TimeWave is built for cleaning and home-service companies and has a customer portal, a booking assistant, e-invoices to the internet bank and payroll export, none of which Closepact has. Closepact has published prices that do not follow your turnover, no start fee, quotes with e-signing, and the RUT and ROT request file for Skatteverket.
We are not neutral. We try to be honest about where TimeWave wins.
The short answer
TimeWave is a business system for cleaning and professional home-service companies from TimeWave AB: scheduling of single and recurring bookings, a mobile view where staff confirm their jobs, time reporting with a time bank, invoicing with what it calls automated RUT handling, and SIE-4 to the accounts. It says it has more than 300 company customers. Its price page lists a customer portal, a booking assistant, Kivra, payroll export, a Fortnox integration and Reco among its features and add-ons.
Closepact is three modules sold separately: Offert & e-signering, Schema & arbetsorder and Fakturering. For a cleaning company the comparison is mostly the last two. The case for it is the price model and the RUT work: fixed monthly prices that do not depend on turnover and no start fee; RUT and ROT split by line type on the labour including VAT; and, from paid invoices, the import file for the request to Skatteverket, with what is missing listed per invoice.
What TimeWave has and Closepact does not is real: a customer portal, a booking flow for your customers, e-invoices and Kivra, payroll export, and some 300 companies already running on it. If those decide it, TimeWave is the better fit.
Who it is for
Who TimeWave and Closepact are built for
TimeWave
TimeWave fits a cleaning or home-service company that wants one supplier built around that trade alone: customers who log into a portal to see bookings and invoices, a booking assistant, invoices delivered to the customer's internet bank or to Kivra, and a payroll export. Plus and Premium have no limit on employees, and Premium adds a dedicated onboarding contact and round-the-clock on-call support.
Closepact
Closepact fits a service company of five to a few dozen people, cleaning or otherwise, that wants a fixed price it can read off a page and no start fee, buys only the modules it uses, and wants quotes, the schedule and the RUT invoice in one database. It suits an office that cares about getting the RUT request through Skatteverket without retyping, and an accountant who reads SIE4.
Where TimeWave wins
Built for cleaning and home service, with more than 300 company customers by its own count.
A customer portal, by mobile and computer, where the end customer sees bookings, invoices and cases. An add-on.
A booking assistant for an automated booking flow. An add-on; Closepact has no online booking.
E-invoices to the recipient's internet bank through 21grams, EDI for company customers, and Kivra.
Payroll export and a Fortnox integration, both listed on its price page. Closepact has no payroll export at all.
Plus and Premium include an unlimited number of employees.
Where Closepact wins
Fixed monthly prices on a public page. TimeWave's are "from" prices based on your turnover in TimeWave over the last 12 months.
No start fee. TimeWave charges 1 500, 4 500 or 7 500 kr depending on the plan.
Quotes with e-signing and a preliminary RUT estimate, handed over as a job to plan when accepted. TimeWave's pages do not mention quotes.
From paid invoices, the import file for the RUT and ROT request to Skatteverket, with what is missing listed per invoice and the 31 January deadline flagged.
Buy one module, or two or three with 15 or 25 per cent off. 14 days free per module, no card.
What decides it
The differences that matter when you choose
01 How the price is set
TimeWave publishes three plans, each as a "from" price: Basic from 461 kr a month with up to three employees and 114 kr for each one more (112 kr in the FAQ on the same page), Plus from 1 504 kr with unlimited employees, Premium from 7 800 kr. The FAQ says the price is based on your turnover in TimeWave over the last 12 months and adjusted at most every six months. There is a start fee of 1 500, 4 500 or 7 500 kr. Agreements normally run a year and renew a year at a time; Basic normally runs three months. The page does not say whether the prices include VAT.
Closepact's prices are the same for every company on the tier: Schema & arbetsorder from 449 kr a month with five users and 45 kr per extra user, Fakturering from 139 kr with three users, excluding VAT, on an annual agreement (quarterly adds 10 per cent). Turnover does not change them and there is no start fee. Two modules take 15 per cent off the whole, three take 25.
02 RUT on the invoice and the request to Skatteverket
TimeWave's pages speak of automated RUT handling and of RUT and ROT deductions, without describing how the request to Skatteverket is made. We do not know how it works there, so we do not compare that step.
