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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.5% of reviews)
Mid-Market (62.6% of reviews)
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Ascend
Star Rating
(59)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(1,779)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (62.6% of reviews)
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Ascend excels in Integration with a score of 9.7, allowing seamless connections with various accounting systems, while Stampli's integration score is slightly lower at 8.6. Reviewers mention that this makes Ascend a preferred choice for businesses needing robust integration capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that Stampli shines in Quality of Support, scoring 9.6 compared to Ascend's 9.0. Users on G2 appreciate the responsive customer service and helpful resources provided by Stampli, making it easier for teams to resolve issues quickly.
- Users say that Ascend's Invoice Management features, particularly in Capture and Digital Invoices, are highly rated at 9.0 and 9.1 respectively, while Stampli's scores are 8.9 and 8.9. Reviewers mention that this gives Ascend an edge in managing invoices efficiently.
- G2 users report that Stampli's Ease of Use is rated at 9.3, slightly higher than Ascend's 9.1. Users appreciate the intuitive interface of Stampli, which simplifies the expense reporting process, making it more accessible for non-technical users.
- Reviewers mention that Ascend's Expense Reports features, particularly in Smart Categorization and Digital Receipt Management, are rated at 8.6, which is competitive but not as strong as Stampli's offerings in these areas. Users report that Stampli's capabilities in these features enhance their overall expense management experience.
- Users on G2 highlight that Ascend's Data Management capabilities, especially in Classification and External Sources, score 9.1 and 9.3 respectively, indicating a strong performance in handling data. In contrast, Stampli's scores in these areas are lower, suggesting that Ascend may be better suited for organizations that prioritize data handling and classification.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Ascend
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Month to Month Pricing, No Annual Contract.
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- Simple Setup
- Easy To Use With Fast Adoption
- Automated Invoice Capture & Coding
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Ascend
No trial information availableStampli
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
47
9.1
1,518
Ease of Use
9.1
49
9.3
1,570
Ease of Setup
9.3
18
9.2
827
Ease of Admin
9.4
18
9.3
572
Quality of Support
9.0
47
9.5
1,350
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
18
9.6
567
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
45
9.5
1,530
Features by Category
Expense Reports
Not enough data
8.5
186
Not enough data
8.3
185
Not enough data
8.6
181
Not enough data
8.7
183
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
166
Not enough data
8.2
172
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
6.9
24
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Travel Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.7
184
Not enough data
8.4
180
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Mobile
Not enough data
8.4
172
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
170
Not enough data
8.8
178
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
155
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
184
Not enough data
9.2
197
Not enough data
8.9
202
Not enough data
8.7
184
Not enough data
9.1
194
Platform
Not enough data
8.7
182
Not enough data
8.6
166
Not enough data
8.3
160
Not enough data
9.1
187
Not enough data
8.4
175
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Payment Methods
Not enough data
8.6
98
Not enough data
8.3
81
Not enough data
7.3
58
Payment Processing
Not enough data
8.8
92
Not enough data
9.0
91
Not enough data
9.1
96
Not enough data
9.0
74
Not enough data
8.7
80
Not enough data
8.2
76
Not enough data
8.8
94
Security and Compliance
Not enough data
8.5
63
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.7
68
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.5
65
Integration
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Payment Types
Not enough data
9.2
94
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Enterprise Payment
Not enough data
8.5
9
Setup
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
9.5
26
Not enough data
9.0
26
Performance
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
23
Payment Cards
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
21
Not enough data
7.9
21
Reporting
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
7.5
21
Payments
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.6
20
Not enough data
7.9
21
Fraud & Risk Management
Not enough data
7.9
21
Not enough data
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.1
20
Agentic AI - Spend Management
Not enough data
7.6
7
Planning
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
22
Execution
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
9.2
21
Analytics
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
9.2
21
Not enough data
8.7
20
Agentic AI - Procure to Pay
Not enough data
8.2
12
Data Management
Not enough data
8.9
169
Not enough data
9.0
170
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
166
Not enough data
8.9
160
Agentic AI - Accounts Payable (AP) and Spend Analysis
Not enough data
8.0
61
Analytics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
