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All-in-one platform for finances, accounting, and banking

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Last updated: March 2026

Pennylane overview

What is Pennylane?

Pennylane is the all-in-one financial platform that transforms how businesses manage their finances, accounting, and banking operations. Built for business leaders, finance teams, and their accountants, Pennylane centralizes all financial processes in a single, secure environment.

Comprehensive financial management

Pennylane brings together all the tools you need to manage your business finances efficiently. Create and send professional quotes and invoices, track payments, manage expenses, monitor cash flow in real-time, and maintain compliant accounting—all from one platform. By eliminating the need for multiple disconnected systems, Pennylane provides a unified view of your financial position.

Powerful automation & AI capabilities

Leverage AI to automate routine accounting tasks and gain deeper financial insights:

• GenAI Financial Analysis: Automatically analyze financial reports for rapid insights

• ComptAssistant: AI assistant for accounting firms that provides precise answers to technical questions

• Intelligent document processing: Extract data from invoices and receipts automatically

• Smart transaction categorization: Classify transactions based on historical patterns

Seamless collaboration with accountants

Pennylane creates a collaborative workspace where businesses and accountants work together in real-time. Share access to financial data, communicate within the platform about specific transactions, and streamline approval workflows. This collaborative approach eliminates email chains, file transfers, and version control issues.

Integrated business banking

The Pennylane Pro Account offers a complete business banking solution with French IBAN, physical and virtual payment cards, and instant SEPA transfers. All banking transactions automatically synchronize with your accounting, eliminating reconciliation headaches. Configure spending limits for team members and monitor all financial movements in real-time.

Electronic invoicing compliance

Stay ahead of regulatory requirements with Pennylane's Factur-X compliant electronic invoicing system. Create, send, and manage invoices that meet the legal standards that will be mandatory in France by 2026. The platform handles all technical aspects of compliance while providing a simple user experience.

Extensive integrations ecosystem

Pennylane connects seamlessly with your existing business tools:

• Payment processors: Stripe, SumUp, GoCardless and more

• E-commerce platforms: Shopify, WooCommerce and more

• Banking: Qonto and major French banks

• HR and payroll: Silae, PayFit and more

• And many more business applications

Enterprise-grade security

Pennylane implements robust security measures to protect your financial data with end-to-end encryption, multi-factor authentication, regular security audits, and GDPR compliance.

Scalable for growth

Whether you're a self-employed professional, a small business, or a growing company, Pennylane scales with your needs. The platform supports multi-entity accounting, multi-user access with granular permissions, and analytical dimensions for tracking performance across various business segments.

Expert support and guidance

Beyond software, Pennylane provides expert support from a team of accounting and financial specialists to help you implement best practices for financial management.

Trusted by over 350,000 businesses and recommended by accounting professionals across France, Pennylane transforms financial management from an administrative burden into a strategic advantage. By providing real-time visibility, powerful automation, and seamless collaboration, Pennylane helps businesses make better financial decisions and focus on growth.

Currently available exclusively in France, Pennylane is the comprehensive financial platform that unites your accounting, banking, and business operations in one powerful solution.

Starting price

14per feature /
per month

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Pennylane reviews

Overall rating

4.3

/5

15

Positive reviews

80

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.80/10
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Who uses Pennylane?

Based on 15 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Computer Software
Investment Management
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Hospital & Health Care
Others

Use cases

Accounting
Expense Report
Financial Reporting
Billing and Invoicing
Accounting Practice Management

Pennylane's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Pennylane users:

Expense tracking
Billing & invoicing
Income & balance sheet
Budgeting/Forecasting
Multi-Currency

