Charlie Blomkvist
Spiris Bokföring & Fakturering (Spiris Bookkeeping & Invoicing), formerly called Visma eEkonomi, is cloud bookkeeping software widely used by small businesses in Sweden, and Spiris has several hundred thousand customers. Spiris is the former Visma Spcs and has carried that name since June 2025. Spiris itself describes its platform as tailored for small businesses, and for many companies it is enough for a long time. This comparison is for those of you who have outgrown your bookkeeping software: more people approving, growing inventory, deals in foreign currency or more companies. That is where the differences from Visma Net show.
Short answer: Spiris or Visma Net?
- approval can follow the supplier
- a few people work in the system
- inventory works fine with FIFO
- approval should follow cost center, project or line
- invoices should be in the books while they wait for approval
- many people need to approve
- inventory and orders run at volume
- several companies need to be followed up and consolidated per period
The difference rarely shows on an ordinary invoice. It shows when the invoice has to reach the right person.
Spiris vs Visma Net at a glance
Approval workflow in Spiris and Visma Net: per supplier or per line
In a small company, an invoice goes to whoever ordered. As the company grows, the same invoice often needs to go to different people depending on what it relates to: a cost center, a project or an amount above a certain limit.
The approval order is set per supplier: who approves and in what order.
Approval goes line by line by the line's cost center, with amount limits per step. Approval per project manager is available in the Plus packages.
The invoice stays as a draft and is not posted until it has been approved.
The invoice can be pre-registered, so the cost is in the books while it waits.
Anyone who approves needs their own user license.
Unlimited approvers.
An invoice with costs for three departments can therefore go to three different approvers.
Users
In Spiris every user needs a license, including those who only approve, and an extra user costs SEK 199 a month. In Visma Net the number of users and approvers is unlimited, and the license is based on package, transaction volume, number of companies and any add-ons. The more people who need to be part of the workflow, the more the pricing model works in Visma Net's favor.
Inventory and orders in Spiris and Visma Net
Spiris Lager (Spiris's inventory module) values by FIFO, and inventory transactions are posted when someone chooses to post them. In Visma Net's Finance & Logistics package, the valuation method is chosen per item class, and inventory transactions are posted to the general ledger when they are released. There is also a credit hold that stops the order, returns as dedicated order types, and receipt control per supplier.
Currency at closing
If you trade in foreign currency, the difference shows at period end. In Spiris, unpaid customer invoices in foreign currency are revalued with a manual journal transaction, which is then reversed the following year. Visma Net revalues accounts receivable and accounts payable in foreign currency in the system.
Multiple companies and group reporting
In Spiris each company is a separate company with its own license, and you switch between them with the same login. Spiris Koncernredovisning (group reporting) is a separate program that pulls in the companies' figures from their closing via an SIE4 file (the Swedish standard accounting file format), Skatt & Bokslut or manual entry. In Visma Net each company gets its own Visma Net company under the same license, new companies are created from a template, and anyone with access to all companies can produce reports and comparisons across all companies in the reporting module. The companies are consolidated per period, in the same system. Consolidation is not included in every Visma Net package, and we set it up on a quote. More in Visma Net for groups.
AI Connect and our agents
- Claude or Copilot
- AI Connect
- You approve the change
- Visma Net
The assistant reads and works within the user's permissions. Deletion is blocked.
- Your systems and email
- Agent via Visma Net's API
- Suggestion
- You approve
- Posted in Visma Net
The agent suggests, and you always approve before anything is posted.
Visma Net has AI Connect, Visma's own connection to AI assistants such as Claude and Microsoft Copilot. The assistant works within the logged-in user's permissions, deletion is permanently blocked, and a change is only made once the user has approved it. On Visma Net's API we build our own agents for your workflows, for example:
An agent that reads reports from your other systems and suggests the journal transaction.
An agent that reads the supplier invoice and suggests the customer invoices to those who should be billed onward.
The agent is built for whatever takes time in your business, at a fixed price after the workshop.
The agent suggests, and you always approve before anything is written to Visma Net. Read more about AI agents.
Moving from Spiris to Visma Net
A move from Spiris starts with an export: the accounting as SIE4 per financial year, and chart of accounts, customers, suppliers and items as CSV. The registers are converted through our own conversion tool, Straviont Cloud Bridge, and we help with the SIE import, so the accounting from previous years comes along. If you switch mid-year, we help import what you have posted in earlier periods in Spiris.
If you cancel Spiris, the accounting records remain available in a read-only version for seven financial years. Read more about how a switch works in Changing ERP: seven things to consider.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Spiris and Visma Net?
Spiris Bokföring & Fakturering is cloud bookkeeping software, on a platform that Spiris itself describes as tailored for small businesses. Visma Net is Visma's cloud ERP for companies that have outgrown their bookkeeping software. The differences show in approval, in what it costs when more people need to work and approve in the system, in inventory, in currency at closing and when the number of companies grows.
Is Spiris the same as Visma eEkonomi?
Yes. Visma eEkonomi is now called Spiris Bokföring & Fakturering, and the company Visma Spcs has been called Spiris since June 2025.
Spiris or Visma Net: which should we choose?
Spiris is enough when approval can follow the supplier, a few people work in the system and inventory works fine with FIFO. Visma Net fits when approval should follow cost center, project or line, many people need to approve, inventory and orders run at volume and several companies need to be followed up.
Does it cost extra per user?
In Spiris every user needs a license, including those who only approve, and an extra user costs SEK 199 a month. In Visma Net the number of users and approvers is unlimited, and the license is based on package, transaction volume, number of companies and any add-ons.
Can Spiris handle multiple companies?
In Spiris each company is a separate company with its own license, and you switch between them with the same login. Spiris has a separate program for group reporting, which pulls in the companies' figures from their closing. In Visma Net each company gets its own Visma Net company under the same license, and the companies are consolidated per period. Consolidation is not included in every Visma Net package.
How do you move from Spiris to Visma Net?
The accounting is exported as SIE4 per financial year, and chart of accounts, customers, suppliers and items as CSV. With us, the registers are converted through Straviont Cloud Bridge, and we help with the SIE import, so the accounting from previous years comes along.
What happens to our data in Spiris after we switch?
If you cancel Spiris, the accounting records remain available in a read-only version for seven financial years.
What does it cost to switch to Visma Net?
The Visma Net license starts at SEK 2,744 a month plus transaction volume, with unlimited users and approvers, and is signed with Visma. Our implementation of Visma Net Core costs SEK 75,000 for the first company, or SEK 125,000 with logistics, excluding VAT and at a fixed price. Each additional company costs SEK 50,000 as a starting point. More in What does Visma Net cost?
How to move forward
We never start with the choice of system. We start with your workflows: how invoices, approval and payments move today, where time goes and what is missing. We do that in a free 45-minute workshop, and the review is yours whatever you choose afterwards. Also read Fortnox or Visma Net, Visma Net vs Visma Administration and what Visma Net costs.