Zervant has built a solid reputation over the years as a go-to invoicing tool for freelancers and microbusinesses in Finland, Sweden, and parts of Northern Europe. With its sleek interface, basic functionality, and no-frills setup, it has helped thousands create and send professional sales invoices with ease.

But the invoicing landscape is changing fast, especially across the European Union.

In France, Belgium, and Germany, e-invoicing is becoming more than just good practice: it’s turning into a legal obligation. With mandates like Factur-X, Peppol, and structured XML formats, simplicity alone no longer gets the job done.

That’s where Invograb steps in, offering a modern invoicing system built specifically for compliance-conscious businesses navigating Europe’s new digital requirements.

Two Tools, Two Philosophies

Zervant and Invograb both aim to streamline invoicing, but they approach the problem from very different angles.

• Zervant is ideal if your main concern is sending out quotes and sales invoices in a few clicks. It’s fast, intuitive, and lightweight.

• Invograb, on the other hand, is designed to be a complete invoice management hub—handling both incoming and outgoing invoices, automating compliance, and giving business owners full visibility over their financial documents, without the need to learn accounting.

Let’s compare the two side by side.

Feature Breakdown

Zervant: Best for Simple Sales Workflows

There’s no denying that Zervant excels in certain areas—particularly for solo entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small service providers who just want to:

• Generate and send sales invoices

• Convert quotes into invoices

• Set due dates and send reminders

• Monitor basic payment status

If you’re operating in Finland, Sweden, or the UK and you’re not affected by strict VAT or e-invoicing rules, Zervant may be all you need.

It’s a great entry-level option, simple, fast, and accessible.

Invograb: Built for Compliance-Driven EU Businesses

As soon as your invoicing needs go beyond “send and forget,” Zervant starts to fall short. Especially if your business is based in France, Belgium, or Germany—or you’re preparing for upcoming digital VAT mandates between 2024 and 2027.

That’s where Invograb begins to shine.

1. Full-Spectrum Invoice Handling (Not Just Outgoing)

While Zervant helps you send invoices, Invograb helps you manage all of them, both incoming and outgoing. That includes supplier invoices, receipts, utility bills, and subscription costs.

Why does that matter? Because European tax authorities don’t just care about what you send – they want full traceability of what you receive, too. Invograb captures incoming invoices from multiple sources: forwarded emails, uploaded scans, even scraped data from your browser.

All of it is tagged, stored, and structured automatically, ready for review, export, or audit.

2. Built-in Compliance, No Guesswork

Unlike Zervant, which offers no e-invoicing support, Invograb is purpose-built for compliance.

Invoices processed through Invograb are automatically checked for mandatory fields, format standards, and structural errors. Whether you’re submitting to Chorus Pro in France or using Peppol in Belgium, Invograb keeps you on the right side of the law—without you having to become a regulatory expert.

For businesses affected by Factur-X, UBL 2.1, or local mandates tied to e-invoicing reform, this is non-negotiable.

3. French Market Support Out of the Box

Invograb is not simply translated into French – it’s designed for the French and broader Francophone markets. From UI language to invoice layout to export formats, it reflects the needs of companies working under French tax law.

It also integrates with local platforms like Pennylane, offers Zapier automations, and supports region-specific data handling practices. Zervant, by contrast, does not currently offer any French-specific features or language support.

4. Modern Automation That Doesn’t Overwhelm

Invograb is powerful, but not complicated.

Mobile capture lets you snap a photo of a receipt and instantly convert it into structured data. The Chrome plugin allows you to capture invoices from online portals (like AWS or utility providers) without storing your passwords in the cloud. Exports come packaged and labeled in formats your accountant will actually thank you for.

All of this means you can maintain full control over your invoicing, without hiring extra help or drowning in manual checks.

Who Should Use Zervant?

Choose Zervant if:

• You only send a few invoices per month

• You don’t need to process incoming documents

• You’re not affected by France, Belgium, or Germany’s digital invoicing laws

• You want a basic invoicing tool in English or Finnish

For microbusinesses, hobby freelancers, or sole traders in low-regulation environments, Zervant will absolutely get the job done.

Why Invograb Is the Safer Choice for Growing EU Teams

If your business is growing or you expect to be affected by Europe’s e-invoicing reforms – Invograb will future-proof your workflows.

It goes beyond sending PDFs and reminds you what invoicing software should actually do in 2025:

• Keep you compliant

• Save you time

• Give you visibility

• Work seamlessly with your tools

Final Verdict

Zervant is simple, clean, and easy to use, but it was never built for deep compliance or dual-sided invoice management.

Invograb, on the other hand, was engineered for exactly that. If you’re based in the EU, if you’re dealing with both customers and suppliers, and if you care about audit readiness, Invograb will give you what Zervant can’t.

• Dual-side invoice management
• Real-time compliance with Peppol, Factur-X
• French UI and local ecosystem support
• No steep learning curve

Try Invograb at invograb.com
No credit card. No obligations. Just compliant, centralised invoicing that works the way Europe does.