Structured ops, German compliance, one workspace for the Mittelstand.
Working-time compliance, clean DATEV exports and documented approvals in the same place your team tracks time, so an audit is a click, not a scramble.
- Free forever plan
- ArbZG & GoBD-ready
- DATEV export
Compliance built in, not bolted on.
Time in one tool, HR in another, DATEV handled by exports and email. Pistacio keeps hours, approvals and books compliant in one place.
Today
- Clockodo
- Personio
- Excel
- DATEV by email
With Pistacio
- Working-time compliance
- HR records
- Approvals
- DATEV export
Documented and compliant.
Every part works on the same hours, clients and projects.
ArbZG-compliant by default.
Daily hours checked against the limits, so the record holds up the day a Prüfung asks for it.
HR & peopleThe quarter exports clean.
Correct VAT on every invoice and a clean DATEV export, so the Steuerberater gets a tidy month.
Finance & billingPersonnel files in order.
Contracts, hours and records on one card, ready when an audit or a works council asks.
HR & peopleRegional holidays built in.
Leave balances and the right regional holidays, documented with a clean approval trail.
Vacation & leaveEverything signed off.
Timesheets, leave and expenses approved in one queue, so there’s a record for every decision.
Business opsHow the Mittelstand runs on Pistacio.
A compliant month.
Track compliant hours1 / 5
Time logs with ArbZG limits checked as the week happens.
Fig. 7Track compliant hours. Sample data. Approve with a trail2 / 5
Timesheets, leave and expenses get signed off in one queue, every decision recorded.
Fig. 8Approve with a trail. Sample data. Invoice with the right VAT3 / 5
Invoices carry correct VAT and clean sequential numbering.
Fig. 9Invoice with the right VAT. Sample data. Export to DATEV4 / 5
The quarter exports clean for the Steuerberater, no email attachments.
Fig. 10Export to DATEV. Sample data. Stay audit-ready5 / 5
Records, hours and approvals sit in one place, ready when someone asks.
Fig. 11Stay audit-ready. Sample data.
We run Pistacio on Pistacio.
It's how we replaced five separate tools for our own company. We hit the rough edges before you do, because we're in here every day too.- Bootstrapped
- Made in Stuttgart
- DATEV export
- Working-time compliance
Free time tracking for up to 3 users.
Time tracking and invoices cost nothing for small teams. Add modules when you need them, and pay per user only for those.
- Time tracking + invoicesTimer · Tasks · Invoices · Reports · Time off · DashboardFree up to 3 users
Questions, answered.
Daily hours are checked against the ArbZG limits, so working-time records hold up in an audit.
Yes. Invoices carry correct VAT and the quarter exports clean to DATEV for your Steuerberater.
Invoices use clean sequential numbering and records are retained, so the books are GoBD-ready.
Personnel files, working time and leave with regional holidays are all built in.
Timesheets, leave and expenses are approved in one queue, so every decision has a record.
Yes. It puts ArbZG-compliant working-time, documented approvals and a clean DATEV export in one workspace, the structure a Mittelstand company needs without a suite per department.
The standards Pistacio is built on.
Built for German business.
- Pistacio creates e-invoices in the XRechnung and ZUGFeRD formats, Germany’s standards for electronic invoicing.
- E-Rechnung (Bund)
- Invoices and receipts are kept GoBD-compliant, with clean sequential numbering and proper retention.
- GoBD (BMF)
- The books export cleanly to DATEV for your Steuerberater at quarter-end.
- DATEV
- Working time is checked against the limits of the German Working Hours Act (ArbZG).
- ArbZG (Gesetze im Internet)
Close next month in Pistacio.
Free for up to 3 users, no credit card. Set up before the coffee is cold.
- Free forever plan
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