Is Medius or Payhawk better?

Neither clearly leads. Medius starts at On request and Payhawk at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Medius or Payhawk?

Medius starts at On request and Payhawk at On request.

Does Medius or Payhawk run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

What is Medius best used for?

Medius is most often used for a mid-market finance team where most spend arrives as an invoice with no purchase order to match against, a group with several legal entities on different erps that wants one ap process across all of them, reducing invoice fraud exposure with automated detection of supplier bank detail changes, replacing a scanning bureau and a shared ap inbox with automated capture and exception-based review. Of those, a mid-market finance team where most spend arrives as an invoice with no purchase order to match against and a group with several legal entities on different erps that wants one ap process across all of them are not what Payhawk is typically brought in for.

What can Medius do that Payhawk cannot?

Medius covers Invoice capture and coding, Matching and exception handling, Fraud and anomaly detection, Supplier payments. Payhawk covers Corporate cards, Accounts payable automation, Procurement module, Travel booking.

Accounting · head to head

Medius vs Payhawk

Medius

Accounting

Accounts payable automation and supplier payments for mid-market finance teams, Marlin Equity owned

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Payhawk

Payroll

Modular spend management combining corporate cards, accounts payable, procurement and travel

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Medius the sourcing, contract and procurement modules are considerably less developed than the AP core, so buying Medius as a full source-to-pay suite means accepting weak upstream tooling.; Payhawk buying the full stack of Travel, Accounts Payable, Cards and Procurement separately costs more than a single suite price, since each module carries its own flat monthly fee.
They diverge on capability: Medius covers Invoice capture and coding, Payhawk covers Corporate cards.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Medius and Payhawk actually diverge.

Attributes where Medius and Payhawk differ
Attribute	Medius	Payhawk
Pricing model	quote	Per module per month
Category	Accounting	Payroll

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Medius

Invoice capture and coding
Matching and exception handling
Fraud and anomaly detection
Supplier payments
Approval workflow
ERP integration

Only in Payhawk

Corporate cards
Accounts payable automation
Procurement module
Travel booking
ERP integrations
Multi-entity consolidation

What people use each for

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

Medius

A mid-market finance team where most spend arrives as an invoice with no purchase order to match againstnot Payhawk
A group with several legal entities on different ERPs that wants one AP process across all of themnot Payhawk
Reducing invoice fraud exposure with automated detection of supplier bank detail changesnot Payhawk
Replacing a scanning bureau and a shared AP inbox with automated capture and exception-based reviewnot Payhawk

Payhawk

A multi-entity European business wanting one system for cards, expenses and payables across currenciesnot Medius
A finance team that wants to price spend management before a sales call rather than negotiating blindnot Medius
A company wanting only accounts payable automation without paying for card issuing it does not neednot Medius
A mid-market business standardising ERP-integrated expense reporting ahead of a fundraise or auditnot Medius

Where each one falls short

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

Medius

The sourcing, contract and procurement modules are considerably less developed than the AP core, so buying Medius as a full source-to-pay suite means accepting weak upstream tooling.
Pricing is quote-only and driven by invoice volume, so a business with many low-value invoices pays disproportionately relative to the spend being controlled.
Payments are billed on transaction volume separately from the AP subscription, which is easy to omit from a cost comparison against a licence-only AP tool.
Private equity ownership since 2017 has produced an acquisition-driven product line, so payments and adjacent capability come from bought-in technology rather than the original platform.
ERP integration depth varies sharply by system, and organisations on less common or heavily customised ERPs face integration work that lengthens the implementation.

Payhawk

Buying the full stack of Travel, Accounts Payable, Cards and Procurement separately costs more than a single suite price, since each module carries its own flat monthly fee.
The unlimited-seats model is a poor fit for a company issuing cards to only a handful of employees, since the fixed module price does not scale down.
Card issuing depends on Payhawk's own banking partners rather than a company's existing bank, so switching away later means reissuing cards and re-training staff on a new tool.
Procurement is a separate paid module rather than a built-in feature, so a company evaluating "Payhawk" from marketing material may be looking at capability it has not actually bought.
International card acceptance and FX handling vary by market, and companies with material spend outside Europe report gaps compared to global card issuers.

Pricing, plan by plan

Medius

On request

Medius AP Automation$undefined/year
- Two packaged AP automation tiers
- Priced by invoice volume and entity count
- Sourcing, contracts and procurement modules sold separately

Payhawk

On request

Travel$299/month
- Integrated travel booking
- Unlimited employee seats
Accounts Payable$349/month
- Invoice capture and approval routing
- Unlimited document processing
Cards and Expenses$449/month
- Unlimited card transactions
- Multi-entity expense management
Procurement$499/month
- Purchase request and approval workflow
- Vendor management

Which should you pick?

Choose Medius if

You need invoice capture and coding.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want matching and exception handling.

Medius review

Choose Payhawk if

You need corporate cards.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want accounts payable automation.

Payhawk review

Questions people ask

Is Medius or Payhawk better?: Neither clearly leads. Medius starts at On request and Payhawk at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Medius or Payhawk?: Medius starts at On request and Payhawk at On request.
Does Medius or Payhawk run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Medius best used for?: Medius is most often used for a mid-market finance team where most spend arrives as an invoice with no purchase order to match against, a group with several legal entities on different erps that wants one ap process across all of them, reducing invoice fraud exposure with automated detection of supplier bank detail changes, replacing a scanning bureau and a shared ap inbox with automated capture and exception-based review. Of those, a mid-market finance team where most spend arrives as an invoice with no purchase order to match against and a group with several legal entities on different erps that wants one ap process across all of them are not what Payhawk is typically brought in for.
What can Medius do that Payhawk cannot?: Medius covers Invoice capture and coding, Matching and exception handling, Fraud and anomaly detection, Supplier payments. Payhawk covers Corporate cards, Accounts payable automation, Procurement module, Travel booking.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Medius: Is Medius a procurement suite or an AP tool?

Primarily an AP automation platform with procurement modules attached. If sourcing is your main requirement, look elsewhere.

Payhawk: Is Payhawk pricing really public?

Yes, module pricing (Travel, Accounts Payable, Cards and Expenses, Procurement) is published starting at 299 to 499 dollars a month per module, or bundled as Payhawk Complete.

Medius: Who owns Medius?

Marlin Equity Partners, which acquired it in 2017 and has funded several bolt-on acquisitions since.

Payhawk: Does it charge per seat?

No, each module includes unlimited employee seats; the fixed monthly fee does not increase with headcount.

Medius: How is it priced?

By quote, driven by invoice volume and entity count, with payments billed separately on transaction volume.

Payhawk: Can we buy just one module?

Yes, modules are sold separately, so a company can buy Accounts Payable without Cards or Procurement.

Medius: Does it replace our ERP?

No. It sits alongside the ERP and posts approved invoices into it.

Medius vs Payhawk

Medius

Payhawk

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Medius

Only in Payhawk

What people use each for

Medius

Payhawk

Where each one falls short

Medius

Payhawk

Pricing, plan by plan

Medius

Payhawk

Which should you pick?

Choose Medius if

Choose Payhawk if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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