Honest comparison

eFacturaSPV vs iSpv.ro

Q: Are the generated PDFs the same?

We render the PDF through ANAF’s own service ( transformare/FACT1 ) from the original XML — so it is identical to the official representation an ANAF inspector sees. iSpv advertises "automatic XML to PDF conversion" but does not state that it uses the official ANAF FACT1 rendering. For a file that has to survive an audit, PDF fidelity matters.

iSpv.ro is the closest direct competitor: it checks SPV every 10 minutes, auto-downloads received and issued invoices, converts them to PDF, renews the ANAF token on its own and adds whole modules — an SPV inbox and an ANAF tax calendar. On the unattended core, we are at parity. We make the difference on official PDF fidelity and on archive discipline in your own Drive — and we run in English, for foreign-owned Romanian companies.

Both auto-download from SPV — we render the official ANAF PDF (transformare/FACT1)
Archive to your own Google Drive, by month (YYYY.MM)
One authorization → every company; plus English, which iSpv does not offer

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eFacturaSPV

An exacting custodian for reception and archiving

We do one flow impeccably: the invoice received in SPV → the official ANAF PDF via the transformare/FACT1 service → an archive in your own Google Drive, in YYYY.MM folders. A single authorization covers every company on the certificate. The interface and support are in English, and the data stays yours.

iSpv.ro

A broad-surface ANAF cockpit

"Everything from SPV, without SPV": it checks SPV every 10 minutes, auto-downloads received and issued invoices, converts them to PDF, renews the ANAF token 7 days before expiry, and adds an SPV inbox and an ANAF tax calendar. Real, large traction (10,822 companies and over 5 million invoices processed, figures they report), hosted entirely in the EU. It is a Romanian-first product.

Side by side

What each one does, without embellishment

Three things we treat as essential — the official ANAF PDF, archive in your own Google Drive, and one authorization for every company — plus reception and archiving, where the differences count.

	eFacturaSPV	iSpv.ro
Automatic pull of received invoices from SPV		Yes, checks SPV every 10 minutes
Runs unattended after a single authorization
Official ANAF PDF (transformare/FACT1 service)	Yes, the official ANAF representation	XML to PDF conversion (method not stated)
Archive to your own Google Drive (YYYY.MM folders)	Yes, monthly folders	Cloud / Google Drive backup (foldering undocumented)
Primary document storage	XML + PDF in your account and your own Google Drive	Their servers, in the EU (Google Drive as backup)
Multiple companies from a single authorization		Yes, on the Accountant plan
Automatic ANAF token renewal		Yes, 7 days before expiry
Hard archive cap on documents	No hard document cap	10,000 (Standard) / 50,000 (Premium) documents
Extra modules (SPV inbox, ANAF tax calendar)	—	Yes, SPV inbox + tax calendar
Issued invoices (not only received)	Yes — we also pull your sent invoices from SPV, in the same list	Yes, received and issued
Free trial	Free plan, forever (no card)	60 days, no card
Entry price	Free, forever	10 RON/month or 119 RON/year (Standard)
English interface and support	Yes, built for foreign-owned RO companies	Romanian-first product

Facts about iSpv.ro are taken from their public materials (homepage, /e-factura, /preturi), as of 19 June 2026. The traction figures and prices are the ones they report; their pricing page does not mention VAT.

When to choose iSpv.ro

We are candid: iSpv.ro is a good, mature product with real advantages. In a few situations it is the right call — and we say so.

You want breadth, not only reception: the SPV inbox (the full SPV message stream) and the ANAF tax calendar are whole modules we do not have — iSpv brings you closer to a complete cockpit for the entire ANAF relationship.
You want the validation status shown for every invoice in SPV: iSpv shows "accepted / rejected / in processing" for received and issued e-invoices.
Per-company price at scale drives your decision: the Accountant plan scales down progressively — 6.67 RON/month per company at 5–9 firms, 4.17 at 25–49, down to 2.00 RON/month per company at 200+ firms — hard to beat for large portfolios.
You want a long, no-commitment trial: 60 days free on all plans, no credit card, sign-up in 30 seconds (including "Continue with Google").
Traction matters to you as social proof: over 5 million invoices processed and 10,822 companies (figures they report) — a trust signal we cannot yet match.
You operate locally in Romanian and prefer a Romanian-first interface and support.

iSpv.ro pricing (RON, figures they report, no VAT mention): Standard 10 RON/month or 119 RON/year (one company, 10,000-document archive); Premium 21 RON/month or 249 RON/year (50,000 documents, priority support, REST API); Accountant progressive per company, from 6.67 down to 2.00 RON/month per company, unlimited companies. 60-day free trial, no card.

