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tjent vs FastBill

Last updated: July 2026

FastBill is a German cloud service for invoicing, receipt management and bank-connected finances, aimed at freelancers and small businesses. It handles your outgoing invoices, imports receipts, and ties into your bank so payments and documents stay in one online place.

Where FastBill is the better fit

No hedging — here is where FastBill genuinely does more than tjent:

  • Cloud access from any browser, so your invoicing is reachable anywhere.
  • Bank connection that pulls transactions and helps match them to invoices.
  • Receipt inbox and automation for recurring billing.
  • Established service with support and integrations for small businesses.
  • A hosted setup with nothing to install or maintain yourself.

Where tjent is the better fit

  • A native macOS app that opens instantly and works without a login.
  • Invoices, clients and receipts live on your Mac, not in a hosted account.
  • Buy once, keep it — no monthly plan.
  • Closes the tracked-time-to-invoice loop directly from Døgn.
  • GoBD-friendly write-once archive kept locally, plus a DATEV EXTF export for your advisor.

At a glance

  • Platform. tjent: Native macOS app · FastBill: Web browser (cloud)
  • Where your data lives. tjent: On your Mac, local-first · FastBill: In their cloud
  • Pricing model. tjent: Buy once, free updates · FastBill: Monthly subscription
  • Bank integration. tjent: CAMT.053 / CSV import · FastBill: Connected bank + matching
  • Receipts. tjent: On-device OCR + AI · FastBill: Cloud receipt inbox
  • Time to invoice. tjent: Automatic, from Døgn hours · FastBill: Manual entry

The short version

Pick FastBill if you want your invoicing hosted in the cloud with a live bank connection and access from any browser.

Pick tjent if you want a native Mac app that keeps your data local and builds invoices from the hours you already tracked.

Questions people ask

Does tjent connect to my bank like FastBill?

Not live. tjent imports statements via CAMT.053 or CSV instead of holding a continuous bank connection. FastBill is stronger on connected banking.

Where do my receipts go?

In tjent they stay on your Mac: on-device Vision OCR plus AI read the numbers, and finalised documents land in a local, audit-logged archive. FastBill keeps them in its cloud.

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