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Run the whole startup before you can afford five tools.

Time, invoicing, a simple CRM, leave and your first hires in one free workspace, so a lean team runs on one login instead of a stack of trials.

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  • Free forever plan
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Fig. 1One tool while you find your shape. Sample data.

One free workspace, not five free trials.

Every tool has a free tier, and stitching five of them together is its own job. Pistacio is one workspace that already connects.

Today

  • a spreadsheet
  • a free time tracker
  • a CRM trial
  • a billing tool

With Pistacio

  • Time tracking
  • Invoicing
  • CRM
  • Leave & HR

Everything, free to start.

Every part works on the same hours, clients and projects.

Track and invoice for free.

Time tracking and invoicing on the free forever plan, so you bill clients from day one without a card.

Time tracking
Fig. 2Free to run. Sample data.

A CRM before you need Salesforce.

A lightweight pipeline for your first deals, in the same place you deliver them.

CRM & leads
Fig. 3First clients. Sample data.

Onboard without an HR tool.

Employee records and an onboarding checklist, so your first hires start clean.

HR & people
Fig. 4First hires. Sample data.

Leave, without a spreadsheet.

Balances and a team calendar from your first hire, so time off is tracked properly.

Vacation & leave
Fig. 5Time off. Sample data.

See the numbers that matter.

Billable hours, cash owed and what’s ready to invoice on one overview, so runway math stays honest.

Business ops
Fig. 6The runway. Sample data.

How startups run on Pistacio.

Your first months.

  1. Track the work1 / 5

    Log time against clients and projects from day one, free.

    Fig. 7Track the work. Sample data.

  2. Send the first invoice2 / 5

    Turn hours into a proper invoice with a client link, no accountant needed.

    Invoice #INV-0042

    Acme Inc.

    Draft
    • Design QA 38h × €953.610 €
    • Development 41h × €1104.510 €
    VAT 19%1.542,80 €
    Total€0
    Fig. 8Send the first invoice. Sample data.

  3. Onboard your first hire3 / 5

    Records, equipment and accounts sorted with a checklist.

    Fig. 9Onboard your first hire. Sample data.

  4. Handle time off4 / 5

    Leave requests and balances tracked as the team grows.

    Fig. 10Handle time off. Sample data.

  5. Watch the runway5 / 5

    One overview of hours, cash and pipeline keeps the math honest.

    Fig. 11Watch the runway. 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.

Yes, a free forever plan covers time tracking, invoicing and the basics for a small team, no card.

Growth and Business add seats, budgets, compliance and finance as you scale, same workspace, no migration.

Records, onboarding and leave are built in, so you don’t need a separate HR tool yet.

Invoices are GoBD-ready with a client link, straight from tracked time.

Time, invoicing, CRM, leave and HR in one login, instead of five free trials you stitch together.

One free workspace replaces the starter stack: a time tracker, an invoicing tool, a CRM trial and a leave spreadsheet, so early-stage startup software is one login, not five.

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.

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