Updating my first review because I was a bit too harsh. I received a call from Inês today and she was incredibly helpful and polite. If you’re an American, it’s complicated due to the FATCA guid... See more

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Rauva is a dynamic Portuguese company that aims to democratize entrepreneurship and empower freelancers and SMEs through technology. Offering a comprehensive business super-app with integrated tools for finance management, payment services, invoicing, users can easily manage their finances and invoices through the app, with secure deposit safekeeping and certified invoicing capabilities offered through partnerships with trusted entities. Running a business in Portugal hasn’t been easy. Until now. For entrepreneurs. By entrepreneurs.
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Great service excellent accountants
Great service excellent accountants. Very patient and easy to talk to I couldn‘t be happier.
Rauva's Solution
The team of Rauva, the availability, the business model to open a company and to talk with the accountant, the accessibility, is all quite good.
Rauva provides excellent services
Rauva provides excellent services, I found it extremely useful as an independent business owner. The platform is user-friendly and efficient, making it much easier to manage my company. My only suggestion would be for Rauva to consider partnering with a Portuguese bank that operates locally within Portugal, as this would enhance convenience and integration for users who operates their business within the Portugal.
So far so good
So far so good. I’m very impressed with the level of service, how the app works and that I can schedule a call with an accountant any time. It’s also great that they deal with all the annoying bureaucracy so that I do not have to. They ensure I am compliant and this alone is worth the price of admission.
bad service
bad service, they are only reachable by chat. The employers just follows a script, they don't answer your questions, but give some random copy paste policy advice as an answer, but its totally random, the certain content.
They are unable to add the owner to our administration, after more than one year. very sad, because they charge to much for almost nothing

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Ana is a Legend
Do not trust Rauva with your banking
Do not trust Rauva with your banking, and especially not with your accounting.
Their processes and app are terrible, their people will do nothing but be defensive and make excuses when things go wrong (and they will, very often).
Excellent service, the best in Portugal!
Excellent service, the best in Portugal!
Opening my business account with Rauva was a seamless and stress-free experience. Every step was simplified, and I received outstanding support from start to finish. The capital deposit process went smoothly, and the team was always available to answer my questions. An ideal solution for entrepreneurs in Portugal!
Very poor accounting service
Very poor accounting service. The €88 plan is a gimmick to get you to sign up with them but ultimately is too limited for any company that is active.
Additionally, the app is very buggy. Card didn’t work a few times when I wanted to pay. They do not have access to the MB network.

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My experience was excellent
My experience was excellent! Ana is a top-notch accountant—intelligent, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable. Every minute was worth it! She provided clear and insightful explanations, making the entire process smooth and easy to understand. I highly recommend her!
Excellent Rauva service call by Maria
Excellent call by Maria, patient and knowledgeable to start the formalities of creating a company in Portugal. Promptly providing documents to get the process done. Off to a good start with Rauva.
She was really helpful and quick
She was really helpful and quick, she guided me in a right way for my queries.
excelent explanation regarding…
excelent explanation regarding accounting, very professional service
Seamless accounting experience
Our experience with Rauva has been nothing short of exceptional. They provide a seamless accounting experience, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and hassle-free financial management. Their expertise and attention to detail have made a significant difference in streamlining our processes. Highly recommended
Be careful
Painful onboarding for PT company
Swan io is the bank behind (from France), so expect some problems of checking everything and to deal with many blocked
Choose an accountant straighly in Portugal to open a company
Great and smooth onboarding process
Great and smooth onboarding process. All our questions were answered and it was super easy to navigate the complex portuguese fiscal and legal system
Maria was amazing
Maria was amazing! really kind and ready to help me in all the process
Worst service ever
Worst service ever. Their accountant misled me to open an account with them and left a month later. Once I realised the wrong advice I asked to close my account and no accountability was taken. Also as I was closing my account some old direct debit attempted to take Payment and for each failed debit, Rauva charges you €10. They sell you a plan for €89 for 3 transaction a month. Above 3 monthly transaction they will charge you €3 per transaction even if it s €3 uber ride. Other accountants would allow you 50 transaction a month for the same price or unlimited so be careful before signing. Because 3 transactions a month makes no sense for any companies.their plan is made to charge you €200-300 per month in reality.
Rauva was a painful experience, can't recommend
We used Rauva because of the positive online reviews. Unfortunately, for us using Rauva to open a new business in Portugal was a fairly painful process. The team sent the wrong things to us to sign multiple times. Once, they even sent someone else's business docs for us to sign by mistake. After our company had already been created, they sent an email saying our Rauva account has not been approved, they couldn't tell us why, there was nothing we could do about it, and we would need to rush to find our own accountant to take care of everything by the deadlines to avoid penalties. In the end, it was a blessing to not have to use Rauva for ongoing accounting services. We found a local accountant who is both more affordable and more competent. The only good thing about our experience with Rauva was Inês, who was responsive over Whatsapp.

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You are standing at the store and your cards don´t work
I was to late with uploading a receipt. And in stead of calling me you FROZE my bank account completely.
You can call me when you need documents to onboard me as a client but not before freezing my account completely over sub 200 euro invoice to Muslim (Indonesia) country.
I have transfers over 1000 euro also without a receipt to EU countries and thats okay.

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