In Closepact, RUT at 50 and ROT at 30 per cent are computed on the labour including VAT, from the Väx tier, and the line type decides: materials and travel cannot carry a deduction. The buyer's personnummer is required on the customer before an invoice with a deduction is sent. From the paid invoices Closepact writes Skatteverket's import file for begäran om utbetalning, one per deduction type and payment year, checked against Skatteverket's schema before it is stored, and lists what is missing on the invoices that are not ready. You import the file in Skatteverket's e-service and sign with BankID there; Closepact submits nothing itself, because Skatteverket has no API for it. The annual ceiling per buyer is not applied.
03 Quotes, or a booking assistant
A cleaning job that starts with a quote — a move-out clean, a window round, a large recurring contract — starts in Closepact's Offert module: a quote from your products with VAT per line and a preliminary RUT estimate (from Väx), signed by the customer after an emailed code, and handed to the schedule as a job to plan when it is accepted. BankID signing is built but not yet switched on. TimeWave's pages do not mention quotes or e-signing.
A customer who wants to book a clean themselves is TimeWave's ground: its booking assistant is an add-on, and Closepact has no online booking. The same goes for a portal where the customer sees their visits and invoices.
04 What leaves the system
TimeWave sends SIE-4 for the accounts, lists a Fortnox integration and payroll export on its price page, delivers e-invoices to the internet bank through 21grams and lists Kivra. Closepact sends invoices as PDF by email, the period as SIE4 type 4I that is not written unless every voucher balances, and has no payroll export, no e-invoice yet (Peppol is on the roadmap) and no Kivra. If your customers expect their invoice in the bank or in Kivra, that counts for TimeWave.
Capability comparison
Closepact vs TimeWave, feature by feature
Capability
Closepact
TimeWave
Built for
Service companies: cleaning, installation, property care
Cleaning and home service
Single and recurring bookings
Recurring jobs from Väx
App for staff
Web app; clock-ins queue offline
Mobile view where staff confirm jobs
Time reporting
Clock-in on site, approval in the office
Time reporting, deviations, time bank
RUT and ROT on the invoice
Väx and Pro; the line type decides
"Automated RUT handling"
Request file for Skatteverket
Built from paid invoices (Väx, Pro)
Not described on its pages
Quotes with e-signing
Offert & e-signering module
Not mentioned on its pages
Customer portal
·
Add-on
Online booking for your customers
Roadmap
Booking assistant, add-on
E-invoice and Kivra
Peppol on the roadmap; no Kivra
E-invoice through 21grams; Kivra listed
Payroll export
·
Listed on its price page
To the accounts
SIE4, balance-checked
SIE-4; Fortnox integration listed
Start fee
None
1 500 / 4 500 / 7 500 kr
What the price depends on
Tier and number of users
Your turnover in TimeWave, last 12 months
Entry price a month
Schema 449 kr (5 users), Fakturering 139 kr
Basic from 461 kr (3 employees)
Agreement
Annual; quarterly adds 10 %
Normally 1 year; Basic 3 months
Trial
14 days per module, no card
Not stated on its price page
Competitor facts checked against TimeWave's own public pages on 2026-11-14. We update this page when either product ships a meaningful change.
Pricing snapshot
Pricing, honestly summarized
TimeWave
TimeWave (timewave.se/pris, read 2026-11-14): Basic from 461 kr a month, three employees included, 114 kr per extra employee (112 kr in the FAQ), start fee 1 500 kr, normally three months. Plus from 1 504 kr a month, unlimited employees, start fee 4 500 kr. Premium from 7 800 kr a month, start fee 7 500 kr. Price based on turnover in TimeWave over the last 12 months; VAT not stated.
Closepact
Closepact, excluding VAT, annual agreement: Schema & arbetsorder Start 449, Väx 619, Pro 799 kr a month with five users, then 45/59/79 kr per user. Fakturering Start 139, Väx 279, Pro 449 kr. 15 per cent off two modules, 25 off three. No start fee.
Closepact: 14 days free per module, no card. TimeWave: no trial stated on its price page.
Worked example
A cleaning company with 12 people and RUT on every invoice
Twelve people sign in, office included. They need recurring jobs and RUT invoicing, which is Väx in both Closepact modules: Schema & arbetsorder 619 + 7 × 59 = 1 032 kr and Fakturering 279 kr, with 15 per cent off for two modules: (1 032 + 279) × 0.85 = 1 114.35 kr a month, 13 372.20 kr a year, nothing to start.
