Dokus vs Accountable
Accountable helps you prepare taxes. Dokus keeps the business ready.
Accountable fits natural-person freelancers who want to prepare their own filings. Dokus fits businesses that keep an accountant and want every document, payment and obligation under control before filing begins.
The thirty-second decision
Dokus
Choose Dokus if you work with an accountant.
You want your complete financial position current, verified and ready to question or hand to your accountant.
Accountable
Choose Accountable if you prepare your own filings.
You are a natural-person freelancer who files VAT and the professional part of your income tax yourself.
The difference
Filing is one week. The other fifty-one run the business.
Accountable organises the paperwork around tax deadlines. Dokus keeps the financial record current between them.
- Self-filing versus accountant-led control — the accountant stays, and the record is ready.
- Between tax deadlines, the record keeps moving: documents confirmed, bank lines matched.
- One financial view that works the same for freelancers and BV/SRL companies.
Multi-source proof
One invoice. Every source. Counted once.
The same invoice can arrive three ways — a Peppol XML from your supplier, a PDF the supplier emailed, a photo you took of the paper copy. Dokus keeps every source and treats them as one financial fact.
Every source is preserved.
Nothing is deleted — each file stays attached to the record, downloadable.
Nothing is overwritten.
Later arrivals join the record. They do not replace what arrived before.
The financial event is counted once.
One invoice in VAT, one in cashflow — however many copies arrived.
Conflicts are held for review.
When two copies disagree, Dokus groups them and asks before proceeding.
Cashflow, VAT and Ask use the canonical fact.
Every total and every answer is built on the confirmed record, not on one of its copies.
- Peppol XML
- Emailed PDF
- Phone photo
One record
2026-1184- Supplier
- Lievegem Print BV
- Total
- €759.88
- Date
- Aug 11, 2026
- VAT
- Cashflow
- Ask
Cashflow, VAT and Ask read the same fact.
Whole business financial view
Know where you stand. Not where you stood.
One panel, kept current by the documents and statements already flowing in. Bank position, expected income, committed costs, overdue invoices, obligations — and the questions the record still has.
See the financial positionCurrent position
CurrentBank position
From the latest statement import.
Expected income
4 confirmed invoices not yet paid
Committed costs
Includes the VAT return — due, amount not yet computed.
Overdue invoices
2 invoices past due
VAT and obligations
VAT return, Q3 · Social contributions · Corporate prepayment
Unexplained movements
One movement from Aug 9, no document yet.
Missing evidence
Documents waiting on a decision.
Expected figures come from documents already confirmed — not a projection. The gaps stay visible on purpose.
Ask
See the answer. Ask why.
Ask answers from the confirmed record and links the documents behind every figure. It distinguishes what is known from what is not — and says so when the record cannot answer.
Who still owes more than €2,000?
- €9,566.00
Vanderlinden Bouw NV
12 days late
- €3,200.00
Studio Helder BV
5 days late
- €2,380.00
Keppel Interim NV
3 confirmed invoices
What must leave the account before 20 October?
- Not yet computed
VAT return, Q3
Oct 20
- €874.50
Social contributions
Sep 20
- €1,500.00
Corporate prepayment
Oct 10
3 obligations
- Why did cash fall last month?
- Why is this month's spending above its usual range?
- Which invoices are overdue?
Ask works from confirmed financial facts, distinguishes known from uncertain, and says when the record cannot answer.
How Ask worksSide by side
Six decisions, one view
| Accountable | Dokus | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | AccountablePrepare VAT and income-tax filings for natural persons. | DokusKeep the complete financial record your accountant files from. |
| How financial facts are constructed | AccountableExpenses captured and categorised toward the tax return. | DokusEvery source verified into one record — documents, payments, obligations. |
| What the owner can see | AccountableTax position and what is owed to the authorities. | DokusCurrent financial position: bank, expected income, committed costs, overdue invoices. |
| What the owner can ask | AccountableTax questions, with expert help on paid plans. | DokusAsk the record directly, with the evidence linked. |
| What reaches the accountant | AccountableAn optional accountant portal. | DokusRead-only access to a confirmed record with blockers listed. |
| Pricing model | AccountableYearly plans, €0 to €59.90 a year, excl. VAT. | DokusFree, then Core at €29 a month, excl. VAT. Flat. |
Accountant handoff
Your accountant remains responsible. Dokus makes sure the record is ready.
Dokus does not take over the accountant's role. It prepares the input — so the time your accountant spends goes to judgement, not to chasing.
How accountants work with Dokus- Confirmed documents, each with its sources attached.
- Bank movements explained or flagged.
- Missing evidence listed, not silent.
- Explicit blockers, with the reason.
- Focused upload requests instead of mail chases.
- Read-only accountant access to the same record.
- Your existing accounting software stays in place.
Starting without a migration
No ledger migration project. Start with the current financial flow.
Historical books stay with your accountant or in Accountable. New Peppol invoices, uploads and statement imports start building the Dokus record from today.
One nuance: a business holds one Peppol access-point registration at a time, so you re-register with Dokus's access point, Recommand — the same identity verification, once.
Where Accountable fits
Accountable is a strong tax companion.
These are the cases where Accountable is the right tool.
- Self-filing VAT and personal income tax.
- Personal-income-tax preparation without an accountant.
- A tax guarantee on paid plans.
Pricing
What the price includes is the point.
Dokus: Free forever for the record, Core at €29 a month, excl. VAT, for automation, and Ask without a monthly limit.
Accountable: yearly plans from €0 to €59.90 a year, excl. VAT.
What the price includes
- No caps on what you receive or store.
- No per-invoice charge.
- No per-user charge.
- Peppol receiving free and unlimited; five sends a month on Free.
- Core automation, and Ask without a monthly limit.
- Accountant access included.
Free keeps the record correct. Core keeps it current and acts on it.
Questions
Three questions that decide it
Does Dokus replace my accountant?
No. Your accountant validates and files. Dokus keeps the underlying financial record complete, current and ready — confirmed documents, matched bank lines, listed blockers. Accountable is built so a freelancer can file without an accountant; with Dokus the accountant's role is unchanged, just better supplied.
Can I start without migrating my ledger?
Yes. There is no ledger migration project. Historical books stay where they are; new documents, uploads and statements start building the Dokus record from today. Dokus does not import an Accountable ledger, and it does not need to — the current flow becomes the record.
What happens to my existing workflow or Peppol registration?
Forward your inbox, keep receiving Peppol invoices (Dokus receives on every plan, Free included), and import statements as CSV or PDF. One nuance: a business holds one Peppol access-point registration at a time, so you re-register with Dokus's access point, Recommand — the same identity verification, once.
Keep the accountant. Remove the scramble.
Start with the free plan. The record starts building with the next document that arrives.
Last updated: 2026-09-06