EU e-invoicing mandates are live

Compliant EU e-invoices in one POST request

Generate and validate ZUGFeRD, Factur-X and XRechnung invoices through a simple REST API. EN 16931 compliant by default — so you ship the feature this week, not after a month with a 500-page spec.

Free tier · No credit card · EN 16931 ✓

Why now

The deadline isn't a trend. It's the law.

The EU is making structured e-invoices mandatory for B2B, country by country. Every product that issues invoices has to comply — including yours.

Jan 2026 Live

Belgium

Structured B2B e-invoicing via Peppol is mandatory for all companies.

Feb 2026 Live

Poland

KSeF becomes mandatory, rolling out to all VAT-registered businesses.

Sep 2026

France

All companies must receive e-invoices; large & mid-size must issue Factur-X.

2027–2028

Germany

Issuing becomes mandatory for all businesses. Receiving is already required since 2025.

How it works

You send JSON. You get a legal invoice.

No XML trees, no schema files, no reading the standard. The API handles structure, validation and country profiles for you.

POST /v1/invoices

Send plain JSON

Seller, buyer, line items — the fields you already have in your app. We map them to the standard.

engine

We build & validate

Zugfy generates the XML, embeds it into a PDF/A-3 and validates everything against EN 16931 and the country profile.

200 OK

Ship a compliant invoice

You receive the finished file plus a validation report. Attach it, send it, archive it — done.

# Generate a ZUGFeRD invoice
curl -X POST https://api.zugfy.dev/v1/invoices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZUGFY_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "format": "zugferd-2.3",
    "seller": {"name":"Acme GmbH","vat_id":"DE812345678"},
    "buyer":  {"name":"Kunde AG"},
    "lines":  [{"desc":"Consulting","net":1200,"vat":19}]
  }' --output invoice.pdf
Coverage

One integration. Every mandated format.

Start with one country, expand with a parameter change — not another integration project.

Germany

ZUGFeRD 2.x

Hybrid PDF/A-3 with embedded CII XML. Profiles from BASIC to EXTENDED, ready for the 2027–28 mandate.

France

Factur-X

The French twin of ZUGFeRD, required under the September 2026 reform. Same call, different parameter.

Germany · Public sector

XRechnung

Pure XML (UBL or CII) for B2G invoicing and strict-XML workflows across German states.

Validation endpoint

Already generating invoices? Check any file against EN 16931 and get a human-readable error report.

POST /v1/validate → ✓ report
Pricing

Simple plans. No surprises.

Month to month, cancel anytime. Early-access members lock in launch pricing.

Free

For evaluation and side projects

€0

forever

  • 100 API calls / month
  • All formats included
  • Validation endpoint
  • Community support
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Pro

For platforms and agencies

€49 /mo

billed monthly

  • 15,000 API calls / month
  • Priority support
  • Webhooks & batch generation
  • 99.9% uptime target
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During early access every plan starts free — billing begins only when the API goes live, with 30 days' notice.

FAQ

Questions developers ask

What is EN 16931 and why should I care?

EN 16931 is the European standard defining what a legal e-invoice must contain. Formats like ZUGFeRD, Factur-X and XRechnung are implementations of it. If your product issues B2B invoices in the EU, the country mandates rolling out through 2026–2028 make this standard your problem — Zugfy's job is to make it not your problem.

Why an API instead of an open-source library?

Libraries generate XML; they don't take responsibility for it. With a library you own schema updates, country-profile changes and validation edge cases — ongoing work the standard keeps generating. With Zugfy, compliance maintenance is the product: when the spec moves, the API moves, and your integration stays one POST request.

Which countries and formats do you cover?

At launch: Germany (ZUGFeRD 2.x, XRechnung) and France (Factur-X) — the two largest mandates. The validation endpoint checks any EN 16931 invoice. Additional country profiles are prioritised by early-access demand, so tell us what you need in the signup form.

Do you store my invoice data?

No. Invoices are generated in memory and returned in the response. Nothing is persisted beyond request logs (status codes and timing, never payload contents). For EU customers this keeps GDPR reviews short.

When does billing start?

Not yet. Early access is free on every tier while we finalise the engine with design partners. Paid plans activate at public launch with 30 days' notice, and early-access members keep the pricing shown above.

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Join early access. First 100 developers get the Starter tier free for 6 months after launch — and direct input on which country profiles ship next.

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