Dokus vs Billit

Billit shows you which invoices you sent. Dokus shows you whether you can afford the next hire.

Billit is Belgium's most popular simple invoicer, trusted by 300,000+ businesses. Dokus is a financial truth layer: invoices, cash runway, VAT anticipation and PEPPOL on one screen. Different categories — this page is honest about both.

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The gap

Invoicing is a feature, not a product.

Billit is genuinely good at invoicing. It is fast, PEPPOL-certified, and cheap. If all you want is to send a compliant invoice and forget about it, it does the job.

But invoicing alone does not answer the questions a Belgian founder wakes up with: how much cash do I actually have after the btw bill on the 20th, can I pay myself next month, is the client that's two weeks late going to blow up my quarter?

Dokus starts where Billit stops.

Feature comparison

Dokus vs Billit: honest side-by-side

FeatureBillitDokus

Invoice creation & sendingStrong — the core of the productFull invoicing, structured from line 1

PEPPOL e-invoicing (2026 mandate)Native — Billit runs its own access pointNative — routed through Recommand, included

Bank reconciliationAuto-reconciliation on higher plansPSD2 via Ponto, auto-matched with confidence score

Cash flow overviewNot the focus — invoice-level viewReal-time dashboard from matched reality

Runway & VAT anticipationNot offeredSix-month rolling runway, VAT reserve daily

Relationship to your accountantConnects out to accountant platformsPrepares clean inputs for your accountant

Configuration & add-onsPay-per-use pricing scales with documentsOne flat price, no add-ons

Pricing modelFree tier + pay-per-use from €7.50/month€29/month flat — Core tier

Same PEPPOL mandate. Different jobs to be done.

When Billit is the right tool

Billit fits a specific freelancer. Dokus fits another.

Billit is the right choice when invoicing is the whole problem. It is simple, cheap, PEPPOL-native, and it has been earning its place in Belgian small business for years. If that describes your situation, the honest answer is: use Billit.

You mainly need to send and receive invoices, and want the cheapest compliant way to do it

You file your own btw and don't need a runway view

You operate at low invoice volume and pay-per-use pricing is an advantage

When Dokus is the right tool

Dokus is built for the founder who needs to see past the next invoice.

Dokus is the right choice when the question you wake up with is not 'did I send that invoice' but 'can I afford the next move'. It sits before accounting, reads every document, matches every transaction, and keeps your runway current — so the next hire isn't a gamble.

You want your cash position and btw reserve to update daily, not at quarter end

You work with a Belgian accountant and want to give them cleaner inputs

You value a predictable €29/month over pay-per-use that scales with volume

You want runway, forecasting and VAT anticipation alongside invoicing

The missing piece

Billit tells you what invoices you sent. Dokus tells you whether you can afford the next hire.

Same data, different question. Dokus answers the ones Billit was never built for:

How much cash you have right now, after all matched documents

What's coming in over the next 30 days from outstanding invoices

What's going out — recurring expenses, supplier due dates, btw on the 20th

Whether you can afford the next laptop, contractor or hire without guessing

For your accountant

Your accountant keeps doing what they do — just with cleaner input.

Billit already connects out to accountant platforms. Dokus goes one step earlier: it prepares the financial reality before your accountant sees it, so quarter-end stops being a chase.

Every invoice matched to its payment before it reaches your accountant

Expenses categorized and documented, not a folder of PDFs

Cash flow context linked to every period

Accountant-ready exports in the formats your practice already uses

Simple pricing

Pay-per-use or one flat price.

Billit's entry is cheap: a free tier plus pay-per-use from around €7.50/month. It's a fair model for low volume. Dokus is a single flat price — €29/month — and includes PEPPOL, reconciliation, runway and VAT anticipation with nothing metered.

Belgian tax note: through tax year 2027 (Article 64ter), invoicing software subscriptions are 120% fiscally deductible — both Dokus and Billit qualify. At the 25% bracket, Dokus Core's €348/year effective cost drops to about €244.

€29/month

AI document capture

Native PEPPOL via Recommand

Cash runway dashboard

VAT anticipation

PSD2 bank reconciliation

Accountant-ready exports

No per-invoice fees, no add-ons

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FAQ

Common questions

I'm happy with Billit for invoicing. Should I switch?

If invoicing is all you need, no. Billit does that well, it's cheap, and it's PEPPOL-native. Switch to Dokus only if you also want cash runway, VAT anticipation, reconciliation and AI capture in the same view.

Can I import my Billit data into Dokus?

Yes. Your contacts, invoice history and document archive import cleanly. The switch takes about 10 minutes in practice.

Is Dokus PEPPOL-compliant like Billit?

Yes. Dokus routes through Recommand, a certified Belgian access point, included in Core. No per-invoice fee, no separate contract.

What does my accountant have to change?

Nothing. Dokus exports in the formats your accountant already uses. The only thing that changes is that they get cleaner, pre-matched records instead of a folder of PDFs.

Ready for more than invoicing?

Billit is a great invoicer. If you need runway, VAT anticipation and a single clean view of your reality, Dokus is the next step — not the replacement.

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