Accounting · head to head
Basware vs Netvisor
Basware
Accounting
Invoice automation and e-invoicing compliance across a large number of national mandates
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Netvisor
Accounting
Finnish cloud accounting and payroll with pricing built from a base fee plus per transaction charges
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Netvisor has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Basware the e-invoicing compliance breadth that justifies the price is worthless to a company operating in a single country, where cheaper AP automation tools will do the same work.; Netvisor pricing is a base fee plus a charge per sales invoice, per purchase invoice, per payslip and per other transaction, so a company with high document volumes pays a bill that scales with trading activity and cannot be budgeted as a fixed monthly cost.
- They diverge on capability: Basware covers Invoice capture, Netvisor covers Finnish general ledger.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Basware and Netvisor actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting).
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 Basware
- Invoice capture
- Matching
- Approval workflow
- E-invoicing compliance
- Supplier network
- Payment execution
- Spend analytics
- ERP integration
Only in Netvisor
- Finnish general ledger
- Value added tax reporting
- Bank connections
- Electronic invoicing
- Purchase invoice workflow
- Sales invoicing
- Payroll
- Incomes register reporting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Basware
- A multinational needing compliant electronic invoicing across Italy, Poland, France and Mexico without building each mandate itselfnot Netvisor
- A shared service centre processing hundreds of thousands of invoices a year that needs touchless processing rates measured and improvednot Netvisor
- A group standardising accounts payable across subsidiaries running different ERP systemsnot Netvisor
- A finance function trying to capture early payment discounts that are currently lost to slow approval cyclesnot Netvisor
Netvisor
- A Finnish company whose accounting firm works in Netvisor and wants the client approving purchase invoices in the same systemnot Basware
- A Finnish employer needing payroll that handles collective agreement terms and reports to the incomes register on timenot Basware
- A business receiving and sending structured e-invoices with Finnish counterparties that require themnot Basware
- A Finnish accounting practice standardising clients on one system with a shared role model rather than one instance per clientnot Basware
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Basware
- The e-invoicing compliance breadth that justifies the price is worthless to a company operating in a single country, where cheaper AP automation tools will do the same work.
- Implementation is a substantial integration project involving ERP connectors, supplier onboarding and country-by-country compliance configuration, and it is priced and timed accordingly.
- The user interface is dated next to newer accounts payable products, and approvers outside finance find it unintuitive, which slows the very cycle times the system is bought to improve.
- Supplier onboarding onto the network is the hidden effort: the touchless processing rate depends on how many suppliers actually send electronic invoices, and that is a change management programme, not a software setting.
- Growth by acquisition, including Glantus, has left overlapping analytics capability and integration work still in progress, so buyers should check which components share a data model today.
Netvisor
- Pricing is a base fee plus a charge per sales invoice, per purchase invoice, per payslip and per other transaction, so a company with high document volumes pays a bill that scales with trading activity and cannot be budgeted as a fixed monthly cost.
- It serves Finland, so the tax and payroll logic is useless to entities filing elsewhere, and a Nordic group ends up running a different system in each country even where they belong to the same corporate family.
- The interface, help material and support operate in Finnish, so a foreign owned subsidiary needs a Finnish speaking bookkeeper or accounting firm to operate it and cannot supervise it directly from head office.
- Finnish payroll requires collective agreement terms to be configured correctly, and getting holiday pay, supplements and shift rules right is specialist work usually done by a partner, so payroll implementation is a paid project rather than a setup wizard.
- Because most deployments come through an accounting firm, the practical service you receive depends on that firm's competence with the product, and changing accountant can mean changing system or inheriting a configuration nobody documented.
Pricing, plan by plan
Basware
On request- Basware$undefined/year
- Invoice automation, matching and approval
- E-invoicing compliance across national mandates
- Supplier network connectivity
Netvisor
Free- Starter$25/month
- Basic accounting, 1000 transactions, invoicing, payroll for 1 person
- Basic$25/month
- Basic accounting plus invoicing, 2.06 euros per invoice item, unlimited users, email support
- Core$25/month
- All Basic features, invoices included in monthly cost
- Professional$25/month
- All Core features, broadest software interface, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, purchase and sales orders
Which should you pick?
Choose Basware if
- You need invoice capture.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want matching.
Choose Netvisor if
- You need finnish general ledger.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want value added tax reporting.
Questions people ask
- Is Basware or Netvisor better?
- Neither clearly leads. Basware starts at On request and Netvisor at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Basware or Netvisor?
- Netvisor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Basware and Free for Netvisor.
- Does Basware or Netvisor run on more platforms?
- Basware runs on Web, iOS, Android. Netvisor runs on Web.
- Can I use Netvisor for free?
- Yes. Netvisor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Basware starts at On request.
- What is Basware best used for?
- Basware is most often used for a multinational needing compliant electronic invoicing across italy, poland, france and mexico without building each mandate itself, a shared service centre processing hundreds of thousands of invoices a year that needs touchless processing rates measured and improved, a group standardising accounts payable across subsidiaries running different erp systems, a finance function trying to capture early payment discounts that are currently lost to slow approval cycles. Of those, a multinational needing compliant electronic invoicing across italy, poland, france and mexico without building each mandate itself and a shared service centre processing hundreds of thousands of invoices a year that needs touchless processing rates measured and improved are not what Netvisor is typically brought in for.
- What can Basware do that Netvisor cannot?
- Basware covers Invoice capture, Matching, Approval workflow, E-invoicing compliance. Netvisor covers Finnish general ledger, Value added tax reporting, Bank connections, Electronic invoicing.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Basware: Should we buy Basware if we only operate in one country?
Probably not. Its main advantage is multi-country e-invoicing compliance. In a single jurisdiction, cheaper AP automation gives you the same result.
Netvisor: Is Netvisor usable outside Finland?
Not as a compliance system. The value is the Finnish tax, banking, e-invoicing and payroll logic. Companies filing elsewhere should look at the local product in the Visma range or another local vendor.
Basware: Does it handle mandatory e-invoicing regimes?
Yes, and that is the core reason to choose it. It covers a wide set of national mandates as a service rather than an integration project you run yourself.
Netvisor: Why is the pricing structured per transaction?
It reflects a Finnish market convention where the accounting firm's fee also scales with document volume. It means a low volume company pays very little and a high volume one pays a great deal, so estimate your annual invoice and payslip counts before comparing headline prices.
Basware: What drives the price?
Invoice volume, number of countries and modules. It is quoted, and implementation with ERP connectors and supplier onboarding is separate.
Netvisor: Can my accounting firm work in it with me?
Yes, that is the intended model. The practice and the client share one instance with different roles, so the firm does the bookkeeping while you approve purchase invoices and issue sales invoices.
Basware: What determines the return?
The share of invoices arriving electronically. Touchless rates depend on supplier adoption, so budget for a supplier onboarding programme, not just the software.
Netvisor: Does it handle payroll for collective agreements?
It supports Finnish collective agreement based payroll, but configuring the specific agreement terms correctly is expert work normally done during a paid implementation. Do not assume payroll is switched on the same week as accounting.
Netvisor: What about the incomes register?
Reporting earnings to the national incomes register within the statutory deadline is built in, which is one of the main reasons Finnish employers use a local product rather than an international one.
Netvisor: Is it a full ERP?
It includes inventory and fixed assets alongside the ledger, which covers a good deal of a small distributor's needs, but it is a financial management system rather than a manufacturing or full supply chain ERP.
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