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freee vs Fyle

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freee

Software

Japanese integrated cloud accounting software for sole proprietors and corporations

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Fyle

Software

Real-time expense management that works with your cards

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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; 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

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which freee and Fyle actually diverge.

Attributes where freee and Fyle differ
AttributefreeeFyle
Starting priceOn request$29/month
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
FoundedUnknown2016

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

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 freee

Nothing recorded that Fyle does not also cover.

Only in Fyle

  • Real-time card tracking
  • Automatic receipt matching
  • Expense policies
  • Approval workflows
  • Mileage tracking
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • Sage Intacct

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

freee

No use cases recorded yet. See the freee review.

Fyle

  • Expense reporting and corporate card reconciliationnot freee
  • Enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursementnot freee

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

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

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

freee

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the freee review.

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 freee if

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

freee review

Choose Fyle if

  • You need real-time card tracking.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want automatic receipt matching.
Fyle review

Questions people ask

Is freee or Fyle better?
Neither clearly leads. freee starts at On request and Fyle at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, freee or Fyle?
freee starts at On request and Fyle at $29/month.
Does freee or Fyle run on more platforms?
freee runs on Web. Fyle runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What can freee do that Fyle cannot?
Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, Automatic receipt matching, Expense policies, Approval workflows.
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