All Pennylane features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Accounting
Accounting integration
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Activity dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval process control
Approval workflow
Audit trail
Automated receipt matching
Bank reconciliation
Billing & invoicing
Billing portal
Budgeting/Forecasting
Cash flow management
Cash management
Categorization/Grouping
Chart of accounts
Client management
Client portal
Collaboration tools
Compliance management
Consolidation/Roll-Up
Corporate card
Credit card management
Credit card processing
Credit note
Customizable fields
Customizable invoices
Customizable reports
Customizable templates
Dashboard
Data import/export
Data visualization
Document management
Document storage
Document templates
Dunning management
Duplicate detection
Electronic payments
Encryption
Expense claims
Expense management
Expense tracking
File sharing
Financial analysis
Financial management
Financial reporting
Fixed asset management
For accountants
For cpa firms
Forecasting
Fund accounting
General ledger
Income & balance sheet
Invoice creation
Invoice history
Invoice management
Invoice processing
Messaging
Mileage tracking
Mobile access
Mobile payments
Mobile receipt upload
Multi-Currency
Multi-Department/Project
Online invoicing
Online payments
Optical character recognition
Payment collection
Payment processing
Payment reconciliation
Policy management
Process/Workflow automation
Profit/Loss statement
Project accounting
Project billing
Projections
Project time tracking
Purchase order management
Purchasing & receiving
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time data
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time reporting
Real-Time updates
Receipt management
Recurring/Subscription billing
Reimbursement management
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & statistics
Revenue recognition
Sales tax management
Search/Filter
Secure data storage
Self-Service reporting
Spend control
SSL security
Status tracking
Strategic planning
Tax calculation
Tax management
Third-Party integrations
Time & expense tracking
Timer
Time tracking
Transaction history
Vendor management
Version control
Workflow management

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Pennylane pricing

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Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Basic

14

Per month

Features included:

  • Centralize and manage your customer and supplier invoices
  • Pay your invoices with one click
  • 2 customizable invoice templates
  • Pro Account and Mastercard physical cards
  • Unlimited virtual cards
  • Mobile notification and receipt attachment
  • Cash advance
  • Monitor your accounts and actions to be taken in real time
  • Connect your banks
  • Reconcile your transactions
  • Collaborate with your accountant (notifications...)

Essential

24

Per month

Features included:

  • Centralize and manage your customer and supplier invoices
  • Pay your invoices with one click
  • 5 customizable invoice templates
  • Manage your expense reports
  • Automate your payment reminders
  • Benefit from our 300+ integrations
  • Pro Account and Mastercard physical cards
  • Unlimited virtual cards
  • Mobile notification and receipt attachment
  • Cash advance
  • Monitor your accounts and actions to be taken in real time
  • Track your performance
  • Monitor your budget and cash flow forecast
  • Categorize your transactions
  • Connect your banks
  • Reconcile your transactions
  • Collaborate with your accountant (notifications...)

Premium + Accounting Module

79

Per month

Features included:

  • Centralize and manage your customer and supplier invoices
  • Pay your invoices with one click
  • Unlimited invoice customization
  • Manage your expense reports
  • Automate your payment reminders
  • Benefit from our 300+ integrations
  • Add attachments to your invoices
  • Pro Account and Mastercard physical cards
  • Mobile notification and receipt attachment
  • Unlimited virtual cards
  • Cash advance
  • Monitor your accounts and actions to be taken in real time
  • Track your performance
  • Monitor your budget and cash flow forecast
  • Categorize your transactions
  • Analytical income statement
  • Dashboard: customize and monitor your performance indicators
  • Connect your banks
  • Reconcile your transactions
  • Automate your data entry with automatic rules
  • Manage your tax declarations in EDI (VAT, tax return...)
  • Manage your monthly and annual closings with our review module (Fixed assets, accruals, bank reconciliations)
  • Edit and customize your annual accounts

User opinions about Pennylane price and value

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Pennylane integrations (63)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 15 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Pennylane integrations and how users feel about them.

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Qonto

Integration rating: 5.0 (3)

Integration rating: 3.0 (2)

Zapier logo
Zapier

Integration rating: 2.0 (1)

Overall really strong, a few quirks but it keeps getting better and more useful.

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Garrett C.

Owner

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

Rent payments are enabled by gocardless and integrates with COHO

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Mayank P.

Founder

Obat logo
Obat

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

It picks up on email calls and helps with transparency and insights.

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N. W.

BDM

Pennylane support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Phone Support
24/7 (Live rep)
Chat
Knowledge Base

Training options

In Person
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
Live Online

Pennylane FAQs

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