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Lexware

VERIFIED
Accounting · Germany
Founded 1989 · lexware.de ↗

Lexware Office: cloud accounting from Haufe Group (German family-owned), DSGVO + GoBD + TÜV, 400K+ DACH customers.

In short

Lexware, in the Accounting category, is a European service with Germany as its hosting location and at most minor, transient US exposure under the CLOUD Act.

Assessment notes

Lexware (a brand of Haufe Group, family-owned German publishing + B2B-software group, Freiburg) is German-hosted, DSGVO + GoBD-konform, TÜV-tested, 400,000+ DACH customers, and crucially not US-PE-controlled: Haufe is one of the few large remaining German family-owned software groups; EU-owned, EU-hosted, minor CLOUD Act exposure, with a public DPA (datenschutz.lexware.de); no ISO 27001 or C5 attestation surfaced on the public marketing site.

CLOUD ACT
OWNERSHIP
SUB-PROCS
0 none disclosed
Verified signals
Jurisdiction
  • EU / adequacy hosting
  • EU / adequacy operator
  • No US CLOUD Act exposure
Transparency
  • Public DPA
  • Sub-processors disclosed
  • Open-source clients
  • Third-party certification
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OVERVIEW

About Lexware

Lexware is a brand of Haufe Group, one of the few large German B2B-software groups still family-owned (the Haufe family, Freiburg) and not subject to US-PE rollup pressure. The cloud product Lexware Office covers accounting, invoicing, payroll, and tax preparation for German freelancers and SMBs (Gründer, Unternehmer, Freiberufler), with 400,000+ customers across DACH. Data is hosted in Germany ("Made in Germany"), the product is DSGVO-konform, GoBD-konform, TÜV-tested, and pricing is promotional-led (50% Rabatt für 3 Monate at time of research). UI is German-only. For procurement buyers prioritising "no US ownership chain at all" this is one of the cleanest accounting picks in the catalogue.

SUB-PROCESSORS

Sub-processor map · none disclosed

Source ↗
Vendor discloses zero sub-processors. All data processing happens in-house.
CERTIFICATIONS

Frameworks & certifications · none listed

We checked the vendor's website and standard certification body registries. No active certifications found at the time of last audit (2026-05-12).
FEATURES

Capability matrix

Invoicing Yes
E-invoicing Yes
Bank sync Yes
VAT returns Yes
Payroll Yes
Multi-currency No
Expense management Yes
Inventory No
Accountant access Yes
INTEGRATION & ACCESS
REST API Yes
SSO (SAML / OIDC) No
COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE
Audit log Yes
Self-host / on-prem option Yes
PRICING

Pricing & tiers

PAID
Custom pricing

Contact vendor for tier or volume pricing.

View pricing page ↗
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Public documents

  • Data Processing Addendum (DPA)
    datenschutz.lexware.de
    Open ↗
  • Sub-processors list
    office.lexware.de/app…
    Open ↗
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