EU VAT Invoices vs Sarnel: Invoices for EU VAT
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Only Sarnel lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for EU VAT Invoices and $9/month for Sarnel.
- Sarnel lists 3 features EU VAT Invoices’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk download, Draft orders, PDF generation.
Head to head
Starter
- · Intra-Community + VIES
Pro
- · All EU countries
Plus
- · Multiple shops
Free
- · 30 orders invoiced per month
- · Auto-emailed PDF on every paid order
- · Built for EU VAT requirements
- · Bulk print to one merged PDF
- · Draft orders supported
- · Gapless sequential invoice numbering
Starter
- · 300 orders invoiced per month
- · Auto-emailed PDF on every paid order
- · Built for EU VAT requirements
- · Bulk print to one merged PDF
- · Draft orders supported
- · Gapless sequential invoice numbering
Growth
- · 2,000 orders invoiced per month
- · Auto-emailed PDF on every paid order
- · Built for EU VAT requirements
- · Bulk print to one merged PDF
- · Draft orders supported
- · Gapless sequential invoice numbering
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSelling B2B across the EU means handling VAT correctly on every invoice. VATpilot does it automatically. When an order is paid, it determines the correct VAT treatment — domestic, exempt intra-Community supply, or export — validates the buyer's VAT ID against the official EU VIES database, assigns a sequential invoice number, generates a compliant PDF with the required legal statement, emails it to the customer, and…
Sarnel watches for paid orders. When one arrives it builds a PDF invoice with sequential, gapless numbering, a per-rate tax breakdown taken from the order's own tax lines, your seller legal name and address, and the customer's billing details. Untaxed and exempt lines are stated as such rather than folded into another rate.
- Automatic VAT treatment per order: domestic, intra-Community supply, or export
- Live VIES VAT-ID validation with stored proof of consultation
- Sequential invoice numbering, as required by EU law
- Tamper-evident audit trail with CSV export
- Generates the invoice when an order is paid, not when it is created
- Emails the invoice PDF to your customer automatically, with no manual step
- Sequential gapless numbering with a per-rate VAT breakdown from your tax lines
- Dutch and German compliance presets for tax labels and required fields
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  EU VAT Invoices |  Sarnel |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | EU VAT Invoices | Sarnel |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | EU VAT Invoices | Sarnel |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | EU VAT Invoices | Sarnel |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #493 | #460(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 22, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Neron24 | Autofy Studio |
FAQ
EU VAT Invoices and Sarnel: common questions
- Is EU VAT Invoices or Sarnel cheaper?
- Only Sarnel lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for EU VAT Invoices and $9/month for Sarnel. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Sarnel lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk download, Draft orders, PDF generation. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 13, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 13, 2026. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.