Xero

Xero is online accounting software built for freelancers and small businesses: quote and invoice creation, online collection, vendor bill entry and tracking, automated bank reconciliation, document capture and real-time financial reports. The UK grid displays four monthly plans excluding VAT: Ignite at £16, Grow at £37, Comprehensive at £50 and Ultimate at £65. Time-limited launch prices are what the page shows in large type (£3.20, £7.40, £10 and £13), with the standard price printed just underneath. Payroll and payments stay billed on usage on top of the subscription, at £1.50 per person paid and £0.20 per payment.

Xero offers neither interface nor official site in French: the product, documentation and support remain in English, and the publisher does not operate a localized edition for France, ruling out native French VAT handling or production of a FEC. The tool thus targets French-speaking structures whose accounting is kept overseas or whose accountant works in English. A documented public API and a marketplace of several hundred applications let you connect bank, payroll, e-commerce or expense tracking. The caps on the Starter plan (20 customer invoices, 5 vendor bills per month) are reached quickly once activity truly runs, pushing rapidly to Standard, significantly more expensive.