One flat fee.
No surprises.

Factofly charges 9% of the agreed project price. Payroll, employer contributions, tax filings and invoicing are all covered.

Full pricing FAQ →

9%

✓ No subscription

✓ No setup fee

✓ No commitment

✓ No exit fee

01/ FACTOFLY INCLUDES

You are covered throughout the project

01

Payroll

Monthly Lohnabrechnung for the duration of the project. You get paid like an employee because you are one.

02

Employer-side contributions

Pension, unemployment, health, long-term care, accident insurance – the employer half of social contributions, paid by us as your employer.

03

Tax filings

Lohnsteuer withheld and reported. No quarterly Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung, no end-of-year scramble for the project income that ran through us.

04

Invoicing and debt collection

Factofly invoices the client directly from the German GmbH. One clean B2B invoice, paid by bank transfer.

05

Insurance during the project

Professional liability and accident cover during the engagement, in line with German employee standards.

06

Contract review

The client’s contract gets a structural read – scope, deliverables, dependency on instruction – before anyone signs anything.

02/ WHAT’S LEFT AFTER TAX?

Run the numbers on your project.

Move the slider. Pick your Krankenkasse.

See what lands in your account.

Estimate only. Tax class, church tax and allowances are not modelled.

40,000 €
5,000 € 200,000 €
Sets your additional contribution rate (Zusatzbeitrag).
3 months
Estimated net
—
—
/ mo

03/ HOW THE 9% COMPARES

Factofly is your easy alternative to doing things on your own.

The traditional way

Run a GmbH or freiberuflich

  • Gründungskosten – €500–€25,000

  • Steuerberater – €150–€500 / month

  • Buchhaltung software + your time
  • UStVA every quarter
  • Annual closing (Jahresabschluss)
  • Public liability + your own insurance
  • Scheinselbstständigkeit risk on you

Fixed and recurring costs whether you have a project or not.

With Factofly

9% of the project amount

  • Free sign up

  • No commitment or exit fee

  • No minimum – one project a year is fine

  • When the project ends, the fee stops
  • We only charge when you need us
  • Employer contributions paid from the project

  • Factofly is liable as your employer

Variable cost. Only charged when a project actually runs.

04/ UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE

What our fee does not cover:

We want you to have the full picture before you join. Here’s what the fee doesn’t cover.

Personal income tax

Withheld via Lohnsteuer as for any employee. Your final tax position depends on your overall year and tax class. That’s between you and the Finanzamt.

Private pension or BAV top-ups

The statutory contributions are paid. Anything you want on top of that – Riester, private pension, BAV – is your call and your money.

Periods between projects

Factofly only employs you for the duration of the project. Between projects there is no active contract, no salary, no fee.

Equipment, travel, expenses

These are agreed in the contract with the client and billed alongside the project price. Factofly doesn’t mark up expenses.

It comes out of the project amount the client pays. Your gross salary is calculated after the fee and after employer contributions, so what you see on your contract is already net of the fee.

When pricing yourself, make sure to bake this into the offer, so the client can absorb all or most of it.

No. 9% on the project amount regardless of length or size of the project.

Yes. Your employment contract states your gross salary upfront, calculated from the project amount after our fee and employer contributions. Nothing is added later.

Your gross salary is the project amount minus the 9% Factofly fee and employer contributions. Same deductions any employer in Germany makes.

The contract is project-bound. If the project ends early, the employment ends. The fee is only ever charged on amounts actually billed and paid by the client.

05/ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What people typically ask about pricing.

06/ FROM SPECIALISTS

“I priced my project at €40k. After the fee, contributions and tax, about €19.6k landed in my account over three months. Cleanly, on time, with one invoice to the client and no Steuerberater email chain.”

Mara Klein

Art Director, Berlin

Onboarding in
small groups.

Apply today. Every setup is reviewed individually.

One flat fee.
No surprises.

Factofly charges 9% of the agreed project price. Payroll, employer contributions, tax filings and invoicing are all covered.

9%

✓ No subscription

✓ No setup fee

✓ No commitment

✓ No exit fee

01/ FACTOFLY INCLUDES

You are covered throughout the project

01

Payroll

Monthly Lohnabrechnung for the duration of the project. You get paid like an employee because you are one.

02

Employer-side contributions

Pension, unemployment, health, long-term care, accident insurance – the employer half of social contributions, paid by us as your employer.

03

Tax filings

Lohnsteuer withheld and reported. No quarterly Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung, no end-of-year scramble for the project income that ran through us.

04

Invoicing and debt collection

Factofly invoices the client directly from the German GmbH. One clean B2B invoice, paid by bank transfer.

05

Insurance during the project

Professional liability and accident cover during the engagement, in line with German employee standards.

06

Contract review

The client’s contract gets a structural read – scope, deliverables, dependency on instruction – before anyone signs anything.

02/ WHAT’S LEFT AFTER TAX?

Run the numbers on your project.

Move the slider. Pick your Krankenkasse.

See what lands in your account.

Estimate only. Tax class, church tax and allowances are not modelled.

40,000 €
5,000 € 200,000 €
Sets your additional contribution rate (Zusatzbeitrag).
3 months
Estimated net
—
—
/ mo

03/ HOW THE 9% COMPARES

Factofly is your easy alternative to doing things on your own.

The traditional way

Run a GmbH or freiberuflich

  • Gründungskosten – €500–€25,000

  • Steuerberater – €150–€500 / month

  • Buchhaltung software + your time
  • UStVA every quarter
  • Annual closing (Jahresabschluss)
  • Public liability + your own insurance
  • Scheinselbstständigkeit risk on you

Fixed and recurring costs whether you have a project or not.

With Factofly

9% of the project amount

  • Free sign up

  • No commitment or exit fee

  • No minimum – one project a year is fine

  • When the project ends, the fee stops
  • We only charge when you need us
  • Employer contributions paid from the project

  • Factofly is liable as your employer

Variable cost. Only charged when a project actually runs.

04/ UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE

What our fee does not cover:

We want you to have the full picture before you apply. Here’s what the fee doesn’t cover.

Personal income tax

Withheld via Lohnsteuer as for any employee. Your final tax position depends on your overall year and tax class. That’s between you and the Finanzamt.

Private pension or BAV top-ups

The statutory contributions are paid. Anything you want on top of that – Riester, private pension, BAV – is your call and your money.

Periods between projects

Factofly only employs you for the duration of the project. Between projects there is no active contract, no salary, no fee.

Equipment, travel, expenses

These are agreed in the contract with the client and billed alongside the project price. Factofly doesn’t mark up expenses.

It comes out of the project amount the client pays. Your gross salary is calculated after the fee and after employer contributions, so what you see on your contract is already net of the fee.

When pricing yourself, make sure to bake this into the offer, so the client can absorb all or most of it.

No. 9% on the project amount regardless of length or size of the project.

Yes. Your employment contract states your gross salary upfront, calculated from the project amount after our fee and employer contributions. Nothing is added later.

Your gross salary is the project amount minus the 9% Factofly fee and employer contributions. Same deductions any employer in Germany makes.

The contract is project-bound. If the project ends early, the employment ends. The fee is only ever charged on amounts actually billed and paid by the client.

05/ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What people typically ask about pricing.

06/ FROM SPECIALISTS

“I priced my project at €40k. After the fee, contributions and tax, about €19.6k landed in my account over three months. Cleanly, on time, with one invoice to the client and no Steuerberater email chain.”

Mara Klein

Art Director, Berlin

Onboarding in
small groups.

Apply today. Every setup is reviewed individually.