Accounting & Finance · head to head
Airbase vs Cin7 Core

Airbase
Accounting & Finance
The first all-in-one spend management platform
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
Cin7 Core
Accounting & Finance
Inventory management for growing businesses
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Airbase airbase was acquired by Paylocity; its pricing page now redirects to paylocity.com/pricing and the product is marketed as 'Airbase, a Paylocity Company' within Paylocity's HCM platform rather than as a standalone product.; Cin7 Core core plan pricing starts at $349 per month, a materially higher floor than most small business inventory tools
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Airbase and Cin7 Core actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Airbase
- Corporate cards
- Bill payments
- Expense management
- Procurement
- Approvals
- NetSuite
- Sage Intacct
- QuickBooks
Only in Cin7 Core
Nothing recorded that Airbase does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Airbase
- Spend managementnot Cin7 Core
- Expense reportingnot Cin7 Core
- Vendor paymentsnot Cin7 Core
Cin7 Core
No use cases recorded yet. See the Cin7 Core review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Airbase
- Airbase was acquired by Paylocity; its pricing page now redirects to paylocity.com/pricing and the product is marketed as 'Airbase, a Paylocity Company' within Paylocity's HCM platform rather than as a standalone product.
Cin7 Core
- Core plan pricing starts at $349 per month, a materially higher floor than most small business inventory tools
Pricing, plan by plan
Airbase
$29/month- StandardFree
- Corporate cards
- Expense reports
- Bill pay
- Premium$10/month
- Advanced approvals
- NetSuite sync
- Procurement
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom workflows
- API access
- Dedicated support
Cin7 Core
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Cin7 Core review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Airbase if
- You need corporate cards.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want bill payments.
Choose Cin7 Core if
Nothing in the data separates Cin7 Core from Airbase on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Airbase or Cin7 Core better?
- Neither clearly leads. Airbase starts at $29/month and Cin7 Core at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Airbase or Cin7 Core?
- Airbase starts at $29/month and Cin7 Core at On request.
- Does Airbase or Cin7 Core run on more platforms?
- Airbase runs on Web, Ios, Android. Cin7 Core runs on Web.
- What is Airbase best used for?
- Airbase is most often used for spend management, expense reporting, vendor payments. Of those, spend management and expense reporting are not what Cin7 Core is typically brought in for.
- What can Airbase do that Cin7 Core cannot?
- Airbase covers Corporate cards, Bill payments, Expense management, Procurement.
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