Contaro
AI Finance Tools
Contaro overview
Contaro is bookkeeping and invoicing software for Austria’s self-employed. It helps freelancers, sole proprietors, EPUs, and small service businesses create invoices and offers, organize receipts and expenses, track time, manage reminders, and review business reporting from one clean web app.
What is Contaro?
Contaro is Austrian bookkeeping and invoicing software for freelancers, sole proprietors, and self-employed businesses. It combines invoices, offers, expenses, receipts, time tracking, reminders, reporting, AI-assisted receipt and document extraction, and the Taro in-product assistant.
How to use Contaro in a finance workflow
Start by setting up business details, contacts, and invoice templates. Create invoices or offers, attach receipts and expenses as they come in, use time tracking for billable work, and review reminders and reports from the dashboard. The AI-assisted receipt and document extraction can reduce manual data entry, while Taro gives users an assistant inside the product workflow.
Core features
AI-assisted receipt and document extraction
Extract useful data from receipts and business documents to reduce manual finance admin.
Invoice and offer creation
Create professional invoices, offers, PDFs, and e-invoice documents for Austrian business workflows.
Expense and receipt organization
Keep expenses, receipts, and finance documents easier to find and review.
Time tracking and reminders
Track billable time, manage tasks, and stay aware of open invoices or follow-ups.
Taro assistant and reporting
Use the Taro in-product assistant and business reporting to understand finance activity faster.
Best use cases
Freelancer invoicing in Austria
Useful for self-employed professionals who need local invoice workflows without a heavy accounting suite.
Receipt and expense admin
Best when receipts and documents create repeated manual work every month.
Small service business reporting
Helpful for studios, consultants, and small teams that want a clean view of income, expenses, and receivables.
Simple finance operations
Good for users who want invoices, offers, reminders, time tracking, and reporting in one place.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Built specifically for Austria’s self-employed and small business workflows.
- Permanent free plan makes it easy to try before upgrading.
- AI features are tied to practical finance tasks, not generic automation claims.
- Clean dashboard and invoice editor make the product easy to understand.
- Combines invoicing, receipts, expenses, time tracking, reminders, and reporting.
Cons
- Best suited to Austrian users, so it may not fit businesses needing multi-country accounting workflows.
- The free plan has a 5 invoices per month limit.
- Some advanced workflows require the paid Pro plan.
- The product experience and website are primarily German-language.
Contaro pricing
Pricing checked: July 31, 2026.
The official pricing page lists Contaro Free at EUR 0 forever with 5 invoices per month. Contaro Pro is listed at EUR 24.90 per month, with a 14-day trial and no payment details required at signup. Pro adds unlimited invoices and e-invoices, offers, delivery notes, order confirmations, recurring invoices, reminders, time tracking, intelligent receipt checking, banking, cash book, reports, asset management, Taro assistant, integrations, and team access.
Contaro FAQs
What is Contaro best for?
Contaro is best for Austrian freelancers, EPUs, sole proprietors, and self-employed service businesses that need invoicing, bookkeeping, receipts, expenses, reminders, time tracking, and reporting in one tool.
Does Contaro include AI features?
Yes. Contaro includes AI-assisted receipt and document extraction plus the Taro in-product assistant.
Does Contaro have a free plan?
Yes. The official pricing page lists Contaro Free at EUR 0 forever with 5 invoices per month.
How much does Contaro Pro cost?
The official pricing page lists Contaro Pro at EUR 24.90 per month with a 14-day trial. Always check the official pricing page for current limits and details.
Is Contaro suitable outside Austria?
Contaro is designed around Austrian bookkeeping and invoicing workflows, so it is strongest for Austria-based freelancers, self-employed professionals, and small businesses.