In short (TL;DR) As of June 5, the Bilnex platform has 2 additions that will make small business accounting even faster and more convenient. From now on, you can open a Peppol e-invoice channel in Bilnex for international invoicing and use AI digitization to automatically enter PDF purchase invoices. And both are completely free! Peppol e-invoices support international business If your partners or customers are located outside Estonia, sending regular e-invoices is still […]
Digitizing PDF invoices or automatic entry: A guide for companies 2026
In short (TL;DR) On June 5th, Bilnex will launch an AI-based digitization solution for automatic PDF invoice entry! Manually copying data from PDF purchase invoices and entering them into the accounting system is one of the most time-consuming activities on an accountant’s desk. Bilnex’s free solution for digitizing PDF invoices uses the latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) to identify all the necessary data in seconds. The system learns from your corrections in real time, eliminating routine manual work and bringing the data […]
Peppol e-invoice and Peppol ID: Guide to international billing
In short (TL;DR) On June 5th, Bilnex will launch its Peppol e-invoice solution! International invoicing doesn’t have to mean sending PDFs as email attachments and waiting to see if it gets delivered or not. Peppol e-invoice is a global standard that takes your sales invoice directly into your foreign client’s accounting software, regardless of what program they use in the other country. At Bilnex, opening a Peppol channel takes just a few […]
Invoice payment due date and receipt of money: A guide for small businesses
In short (TL;DR) Uncollected invoices and constant chasing of payment deadlines slow down the momentum of any growing business. Sending a PDF invoice and hoping that you will get paid someday is not a sustainable financial strategy. Bilnex helps you keep your invoices and cash flow under control – a machine-readable e-invoice goes directly to the client’s program and reaches the payment many times faster than a forgotten PDF attached to an email. And all this without any embarrassment […]
The best free e-invoicing solution for Merit Aktiva users
In short (TL;DR) If your accounting is in Merit Aktiva, you can now make sending and receiving e-invoices more convenient for free. Compared to other e-invoice operators, Bilnex has an interface with Merit and its use is free. Create a sales invoice in Bilnex, the system will send it to the customer as an e-invoice and the data will immediately appear in the Merit program. You can also receive purchase invoices received as e-invoices in Bilnex for free and […]
Best Software for Creating Sales Invoices 2026: Bilnex vs Finbite
In short (TL;DR) in 2026, the question is not whether to send machine-readable e-invoices in addition to PDF invoices, but how conveniently and quickly you can create sales invoices in any format. Finbite, a pioneer in the e-invoice market, is aimed at medium and large companies, state institutions, corporations with its wide range of modules and tailor-made solutions. Bilnex is designed for fast-growing micro and small businesses that value simplicity […]
Invoice details and requirements – instructions for creating an invoice
Invoicing is the part of the workday that involves getting the money earned into your account. It seems simple until the client reports that the accountant cannot accept the document because the mandatory invoice details are missing. Specific data fields are set to ensure that the issued sales invoice is a legally correct source document and payments are received without errors. Bilnexi automatically checks for the presence of mandatory data […]
What are e-invoices? Who uses e-invoices?
Do you still remember the fax machine or paper invoices sent in an envelope? Today, those memories are history. Soon the PDF invoice will also move into the same category. Although PDF is digital, it is essentially just an image of a paper invoice on the screen – someone still has to manually enter it into the system. For over a decade, we have had something much smarter on our desks (screens). An e-invoice is a completely digital and machine-processable data stream, […]
Creating an invoice in Excel: why is it a waste of time?
In short: Why choose specialized software over Excel? Microsoft Excel is undoubtedly one of the most powerful tools in the world of numbers, but creating an invoice in Excel is like pruning a hedge with a Swiss Army knife. It is multifunctional and always at hand, but in the end the result is ineffective. If special scissors and saws are helpful for hedges, then Bilnex is the best tool for creating invoices. If […]
Free invoice generator vs invoice template: which one to prefer?
In short: Why use invoicing software? If you had a euro for every time you sigh and open that dusty Excel file called “arve_pohi_2024_final_v2.xlsx”, you probably wouldn’t have to work anymore. For many, invoicing is a part of business that is put off until the bank statement reminds you that the money is stuck somewhere. But it’s not your fault – […]









