What AP automation software costs at 1,000, 5,000 and 25,000 invoices a month
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Best procure-to-pay software
Best procure-to-pay software ranked by list price: Precoro lists a monthly price, Order.co a range, Ramp and Tipalti a base fee, and five of nine tools quote only.
teams that buy through a custom catalog with approvals and budgets set up front
Price listed for the procure-to-pay product
Flat fee of $1,000 to $5,000 a month on an annual contract, set by the scale of the business, plus a $2,000 one-time implementation fee. The fee covers unlimited users and locations, onboarding, ERP integrations and support.
Procure-to-pay (P2P) software runs the steps from a purchase request to payment: requisition, approval, purchase order, goods receipt, invoice match and payment. AP automation software starts later, at the invoice. Precoro and Order.co are the two tools here that list a price for procure-to-pay itself: Precoro from $499 a month billed annually, and Order.co a printed range of $1,000 to $5,000 a month on an annual contract. Ramp and Tipalti list a platform fee, and five tools quote only.
What procure-to-pay software does
A purchase request goes to an approver, becomes a purchase order, and is received by the team that ordered it, a chain the procure-to-pay guide walks through step by step. The supplier invoice then has to match the order and the receipt before anyone pays. Procure-to-pay tools cover the first half of that chain, and the second half is the same invoice work that invoice automation software ranks.
Matching is where the two halves meet. Two-way matching compares an invoice with its purchase order, and three-way matching adds the receipt. The three-way match guide defines both and lists which AP vendors name each. The approval step has its own invoice approval workflow, which sets who signs at each dollar amount.
How we ranked these
Criteria, in priority order:
A list price for the procure-to-pay product itself.
A list price for the platform the procurement module attaches to.
G2 review count, to order tools in the same price state. Tools with no G2 profile follow alphabetically.
Nine tools are ranked. Coupa, Airbase and Medius also carry AP cost records on this site, and Precoro, Procurify, Zip and Order.co have records of their own.
What the list prices cover
Precoro’s three prices each cover a different product. Core and Automation are procurement plans, and the AP Module is an invoice product sold apart from them. Each is billed annually, and no monthly-billing figure is listed.
Order.co’s range is a flat monthly fee for a platform that holds procurement and AP together, and it does not change with users, locations or orders. The tier within the range follows the scale of the business, and the $2,000 implementation fee is charged once.
Ramp and Tipalti list prices for the platform that procurement attaches to. Ramp’s $15 per user on Plus says nothing about what procurement adds. The same holds for the $99 a month that Tipalti lists for Accounts Payable. The Ramp cost record and the Tipalti cost record show the full plans and fees.
Where AP cost records fit
Coupa, Airbase and Medius sell both procurement and AP, and all three quote only. Their cost records hold the AP side.
Teams on QuickBooks Online or Xero fit Precoro, which lists both on Core.
Teams on NetSuite, Sage Intacct or Dynamics 365 Business Central fit Procurify, which lists all three, and Precoro on its Enterprise plan.
Teams that already pay bills in Ramp or Tipalti can add procurement to the same platform.
Enterprise teams with contracts to enforce at the point of purchase look at Coupa, and teams replacing it can compare the Coupa alternatives.
An AP-only team that has no purchase orders can skip this list and start from the AP automation ranking.
The ranking, with list price
1. Precoro: Best for small teams that want procure-to-pay with a monthly price they can see
Precoro covers requisitions, purchase orders, receipts and invoices on one platform, with 2- and 3-way match and automated approvals in the Core plan. QuickBooks Online and Xero sync come with Core. Automation adds intelligent AP automation, e-invoicing, intake management, inventory, a supplier portal, RFPs and AI agents. Core costs from $499 a month and Automation from $999, both billed annually. A separate AP Module starts at $499 a month for teams that only need the invoice side.
Precoro plans and prices
Best for
small teams that want procure-to-pay with a monthly price they can see
List price
Price listed for the procure-to-pay product. Core from $499 a month, Automation from $999 a month and the AP Module from $499 a month, all billed annually. Enterprise is custom. precoro.com/pricing
2. Order.co: Best for teams that buy through a custom catalog with approvals and budgets set up front
Order.co manages purchase requisitions, POs, supplier management, order tracking and payments on one platform. Approvals, live reporting and budgets apply before spend happens, and a custom catalog narrows what teams can buy. Invoice processing and expense coding start as soon as an order is placed. AI sourcing looks for vendors and product prices.
Order.co features
Best for
teams that buy through a custom catalog with approvals and budgets set up front
List price
Price listed for the procure-to-pay product. Flat fee of $1,000 to $5,000 a month on an annual contract, set by the scale of the business, plus a $2,000 one-time implementation fee. The fee covers unlimited users and locations, onboarding, ERP integrations and support. order.co/ai-info
3. Ramp: Best for teams already paying bills in Ramp that want purchase orders and three-way match
Procurement is an add-on to the Plus or Enterprise plan. It adds advanced intake and approval workflows, AI-driven vendor compliance reviews, automated purchase order creation and tracking, and three-way match with Ramp purchase orders. The Free plan costs $0 per user and covers invoice extraction, approval workflows and bill payment by ACH, card, check and wire. Plus costs $15 per user a month plus a platform fee set by team size.
