Is freee or Netvisor better?

Neither clearly leads. freee starts at 980/month and Netvisor at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, freee or Netvisor?

Netvisor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at 980/month for freee and Free for Netvisor.

Does freee or Netvisor run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

Can I use Netvisor for free?

Yes. Netvisor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. freee starts at 980/month.

What is freee best used for?

freee is most often used for filing japanese tax documents electronically each year, calculating payroll and year-end adjustments automatically, creating opening documents without visiting tax office, tracking company expenses across departments centrally. Of those, filing japanese tax documents electronically each year and calculating payroll and year-end adjustments automatically are not what Netvisor is typically brought in for.

What can freee do that Netvisor cannot?

Netvisor covers Finnish general ledger, Value added tax reporting, Bank connections, Electronic invoicing.

Accounting · head to head

freee vs Netvisor

freee

Accounting

Japanese integrated cloud accounting software for sole proprietors and corporations

From: 980/month
Rated: -

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Netvisor

Accounting

Finnish cloud accounting and payroll with pricing built from a base fee plus per transaction charges

From: Free
Rated: -

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The short version

Only Netvisor has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: freee pricing varies significantly across multiple product categories and tiers; Netvisor pricing is a base fee plus a charge per sales invoice, per purchase invoice, per payslip and per other transaction, so a company with high document volumes pays a bill that scales with trading activity and cannot be budgeted as a fixed monthly cost.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which freee and Netvisor actually diverge.

Attributes where freee and Netvisor differ
Attribute	freee	Netvisor
Starting price	980/month	Free
Free tier	No	Yes

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in freee

Nothing recorded that Netvisor does not also cover.

Only in Netvisor

Finnish general ledger
Value added tax reporting
Bank connections
Electronic invoicing
Purchase invoice workflow
Sales invoicing
Payroll
Incomes register reporting

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

freee

Filing Japanese tax documents electronically each yearnot Netvisor
Calculating payroll and year-end adjustments automaticallynot Netvisor
Creating opening documents without visiting tax officenot Netvisor
Tracking company expenses across departments centrallynot Netvisor

Netvisor

A Finnish company whose accounting firm works in Netvisor and wants the client approving purchase invoices in the same systemnot freee
A Finnish employer needing payroll that handles collective agreement terms and reports to the incomes register on timenot freee
A business receiving and sending structured e-invoices with Finnish counterparties that require themnot freee
A Finnish accounting practice standardising clients on one system with a shared role model rather than one instance per clientnot freee

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

freee

Pricing varies significantly across multiple product categories and tiers
Some corporate tiers (Advance) reach ¥39,780+/month

Netvisor

Pricing is a base fee plus a charge per sales invoice, per purchase invoice, per payslip and per other transaction, so a company with high document volumes pays a bill that scales with trading activity and cannot be budgeted as a fixed monthly cost.
It serves Finland, so the tax and payroll logic is useless to entities filing elsewhere, and a Nordic group ends up running a different system in each country even where they belong to the same corporate family.
The interface, help material and support operate in Finnish, so a foreign owned subsidiary needs a Finnish speaking bookkeeper or accounting firm to operate it and cannot supervise it directly from head office.
Finnish payroll requires collective agreement terms to be configured correctly, and getting holiday pay, supplements and shift rules right is specialist work usually done by a partner, so payroll implementation is a paid project rather than a setup wizard.
Because most deployments come through an accounting firm, the practical service you receive depends on that firm's competence with the product, and changing accountant can mean changing system or inheriting a configuration nobody documented.

Pricing, plan by plan

freee

980/month

freee會計 Starter$980/month
- Individual business owner accounting tier
freee會計 Corporate Solo$2980/month
- Corporate accounting tier
freee人事労務$400/month per employee
- HR and payroll module per-employee pricing
freee勤怠管理$300/month per employee
- Attendance tracking per-employee

Netvisor

Free

Starter$25/month
- Basic accounting, 1000 transactions, invoicing, payroll for 1 person
Basic$25/month
- Basic accounting plus invoicing, 2.06 euros per invoice item, unlimited users, email support
Core$25/month
- All Basic features, invoices included in monthly cost
Professional$25/month
- All Core features, broadest software interface, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, purchase and sales orders

Which should you pick?

Choose freee if

Nothing in the data separates freee from Netvisor on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

freee review

Choose Netvisor if

You need finnish general ledger.
You want to start without paying.
You also want value added tax reporting.

Netvisor review

Questions people ask

Is freee or Netvisor better?: Neither clearly leads. freee starts at 980/month and Netvisor at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, freee or Netvisor?: Netvisor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at 980/month for freee and Free for Netvisor.
Does freee or Netvisor run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Netvisor for free?: Yes. Netvisor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. freee starts at 980/month.
What is freee best used for?: freee is most often used for filing japanese tax documents electronically each year, calculating payroll and year-end adjustments automatically, creating opening documents without visiting tax office, tracking company expenses across departments centrally. Of those, filing japanese tax documents electronically each year and calculating payroll and year-end adjustments automatically are not what Netvisor is typically brought in for.
What can freee do that Netvisor cannot?: Netvisor covers Finnish general ledger, Value added tax reporting, Bank connections, Electronic invoicing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

freee: What is freee's accounting software pricing?

Individual business owners start at ¥980/month for Starter, while corporate accounting begins at ¥2,980/month for Solo Corp, with prices extending to ¥39,780+/month for Advance plans.

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Netvisor: Is Netvisor usable outside Finland?

Not as a compliance system. The value is the Finnish tax, banking, e-invoicing and payroll logic. Companies filing elsewhere should look at the local product in the Visma range or another local vendor.

freee: Does freee charge per employee for HR and payroll?

Yes, freee人事労務 (HR/Payroll) costs ¥400-¥1,100 per employee per month, and freee勤怠管理 (Attendance) costs ¥300 per employee per month.

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Netvisor: Why is the pricing structured per transaction?

It reflects a Finnish market convention where the accounting firm's fee also scales with document volume. It means a low volume company pays very little and a high volume one pays a great deal, so estimate your annual invoice and payslip counts before comparing headline prices.

freee: Are there free freee products?

Several freee products are completely free, including freee開業 (Business Opening), freee請求書 (Invoicing), freeeカード (Card), and certain features like payroll rules creation.

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Netvisor: Can my accounting firm work in it with me?

Yes, that is the intended model. The practice and the client share one instance with different roles, so the firm does the bookkeeping while you approve purchase invoices and issue sales invoices.

freee: Does freee offer a free trial?

Freee offers a 30-day free trial for its accounting software and provides annual payment discounts on most plans.

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Netvisor: Does it handle payroll for collective agreements?

It supports Finnish collective agreement based payroll, but configuring the specific agreement terms correctly is expert work normally done during a paid implementation. Do not assume payroll is switched on the same week as accounting.

Netvisor: What about the incomes register?

Reporting earnings to the national incomes register within the statutory deadline is built in, which is one of the main reasons Finnish employers use a local product rather than an international one.

Netvisor: Is it a full ERP?

It includes inventory and fixed assets alongside the ledger, which covers a good deal of a small distributor's needs, but it is a financial management system rather than a manufacturing or full supply chain ERP.

freee vs Netvisor

freee

Netvisor

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in freee

Only in Netvisor

What people use each for

freee

Netvisor

Where each one falls short

freee

Netvisor

Pricing, plan by plan

freee

Netvisor

Which should you pick?

Choose freee if

Choose Netvisor if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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