Complete spend management, connected to DATEV
Spendesk, Moss and Finway all offer ways to connect spend management with DATEV. The right choice depends on your DATEV setup, how much spend you need to manage, how data flows into accounting and how much of your finance workflow you want to bring into one platform.
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Which DATEV setup are you?
What DATEV products do I need?
Your tax advisor does the bookkeeping
DATEV Unternehmen Online.
Spend data and receipts go straight to your Steuerberater, so nobody chases receipts at month end.
Included on every plan.
Your in-house team books in DATEV
DATEV Rechnungswesen.
Your team works with DATEV's own accounts, suppliers and tax codes. Every card payment, invoice and expense lands in DATEV ready to post.
Included in Scale and Premium.
Compare the main differences between DATEV-connected spend management platforms
Credible enough for finance.
Practical enough for the business
That matters because the best finance process is not just controlled. It is actually used.
Clean books start before spend reaches DATEV
The quality of your DATEV books depends on how spend is approved, coded and documented before it's posted.
A quick walkthrough of Spendesk
See how Spendesk brings company spend together in one connected platform.
Key differences between Spendesk, Moss and Finway
Spendesk, Moss and Finway take different approaches to DATEV connectivity, spend coverage and accounting workflows. The right choice depends on your setup, the level of control you need and how much of your company spend you want to manage in one platform.
DATEV connectivity
Spendesk connects company spend with DATEV and supports different DATEV setups for companies working with external tax advisors or in-house accounting teams.
More complete spend coverage
Spendesk supports cards, invoices, expenses, reimbursements and additional transaction types within one connected spend management platform.
Accounting workflow
Spendesk keeps DATEV as the accounting system while helping finance teams prepare and connect spend data to their accounting workflow.
More than a DATEV integration
Spendesk combines company spend management with native integrations, Open API and AI tools, giving finance teams more than a single accounting connection.
Information is based on publicly available Spendesk, Moss and Finway product features as of September 2026.
I can't imagine functioning as a company without Spendesk. We couldn't ask for a better expense management system. We are benefiting from seamless expense reimbursement, purchases and purchase orders, budget tracking and the ability to pay in multiple currencies.
Control spend before it happens
Hands-on implementation support, dedicated customer success, and a team that helps you launch fast and scale smoothly. We've onboarded thousands of European finance teams in weeks, not months, and we know how to adapt to any kind of complexity.
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Visibility on all purchase requests, from submission to approval
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Less back and forth with automated workflows and approvals
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Faster procurement cycles from vendor onboarding to payment
One solution for all business expenses
We've combined smart payment methods with even smarter software, to manage all expenses in one place.
Approval and policies
Team budgets
Invoice payment
Expense tracking
Virtual & physical cards
Spending reports
Pre-accounting automation
Make a seamless transition
Switching spend management platforms shouldn't hold you back. We're here to make the move simple, fast, and painless.
Dedicated onboarding and implementation support
Your dedicated Onboarding Manager works with you to define your timeline and guides you through every step, from initial setup to go-live. Typical onboarding takes 1 to 3 weeks, depending on your requirements.
Multilingual, in-house support team
Get help from our multilingual, in-house experts via live chat and email. With a median response time of 5 minutes, instant support is always just a message away.
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Built for German finance teams
Spendesk has been built for European finance teams since 2016: as a profitable French unicorn and ACPR-licensed Payment Institution operating across all 30 EEA countries. More than 5,000 European companies rely on Spendesk to manage their spend, with €10 billion processed across France, Germany, the UK, Spain and beyond.
From France's e-invoicing mandate to the UK's Making Tax Digital, Spendesk is designed to meet the compliance, VAT, and accounting requirements of each market it operates in. ISO 27001:2022 certified, DORA compliant, and a certified Peppol Access Point, with native integrations for DATEV, Xero, Sage 100, NetSuite, Exact Online and more.
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Even more reasons you’ll love Spendesk
Don't just track cards. Control complete spend, with a platform built for finance teams, not just card users.
Stop chasing receipts
Play By The Rules automates receipt collection with 98% capture rates. No more manual follow-ups or missing documentation at month-end.
Drive efficiency
Spendesk uses AI to predict cost centres, expense categories and analytical fields automatically. With Spendesk AI Connect, finance teams can query their spend data directly from their AI assistant — from approval to reconciliation.
Complete spend visibility
See all current and upcoming spend across every entity and department in real time, with dedicated multi-entity dashboards.
Budget ownership
Give teams budgets they can own while finance oversees everything, with automatic tracking and intelligent guardrails that prevent overspend.
Reimburse travel
Reimburse employees directly through Spendesk, with full visibility and compliance built in.
Office management
Capture regular and one-off purchases with smart controls that keep office spend within budget.
Clearer approval workflows and stronger policy controls
Spend policy that enforces itself
Set rules once and Spendesk enforces them automatically — blocking out-of-policy spend before it happens, not after.
Multi-entity operations across Europe
Spendesk handles multi-entity operations across currencies and countries in one centralised platform — with consolidated reporting and entity-level spend controls, no manual reconciliation required.
A complete spend operating model
Spendesk covers cards, expenses, approvals and procurement in one platform — replacing reactive clean-up with proactive spend oversight, across every team and entity.
See how effortless spend control can be
Real-time tracking, automated alerts, and built-in controls that keep spending on budget without slowing teams down.