Frihet.io's answer

If you're comparing Frihet QuickBooks, Xero, or similar tools:

• Price: Frihet's Pro plan is €19/mo and Free plan includes full accounting — most competitors gate it behind paid tiers
• AI that actually works: 55+ tools integrated into your daily workflow. Competitors either have zero AI or charge extra for basic features
• No vendor lock-in: Open API, SDK, CLI, and MCP server. Export everything, build custom integrations, automate with n8n or Zapier. Your data is yours
• EU-first compliance: Built for European businesses from day one. VeriFactu, SII, EN16931, IGIC — not retrofitted US software with a VAT checkbox
• People/HR included: Employee directory, time tracking (Art.35 ET compliant), leave management — all free. Competitors charge €5-8/employee/month for this
• Speed: Keyboard-first interface, AI copilot, command palette. Built for people who value their time over clicking through wizards

Frihet.io's answer

Frihet serves modern businesses that want professional tools without enterprise complexity or pricing:

• Freelancers and solopreneurs who need invoicing, expenses, and tax compliance in one place
• Small and medium businesses (SMEs) that have outgrown spreadsheets but find SAP/Oracle absurd
• Digital agencies and consultancies managing multiple clients, quotes, and recurring billing
• E-commerce businesses using Stripe, Shopify, or WooCommerce who need integrated accounting
• Startups that want a developer-friendly ERP with API access from day one
• Developers and technical founders who appreciate CLI tools, MCP servers, and SDK access over clicking buttons

Our strongest fit is businesses operating in Europe (especially Spain) where tax compliance (VeriFactu, SII, IGIC, EN16931) is a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have. We support 30+ countries and 17 languages.

Frihet.io's answer

Frihet means "freedom" in Swedish. It was born out of frustration.

I'm Viktor Berthelius, a Swedish-Canarian builder based in Tenerife. After years helping businesses with branding, marketing, and technology, I kept running into the same problem: every ERP and invoicing tool I used was either too expensive, too rigid, or completely ignorant of European tax requirements.

So I built it. Frihet launched on February 13, 2026 — solo-founded, zero investors, bootstrapped from Tenerife. Within 6 weeks: 17 languages, 41 integrations, 55+ AI tools, full accounting engine, and an open developer ecosystem (API + SDK + CLI + MCP).

The goal is simple: EUR 1M ARR by 2027, serving 3,500+ businesses across 30+ countries. Not by competing on features, but by creating a new category — the AI-native ERP that makes business management feel effortless.

Frihet.io's answer

Frihet is built on a modern, production-grade stack:

Frontend: - React 18 + TypeScript + Vite 5 - Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui + Radix UI - PWA with offline support (Workbox) - Capacitor for native iOS/Android

Backend: - Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Cloud Functions, Storage) - Google Cloud Platform (europe-west1)

AI: - Google Gemini (2.5 Flash for speed, Pro for complex tasks) - Custom OCR pipeline with structured extraction - Embeddings for semantic search and categorization

Payments & Billing: - Stripe Billing + Stripe Connect

Developer Ecosystem: - REST API with cursor pagination and field selection - TypeScript SDK (@frihet/sdk on npm) - CLI (@frihet/cli on npm) - MCP server with 55 tools (@frihet/mcp-server on npm)

Marketing Site: - Astro 6 (SSG, 2,800+ static pages) - Deployed on Vercel

Monitoring: - Sentry (error tracking) - PostHog (product analytics, EU) - Umami (privacy-friendly web analytics)

Frihet.io's answer

Frihet is the first AI-native ERP built from the ground up with intelligence at its core — not bolted on as an afterthought. What sets it apart:

• 55+ AI copilot tools embedded across every module: auto-categorize expenses, generate invoices from natural language, smart tax suggestions, cash flow forecasting, and OCR document processing
• Developer-first ecosystem: REST API, TypeScript SDK, CLI, and an MCP server with 55 tools — all published on npm. Build on top of Frihet, don't just use it
• Deep EU tax compliance: VeriFactu, SII, EN16931 e-invoicing, IGIC/IVA/IRPF support across 365 fiscal positions in 123 countries
• 17 languages natively — not machine-translated UI labels, but full localization including fiscal terminology
• Full accounting engine included free: General Ledger, P&L, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Chart of Accounts — no upsell required
• 40-60% cheaper than alternatives like QuickBooks, or Xero, with a generous free-forever plan