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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Altair Monarch

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAltair Monarch (formerly Datawatch Monarch, acquired by Altair in December, 2018) works with both relational and multi-structured data including support for a wide range of formats including PDF, XML, HTML, text, spool and ASCII files. The product can access data from invoices, sales reports, balance sheets, customer lists, inventory, logs and more. According to the vendor, the system is easy to use, allowing users to quickly select any data source and automatically convert it into…N/A

    BILL

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ABILL is an online service for SMBs which provides a central dashboard for managing Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and cash flow management. It syncs with all major accounting systems like QuickBooks, Sage, Intaact, and NetSuite.

    $45

    per month

    Tipalti

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Tipalti automates critical financial processes to drive efficiency, including accounts payable, mass payments, procurement, and expenses, all on one global finance automation platform that grows with the organization, automating, de-risking and simplifying finance.

    $129

    per month

    Pricing
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $45
    per user/per month
    Team
    $55
    per user/per month
    Corporate
    $79
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsPricing starts at $149 per month for the platform fee. Users can upgrade to Tipalti's more advanced capabilities as their businesses gets more complex. The Tipalti pricing model is designed to grow with the user's company. Advanced features such as W-8 tax forms, international tax IDs, or multi-entity payables are available as needed.
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    Community Pulse
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Considered Multiple Products
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    BILL
    Chose BILL
    We are switching from Bill.com to Tipalti because it is able to handle everything Bill.com cannot and allows our company to quickly scale. Bill.com has had the opposite effect on our company. We could not continue to scale until we decided to stop using their service. It was …
    Incentivized
    Tipalti
    Chose Tipalti
    Tipalti was more cost-effective than Bill.com. The approval process is much easier with Tipalti as well. I did not implement Bill.com so I can’t speak to that. I do remember OCR in both invoice coding and approval workplace was good.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    I haven't used Bill.com for several years. I was not involved in the Tipalti selection process.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    While Bill.com is a respectable software with no glaring deficiencies, we chose Tipalti because we felt that this is a better platform on which to conduct international payables.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    Bill.com did not allow batch international payments.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    Bill.com has limited size of transactions and didn't have international payments, but most importantly it did not collect tax forms.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    We migrated from Bill.com, and I've only heard good things since.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    We originally selected Tipalti based on their ability to manage multi-entity subsidiary AP management, but improvements to the software haven't been as great or as quick as we would have hoped.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    We chose Tipalti over other options as it provided us the flexibility we needed to process payments with minimal inputs and at a price point that really made sense for us. It removed some of the roadblocks that existed with other products in this space. The ease in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    We find that it has been much easier to use and the customer service is friendly and easier to get a hold of.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tipalti
    I love how Tipalti has the early-payment offer option which allows payees to be able to accept or request their payment earlier than the due date. The early-payment offer option is also a good ROI for companies as a percentage of the fees deducted for the payee goes to the …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    66%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    94 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    66%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    85 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    66%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    94 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    52%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    64 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    68 Answers
    Features
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Altair Monarch and BILL and Tipalti
    Feature
    Altair Monarch
    -
    Ratings
    BILL
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Tipalti
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.06 Ratings8.952 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings7.68 Ratings8.649 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings8.18 Ratings9.461 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings8.18 Ratings9.255 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings8.16 Ratings9.354 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings7.54 Ratings8.346 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings7.97 Ratings9.550 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Altair Monarch and BILL and Tipalti
    Feature
    Altair Monarch
    -
    Ratings
    BILL
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tipalti
    8.6
    56 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes00 Ratings8.54 Ratings8.953 Ratings
    Vendor Management00 Ratings8.15 Ratings9.153 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation00 Ratings6.92 Ratings7.833 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Tipalti
    Score7.7 out of 10
    BILL
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Toad Data Point
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Stampli
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Stampli
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Datameer
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Yooz
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Yooz
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    7.9
    (68 ratings)
    9.0
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Altair MonarchBILLTipalti
