Accounting & Finance · head to head
Airbase vs Fyle
Airbase
Accounting & Finance
The first all-in-one spend management platform
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
Fyle
Accounting & Finance
Real-time expense management that works with your cards
- From
- $29/month
- 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.; Fyle billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
- They diverge on capability: Airbase covers Corporate cards, Fyle covers Real-time card tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Airbase and Fyle actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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
Only in Fyle
- Real-time card tracking
- Automatic receipt matching
- Expense policies
- Approval workflows
- Mileage tracking
- GDPR
Both cover
- NetSuite
- Sage Intacct
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Slack
- SOC 2 Type II
- PCI DSS
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Airbase
- Spend managementnot Fyle
- Expense reportingnot Fyle
- Vendor paymentsnot Fyle
Fyle
- Expense reporting and corporate card reconciliationnot Airbase
- Enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursementnot Airbase
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.
Fyle
- Billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
- The Growth plan carries a 5 user minimum and the Business plan a 10 user minimum, so the entry cost is set by the floor rather than the team
- API access and the Sage Intacct and NetSuite integrations require a paid tier
- ACH reimbursements and project expense tracking sit above the entry plan
- Both published plans are billed annually
- Enterprise pricing is custom and aimed at organisations with 250 or more employees
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
Fyle
$29/month- Standard$8/month
- Real-time card feeds
- Receipt matching
- Basic approvals
- Business$12/month
- Advanced policies
- Custom workflows
- Analytics
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Unlimited users
- API access
- Priority support
Which should you pick?
Choose Airbase if
- You need corporate cards.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want bill payments.
Choose Fyle if
- You need real-time card tracking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want automatic receipt matching.
Questions people ask
- Is Airbase or Fyle better?
- Neither clearly leads. Airbase starts at $29/month and Fyle at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Airbase or Fyle?
- Airbase starts at $29/month and Fyle at $29/month.
- Does Airbase or Fyle run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- 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 Fyle is typically brought in for.
- What can Airbase do that Fyle cannot?
- Airbase covers Corporate cards, Bill payments, Expense management, Procurement. Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, Automatic receipt matching, Expense policies, Approval workflows. Both handle NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, Xero.