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Pennylane

Pennylane SAS FR

Pennylane is a French finance and accounting platform built around a company and its expert-comptable working in the same file, with published prices from 7 euros a month excluding VAT. Its own help centre states that Pennylane handles French accounting only and does not support the accounting or tax returns of a foreign entity.

From
€7
Free plan
No
Trial
15 days
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Best for

French companies working with a French expert-comptable

Strengths / Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Built on the right model, the company and the accountant in one file
  • Published prices, from 7 euros a month excluding VAT for a sole trader up to 149 for a small company with the accounting module
  • 15 day free trial on every plan
  • Registered as a French approved platform for the national e-invoicing reform

Weaknesses

  • Its own help centre rules Luxembourg out in writing: Pennylane handles French accounting only and does not support a foreign entity's accounts or tax returns
  • The legal notice lists France, Germany and Spain as its markets, with no Luxembourg entity
  • No FAIA, eCDF, PCN 2020 or Luxembourg VAT rate support of any kind
  • The e-invoicing compliance it sells is the French approved platform network, which is not Peppol

Pricing

Plan Price Unit Note
Indépendant Starter Price on request per month excl. VAT 1 user
Indépendant Basique Price on request per month excl. VAT 1 user
Indépendant Essentiel Price on request per month excl. VAT 1 user, marked as the popular plan
Indépendant Premium plus accounting module Price on request per month excl. VAT 1 user
TPE Basique Price on request per month excl. VAT 2 management users; Essentiel 49 and Premium with accounting module 149

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Verdict

Pennylane is a genuinely good product solving the right problem, and it is in this ranking only because Luxembourg readers keep asking whether it works here. The answer is the clearest no in the set, and it comes from Pennylane itself: its help centre states that the platform handles French accounting only and does not support the accounting or tax returns of a foreign entity. That single sentence is worth more than any feature table. Excellent in France, unusable as a Luxembourg ledger.

Other Accounting software

Moneybird Moneybird Freelancers who need real Peppol sending without an enterprise plan €3 8.2 Odoo Accounting Odoo Accounting Luxembourg SMEs that want one system for sales, stock and the ledger, with a documented FAIA export €24.90 8 Exact WinBooks Exact WinBooks Luxembourg fiduciaires and SMEs that want documented PCN 2020, eCDF and FAIA with a price they can read €67 7.8 Horus Horus Small and mid sized Luxembourg fiduciaires that want a modern cloud ledger with a price on the page €52.50 7.6 sevdesk sevdesk German speaking freelancers who sell digital services to consumers in several EU countries €9.90 7.3 Sage BOB Sage BOB Working with a Luxembourg fiduciaire that already runs BOB and wants you in the same file Price on request 7.2

Where we write about it

Where these numbers come from

  1. [1] Pennylane tarifs, Indépendant and TPE plans in EUR excluding VAT, 15 day free trial accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] Pennylane help centre, invoicing foreign clients: Pennylane handles French accounting only and does not support the accounting or tax returns of a foreign entity accessed 2026-11-11
  3. [3] Pennylane mentions légales, the solution is marketed in France, Germany and Spain, with Luxembourg absent accessed 2026-11-11

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