is positioned as "the economically balanced middle ground with manageable complexity" — a suite that covers Fibu, Lohn, Anlagenbuchhaltung, Jahresabschluss, Steuerberechnung, and Kanzleiorganisation without the scale, cost, or political weight of DATEV. Agenda reports 97% service satisfaction from its practice customers, which is consistent with its long-standing reputation for responsive support.

For a small-to-mid Steuerberater practice that does not already sit inside DATEV's cooperative membership economics, Agenda is the most common destination. It is meaningfully cheaper on total cost of ownership, its integration with ELSTER for USt-VA and annual filings is mature, and its client-portal story has modernised enough to remain competitive through 2026. The agentic overlay — AI for Beleg recognition, booking-proposal generation, anomaly detection — is being rolled out conservatively and lags Stotax on cloud-native UX.

Local fit is German-only; Agenda is not a credible international product and does not try to be.

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