Follow Client Work from First Contact to Payment
Keep sales, proposals, contracts, invoices and payments connected, so your team can see what happened and what needs attention next.
HOW ENLIVY COMPARES
What each kind of tool covers.
Compare the workflows around a sale, from the first opportunity through invoicing and payment. Check each tool against the jobs your business actually needs.
| Capability | Enlivy This page | SAP · Odoo Classic ERP | Xero · QuickBooks Accounting | Chargebee Billing tool | HoneyBook Clientflow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRM / sales pipeline | Strong | Strong | Absent | Absent | Strong |
| Proposals & contracts | Strong | Partial | Absent | Partial | Strong |
| Recurring billing / subscriptions | Strong | Partial | Partial | Strong | Partial |
| Invoicing & payment collection | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| Banking & reconciliation | Partial | Strong | Strong | Partial | Absent |
| Payroll | Partial | Partial | Partial | Absent | Absent |
| Projects / playbooks / ops | Strong | Strong | Absent | Absent | Partial |
| Inventory / manufacturing / procurement | Absent | Strong | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| General-ledger accounting | Absent | Strong | Strong | Absent | Absent |
| API-first / automation platform | Strong | Partial | Partial | Strong | Partial |
Our own reading of publicly available product information, verified on the date shown. Categories move fast, so check current capabilities before you decide. Ratings reflect breadth and fit for a service business, not a feature-by-feature scorecard.
THE SPINE
What Enlivy actually runs
One coherent flow, from finding a client to reconciling the payment. Everything else supports this spine: projects, playbooks, reports, payroll, and the customer portal.
- Find
Each opportunity in the pipeline that fits its sales process, from first contact to won.
- Quote
Turn the deal into a proposal or a published package.
- Sign
The accepted proposal becomes a signed contract, no re-typing.
- Bill
One-off or recurring, on any cadence you choose.
- Get paid
Cards charged automatically, each payment matched to its invoice.
- e-Invoice
In Romania, submit through ANAF eFactura and track the result. Elsewhere, download a supported file for separate review and submission.
- Reconcile
Bank transactions linked to the invoice or receipt they settle.
WHERE WE SIT
Built for the commercial side, not the factory
ERPs are broad because they run the whole factory. Enlivy is broad because it runs the whole commercial side.
The commercial side is clients and money: pipeline, proposals, contracts, recurring billing, invoicing, Romanian ANAF exchange, and banking. That is where Enlivy focuses.
The operations side is where classic ERP lives: inventory, manufacturing, procurement, the general ledger. Essential in a factory; dead weight in an agency, studio, or consultancy.
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Clients & money, end to end
Pipeline, proposals, contracts, recurring billing, invoicing, e-invoicing, and banking. Broad on purpose.
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No factory bloat
No inventory, production, or procurement modules you would never switch on.
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Tuned for service businesses
Built for how agencies, consultancies, and studios earn, not how a plant runs.
WHY NOT JUST…
Every other category covers a slice
Each alternative is great at what it does. For a service business running the whole deal, each one stops somewhere.
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A classic ERP
Instead of: Built to run a factory: inventory, production, and the general ledger, plus a months-long rollout and enterprise pricing.
With Enlivy: Enlivy gives you the commercial breadth without the factory half you do not have.
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An accounting tool
Instead of: Xero and QuickBooks close your books, but there is no sales pipeline.
With Enlivy: Enlivy runs the deal from first contact to paid, then hands your accountant clean exports.
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A billing tool
Instead of: Chargebee handles subscriptions, with no CRM.
With Enlivy: Enlivy bills on any cadence and covers the rest of the spine around it.
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A clientflow tool
Instead of: HoneyBook nails proposal-to-payment for solo creatives, but skips recurring-billing depth, EU e-invoicing, and bank reconciliation.
With Enlivy: Enlivy keeps the clientflow and adds the compliance and money layers underneath.
WHAT MOST BUSINESS SUITES LACK
The layer underneath
Two things that are hard to bolt on later, and that we did not.
- Romanian eFactura beside your invoices
Connect ANAF eFactura to receive and submit invoices from Enlivy. For other markets, download a supported electronic invoice file and check the local submission route.
- We run Enlivy on Enlivy
Our own subscription billing rides the exact engine we sell you. We charge our customers on the same billing schedules they give theirs. Dogfooded trust competitors cannot fake.
BUILT TO CROSS BORDERS
One account runs your business in six languages and 41 countries.
Keep product and invoice wording available in six languages and record legal identity details for clients in different countries. Romanian organizations can connect to ANAF eFactura, while other markets use supported file formats for separate submission.
EN · RO · DE · FR · NL · DA · Romanian ANAF connection · electronic invoice files