# Factuurmaken.nl or Jortt: invoicing or bookkeeping? > Jortt is a bookkeeping suite with a free entry tier for invoices; factuurmaken is an invoicing tool with a bank link and reminders. How to choose. URL: https://factuurmaken.nl/en/vergelijken/jortt Last updated: 2026-09-27 Jortt starts free and grows into a full bookkeeping suite. The factuurmaken invoicing tool starts at the invoice and stays there. Which fits depends on who does your books. ## What Jortt is Jortt is an online bookkeeping suite for freelancers and small businesses, with a free entry tier in which you can make invoices and quotes. The paid plans add the bookkeeping: bank link, purchase invoices, the VAT return and the income tax return. Jortt positions itself as the tool in which you do the books yourself, with automatic bookings so you need no accountant. ## What Factuurmaken.nl is Factuurmaken.nl is an invoicing tool. It does the invoice and everything attached to it: quotes with instalments, reminders, online payments, recurring invoices, e-invoices over UBL and Peppol, and a bank link that ticks off paid invoices. The bookkeeping itself it deliberately leaves to your accountant, who reads along for free. ## The difference in practice The question is who does the books. If you do them yourself and want them in the same tool as your invoices, Jortt is built for that. If you have an accountant, a bookkeeping suite charges you for work that is already being done. Factuurmaken keeps the monthly price low by doing only the invoicing, and puts the bank link and reminders in every plan. The table below puts the facts side by side, with the date we looked at Jortt's pricing page. ## A good fit if - You want invoices, quotes and reminders, and to be paid with iDEAL and a bank link that ticks off paid invoices - You leave the books to your accountant and do not want to pay for a tool that does that job too - You occasionally want a one-off invoice without an account - You want a fixed, low monthly price without features like the bank link sitting in a higher tier ## Not the right choice if - You want to do your own bookkeeping and file the VAT return from the same tool - Your accountant works in Jortt and wants you in there too - You only want to send a free invoice now and then and nothing else ## Frequently asked questions ### Jortt has a free plan. Why would I pay for factuurmaken? Jortt's free plan is meant as a step into its paid bookkeeping plans and therefore lacks a bank link and bookkeeping. Factuurmaken has the bank link, reminders and online payments in every plan, at a monthly price below Jortt's paid plans. If you only want to send a free invoice, factuurmaken's free watermarked preview is there too. ### Can I switch from Jortt without breaking my invoice numbers? Yes. In factuurmaken you set the number to continue from and the sequence runs on. You add clients as you invoice, with their details from the KVK register. ### Does factuurmaken file the VAT return, like Jortt? No, the invoicing tool files nothing. You see per quarter what you invoiced and how much VAT goes with it, split per rate. If you do your own books, the separate add-on AI Bookkeeping prepares your VAT overview. Either way, filing is done by you or through your accountant, who reads along for free.