158
Not enough data
8.5
156
Not enough data
8.6
163
Recovery
Not enough data
8.8
140
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
AP Data Processing
Not enough data
9.0
147
Not enough data
9.0
144
Not enough data
9.0
140
Invoice Management
9.0
31
9.0
890
|
Verified
9.0
19
8.2
652
8.9
23
8.7
802
|
Verified
Invoice Processing
8.6
25
8.7
838
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.6
825
|
Verified
8.9
24
9.0
888
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
661
Analytics
8.9
29
8.9
872
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.7
23
8.3
712
|
Verified
Integration
8.9
23
9.0
855
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.5
756
9.1
27
8.6
740
|
Verified
Risk
Feature Not Available
8.3
649
9.0
29
8.6
773
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Recovery
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.7
26
8.4
746
Audit
Feature Not Available
8.6
740
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.7
23
8.1
665
8.8
31
8.8
804
Fraud
Feature Not Available
8.3
661
Feature Not Available
8.5
705
Feature Not Available
8.7
697
Agentic AI - AP Automation
Not enough data
7.7
148
Not enough data
7.9
146
Not enough data
7.8
145
Invoice Generation
8.7
19
8.4
574
9.1
21
8.8
612
8.9
19
8.6
583
Invoice Processing
9.2
19
9.3
840
|
Verified
9.2
19
8.8
705
8.6
19
8.6
673
9.2
20
8.8
699
|
Verified
Analytics
9.2
20
9.0
777
9.2
18
Feature Not Available
9.4
18
8.4
622
|
Verified
9.4
18
8.8
686
|
Verified
Integration
9.4
22
9.0
762
|
Verified
9.7
20
8.8
712
9.4
21
8.6
662
|
Verified
9.4
22
8.8
674
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Invoice Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
99
Not enough data
8.0
99
Management
Not enough data
8.7
24
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.2
24
Planning
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
7.0
23
Invoice Management
Not enough data
9.1
24
Not enough data
7.6
22
Not enough data
9.3
23
Supplier Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
23
Execution
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
25
Not enough data
8.1
23
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
22
Supplier Information
Not enough data
8.2
22
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
23
Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
9.3
22
Not enough data
8.5
22
Integration
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
8.0
22
Agentic AI - Purchasing
Not enough data
7.5
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Bill Generation
Not enough data
8.6
259
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
261
Bill Processing
Not enough data
8.8
315
Not enough data
8.9
308
Not enough data
9.0
327
Integration
Not enough data
9.0
331
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.8
293
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
8.2
39
Operating System
9.2
30
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
Document Processing
9.0
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
9.1
17
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
9.1
26
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
9.3
21
Not enough data
Agentic AI - OCR
Not enough data
Not enough data
Supplier Marketplace
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Contract Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data Collection
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Project Management
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Strategic Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Purchase Requisition and Approval Workflow - Procurement Orchestration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Supplier Management - Procurement Orchestration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Spend Management - Procurement Orchestration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance and Risk Management - Procurement Orchestration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Workflow Automation - Procurement Orchestration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Procurement Orchestration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Vendor Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Revenue Recognition
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.0
81
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Ascend and Stampli are categorized as AP Automation and Invoice Management
Unique Categories
Ascend is categorized as OCR
Stampli is categorized as Procure to Pay, Accounts Payable (AP) and Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Expense Management, Spend Management, Vendor Management, Billing, Enterprise Payment, and Procurement Orchestration
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Ascend
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Stampli
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Hospital & Health Care
18.6%
Accounting
13.6%
Financial Services
10.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Computer Software
5.1%
Other
45.8%
Accounting
16.9%
Hospital & Health Care
11.1%
Construction
8.8%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.2%
Automotive
2.5%
Other
55.6%
Discussions
Ascend has no discussions with answers
What is the best way to update Stampli with any changes made in the integrated software?
3 Comments
HP
Just simply sync Stampli for whatever your needs are. There are several sync tabs to use. Read more
Is Billy going to evolve over time? Right now I am splitting G/L codes for almost every invoice.
3 Comments
VP
YesRead more
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