Looking for a Stampli alternative?
Stampli bundles capture with a collaborative approvals hub. If your team already approves bills in Slack, email or your accounting tool, Zerentry is a simpler, cheaper way to automate invoice data entry and sync to Xero or QuickBooks.
Why businesses switch from Stampli to Zerentry
Focused on capture, not approvals
Stampli is built around its in-invoice communication hub for collaborative approvals. If your team already handles approvals in Slack, email or your accounting tool, Zerentry skips the extra layer — it captures, validates and syncs.
Transparent per-document pricing
Stampli uses annual contracts priced per user or per entity — published quotes often start in the thousands. Zerentry is a flat per-document price with a free tier, no annual minimums and no per-seat fees as your team grows.
Live in minutes, not a sales cycle
Stampli onboarding usually involves a demo, scoping call and implementation. Zerentry is fully self-serve — sign up, connect Xero or QuickBooks, and extract your first invoice before the end of the meeting.
Keep your existing AP workflow
No new approvals interface for your team to learn. Zerentry slots into the AP workflow you already have, with a clean validation UI, semantic search and AI document chat across every invoice.
Honest note: Stampli’s in-invoice communication hub is a genuinely useful feature if your team wants to consolidate approvals in one place. Zerentry skips that layer on purpose — if you need a structured multi-level approval platform, Stampli is the right fit.
Stampli vs Zerentry — feature comparison
| Feature | Stampli | Zerentry |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | AP automation + approvals hub | Focused AI capture + sync |
| OCR technology | AI OCR ("Billy the Bot") | LLM-powered |
| Approval workflows | Yes — in-invoice comments | Lightweight validation queue |
| Collaborative comments per invoice | Yes, core feature | No — approve in your existing tools |
| Pricing model | Annual contract, per user / entity | Per-document, free tier |
| Free tier | Yes — 30 docs/month | |
| Self-serve sign-up | No — demo required | Yes |
| Time to first value | Days to weeks | Under 5 minutes |
| Xero integration | Limited | Native, one-click |
| QuickBooks integration | Yes | Native, one-click |
| Semantic search | Yes | |
| AI document chat | Partial (Billy assistant) | Yes — cross-document chat |
Who switches from Stampli?
“Stampli’s approval hub duplicated what we were already doing in Slack. We just needed capture and Xero sync — Zerentry gave us that without another tool for the team to log into.”
“We could not justify Stampli pricing across every client book. Zerentry’s per-document model let us turn on AI capture for everyone, not just the top-tier accounts.”
“Stampli was pitched as AP automation but what we kept paying for was the collaboration UI. Zerentry captures just as accurately and pushes straight to QuickBooks — approvals happen in Gmail like before.”
Capture, don’t collaborate
Free plan available. No credit card required. Keep approving bills the way your team already does — let Zerentry handle the data entry and accounting sync.
Start freeFurther reading
How to automate accounts payable
A practical guide to replacing manual AP work with AI capture — and when an approvals platform is overkill.
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Extract vendor, amount, VAT and line items from any invoice and push to Xero or QuickBooks in one click.
Read more →PricingSimple, transparent pricing
Free plan with 30 OCR pages/month. Paid plans from $29/month — no per-user or annual contract lock-in.
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