Reception and archiving

The difference that counts: what happens after the download

Both auto-download from SPV. The real distinction shows up in PDF fidelity and archive discipline — exactly the things iSpv mentions but does not detail.

iSpv.ro

Auto-downloads from SPV every 10 minutes — received and issued — without logging into the portal.
Advertises "automatic XML to PDF conversion", but does not state that it uses the official ANAF FACT1 rendering.
Stores documents on its own servers in the EU; Google Drive is offered as a cloud backup.
The Drive backup does not come with documented monthly foldering (YYYY.MM) or reconcile.
The archive is capped per document: 10,000 (Standard) / 50,000 (Premium); the Accountant plan raises the cap.

eFacturaSPV

Auto-pulls received invoices from SPV over OAuth, unattended, after a single authorization.
Renders the XML into the official ANAF PDF (transformare/FACT1 service) — identical to the official representation.
Archives each PDF to your own Google Drive, in YYYY.MM folders — the data stays yours.
A reconcile scan even adopts the invoices you downloaded by hand from SPV.
No hard document cap, and an English interface throughout.

About archiving to Drive

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What concretely differs between eFacturaSPV and iSpv.ro?

On the essentials — authorize once a year, then everything runs unattended — we are at parity: iSpv also auto-renews the ANAF token and downloads invoices from SPV on its own. The real difference is in the fidelity. We render the PDF through ANAF’s official transformare/FACT1 service (identical to what a tax inspector sees), and we archive to your own Google Drive in YYYY.MM folders. iSpv mentions "XML to PDF conversion" and a cloud backup, but documents neither the FACT1 engine nor the monthly foldering. We also run in English, for foreign-owned Romanian entities and international buyers — iSpv is a Romanian-first product.

iSpv.ro has more features — SPV inbox and a tax calendar. Why don’t you?

That is true, and we say so plainly: iSpv has a "Mesaje SPV" inbox and an "ANAF tax calendar", modules we do not have. That makes it closer to a full cockpit for the ANAF relationship. We chose to do one thing impeccably — the received invoice → official PDF → archive-in-your-Drive pipeline — instead of covering the whole SPV surface thinly. If you want feature breadth beyond reception and archiving, iSpv is a fair choice.

Are the generated PDFs the same?

We render the PDF through ANAF’s own service (transformare/FACT1) from the original XML — so it is identical to the official representation an ANAF inspector sees. iSpv advertises "automatic XML to PDF conversion" but does not state that it uses the official ANAF FACT1 rendering. For a file that has to survive an audit, PDF fidelity matters.

Where is my data stored with each of you?

iSpv stores documents on its own servers in the European Union, with Google Drive offered as a backup. With us, the XML (the legal original) and the PDF live in your account, and the PDFs are archived to your own Google Drive — the data stays yours, so you are never locked in to us.

How much does iSpv.ro cost and how do you compare on price?

iSpv starts at 10 RON/month (or 119 RON/year) on the Standard plan, with one company and the archive capped at 10,000 documents; Premium is 21 RON/month (249 RON/year) with 50,000 documents, priority support and a REST API; the Accountant plan scales down per company (from 6.67 RON/month at 5–9 firms to 2 RON/month at 200+ firms). Their pricing page does not mention VAT. With us, your first company is free forever, and our published prices include VAT.

For a foreign-owned company or an international buyer, which fits better?

If you need an English interface, audit-grade PDFs and your invoices filed in your own Google Drive by month, eFacturaSPV is built exactly for that — foreign-owned Romanian entities and international buyers receiving RO e-Factura. iSpv is a strong Romanian-first product with broad ANAF modules and aggressive volume pricing; if you operate locally in Romanian and want the SPV inbox and tax calendar too, it is a fair pick. We win on English, PDF fidelity and archive discipline; they win on breadth and Romanian-market traction.

The same unattended automation. Official PDF and an archive in your own Drive.

Automatic pull from SPV, a PDF identical to the official ANAF representation, and a monthly archive in your own Google Drive — after a single authorization, in English.

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