Ramp plans and prices
Best for
teams already paying bills in Ramp that want purchase orders and three-way match
List price
Base fee for the platform only. Plus is $15 per user a month plus a platform fee set by team size, with 20% off on annual billing. The Procurement add-on has no price. ramp.com/pricing
4. Tipalti: Best for teams that want procurement added to a flat-fee AP platform
Tipalti lists Procurement in its Connected Suite beside Expense Management and cards. Its PO matching handles two-way and three-way matching with tolerance ranges, and a purchase order can match several invoices and the reverse. Accounts Payable starts at $99 a month with unlimited users.
Tipalti features
Best for
teams that want procurement added to a flat-fee AP platform
List price
Base fee for the platform only. Accounts Payable from $99 a month with unlimited users. The Procurement module has no price. tipalti.com/pricing
ERP integrations
NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, Xero, SAP
5. Coupa: Best for large enterprises that need guided buying and contract control
Coupa guides users to on-contract goods and services, runs purchase requisitions and orders with real-time tracking, and checks budget before approval. Intake and orchestration, Open Buy, services procurement, inventory management, PO collaboration, contract management and budget management sit in the same suite. Approvers act on requisitions by email or mobile, and suppliers see purchase order status in real time.
Coupa features
Best for
large enterprises that need guided buying and contract control
List price
Quote only. Pricing varies with invoice volume, users and features, and no dollar figure is listed.
6. Procurify: Best for mid-market teams that want purchasing and AP in one system
Procurify brings purchasing and accounts payable into one system, so purchase orders, receipts and invoices match automatically. It covers purchase requests, PO management, receiving, approvals, budgets, expenses and contract management, plus physical and virtual purchasing cards. Bill management includes automated two- and three-way matching and syncs approved bills to the ERP. It integrates with NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct and Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Procurify features
Best for
mid-market teams that want purchasing and AP in one system
List price
Quote only. Every quote is custom, built from products, add-ons, users and integrations. procurify.com/pricing
7. Medius: Best for finance teams that want eProcurement and AP automation from one vendor
Medius Procurement is an eProcurement product with search and punchout catalogs, requisition and purchase approval workflows, and purchase orders sent to suppliers automatically. Budget holders can set a hard stop at checkout or let spend continue through an approval. Invoices are compared against purchase orders automatically, which raises straight-through processing, and its AP automation includes two-way and three-way matching.
Medius plans and prices
Best for
finance teams that want eProcurement and AP automation from one vendor
List price
Quote only. AP Essentials and AP 360 are both quote only; Procurement has no figure. medius.com/pricing
8. Airbase: Best for Paylocity customers who want purchase intake next to AP
Airbase sits inside Paylocity's finance products. Guided Procurement centralizes intake for purchase requests, with role-based workflows for Finance, Legal, IT and Procurement and AI-powered contract insights. AP Automation adds touchless invoice capture and coding with automated 2-way and 3-way PO matching.
Airbase features
Best for
Paylocity customers who want purchase intake next to AP
List price
Quote only. Sold inside Paylocity; pricing is by request.
ERP integrations
No ERP credited
G2 rating
No G2 rating
Watch for
Airbase lists no dollar figure, and pricing is by request.
9. Zip: Best for enterprise teams that route every purchase request through intake
Zip's procure-to-pay product starts with intake, which turns requests into structured data that fills purchase orders and invoices. It adds centralized PO management, catalogs that guide requesters to approved suppliers, and an AI agent that reads emailed invoices and codes them from the request, approval and PO context. Duplicates, overages and contract mismatches are caught before an invoice reaches an approver, and problem invoices route to the right person.
Zip features
Best for
enterprise teams that route every purchase request through intake
teams that buy through a custom catalog with approvals and budgets set up front
Price listed for the procure-to-pay product
Flat fee of $1,000 to $5,000 a month on an annual contract, set by the scale of the business, plus a $2,000 one-time implementation fee. The fee covers unlimited users and locations, onboarding, ERP integrations and support.
Precoro ranks first because it lists a price for procure-to-pay itself, Core from $499 a month billed annually, and has more G2 reviews than Order.co, the other tool that lists one. Ramp and Tipalti follow with a platform fee, and Coupa, Procurify, Medius, Airbase and Zip quote only.
What is procure-to-pay?
Procure-to-pay is the chain from a purchase request to payment: requisition, approval, purchase order, goods receipt, invoice match and payment.
How much does procure-to-pay software cost?
Precoro lists Core from $499 a month and Automation from $999 a month, billed annually, and Order.co prints $1,000 to $5,000 a month on an annual contract. Ramp lists Plus at $15 per user a month plus a platform fee, and Tipalti lists Accounts Payable from $99 a month, and neither lists a price for procurement. The other five quote only.
What is the difference between procure-to-pay and AP automation?
Procure-to-pay covers the purchase request, approval, purchase order and receipt before the invoice arrives. AP automation starts at the invoice: capture, matching, approval and payment.
Which procure-to-pay tools include three-way matching?
Precoro, Ramp, Tipalti, Coupa, Procurify, Medius and Airbase name three-way matching. Ramp's three-way match works with Ramp purchase orders.
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1. Precoro: Best for small teams that want procure-to-pay with a monthly price they can see 
