Accounting · head to head
Netvisor vs TaxAct
Netvisor
Accounting
Finnish cloud accounting and payroll with pricing built from a base fee plus per transaction charges
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; TaxAct free edition available only to approximately 40% of filers
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Netvisor and TaxAct actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), 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 Netvisor
- Finnish general ledger
- Value added tax reporting
- Bank connections
- Electronic invoicing
- Purchase invoice workflow
- Sales invoicing
- Payroll
- Incomes register reporting
Only in TaxAct
Nothing recorded that Netvisor does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Netvisor
- A Finnish company whose accounting firm works in Netvisor and wants the client approving purchase invoices in the same systemnot TaxAct
- A Finnish employer needing payroll that handles collective agreement terms and reports to the incomes register on timenot TaxAct
- A business receiving and sending structured e-invoices with Finnish counterparties that require themnot TaxAct
- A Finnish accounting practice standardising clients on one system with a shared role model rather than one instance per clientnot TaxAct
TaxAct
- Individual tax filingnot Netvisor
- Self-employed tax preparationnot Netvisor
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
TaxAct
- Free edition available only to approximately 40% of filers
- Pricing excludes separate state filing fees
- Xpert Full Service pricing available on request only
Pricing, plan by plan
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
TaxAct
Free- Free EditionFree
- W-2 income
- Unemployment
- Basic credits and deductions
- Deluxe$59.99/tax-year
- All Free Edition features
- Home ownership deductions
- Childcare and dependent care
- Premier$99.99/tax-year
- All Deluxe features
- Investment income and capital gains
- Cryptocurrency reporting
- Self-Employed$109.99/tax-year
- Complete business support
- For contractors, freelancers, and sole proprietors
Which should you pick?
Choose Netvisor if
- You need finnish general ledger.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want value added tax reporting.
Questions people ask
- Is Netvisor or TaxAct better?
- Neither clearly leads. Netvisor starts at Free and TaxAct at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Netvisor or TaxAct?
- Netvisor starts at Free and TaxAct at Free.
- Does Netvisor or TaxAct run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Netvisor for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Netvisor best used for?
- Netvisor is most often used for a finnish company whose accounting firm works in netvisor and wants the client approving purchase invoices in the same system, a finnish employer needing payroll that handles collective agreement terms and reports to the incomes register on time, a business receiving and sending structured e-invoices with finnish counterparties that require them, a finnish accounting practice standardising clients on one system with a shared role model rather than one instance per client. Of those, a finnish company whose accounting firm works in netvisor and wants the client approving purchase invoices in the same system and a finnish employer needing payroll that handles collective agreement terms and reports to the incomes register on time are not what TaxAct is typically brought in for.
- What can Netvisor do that TaxAct cannot?
- Netvisor covers Finnish general ledger, Value added tax reporting, Bank connections, Electronic invoicing.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
TaxAct: How much does TaxAct cost?
TaxAct offers a free edition for approximately 40% of filers, Deluxe at $59.99, Premier at $99.99, and Self-Employed at $109.99 per tax year.
SourceNetvisor: 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.
TaxAct: Is TaxAct truly free for eligible filers?
Yes, TaxAct's Free Edition is available at no cost for W-2 employees, students, and filers meeting basic income and deduction requirements.
SourceNetvisor: 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.
TaxAct: What is the difference between Premier and Deluxe plans?
Premier adds support for investment income, capital gains, cryptocurrency, rental properties, and home sale reporting compared to Deluxe.
SourceNetvisor: 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.
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