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Fyle vs Productive

Fyle logo

Fyle

Accounting & Finance

Real-time expense management that works with your cards

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Productive logo

Productive

Professional Services

Run projects, budgets and resources in one place

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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; Productive essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Fyle and Productive actually diverge.

Attributes where Fyle and Productive differ
AttributeFyleProductive
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryAccounting & FinanceProfessional Services
Founded2016Unknown

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 Fyle

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

Only in Productive

Nothing recorded that Fyle does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

Fyle

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

Productive

No use cases recorded yet. See the Productive review.

Where each one falls short

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

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

Productive

  • Essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional
  • Ultimate tier for complex organizations is quote-only, listed as Let's talk with no published price

Pricing, plan by plan

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

Productive

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Productive review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Fyle if

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

Choose Productive if

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

Productive review

Questions people ask

Is Fyle or Productive better?
Neither clearly leads. Fyle starts at $29/month and Productive at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Fyle or Productive?
Fyle starts at $29/month and Productive at On request.
Does Fyle or Productive run on more platforms?
Fyle runs on Web, Ios, Android. Productive runs on Web.
What is Fyle best used for?
Fyle is most often used for expense reporting and corporate card reconciliation, enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursement. Of those, expense reporting and corporate card reconciliation and enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursement are not what Productive is typically brought in for.
What can Fyle do that Productive cannot?
Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, Automatic receipt matching, Expense policies, Approval workflows.
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