Built by one person for accounting they need themselves.
Fakturqa isn't a startup backed by investors. It's a tool I first built for myself — and then realised the same problem affects thousands of other Czech freelancers and sole proprietors.
The story behind Fakturqa
I'm Peter Buchlák, a software engineer and sole proprietor based in České Budějovice, Czechia. Each month twenty to thirty invoices arrive — by email from various suppliers, sometimes on paper. For years I retyped them manually into my accounting system. Field by field — business ID, VAT, due date, line items — easily an hour or two a month.
I tried existing services for automatic invoice reading. They were either expensive and aimed at large companies, or incompatible with Czech VAT rules and handwritten receipts.
When AI became capable of reliably reading even a badly scanned Czech invoice, building this properly finally made sense. Fakturqa is the result. No team, no investors — I write the code, handle support and send invoices at the same time.
What Fakturqa does (and doesn't)
What it does: takes your incoming invoice (email or mobile photo), uses AI to read the supplier, amount, VAT, due date and line items, then saves it as an expense in iDoklad, Fakturoid or Flexibee. You just review and confirm.
What it doesn't: it doesn't keep your books, doesn't file your tax return, doesn't make payments. Fakturqa is the entrypoint — it automates the most tedious part (retyping); the rest is where it was.
How I fund it
The free tier (5 invoices/month) is free forever. Paid plans (49–199 CZK/mo) cover the cost of running the AI and hosting. No investors, no pressure for rapid growth — the goal is a tool Czech freelancers enjoy using and I can keep building for another ten years.