Flinko vs Atlanto
Atlanto (a Helvetia company) is accounting-first: proper double-entry books, payroll, banking — administration for any Swiss SME. Flinko starts from the other end: the daily work of a service business — jobs, site, team, clients — with Swiss invoicing built in. Which one fits depends on which end is your bottleneck.
| Flinko | Atlanto | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Service businesses in the field and in studios, 17 niches | Swiss SMEs and start-ups of any industry, administration-first |
| Accounting depth | Operational: invoices, payments, expenses with VAT, P&L, year-end export for your fiduciary | Full double-entry accounting incl. balance sheet and year-end closing — a genuine Atlanto strength |
| Payroll | Preparation: pay profiles, hours from timesheets, extras/deductions, CSV for the fiduciary — social contributions stay with the fiduciary | Yes (per their website) |
| Field work: reports, defects, diary, dispatch | Site diary, photos with markup, defects pinned on the floor plan, dispatch board, GPS timesheets | Not advertised on their website |
| Client portal & e-signature | Client portal with online signature of quotes and online card payment | Not advertised on their website |
| Online booking | Online self-booking for studio niches (salon, fitness, courses…) | Not advertised on their website |
| AI | AI assistant answering from your own data; quote drafts, receipt scan (incl. QR payload) | Not advertised on their website |
| Swiss invoicing | Swiss QR-bill, VAT 8.1%, automatic payment reminders (Mahnung 1–3), bank import camt.053 with auto-matching | QR invoices, VAT, EBICS banking, incoming invoice reading (per their website) |
| Languages | 18 interface languages; client-facing quotes and invoices in DE/FR/IT/EN | DE / FR / IT / EN (per their website) |
| Pricing model | Flat CHF 19 / 39 / 79 per month with 1 / 5 / 15 seats included, every feature in every plan, 14 days free | Per user and module: contact manager free, time CHF 10, sales & accounting CHF 44.90 per user/month (their website, Aug 2026) |
| Free trial | 14 days | 30 days (their website, Aug 2026) |
| Hosting & data | Hosted in EU data centres (Frankfurt); nDSG-compliant — Switzerland recognises EU data protection as adequate. Row-level tenant isolation in the database | Swiss hosting (per their website) |
Where Atlanto is stronger
- Real double-entry accounting with balance sheet and year-end closing
- Payroll built in
- EBICS bank connectivity and a fiduciary partner programme
- A free entry module (contacts) and a 30-day trial
Where Flinko is stronger
- The entire field layer: site diary, photo documentation, defect pins, dispatch, GPS timesheets — Atlanto doesn't advertise any of it
- Client-facing flow: portal, online signature, online booking, card payment
- Team price: 5 people cost CHF 39 flat vs. per-user pricing that multiplies
- 18 languages and an installable PWA for the crew's phones
- AI assistant working on your own business data
Frequently asked questions
Flinko or Atlanto — how do I decide?+
Ask where your day is lost. If it's the books — balance sheet, payroll, closing — Atlanto is built for that. If it's jobs, crews, site documentation and getting invoices paid, that's exactly what Flinko does; the fiduciary gets a clean year-end export.
Does Flinko have real accounting?+
Flinko covers the operational money flow: quotes, QR invoices, payments, dunning, VAT on expenses, P&L and a year-end export your fiduciary can work with. Full double-entry books with a balance sheet are Atlanto's territory — many businesses run Flinko for operations and leave the closing to the fiduciary.
When is Atlanto the better choice?+
If you need payroll and a full balance sheet in the same tool, or your fiduciary already works in Atlanto's partner programme, that's a solid reason to pick it. Flinko wins the moment field work and client flow matter more than the ledger.
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