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DATEV eG sells software and cloud services to its member firms (tax advisors, auditors, lawyers) and to their clients under its Geschäftsbedingungen and price lists, counted by user licence, location, client file, employee or hosted user, with the former device-based licence types ending on 2027-12-31.

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Overview articleDATEV licensingDATEV eG sells software and cloud services to its member firms (tax advisors, auditors, lawyers) and to their clients under its Geschäftsbedingungen and price lists, counted by user licence, location, client file, employee or hosted user, with the former device-based licence types ending on 2027-12-31.Cited · Edited 2026-10-08 · 9 references

Guides

DATEV licence types and the Benutzerlizenz conversionCited · Edited 2026-10-08DATEV general terms and conditionsCited · Edited 2026-10-08DATEV firm offers and membershipCited · Edited 2026-10-08DATEV Unternehmen online and cloud servicesCited · Edited 2026-10-08DATEV payroll and hosting licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-08

Licensing Data

From the DATEV catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 84 verbatim excerpts from 15 DATEV documents.

Products

All 35 Products

Accounting & Finance Software 21

DATEV Auftragswesen next, DATEV Basis-Angebot, DATEV Forderungswesen gewerblich, DATEV IT-Service- und Sicherheitspauschale, DATEV Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen, DATEV Lizenzverwaltung online, DATEV LODAS, DATEV Mandantenanbindung, and 13 more

Cloud Application Hosting Providers 6

DATEV-Cloud-Anwendungen und Software (Einzelanwendung), DATEVasp, DATEVasp Basismodul, DATEVasp Zusatzmodul für Microsoft Exchange, DATEVasp Zusatzmodule, Microsoft 365 for DATEVasp

Document Management Software 5

DATEV Belege online, DATEV Belegfreigabe online, DATEV Belegfreigabe online comfort, DATEV DMS, MyDATEV Dokumentenspeichervolumen

Payroll Software 3

DATEV Arbeitnehmer online, DATEV Lohn und Gehalt, DATEV Personal

Releases and Lifecycle

Full Version History

35 products: 4 versioned, 31 no published lifecycle; 12 versions with release and support dates as published by DATEV. Retrieved 2026-10-13.

  • Annual main release. DATEV provides a main release of the DATEV programs each August; it is a prerequisite for all program versions provided from 1 October of that year. [1]
  • Operating-system support commitments. DATEV publishes the period in which it supports each Microsoft operating system for its programs, tied to DATEV program releases; support for Windows 10 ended with DATEV-Programme 19.0 and for Windows Server 2016 ends with the 2026/2027 year-end versions of DATEV-Programme 20.0. [1][2]
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Product History

All acquisitions
  1. DATEV acquired b4value.netAnnounced 2024-03-04 · Closed 2024 · Not disclosed (the parties agreed on confidentiality)

    DATEV Beteiligungen GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DATEV eG, acquired a 75 percent majority of b4value.net GmbH, operator of the TRAFFIQX network for secure exchange of business documents, with economic effect from 2024-01-01. The contract provides for the remaining 25 percent to follow after three years.

    Legacy productBecame
    TRAFFIQX network (b4value.net)Kept TRAFFIQX network (b4value.net, majority owned by DATEV) · b4value.net remains a legally independent company
    Licensing impact
    • DATEV stated that b4value.net continues as a legally independent company offering its own portfolio, that the TRAFFIQX network stays available to interested market participants, and that nothing changes for customers, network partners or employees through the share purchase.[1]
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