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Stampli vs. Tipalti for AP automation

Don’t settle for more manual work when your business deserves real efficiency


Tipalti creates more work than you do today, not less. Despite automation promises, their AI needs 24-hour processing and human checks – forcing you to change your processes instead of adapting to them.

With Stampli, you get AI that learns from your team and workflows that mirror your operations – eliminating manual work while keeping you in full control.

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Tipalti increases manual work instead of eliminating it

Stampli adapts to your processes

Tipalti forces you to change how you work to fit their rigid system. Do you really want to redesign your workflows just to accommodate their limitations?

Stampli's AI eliminates manual verification

Tipalti’s AI is still in its infancy – requiring human oversight for basic OCR and 24-hour processing delays. Their “automation” actually creates more manual work instead of eliminating it.

Stampli respects your ERP as the source of truth

Tipalti’s one-way integration forces manual searches between systems. They don’t respect your ERP as the source of truth, creating data conflicts instead of seamless workflows.

Stampli grows with your complexity

Tipalti’s standardized approach works only for simple operations. Your business will only grow more complex — do you really want your AP system to hold you back?

Researching and evaluating Tipalti?

Make sure you ask these focused questions during your evaluation:

Tipalti’s AI requires up to 24 hours for new invoice processing because human verification is still necessary. Their automation isn’t fully autonomous, forcing AP teams to wait and manually review AI-generated data.

Stampli’s AI processes invoices instantly with automation that learns from your team’s patterns. Billy the Bot eliminates manual verification while maintaining accuracy, allowing your team to focus on strategic work instead of data validation.
Tipalti’s rigid approval rules force you to create separate configurations for every combination of expense account, department, and location. When invoices don’t match existing rules exactly, they get stuck until admins manually create new rules.

Stampli offers dynamic workflows that adapt to your existing processes. Our AI suggests approvers automatically while allowing on-the-fly additions, ensuring invoices never get stuck due to missing approval paths.
Tipalti shows all invoices to all users with processing roles, creating security risks and inefficiencies. Users can access invoices outside their responsibilities, making it impossible to segregate work by department or specialization.

Stampli’s Trays automatically route invoices to the right users based on your criteria. Each role sees only relevant invoices, offering maximum flexibility while maintaining security and efficiency.
Tipalti’s customization is limited to basic list or free-text fields from the ERP that cannot be searched, filtered, or sorted. These constraints create inefficient workflows that don’t align with specific invoicing needs.

Stampli’s flexible invoice page serves as a central hub with full customization options. All fields are searchable and can be designated as required, enabling seamless adaptation to unique invoicing processes.
Tipalti’s PO matching is manual and inflexible, requiring upfront specification of matching types with cumbersome exception handling. Multi-line processing forces manual line-by-line entry without bulk selection options.

Stampli’s Cognitive AI™ for PO Matching handles complex scenarios automatically, including partial matches and discrepancies. Our system supports multiple POs per invoice and provides intuitive interfaces for detailed comparison and adjustment.
Tipalti’s communication capabilities are severely limited – internal messages can only be sent after coding is complete, and users without viewing permissions can’t see documents. The audit trail is scattered across multiple tabs with inconsistent information.

Stampli integrates conversation directly into each transaction’s workflow with comprehensive audit trails. Anyone in your company can participate as a free user, maintaining complete transparency and accountability in one centralized location.

What do Stampli customers appreciate most?

"Stampli provided an easy-to-use interface and smart AI that Tipalti couldn’t measure up to. The overall customer experience was also much more positive in comparison."
ALYSSA A.Senior Accountant
“Many AP automation companies have started in the payments industry and gradually expanded to AP, but Stampli started in AP. I like that Stampli was AP first.”
CURTIS ASHCFO, Avid Acceptance
“I’d say Stampli displaces $150K to $200K in labor expenses annually, while providing more accuracy and reducing human error.”
Anthony FernandesFinancial Controller, Alden Renewables
“Stampli allows for us to more accurately project cash flow, which helps us provide drastically better financial guidance to our owners.”
Amanda BrownController, Wenspok Companies

Stampli vs. Tipalti
G2 Satisfaction Scores →

99

Stampli

64

Tipalti

Ease of Use

95%

89%

Quality of Support

97%

90%

Ease of Set Up

94%

84%

Ease of Admin

95%

89%

Ease of Doing
Business With

97%

90%

The G2 scores in this chart are from the AP Automation category
officially released in March 2025.

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