TimeWave Basic at its published floor: 461 + 9 × 114 = 1 487 kr a month (1 469 kr at the FAQ's 112 kr), 17 844 kr a year, plus 1 500 kr to start: 19 344 kr the first year. TimeWave describes Basic as a limited version with simpler payroll handling and statistics. Plus: from 1 504 kr a month, 18 048 kr a year, plus 4 500 kr to start: 22 548 kr the first year. Both are floors: the price follows your turnover in TimeWave, and the page does not say whether VAT is included.
Where TimeWave is cheaper: with up to six people, Basic's monthly floor is below Closepact's two modules (at five, 689 against 763.30 kr). At five and six the 1 500 kr start fee still makes Closepact the cheaper first year; below five, Basic is cheaper outright. From 20 people, Plus's floor of 1 504 kr is below Closepact's 1 515.55 kr, because Plus has no charge per employee.
Your customers should log into a portal to see their visits and invoices.
Your customers should book cleans themselves.
Invoices should reach the customer's internet bank or Kivra.
You need a payroll export from the same system.
You have 20 or more staff and want one price that does not grow per employee.
You want a supplier with hundreds of cleaning companies already on it.
Choose Closepact if
You want a fixed price you can read off a page, not one that follows your turnover, and no start fee.
Your jobs often start with a quote the customer signs.
You want the RUT request file for Skatteverket built from your paid invoices, with what is missing listed.
You only need part of it: the schedule alone, or invoicing alone.
You also do other work than cleaning — window rounds, gardening, small repairs with ROT.
Switching
Moving from TimeWave
Customers and articles import into Closepact from CSV. Check that each private customer's personnummer and, for ROT, the fastighetsbeteckning came across: an invoice with a deduction cannot be sent without them. Recurring visits are set up again as recurring jobs, daily, weekly or monthly.
Pick a cut-over date. Set the invoice series to continue from the last TimeWave number before the first invoice goes out from Closepact. Invoices issued in TimeWave are paid, reminded and claimed from Skatteverket there or by hand in Skatteverket's e-service: Closepact builds the request file only from invoices it issued itself.
TimeWave's agreements normally run a year and renew unless terminated before renewal, so check your notice date before you start the trial.
Comparison FAQ
What buyers ask when they compare Closepact and TimeWave
Is Closepact an alternative to TimeWave for a cleaning company?
For the schedule, the staff app, RUT invoicing and the request file to Skatteverket, yes. For a customer portal, a booking assistant, e-invoices to the internet bank, Kivra and payroll export, no: Closepact has none of them. Read the list of what TimeWave has before you decide.
What does TimeWave cost?
On 14 November 2026 its price page said: Basic from 461 kr a month with three employees and 114 kr per extra (112 kr in its FAQ), start fee 1 500 kr; Plus from 1 504 kr with unlimited employees, start fee 4 500 kr; Premium from 7 800 kr, start fee 7 500 kr. The price is based on your turnover in TimeWave over the last 12 months. The page does not say whether VAT is included. Ask TimeWave for your figure.
Does Closepact have a start fee?
No. You pay the monthly price for the modules you use, excluding VAT, on an annual agreement or quarterly with 10 per cent added. Each module can be tried free for 14 days without a card.
How does Closepact handle RUT?
RUT at 50 per cent of the labour including VAT, from the Väx tier, on labour lines only: materials and travel never carry it. From paid invoices Closepact builds Skatteverket's import file for the request and lists what is missing per invoice; you import and sign it in Skatteverket's e-service. The annual ceiling per buyer is not applied, since it depends on what other companies have claimed.
Can my customers book online or see their invoices in a portal?
Not in Closepact. Online booking is on the roadmap with no date, and there is no customer portal. TimeWave has both as add-ons.
What happens to RUT claims for invoices I issued in TimeWave?
They stay with TimeWave or are made by hand in Skatteverket's e-service. Closepact only builds the request file from invoices it issued, so switch at a date that leaves the old invoices to the old system.
Sources
What this page says about TimeWave comes from TimeWave's own public pages, listed below, as they read on 2026-11-14. Dollar prices are converted at 9,59 kr per USD, the rate checked on 2026-09-15. If something here is out of date, write to hello@closepact.com and we correct it.
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