Built for Swiss freelancers

Proper bookkeeping, without the accountant.

Kontau is simple, hosted double-entry accounting built for freelancers and solo entrepreneurs. Your books stay balanced by construction — no fiduciary retainer, no accounting course, just clean records you can trust.

No accounting background needed — the ledger keeps you honest
Trial balance — FY 2026
AccountDebitCredit
1020 Bank12,400.00—
3003.1 Client — Muster AG—8,900.00
6500 Office expenses3,500.00—
Balanced
What's inside

Everything you need, nothing an accountant would charge you for

Books that can't go wrong

Every entry needs a debit and a credit that match — the ledger simply won't let your books go out of balance.

Swiss chart of accounts, ready to go

Seeded from the standard Swiss chart in your language. No setup, no guessing which account a coffee with a client goes under.

Know where you stand, instantly

A live trial balance and reports, computed straight from what you’ve posted — no spreadsheet, no waiting on someone else.

Fix mistakes without the panic

Posted an invoice wrong? Void it and repost — a clean, traceable trail instead of an eraser and a headache.

Snap a receipt, done

Attach receipts straight to an entry. No shoebox, no folder of PDFs to hand off at year-end.

Your books, only yours

Single-tenant by design — your ledger isn’t sitting in a shared spreadsheet or a fiduciary’s inbox.

For freelancers

Built for people who run their business alone

Independent consultants

Invoice a handful of clients and want proper double-entry books without learning accounting.

Freelance creatives & tradespeople

Designers, developers, photographers, craftspeople — anyone billing for their own work, solo.

Side-hustlers going full-time

Outgrowing a spreadsheet but not ready to pay a fiduciary a monthly retainer just to stay compliant.

Anyone who dreads year-end

If tax season usually means a scramble and an expensive accountant bill, this is built to replace both.