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    The product is especially useful when you have real-time and/or time series data to analyze. If you have more mundane, simpler requirements, other products might do the job you need for less money (there are even some decent open source visualization tools you can find.) I know the product is very widely used in capital markets applications to monitor and analyze risk and price and volume changes; if you're working in that area, I don't think there's a better tool to use.
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    BILL
    It depends, Bill.com certainly has a strong reputation and I agree it can be a great solution in the right scenario but I think the implementation and initial setup are critical and need to be well thought out based on the setup of the organization you are a part of.
    Incentivized
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    Tipalti
    I would tell them that it manually syncs to ERPS. Additionally I would include the fact that you can pay multiple entities in one pay run allowing to be very efficient. I would also include that they can add rules to bill approvals or set up auto payments for certain vendors. Lastly, there are many reports you can run providing you will very informational data in seconds.
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    Pros
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • Creating a basic model to extract data from a report is very easy.
    • Advanced features like Calculated Fields and External Lookups allow you to augment the raw data.
    • You can create a "project" to automate the data extraction. Combined with Datapump (a separate DW app), you can fully automate the process once the raw report is generated.
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    BILL
    • The fact that bill.com automatically processes most information on the invoice is really helpful - leads to quicker processing
    • The "to do list" feature ensures you see the tasks that need to be completed ASAP
    • The reports section is very helpful in year end prepping for audits
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    Tipalti
    • Tipalti has a very user friendly interface, clearly laid out and easy to navigate
    • The audit trail feature is hugely helpful to track an invoice's progress through the system
    • Being able to schedule invoices to be paid exactly on their due date ensures we pay on time but not earlier than necessary
    • We were able to put in strong controls around changes to vendor data
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    Cons
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • Recently, we had some major sticker-shock when we wanted to upgrade Data Pump. It is an exceptional product, but when the price jumped from $6,000 to over $60,000, it was impossible to get the funds approved internally for the upgrade.
    • We also paid for yearly maintenance contracts which included Professional Services, but rarely found those services beneficial. However, we did receive all software upgrades for Datapump as part of the contract which we found to be very beneficial. However, with the new pricing, that is not longer the case.
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    BILL
    • Currently, our company uses a different platform to submit expenses, we only use bill.com to receive them. So perhaps this isn't actually a place where bill.com could improve, but the expense submission process may not have been robust enough for our company.
    • The bill.com platform wasn't the most beautiful or pleasing to use, but this is a minor fault.
    • I'd love a way to set up recurring payments (e.g., my phone bill is reimbursed each month).
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    Tipalti
    • The report that provides the "Not payable" vendors does not work well for us, particularly because the sync to our ERP goes both ways, which means all of the employees also sync over to Tipalti and remain as Not Payable. So the list is very long, and I don't find a good use for it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Even though we do not utilize it on a daily basis, I do hope my current company renews it's license. If not, I intend to purchase myself.
    Incentivized
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    BILL
    While our firm does not use Bill.com internally, we know many customers that use Bill.com and are very happy with it. Based on the feedback from current users, I would say that the product should have a strong renewal forecast. Once customers move their AP to the cloud, they would be unlikely to move it back given a choice.
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    Tipalti
    Solid system performance. Suits our needs and solution provider very inclined to accept feedback and involve users in developing the solution to serve both the provider and the ultimate user. Tipalti has streamlined our process that was previously very manual and prone to error. Now there is transparency of information and role.
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    Usability
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    Bill.com continues to raise the bar with new features and improved interface. The Fast Pay option is another innovation that reduces administrative time when you have to get an overnight check out. The new Chat Support interface, powered by Zopim, which is world-class, adds to the responsiveness of Bill.com's support team and makes getting real-time answers that much easier.
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    Tipalti
    Two-time Tipalti selector, implementor, and user. The payment features in the app saves many steps in the payment process. No longer do you have to set-up or upload payment information to your bank and then go back to your accounting system and mark items as paid. Tipalti does all of this with a click of a mouse. The payment feature is the stand out feature. Many vendors can process your invoices. Look at how at the payment process of others.....you will see.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    The only time Bill.com was ever "unavailable" was then the Sync to Quickbooks function failed. That happened a time or two but was usually quickly remedied. I'm not sure if that's an issue with newer online versions of Quickbooks Enterprise -- at the time we were using a remotely hosted Quickbooks instance accessed via terminal server (vs a cloud offering like Bill.com is)
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    Tipalti
    Tipalti has always been responsive to our questions and concerns.
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    Performance
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    Load times can be slow after long use.
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    Tipalti
    No issues here. Generally has been pretty fast.
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    Support Rating
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    I could not explain to them how I was trying to remove an old email account from my company page while granting the new email account access to the bank account that the first email account had added. The "set a bank account as inactive" button is labeled delete, but they don't seem to recognize that. I requested my Bill.com account be deleted on Wednesday so I could start all over with a fresh account; this seemed to be completed Wednesday night, but when I tried to create a new Bill.com account from the same email, it took me to my old bill.com account.
