Matheel vs ZATCA Tools
Pick ZATCA Tools if you want a ready invoicing app for your own business, or a plugin for Shopify, WooCommerce or WHMCS. Pick Matheel if you build software that already creates invoices and you want an API that files them with ZATCA and keeps nothing. Facts about ZATCA Tools come from their own pages, linked next to each claim.
| ZATCA Tools | Matheel | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An e-invoicing platform: issue invoices, quotations and receipt vouchers in their dashboard or API, with reports. [source] | A stateless API: your software sends the invoice, Matheel signs it, files it with ZATCA and returns the answer and the stamped XML. |
| Best for | A business that wants a ready invoicing app, or a store on Shopify, WooCommerce or WHMCS. | Developers of POS, ERP and accounting software that already create invoices and need the ZATCA filing step. |
| Your invoices and keys | Kept on their side: private keys and certificates encrypted in their databases, invoices archived. [source] | Not kept: the key, the CSID and the stamped invoice go back to you in the same response; nothing is stored. |
| Price | Free for a week or 5 invoices; Growth 49 SAR/month (unlimited invoices); Business 149 SAR/month (multiple branches and devices). [source] | Free sandbox; Device 39 SAR/month (1 device), Team 149 (up to 5), Partner 449 (up to 20); unlimited invoices. |
| Pricing unit | Per business (account). | Per production device (EGS). |
| Partners (POS, ERP) | Partner portal, merchants subscribed at partner prices; paid by bank transfer with an uploaded receipt, activated in working hours; card and Apple Pay "coming soon". [source] | Self-serve plans paid by card or Apple Pay through Polar; one key covers your devices. |
| Start as a developer | Sign up, then use their developer API. [source] | File a real invoice on ZATCA's developer portal from the browser with no signup; free trial key for the API. |
| Device onboarding (CSID) | Connect from the dashboard with an OTP from the Fatoora portal. | One API call: CSR, compliance CSID, the six compliance checks and the production CSID. |
| Integrations | Shopify app, WooCommerce plugin, WHMCS module, n8n node, open-source SDK. [source] | Plain HTTP API with cURL, JavaScript, Python and PHP examples; an AI prompt that writes the integration. |
| Free tools and docs | 17 free tools; 63 error-code pages. [tools] [errors] | Invoice validator running ZATCA's SDK rules, QR decoder, response reader; all 186 rules explained in Arabic and English, open data on GitHub and Hugging Face. |
Where ZATCA Tools is the better choice
- You don't have developers and want to issue invoices from a dashboard today.
- You sell on Shopify, WooCommerce or WHMCS and want a ready plugin.
- You want quotations, receipt vouchers and reports in the same place.
- You prefer a provider registered in Saudi Arabia.
Where Matheel is the better choice
- You build POS, ERP or accounting software and own the invoice data.
- You don't want a third party to hold your private keys or archive your invoices.
- You want to test against ZATCA in minutes with no signup, and onboard devices in one API call.
- You price per device and want to pay by card without bank transfers.
Checked against ZATCA Tools' public pages on October 25, 2026. Prices and features change; tell us at hello@matheel.app if something here is out of date and we'll fix it.
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File a real invoice on ZATCA's developer portal from your browser, no signup.
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