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Circula pricing
Circula publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Circula pricing is €15/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- €15/month
- Model
- Per user per month
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Circula plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benefits | €1/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Employee and Travel Expenses | €15/month | 5 | +$14/month, 5 more features |
| Credit Cards | €99/month | 4 | +$84/month, 4 more features |
| Accounts Payable | €149/month | 4 | +$50/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Benefits
€1/monthThe entry tier. It covers per licence, tax free benefit allowances, mobility and meal benefits, payroll ready reporting.
Employee and Travel Expenses
€15/monthOver Benefits, this tier adds:
- Per licence, billed annually
- Minimum 10 licences
- OCR receipt capture
- Per diem and mileage calculation
- GoBD compliant archiving
Credit Cards
€99/monthOver Employee and Travel Expenses, this tier adds:
- Platform fee, unlimited cards
- Per card spend limits
- Transaction limit of EUR 750,000 per card
- Card transactions flow into expense workflow
Accounts Payable
€149/monthOver Credit Cards, this tier adds:
- Platform fee
- Includes 100 invoices per month
- Supplier invoice capture and approval
- Additional invoices charged separately
What the product covers
The full Circula feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- German per diem engine
- Receipt capture and OCR
- Corporate credit cards
- Employee benefits
- Accounts payable
- Mileage and travel
- DATEV and ERP export
- Approval workflows
People bring Circula in for a german company that must apply statutory per diem rates and meal deductions correctly to avoid payroll tax exposure, a finance team wanting card spend, expense claims and benefits in one datev export, an employer offering the tax free monthly benefit allowance and needing auditable records of it, a mid sized business replacing spreadsheet mileage claims with rule enforced distance calculations. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Circula are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Accounting
Across the 3 accounting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $13/month. Circula starts at €15/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circula (this page) | €15/month | Per user per month | - | |
| Rydoo | $10/month | Per user per month | - | vs Circula |
| Happay | On request | quote | - | vs Circula |
| Moss | On request | quote | - | vs Circula |
| Mesh Payments | Free, then $13/month | Per user per month | - | vs Circula |
| Medius Expense | On request | quote | - | vs Circula |
| Ottimate | On request | quote | - | vs Circula |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Circula badges page.
Before you pay for Circula
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between €1/month and €149/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Circula against the tools that do have one before committing.
Circula runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Circula GmbH of Berlin, Germany. The full record is on the Circula review, and the rest of the category is under best accounting tools.
Circula pricing questions
- How much does Circula cost?
- Circula publishes 4 tiers, from €1/month for Benefits up to €149/month for Accounts Payable. The cheapest paid tier is €1/month.
- Does Circula have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Circula is listed as Per user per month. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Benefits and Employee and Travel Expenses on Circula?
- Employee and Travel Expenses costs €15/month against €1/month, and adds per licence, billed annually, minimum 10 licences, ocr receipt capture, per diem and mileage calculation.
- Is the Accounts Payable plan on Circula worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is platform fee, includes 100 invoices per month, supplier invoice capture and approval, additional invoices charged separately. It costs €149/month against €1/month for Benefits. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Circula expensive for a accounting tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 3 accounting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $13/month; Circula starts at €15/month.
- Which accounting tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 accounting tools listed alongside Circula have a free tier: Mesh Payments.
- What am I actually paying for with Circula?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a german company that must apply statutory per diem rates and meal deductions correctly to avoid payroll tax exposure, a finance team wanting card spend, expense claims and benefits in one datev export, an employer offering the tax free monthly benefit allowance and needing auditable records of it.
- Does Circula charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Circula prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Circula against before paying?
- The closest accounting tools in this directory are Rydoo, Happay, Moss, Mesh Payments. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Circula covering price, platforms and features.