Contaro
AI-assisted bookkeeping and invoicing for Austria's self-employed.
About Contaro
Contaro is an AI-assisted bookkeeping and invoicing platform built specifically for freelancers and sole proprietors in Austria. Most invoicing tools are generic and leave you to work out which fields and tax rates your country actually requires. Contaro takes the opposite approach: Austrian mandatory invoice details and tax rates are built into the product, so a compliant invoice is the default rather than something you assemble yourself. The result covers the full loop from quote to invoice to payment to tax report, without the overhead of general-purpose accounting software.
The product is deliberately kept lean. Its makers describe designing from a usability perspective first and weighing every feature against whether it fits the workflow without adding confusion. Around that core sit the AI pieces: receipts are read automatically and categories are suggested for you to review, connected mail accounts surface invoices you would otherwise have to hunt for, and Taro (the built-in assistant) answers questions using your own Contaro data. One thing to know up front: Contaro is a German-language product aimed at the Austrian market, so the interface and documentation are in German and the compliance logic is Austrian.
You start on the free plan, which permits five issued invoices per month with no payment details required. New accounts get 14 days of Contaro Pro and then move to Free automatically, so there is no cancellation step to remember.
Day to day, you create invoices by picking a contact, entering line items and watching a live preview update, including design and color adjustments. Expenses go the other direction: you drag receipts in, the AI extracts amounts, vendors and dates, proposes a category, and you confirm before anything is recorded. Connecting a mail account lets Contaro find invoices in your inbox and add them in bulk.
As the month closes, reminders and payment tracking keep overdue invoices visible, and reports pull everything into an income and expense statement or a full tax package for your accountant.
- •AI receipt and document extraction - Upload receipts in bulk and let the AI read the data and suggest categories, which you check before they are applied.
- •Taro assistant - Answers questions against your own Contaro data and prepares drafts of invoices, reminders, credit notes or contacts for your review.
- •Invoicing built for Austria - Austrian mandatory details and tax rates are handled by the product, alongside quotes, orders, recurring documents and customizable invoice design.
- •Reminders and payment tracking - Invoice status, payments and outstanding amounts stay linked, with overdue invoices and open receivables surfaced on the dashboard.
- •Reports and exports - Generate an income and expense PDF covering revenue, costs, profit and VAT, or a complete tax package (ZIP) containing the report, invoice PDFs, e-invoices and original receipts.
- •Time tracking and recurring workflows - Log time, maintain master data and tasks, and automate repeating processes, with integrations and team access available.
Contaro is aimed at Austrian freelancers, sole proprietors and small business owners (Kleinunternehmer) who invoice regularly and want their bookkeeping to stay compliant without paying for help with routine work. It suits people who issue a handful of invoices a month and can stay on the free plan indefinitely, as well as those billing steadily who need reminders, time tracking and tax exports. Anyone who hands a yearly package to a tax adviser will find the export built for exactly that. Because the product and its documentation are in German and the compliance rules are Austrian, it is a strong fit for that market specifically rather than a general international invoicing tool.
Pricing
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Free forever with 5 issued invoices per month. Pro is 24,90 EUR a month or 249 EUR a year, with a 14-day trial that needs no payment details. Priced in euros, so the USD price columns are left empty rather than carrying a conversion.
From the vendor pricing page, 2026-09-17
