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Airbase vs freee

Airbase logo

Airbase

Accounting & Finance

The first all-in-one spend management platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
freee logo

freee

Accounting & Finance

Japanese integrated cloud accounting software for sole proprietors and corporations

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.; freee corporate accounting jumps sharply between tiers, from Sutata (Starter) at JPY 5,480/month to Advance at JPY 39,780/month, a more than 7x price gap between adjacent published tiers

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Airbase and freee actually diverge.

Attributes where Airbase and freee differ
AttributeAirbasefreee
Starting price$29/monthOn request
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2017Unknown

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).

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 freee

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 freee
  • Expense reportingnot freee
  • Vendor paymentsnot freee

freee

No use cases recorded yet. See the freee 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.

freee

  • Corporate accounting jumps sharply between tiers, from Sutata (Starter) at JPY 5,480/month to Advance at JPY 39,780/month, a more than 7x price gap between adjacent published tiers
  • HR (jinji romu) module is billed per person on top of the accounting plan, from JPY 400 to JPY 1,100 per person per month depending on tier

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

freee

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the freee 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 freee if

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

freee review

Questions people ask

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