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Simple as that. Everything you need – lean and clear.
Teamleader Orbit is Teamleader's agency software from Belgium – built for agencies with ten or more staff, strong in capacity planning and controlling. bestdesq takes a different approach: published prices from €9, every feature from the first person, ready to try on your own.
From €9, not on request.
Teamleader names no price for Orbit and offers a sales call instead. bestdesq shows its price on the pricing page: €9 for your own access, each further person €9 or €19 by base role, and accesses with tools only cost nothing.
From the first person.
Orbit is aimed at agencies with ten or more staff. bestdesq fits everyone from sole traders to agencies – with the same feature set.
ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, DATEV.
bestdesq creates e-invoices as XRechnung and ZUGFeRD and exports for DATEV. Teamleader lists a DATEV integration for Orbit, but not which formats it delivers.
Lean and open, or large and on request
Everything there – lean feature set, built for the German accountant workflow, from the first person.
- ✓ Project management (Kanban, list, calendar)
- ✓ Lightweight CRM and sales funnel
- ✓ Invoices with XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, DATEV export
- ✓ Incoming invoices and supplier quotes
- ✓ Time tracking with timer
- ✓ Client portal with dedicated client login
- ✓ Knowledge base as company wiki
- ✓ MCP server for your own AI integration
- ✓ WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility
Agency software for teams of ten or more – deep in planning and controlling, price on request only.
- ✓ Project management with milestones, budgets and Gantt
- ✓ Capacity planning with micro and macro planning, skills, absences
- ✓ CRM with multiple pipelines, forecasts and quotes
- ✓ Client and supplier invoices, payment monitoring, retainers
- ✓ DATEV integration
- ✓ Client portal
- ✓ MCP interface for AI tools
- — Only from ten staff, price on request only
Feature comparison at a glance
| Feature | bestdesq | Teamleader Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Team size | From 1 person | From 10 staff |
| Price | Published, from €9 | On request |
| Try it yourself | 30 days | Demo on request |
| Project management | Yes | Yes, with Gantt |
| Resource planning | Workload | Micro and macro planning, skills |
| Time tracking | Yes | Yes |
| CRM and quotes | Yes | Multiple pipelines, forecasts |
| Invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Incoming invoices | Yes | Supplier invoices |
| XRechnung and ZUGFeRD | Yes | Not documented in detail |
| DATEV | DATEV export | DATEV integration |
| Client portal | Web portal with dedicated login | Yes |
| Knowledge base | Company wiki | Not documented |
| AI integration | MCP server | MCP interface |
| Hosting | DE, GDPR | EU (Netherlands), GDPR |
Ten-person agency, monthly cost
Orbit is meant for ten or more staff, so this example uses ten people. In return, Orbit offers more depth in capacity planning and controlling, while bestdesq brings published prices, ZUGFeRD, a company wiki and hosting in Germany. Teamleader details as listed on teamleader.eu/de, as of September 2026.
Which tool is right for you?
Teamleader Orbit is built for larger agencies with a lot of planning and controlling. bestdesq is leaner, has published prices and fits from the first person.
- you want to know the price up front and try it yourself, without a sales call
- your team has fewer than ten people
- you prefer a lean, focused feature set over 20 settings per field
- your accountant expects ZUGFeRD and DATEV export
- you want your company knowledge in the same tool, always at hand
- you want hosting in Germany
- your agency has ten or more staff
- you need extensive capacity planning with skills and micro and macro planning
- you run several companies and invoice between them
- you want an established product – Teamleader names 4,089 agencies using Orbit
Curious? Try it risk-free.
30 days free. Full feature set. Demo data included. After the trial, you decide whether bestdesq stays.
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