From burden to ease

Half the cost, 10x less time

Working with cleverlohn has streamlined our processes and saved us a lot of time. We now pay only half of what we paid before while saving ten times the time

Matteo Benedetti

Co-Founder at Debtist

About Debtist

Debtist is an innovative receivables management start-up founded just under two years ago. It has established itself in the debt collection industry as a modern fintech company. Debtist offers an end-to-end solution for receivables management, automates processes and relies on artificial intelligence. Matteo Benedetti, co-founder and Co-CEO of Debtist, talks about his positive experience with cleverlohn and how the switch helped Debtist. He saw first-hand how cleverlohn streamlined Debtist's payroll accounting process.

Customer

Debtist

Industry

Financial services

Services

Payroll, HR platform

The challenge

Matteo describes the starting situation at Debtist as highly unsatisfactory. Before cleverlohn, their payroll was handled by a tax advisor, which was expensive, opaque and inefficient. Matteo recalls: “We paid an incredible amount and had no transparency. The payslips came sometimes on the 12th, sometimes on the 25th, depending on when our tax office felt like it. It took incredibly long. We constantly had to chase them.” The lack of flexibility and the high costs were frustrating for the young scale-up. This dissatisfaction eventually led to the switch to cleverlohn, which proved to be a game changer for Debtist.

The switch to cleverlohn

The collaboration with cleverlohn began in May 2024. Matteo praises the switching process as simple and efficient. He was particularly impressed by how quickly cleverlohn responded: “I spoke to cleverlohn and the very next day we got started. The onboarding was super smooth.” Automated processes and the clearly structured platform have saved Debtist an enormous amount of time. Payroll accounting used to take about two hours a week. Now it takes no more than 30 minutes a month. These time savings and the easy-to-use software let the Debtist team focus on more important tasks.

The solution

For Debtist, the flexibility in handling variable pay for its employees is a major plus. Matteo explains: “We have many employees with variable pay. cleverlohn makes it incredibly easy to set this up flexibly. I didn't think it could be that easy.” The personalised service is also highly valued: “We have our own dedicated payroll accountant who helps us with all our questions. We need to talk much less now because everything runs smoothly.”

The result

“Working with cleverlohn has streamlined our processes and saved us a lot of time. We now pay only half of what we paid before while saving ten times the time,” Matteo reports. The company can now focus on its core business without having to deal with complex payroll.

Recommendation

Asked who he would recommend cleverlohn to, Matteo answers without hesitation: “I'd recommend cleverlohn to everyone, especially start-ups and scale-ups. There's simply no downside to improving and digitising the service. It saves time, money and nerves.”