Only a few invoices a month? A simple tool is often enough.
With fewer than five invoices a month and no need for ERP, DMS, shop or customer portal, an online invoicing tool is often sufficient. As soon as orders, receipts, appointments and timesheets come together for the same customer, WorkOrderAgent plays to its strengths.
How you can tell you need more
Online invoicing tools focus on writing invoices. That is their strength and also their limit.
- The customer file is scatteredOrders, receipts, appointments and timesheets sit in different tools. You jump between several logins to see what is going on with a customer.
- Modules are missing or cost extraMany online invoicing tools offer no DMS, text recognition, online shop, customer portal, VPN tunnel or open CalDAV interface at all.
- Interfaces need maintainingIf you combine tools from three to five providers, you maintain their interfaces, logins and invoices yourself.
- One file in WorkOrderAgentQuotes, orders, invoices, receipts in the DMS, appointments, timesheets and incoming payments belong to the same customer record. One look is enough.
Online invoicing and WorkOrderAgent at a glance
The differences lie less in the invoice itself than in everything that happens before and after it.
| Feature | Online invoicing tool | 1x1-WorkOrderAgent |
|---|---|---|
| Order management | yes | yes |
| Cloud hosting in Germany | partly | yes |
| XRechnung and ZUGFeRD e-invoices | partly | yes |
| DATEV CSV export | partly | yes |
| Integrated advance VAT return | partly | yes |
| All modules from one provider | mostly not | yes |
| DMS with text recognition and full-text search | mostly not | yes |
| Timesheets with multiple timers | mostly not | yes |
| Customer portal with digital signature | mostly not | yes |
| Online shop | mostly not | yes |
The information describes typical tools in this category, as of June 2026. Individual providers differ. Please check each case individually.
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