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    Tipalti
    Since I also work in customer support, I often have to contact Tipalti's team with questions from our users. Tipalti's support team has always been exceptionally helpful and it was a pleasure to communicate with them. I have always received prompt responses to any inquiries and they are excellent at solving our customers' issues within a short time
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    Online Training
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    The online training provided by Bill.com is concise and since the firm consistently improves the platform functionality, users are able to select the training for the modules they specifically need.
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    Tipalti
    Tipalti provides great How to online guide
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    Implementation Rating
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    I heard from my leadership that it went very well.
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    Tipalti
    The salesperson involved was involved in implementation which I found very helpful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Datawatch is very good value of money compared to QlikView; QlikView is really more of a BI tool and has a lot of functions that I didn't need. Datawatch is very strong in the real-time area where Tableau, Panorama, and Qlik don't do very well. If you need to set up a visual monitoring dashboard, Datawatch is the best product I've seen for that. if you want to do a lot of in depth statistical analysis of large databases, Tableau is probably a good option.
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    BILL
    1. Automation & Workflow Efficiency.2. Integration Capabilities with other softwaresWe needed a centralized, automated, and scalable solution for managing both payables and receivables. The strong integration with our existing accounting software was a key factor.The platform gave us better visibility and control over cash flow and approval processes.
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    Tipalti
    From initial implementation through to user experience, Tipalti has been able to exceed our expectations in terms of its functionality and useability. We have found with other systems implemented in the past they did not match our expectations which resulted in us terminating these services.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    None, all good.
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    Tipalti
    I did not make the decision to purchase this product.
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    Scalability
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    BILL
    We have multiple locations, and everything works fine.
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    Tipalti
    We were given the option of only one integration.
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    Return on Investment
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • Data Pump reduces complexity of report solutions by offering a standardized approach for organizing and scheduling
    • 97% service level for past 5 years for all of our jobs going through Data Pump
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    BILL
    • After receiving an offer to 'finance' outstanding invoices, I was enticed by the promise of a 3% total cost for a 60-day period, with the possibility of extending the financing for an additional 10 months (for an additional fee). Eager to access funds, I decided to finance an invoice worth $17,160.00. Within 24 hours, BILL deposited $16,645.20 (97% of the invoice amount) into my account.
    • However, when the customer paid their $17,160 invoice four days later, instead of the funds being deposited into my checking account as I expected, BILL chose to retire the loan and retain my $514.80 fee for the 4 day advance period. This unexpected turn of events resulted in an effective interest rate of a staggering 273.75%. It was clear that this arrangement was far from what I had initially understood, and the financial impact was outrageously high.
    • Frustratingly, my attempts to resolve this issue through customer service were in vain, as I spoke with three agents who provided no satisfactory solutions. To anyone contemplating using BILL's services, I strongly urge you to carefully scrutinize the fine print and consider opting for a more reputable finance company."
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    Tipalti
    • Vendor onboarding has taken the responsibility from one person to the Vendor directly. This provides the vendor with the ability to enter their own banking information for payments and upload their Federal W9 form.
    • Vendors can upload their own invoices to the system, taking the possibility that our AP team did not receive an emailed or mailed invoice to upload. This also increases payment efficiency as the vendor's invoice is processed in a more timely manner.
    • AP can review invoices for accuracy and concentrate on how to code an invoice, rather than be a paper pusher or a data entry clerk. AP doesn't spend time searching for invoices that might be a duplicate, the system will communicate this on the software review process and if AP has uploaded by email the same invoice multiple times, an email will be sent to AP to indicate that the invoice was not uploaded due to duplication.
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    ScreenShots

    Altair Monarch Screenshots

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    BILL Screenshots

    Screenshot of BILL’s central dashboard, which displays upcoming bills, invoices, and ingoing and outgoing payments.Screenshot of BILL automatically pulls in bills via email and automatically starts the process. It also checks for duplicate invoices by looking at the invoice numbers and payment amounts to flag questionable invoices.Screenshot of BILL's desktop and mobile applications so users' teams can review invoices and send payments on-the-go.Screenshot of BILL’s mobile app, which can be used to review invoices, add comments, and approve from anywhere.Screenshot of The overview screen, where the status of invoices can be reviewed to get a bird’s eye view of tasks.

    Tipalti Screenshots

    Screenshot of Intelligent invoicing workflowScreenshot of Mobile approvals for invoices and paymentsScreenshot of Brandable self-service supplier portal (including handling tax forms)Screenshot of Brandable self-service portal to collect and validate payment detailsScreenshot of Combined payment methods, currencies, and entities in a single payment fileScreenshot of an early payment, which can be offered to suppliers through email or the supplier portal