Built by people who've run payroll.
project b. is not a generalist SaaS dropped onto German payroll. It's payroll software shaped by people who built a bureau, shipped ITSG-certified tools, and lived inside DATEV, Agenda, and SBS for years.
We've sat in your seat. The product reflects it.
years of payroll experience on the team
Founders and senior engineers who have operated bureaus, shipped certified software, and consulted on payroll transformations.
Where the experience comes from
project b. is built by an unusual mix of payroll operators and software engineers — the same people, often.
Operated payroll bureaus
Founders built and ran a payroll bureau before project b. We know what month-end actually feels like — and which clients send what at the worst moment.
Shipped ITSG-certified software
Senior engineers have built and certified payroll software under ITSG and BSI standards. Compliance isn't a checkbox we add later — it's muscle memory.
Lived inside every major system
Years of hands-on work with DATEV, Agenda, and SBS. We know each system's quirks, formats, and where mappings break.
What that experience changes in the product
Domain knowledge shows up in small decisions that compound. The places it shows up here:
German payroll, not translated payroll
Vocabulary, fields, and workflows reflect German payroll specifics — not US/UK assumptions retrofitted with translations.
Compliance is the default
DSGVO, ITSG, BSI, and ISO 27001:2022 expectations are built in from the start — not bolted on under audit pressure.
The workflows match the work
Monthly closes, sick notes, terminations, BG-Meldungen — the product expects these the way payroll people actually handle them.
Real edge cases, not happy paths
Mid-month entries, retroactive corrections, complex absence rules — the messy parts of payroll are first-class, not afterthoughts.
Certified information security
Fully compliant
Standards in our DNA
Data centers, German team
How we work with you
When you talk to project b., you talk to payroll people. Not first-line support.
Discovery
We start by understanding your stack, your clients, and your monthly close. Specific, not generic — because we already know the territory.
Setup in days, not months
Master data import, mapping, and a guided parallel run. Most teams are live in under 5 days, with payroll experts on the call — not project managers.
Ongoing partnership
German support staffed by people who have run payroll themselves. When you escalate, you reach someone who already speaks your language.
When you reach out, it's payroll people on the other end
Talk to operators, not scripts
Support staffed by people who have processed payroll runs themselves. No script-reading, no escalation theatre.
A dedicated contact
Each client gets a fixed contact who knows your setup, your clients, and your stack. Continuity, not ticket roulette.
Knowledge that ages well
Our docs and answers reflect actual payroll practice — not generic SaaS abstractions. Updated as German payroll regulations change.
A product that learns from you
Real client feedback shapes the roadmap. We ship what payroll specialists actually need, not what feels innovative to engineers.
Frequently asked questions
Who is actually behind project b.?
A Munich-based team of payroll operators and software engineers. The founders ran their own payroll bureau and built ITSG-certified payroll software before starting project b. The senior team has +100 years of combined payroll experience.
Why specifically German payroll?
Because the gaps in German payroll software aren't generic SaaS problems — they're specific to DATEV/Agenda/SBS workflows, ITSG requirements, and the way German bureaus and Steuerberater operate. We built for that reality, not for a global average.
Do you understand my existing system?
Yes. Our team has worked inside DATEV, Agenda, and SBS in production for years. We know each system's quirks, formats, and integration edge cases — because we've hit them ourselves.
What's support actually like?
Support is staffed by payroll people, not script-readers. Each client has a dedicated contact who knows your setup. When you escalate something, you reach someone who can actually solve it — usually in one conversation.
How does payroll experience shape the product?
It shows up everywhere: the vocabulary in the UI, which workflows are one click vs. three, how edge cases are handled, what gets validated automatically. The product feels familiar to payroll specialists because it was built by them.
Talk to people who've sat in your seat.
Book a demo with our payroll team — not a sales rep — and see what it looks like when software is built by domain experts.