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Fortnox
Swedish cloud accounting and business platform for bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll
As of 29 August 2026, Fortnox is free to use. Swedish cloud business platform covering accounting, invoicing, payroll and financing, used by over 700,000 companies. Softwr lists it under Accounting.
Overview
What Fortnox does
Swedish cloud business platform covering accounting, invoicing, payroll and financing, used by over 700,000 companies.
What people use it for
- Registering Swedish corporations with guided formation assistance
- Selling unpaid invoices to improve cash flow
- Managing multiple client businesses from bureau dashboard
- Integrating payroll with Swedish banking automation
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Fortnox.
- Corporate packages alone span at least 7 named tiers (Mini through Stor+) priced from 209 kr/man to 919 kr/man, and add-on programs are billed separately per module (SEK)
- The Fortnox Access verification tier is priced by transaction volume, rising from 9 kr/man at zero verifications to 199 kr/man at 1000+ verifications (SEK), so cost is not fixed and scales with usage
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- FortnoxvsMelio
Melio: Simple business payments
Pricing
What Fortnox costs
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New Company Trial
Free
- 6-month free trial for newly started businesses
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Questions people ask
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Does Fortnox offer a free trial?
Yes, newly started businesses receive their first six months in Fortnox at no cost, followed by subscription-based pricing.
SourceWhat pricing tiers does Fortnox offer?
Fortnox offers tiered subscription packages that vary by module (accounting, invoicing, payroll) but specific pricing details are not listed on the main website.
SourceHow can I find Fortnox pricing information?
Detailed pricing is available on the packages page (/paket), through a purchasing guide tool at buy-guide.fortnox.se, or by contacting sales representatives directly.
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- QuickBooks
- Ramp
- Airbase
- Melio
- DATEV
- Money Forward Cloud
- RazorpayX
- Lexware
- Fiken
- Netvisor
- Tripletex
- Adyen
- Paddle
- Basware
- Circula
- Invoice2go
- Invoicely
- Invoicera
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