# AP automation cost at 5,000 invoices a month

**URL:** https://payablesbrief.com/volume/5000-invoices-a-month/
**Published:** 2026-10-04
**Modified:** 2026-10-04
**Author:** Payables Brief desk

> What AP automation software costs at 5,000 invoices a month: monthly cost and cost per invoice for every vendor that publishes prices, plus the quote-only list.

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# AP automation cost at 5,000 invoices a month

At 5,000 invoices a month the assumed AP team grows to four people, and NetSuite or Sage Intacct start to matter because a team processing this volume is more likely to run one of them. Ramp holds its cost per invoice at $1.60 and BILL at $1.64, both still priced from flat per-transaction payment fees rather than a volume-based rate. This is also the volume where Tipalti's $99 base fee looks cheapest on paper and is most likely to understate the real bill, since its per-invoice and per-payment fees are not published.

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## Vendors with published pricing

**Monthly cost and cost per invoice at 5,000 invoices a month**

| Vendor | Pricing | Monthly cost | Cost per invoice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [![](https://payablesbrief.com/logos/tipalti.png) Tipalti](/cost/tipalti/) | Partial pricing | Base fee only, $99 a month |  |
| [![](https://payablesbrief.com/logos/ramp.png) Ramp](/cost/ramp/) | Published pricing | $8,002.17 | $1.60 |
| [![](https://payablesbrief.com/logos/bill-com.png) BILL (Bill.com)](/cost/bill-com/) | Published pricing | $8,196 | $1.64 |

Each figure is a monthly cost worked out from the prices on the vendor's own site, using the volume, user and payment assumptions in the [pricing methodology](https://payablesbrief.com/methodology/#assumptions). Implementation fees, unpublished connector fees and negotiated discounts are not included. Prices as of 4 October 2026.

## Quote only

These vendors publish no prices on their own sites that a monthly cost can be worked out from.

-   [Airbase](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/airbase/): Quote based; sold inside Paylocity's HR and finance suite
-   [AvidXchange](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/avidxchange/): Quote based; no plan names or prices on the vendor's site
-   [Corpay](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/corpay/): Quote based; pays suppliers by virtual card, ACH and check, with card rebates
-   [Coupa](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/coupa/): Quote based enterprise pricing
-   [Medius](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/medius/): Quote based; two named packages priced by number of entities
-   [MineralTree](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/mineraltree/): Quote based; sold as invoice-to-pay, payments only, or invoice capture
-   [Rillion](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/rillion/): Quote based; three packages, each with unlimited users and legal entities and a 12-month minimum term
-   [Stampli](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/stampli/): Quote based; the pricing page lists features with no prices
-   [Yooz](https://payablesbrief.com/cost/yooz/): Subscription priced by the number of documents processed; no prices on the US pricing page

## Other volumes and ERPs

-   [AP automation cost at 1,000 invoices a month](https://payablesbrief.com/volume/1000-invoices-a-month/)
-   [AP automation cost at 25,000 invoices a month](https://payablesbrief.com/volume/25000-invoices-a-month/)
-   [AP automation software for NetSuite](https://payablesbrief.com/erp/netsuite/)
-   [AP automation software for Sage Intacct](https://payablesbrief.com/erp/sage-intacct/)
-   [AP automation software for Dynamics 365](https://payablesbrief.com/erp/dynamics-365/)
-   [AP automation software for QuickBooks](https://payablesbrief.com/erp/quickbooks/)
-   [AP automation software for Xero](https://payablesbrief.com/erp/xero/)
-   [Cost per invoice calculator](https://payablesbrief.com/calculator/)