NetSuite ERP vs. Tipalti

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
Tipalti
Score 8.0 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
NetSuite ERPTipalti
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NetSuite ERPTipalti
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsUsers subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.Pricing 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
NetSuite ERPTipalti
Considered Both Products
NetSuite ERP
Chose NetSuite ERP
Well, the reason why I'm with NetSuite is because obviously it beats out those other options quite considerably. It gave us the whole ecosystem that gave us everything we needed. I didn't need a dedicated administrator whose full-time job is to deal with it like our current …
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite is very user friendly and easy to use against most of the competitors.
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite ERP is leaps and bounds above their competitors in both functionality and design.
Chose NetSuite ERP
We selected NetSuite ERP due to 2 factors 1) strategic partnership with NetSuite 2) Value the ease of use and cost of NetSuite ERP for a mid--size accounting firm. We aimed to ensure our customers know we follow what we preach, thus utilizing NetSuite ERP ourselves proves to …
Tipalti
Chose Tipalti
Concur was a miserable experience on the payables automation side for us. In my opinion, the implementation team did a poor job. Data sync into NetSuite was not real time. To me, the interfaces were archaic. Tipalti was such a breath of fresh air. I love working with their …
Chose Tipalti
Both of these products have treated us well and have their pros and cons. We do a lot of acquisitions though and they are just not friendly the more and more you go. Tipalti has been very helpful with the more we grow. Its a key part in integrating finances
Chose Tipalti
I had limited use of Bill.com before my company made the switch. However, a big point of emphasis was the ability to sync the pdf invoice to our ERP when the invoices are synced over.
Chose Tipalti
The AP element of Tipalti was in place when I started, so I was not involved in the selection of the tool.
Chose Tipalti
Coupa was significantly more expensive, takes longer to implement and seemed to be more than we needed. AvidXchange was more similar to Tipalti, but Tipalti sales team seemed hungrier for our business.
Chose Tipalti
AvidXchange worked well as it integrates as a Suite App within NetSuite; however, it still required payments to go out through NetSuite or through a bank directly. It has been a while since I used it so maybe that has improved but having Tipalti handle everything from …
Chose 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 …
Chose Tipalti
They support many more countries and allow us to use the platform in ALL our global payment
Chose Tipalti
Previously, our Company housed all invoices and approvals in NetSuite. This was a very clunky process which often resulted in duplicated work. Approvals were obtained through email and attached as a file to invoice records in NetSuite. Whereas, in Tipalti, you can view the …
Chose Tipalti
Tipalti can handle larger volume than Bills.com
Chose Tipalti
SAP Concur did not have consistent invoice entry. Depending on who at SAP Concur entered your invoice, the vendor could be incorrect, the vendor number could be missing a digit, the amount of the invoice entered wrong, etc. We had too many issues with SAP Concur because they …
Chose Tipalti
Tipalti offered more functionality that we needed for our business. Especially multi-entities and multi-currency functions that we needed. We also needed the capability for data uploads, which was a big selling point for us.
Chose Tipalti
Netsuite did not have much of the current functionality that Tipati offers such as automated payments, the approval workflow requires of additional investment and could end up being very expensive. I do not think Netsuite offers the AI functionality as Tipalti does.
Chose Tipalti
Quick books needed too many dual permissions. Allowing confusion on which department is responsible for a payment. NetSuite was complicated and didn’t offer the fast onboarding that Tipalti offered. The lay out at Tipalti seems visually better as well. NetSuite also had issues …
Chose Tipalti
1. Tipalti have a very good duplicate detect system which help us identified duplicate invoice.
2. Tipalti can memorized expense account, Currency type which save more time for us, and it also reduce the chance for us to make mistakes.
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.
Chose Tipalti
I haven't used Bill.com for several years. I was not involved in the Tipalti selection process.
Chose Tipalti
The Tipalti's UI look better. The major issue is we using NS as our accounting system, so we choose Tipalti.
Chose Tipalti
Tipalti is automation process in billing area and it's removing manual effort so i like this product.
Chose Tipalti
We looked into Stampli but did not get far, so I can not comment on how does Tipalti stacks against them. Main reason why we choose Tipalti is NetSuites sync with Tipalti. Tipalti works wonders for us as approval of invoices is easy and fast, also Tipalti automatically sends …
Chose Tipalti
I've previously used an SAP platform for AP functionality. SAP has great reports that can be downloaded, but the function in the application can be very bulky and slow or in short a bad UI. Tipalti has an incredible UI that enables the users to make all edits right in the …
Chose Tipalti
Coupa was much more expensive, and they initially told us that there was an integration with out ERP. It turns out they had a 3rd party that could create the integration, but for a large fee.
Stampli did not seem to have as many features.
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 …
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.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
NetSuite ERPTipalti
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
148% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Pay calculation1.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.2
74 Ratings
20% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
API for custom integration9.264 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins9.947 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.7
81 Ratings
15% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.662 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.780 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.9
72 Ratings
30% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Dashboards9.971 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.970 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.970 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.9
287 Ratings
3% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.2281 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.2259 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.926 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.928 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.341 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
48 Ratings
14% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management9.535 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.4
230 Ratings
18% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Pricing9.953 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry7.9226 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.448 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.9
226 Ratings
6% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.3215 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management9.731 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
6.6
32 Ratings
14% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting6.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management4.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition6.922 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
4.1
17 Ratings
51% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers3.311 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality3.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools3.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
81% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
71% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring1.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated3.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
11 Ratings
72% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Risk Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management1.911 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
17 Ratings
74% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization2.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management9.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management2.511 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.4
16 Ratings
24% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution9.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
8.3
149 Ratings
14% above category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Forecasting8.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.5146 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.9
13 Ratings
60% below category average
Tipalti
-
Ratings
Proposal Management2.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management3.29 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Tipalti
9.0
59 Ratings
21% above category average
Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings9.347 Ratings
Financial Document Management00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings9.356 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.350 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings8.950 Ratings
Advanced OCR00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings9.445 Ratings
Accounts Payable
Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Tipalti
8.2
53 Ratings
23% above category average
Automated Accounts Payable Processes00 Ratings8.850 Ratings
Vendor Management00 Ratings9.050 Ratings
Tax Form Preparation00 Ratings6.830 Ratings
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User Ratings
NetSuite ERPTipalti
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(387 ratings)
8.5
(98 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(50 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(246 ratings)
8.3
(74 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(16 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(15 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(216 ratings)
7.6
(14 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
6.4
(10 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.6
(17 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(5 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(3 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(8 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.8
(2 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetSuite ERPTipalti
Likelihood to Recommend
NetSuite
Netsuite ERP is well suited to helping facilitate a smooth procurement process, raising purchase orders and managing invoices. We use it to set up new suppliers and for global organisations with multiple cost centres, suppliers, agencies, activities etc. it is very good at managing a high volume of different suppliers and activities. It has a relatively navigable interface but could stand to be a bit more simple / modern and automated. It is quite aggressively busy on screen vs some other simplified interfaces
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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
NetSuite
  • Revenue recognition. We get information from Salesforce and we build the revenue recognition engine that I'm really pleased. We avoid a lot of manual work by doing this.
  • We send out invoices electronically from the system. We use it for the fixed asset now with the new lease opinion that we just adopted in January 2022. We leveraged technology, specifically the features in NetSuite to help us account for that.
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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
NetSuite
  • Certain exports out of the system. There are some pages that you can export to Excel and some pages you can't, I don't know why. So it seems like it should be all functionalities there.
  • Some of the bank feeds have broken quite a bit and I'm not sure why. So we have to constantly go in there and readjust that on the reconciliation tab. I know that's new and robust and it's going well. It's more of taking out GL data instead of what's remaining in that account. As far as if I'm looking at a rec for a particular asset, I know there's GL data that goes through there. What I want to know is what's the balance in that account made up of as far as what's remaining there. So that's the kind of stuff I would buy with advice.
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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
NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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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
NetSuite
As a user, it is a steep learning curve with little to no guidance. Oracle relies pretty much only on their massive documentation library and does very little to guide users in context. As an Administrator, it's frustrating that field naming is totally different depending on your context.
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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
NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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Tipalti
Tipalti has always been responsive to our questions and concerns.
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Performance
NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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Tipalti
No issues here. Generally has been pretty fast.
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Support Rating
NetSuite
I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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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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In-Person Training
NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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Tipalti
No answers on this topic
Online Training
NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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Tipalti
Tipalti provides great How to online guide
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Implementation Rating
NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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Tipalti
The salesperson involved was involved in implementation which I found very helpful.
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Alternatives Considered
NetSuite
We came from an AS400 system. NetSuite is supremely advanced and more capable than our old system. We initially selected NetSuite for its reporting and analytics capabilities. From there, we looked at its automation and manufacturing capabilities. It has really outclassed our old system at every turn—it is not even close.
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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
NetSuite
No answers on this topic
Tipalti
I did not make the decision to purchase this product.
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Scalability
NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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Tipalti
We were given the option of only one integration.
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Return on Investment
NetSuite
  • Really it's been nothing but positive for us right now. My team is super excited to get to use it every day. They love the interface is easy to use. The fact that we've got all the security and audit logs in there gives me comfort as the senior finance person to be able to understand what's going on to track it, but it's also not bogged down in unnecessary bureaucratic processes or administrative processes. It allows our team to be very responsive and dynamic and that's great for us.
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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

NetSuite ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of one view into the most critical business processes.Screenshot of Netsuite's mobile-friendly design

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