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Stampli

Score8.2 out of 10

46 Reviews and Ratings

What is Stampli?

Stampli offers software to run any procure-to-pay (P2P) process — and Billy, an AI employee, to operate it. The platform unifies Procurement, Invoice Management, and Payments in one system that automates AP while keeping teams in control.

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Top Performing Features

  • Payment Status Tracking

    Tracks what stage payments are at in the process, from approval to receipt.

    Category average: 8.7

  • Automated Accounts Payable Processes

    Accounts payable processes are automated based on pre-determined workflows.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Customizable Approval Policies

    Policies for different types of approvals can be customized, sent to multiple approvers, automatically approved, etc.

    Category average: 8.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Advanced OCR

    Automatically imports information from invoices, receipts, expense reports, and other scanned documents into the platform.

    Category average: 8.7

  • Vendor Management

    Holds information related to vendor terms and contracts.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Electronic Funds Transfer

    Funds can be transferred via EFT as opposed to paper checks.

    Category average: 8.4

I <3 Stampli

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My company uses Stampli as our primary invoice processing and payment system. Stampli centralizes and formalizes the invoice process from start to finish of processing, reviewing, approving, and payment functions in a simple way across our various departments.

Pros

  • Intra company-system communication
  • Formal audit trail of processors, approvers, reviewers, etc.
  • Clear and concise PO linking to invoices and items received for a proper threeway match

Cons

  • Payment rejections for system payment references would sometimes not link properly due to a duplciate payment reference used that results in a cancelled payment.
  • Initial difficulty in learning the bells and whistles of the system by needing to toggle between multiple tabs and not having a central summary view.
  • Delayed payment processing timeline

Return on Investment

  • The ease of communication and processing across our various department heads has allowed more visibility for vendor owners to efficiently review and approval of invoices and allowed us to find billing errors throughout our invoices when we previously would have been overcharged and not able to easily discover those instances.
  • Ideally would like to have a quicker payment processing timeline from payment initiation to funds leaving our bank to be able to incur more interest in our bank accounts by being able to hold our cash longer.
  • The ease of their customer service and tech assistance for any issues that arise has saved us an unknown amount of time that has taken a lot of strain off of our accounting department.

Alternatives Considered

BILL

Other Software Used

NetSuite ERP, ADP TotalSource, Brex

Usability

Stampli AP Automation is worth every penny!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Stampli as a means to augment our AP data entry as we went from 1.5 employees down to .5 employees dedicated to AP. We have a high volume of invoices for the staff time allocated to AP, and Stampli has made it very manageable.

We use Stampli to have a more robust and meaningful invoice approval process than we had prior.

We also use Stampli Direct Pay, which has saved us hours of time each week that had been spent printing, signing, stuffing, and stamping vendor payments.

Pros

  • Customer service
  • Implementation
  • Core functions (OCR, AI learning of how particular invoices are processed)
  • W9 submission
  • ACH payments

Cons

  • Only 1 template for vendor onboarding--we have multiple vendor "types" that would benefit from having tailored invites to the vendor portal
  • The software doesn't locate invoice details (such as invoice total) after the 1st page
  • Invoice discrepancy reporting could be easier and more robust

Return on Investment

  • Reduced headcount by 1 at the cost of 1/2
  • Estimated 2 hours per week saved from non-AP Accounting staff
  • Data entry accuracy increased (the software both suggests entry values and automatically fills fields in)
  • Payment approval process has caught things that printing and signing checks out of ERP never would have

Alternatives Considered

Quadient Accounts Payable and Yooz

Other Software Used

NetSuite ERP

Usability

Stampli for the WIN!!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The ease of routing is unmatched. The ease of approvals for individuals within the organization is unmatched. It is a tool that has moved our company forward in both technology and increased productivity. The implementation was a very easy process and customer support walked us through each step necessary to "go live". We process thousands of invoices monthly without hiccups, and it has cut down on employees having to request information from the finance dept. as they are able to pull up any invoices that have been placed in their queue to see the status or get a copy if needed. There are multiple reports that can be run through Stampli, from spend per vendor to productivity of accounts payable administrators. You can break down the time it is taking employees to approve their invoice and find any bottlenecks in the process. Stampli is a wonderful tool and we are very happy that we chose to implement it in our department! With Stampli, we have decreased our days to process by over 3 days!!

Pros

  • routing, with AI it makes it very simple to route invoices
  • reminders to approvers when things need to be approved
  • integration with QB Desktop. Works beautifully!

Cons

  • I am honestly so pleased with Stampli, as are others within our org. I cannot really think of anything that is a downside.

Return on Investment

  • The best testament to Stampli is that is has decreased DTP (days to process) by over 3 days.
  • It has transformed invoice approval. No invoices are being sent duplicate times for approval by error. Stampli does a great job at identifying duplicate invoices.

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, ADP Enterprise HR

Love Stampli!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Stampli as our accounts payable platform. It allows us to upload all of our invoices to be paid and stores them in the system, so we can go back at anytime to look at anything we need to look at. It also allows us to set up an approval workflow so that all invoices that need paid can be approved by the appropriate party. It saves everyone time because we do not have to manually create work orders in our DMS system, and it sends our our payments via check so we do not have to print the checks at our location and stuff them into envelopes.

Pros

  • Filters to be able to search for exactly what you are needing
  • Smart bot that prefills information from your invoices
  • Gives you an estimated date range of when your vendor will receive their payment

Cons

  • Automatic change of vendor payment address in Stampli when you change it in the DMS
  • Delay in the time it takes for credits to show up in the Payment Processing page
  • Automatic removal of credits in the Paying Outside of Stampli tab

Return on Investment

  • The Stampli monthly fee is less than it would cost to pay a full time accounts payable employee

Stampli Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a Nursing Home Administrator with a company that has multiple locations across multiple states. We use Stampli for all of our AP processes. I have not personally had any business problems with the system. Mostly operator error as we have a system of cost codes that invoices are coded to for bookkeeping purposes. We, myself and my business office manager access Stampli multiple times per day whether it is to search for a paid invoice for proof of payment, or search for a specific vendor to follow up on terms. We utilize the approval process for invoices monthly for Profit and Loss statements. It is very efficient and I am impressed with the ability of the software to upload any information it sees on the invoice such as, invoice date, vendor name, amounts, etc. That is very helpful.

Pros

  • Keeps track of all vendors and invoices per location. (we have 11)
  • Has ability to organize paid invoices, rejected invoices, authorized invoices, etc.
  • Advanced search criteria is impressive for looking for those "needles in haystacks".

Cons

  • It would be awesome if I was able to search for a vendor and check number for proof of payment
  • When asking questions regarding invoices it is a little confusing on how to make the requested changes.
  • Webinar on use of Stampli would be appreciated.

Return on Investment

  • I am positive the Return On Investment far exceeds expectations previously projected for the owners. However I am not privy to that information

Other Software Used

Acumatica