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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Tungsten AP Essentials

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ATungsten AP Essentials (formerly Kofax AP Essentials, or ReadSoft) is an accounts payable solution that automates the capture and validation of invoices from any source, in any format.N/A

    Tungsten TotalAgility

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATungsten TotalAgility brings cognitive capture capabilities to the hands of business analysts and non-technical users to solve content-centric challenges, including classification and extraction from financial documents, contracts, forms and other information-intensive documents.N/A
    Pricing
    BILLTungsten AP EssentialsTungsten TotalAgility
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $45
    per user/per month
    Team
    $55
    per user/per month
    Corporate
    $79
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BILLTungsten AP EssentialsTungsten TotalAgility
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Considered Multiple Products
    BILL
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    66%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    66%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    66%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BILLTungsten AP EssentialsTungsten TotalAgility
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of BILL and Tungsten AP Essentials and Tungsten TotalAgility
    Feature
    BILL
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tungsten AP Essentials
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Tungsten TotalAgility
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    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies8.06 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management7.68 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking8.18 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail8.18 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection8.16 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR7.54 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer7.97 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of BILL and Tungsten AP Essentials and Tungsten TotalAgility
    Feature
    BILL
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tungsten AP Essentials
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Tungsten TotalAgility
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    Ratings
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes8.54 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vendor Management8.15 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation6.92 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Tipalti
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Stampli
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Yooz
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BILLTungsten AP EssentialsTungsten TotalAgility
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (68 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    BILLTungsten AP EssentialsTungsten TotalAgility
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    We are using Tungsten with the former Readsoft OCR Products and Ebydos webcycles. All incoming paper-based invoices, delivery documents, advices, etc. will be scanned and digitized incl. OCR by Tungsten. They are highly integrated in SAP processes and own developments. Tungsten Ebydos Webcycle is used for approval workflows for deviations in orders, PO volume, pricing, etc. This is also fully integrated in SAP workflows, incl. own developments.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    The platform is an excellent solution for companies looking for a workflow automation system that can be used across departments and its return on investment becomes apparent once it is introduced in production for a business. Its ability to route work tasks dynamically between employees and outside parties, implement SLAs, and get information to a back-end source is excellent.
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    Pros
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Excellent scanning and OCR.
    • Highly configurable workflows.
    • Audit proven transparency in SAP Systems.
    • Scalable and flexible solution.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Ease of use. The drag and drop configuration to create the processes makes the product easy to use and configure. Most of the icons are intuitive on what they are and how to use them. The use of the colored icons for each value also helps to know that that value is looking for.
    • Forms. The capture forms are easy to create and maintain. A new field can be added to the Extraction group and then the capture form is regenerated and that field is automatically added to the form with all the proper attributes. If an additional check box or field is added to the form, that field stays when regenerated. This differs from KTA 6.0.
    • Kofax has done pretty well integrating all the pieces of Kofax into one product. KC (Kofax Capture), KIC (Kofax Import Connector), KTM (Kofax Transformation Module with OCR), and workflow are all combined into KTA (Kofax Total Agility). This lets all of these features work together in one product. Kofax does keep adding more to the functions that maybe were left out original version. This makes Kofax Total Agility a robust product.
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    Cons
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • OCR recognition issues.
    • Interface Issues/sometimes slow interfaces.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Exception management within the platform can certainly be improved upon. If a job is suspended for any particular issue integrations can be put in place to attempt to handle them but it is kludgy and does not always work as anticipated.
    • The administration interface is based on Microsoft Silverlight which limits it to certain versions of Internet Explorer and the interface has seen better days. Their other application, Kofax Kapow, has a much more mature and intuitive interface. This supposedly is being replaced in the next major iteration but I have doubts it will be successfully done.
    • The product is expensive. It is also the Cadillac of workflow platforms with document transformation built in. In many cases the product can do what you want it to do but there may be other more cost effective platforms.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Usability
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Industry-leading OCR and workflows, highly integrated into SAP Systems.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Performance
    BILL
    Load times can be slow after long use.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Online Training
    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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    Implementation Rating
    BILL
    I heard from my leadership that it went very well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Industry-leading OCR Products (Readsoft) and Webcycles (Ebydos). Very flexible, scalable, and highly integrated with SAP processes and own developments.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Kofax TotalAgility is a beast of a package that gives you a thousand ways to tackle a problem, but it may not be the best platform for your needs. It is more of an enterprise platform that integrates well with other systems with moderate development time. Other packages may be cheaper, easier, and faster to implement depending on needs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BILL
    None, all good.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Scalability
    BILL
    We have multiple locations, and everything works fine.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Not yet, but replaces highly manual efforts.
    • Brings good productivities in AP processing.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Kofax TotalAgility is very expensive. Some customers have reported that using the KTA workflow has increased productivity and has a good ROI overall. The customers have not shared true numbers for me to give details.
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    ScreenShots

    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.