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Airbase vs Conductor

Airbase logo

Airbase

Accounting & Finance

The first all-in-one spend management platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Conductor logo

Conductor

Accounting & Finance

The enterprise platform for AI & search visibility

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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.; Conductor pricing across Essentials, Growth and Enterprise tiers is usage based rather than a flat published rate, and no figures are shown on the pricing page

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Airbase and Conductor actually diverge.

Attributes where Airbase and Conductor differ
AttributeAirbaseConductor
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceUnknown
Founded2017Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Conductor

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 Conductor
  • Expense reportingnot Conductor
  • Vendor paymentsnot Conductor

Conductor

No use cases recorded yet. See the Conductor 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.

Conductor

  • Pricing across Essentials, Growth and Enterprise tiers is usage based rather than a flat published rate, and no figures are shown on the pricing page

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

Conductor

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Conductor review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Airbase if

  • You need corporate cards.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want bill payments.
Airbase review

Choose Conductor if

Nothing in the data separates Conductor from Airbase on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Conductor review

Questions people ask

Is Airbase or Conductor better?
Neither clearly leads. Airbase starts at $29/month and Conductor at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Airbase or Conductor?
Airbase starts at $29/month and Conductor at On request.
Does Airbase or Conductor run on more platforms?
Airbase runs on Web, Ios, Android. Conductor 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 Conductor is typically brought in for.
What can Airbase do that Conductor cannot?
Airbase covers Corporate cards, Bill payments, Expense management, Procurement.
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