FloQast (AF Score 78) and Numeric (AF Score 77) are two of the most cross-shopped finance software platforms in our directory. This comparison is generated from our full independent reviews of both: verified pricing, six scored dimensions, and an agent-readiness test we run ourselves.
The verdict at a glance
FloQast scores higher overall (78 to 77), but the right pick depends on what you weight.
FloQast is a close management platform built by former accountants that organizes the month end close instead of replacing it. It layers a shared close checklist, reconciliation tie outs, flux analysis, and compliance evidence directly on top of the Excel workpapers and ERP a team already uses, and since 2025 it has been shipping auditable AI agents that automate pieces of that work. The buyer is almost always a controller at a mid-market company, and the pitch is speed: live in weeks, run by accountants, no IT project.
Numeric is an AI close automation platform that sits on top of the general ledger you already run, not in place of it. It connects to NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Xero or Sage Intacct and adds the layer above: a close checklist with preparer and reviewer roles, account reconciliations that tie out against live GL data, flux commentary drafted by AI, transaction monitors that catch coding errors during the month, and a cash matching engine the vendor says auto matches more than 90 percent of bank transactions. The buyer is a controller at a venture backed or high growth technology company, and the pitch is not organization but automation: the work gets done by the software and reviewed by the accountant.
Quick facts
- FloQast AF score. 78/100
- FloQast typical cost. ~$24k median contract/yr (reported)
- FloQast implementation. Low
- FloQast best fit. Controller led accounting teams at mid-market companies of roughly 100 to 2,500 employees that run the close in Excel against a mainstream ERP and want it organized, evidenced, and progressively automated in weeks, not months, without an IT project.
- Numeric AF score. 77/100
- Numeric typical cost. $30/user/mo published; ~$15k/yr typical (reported)
- Numeric implementation. Low
- Numeric best fit. Controller led accounting teams at high growth companies of roughly 50 to 1,000 employees running NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Xero or Sage Intacct, that want flux commentary, cash matching and anomaly detection genuinely automated rather than just tracked, and that can tolerate a young vendor with a thin public reference base.
Dimension by dimension
- Compliance depth. FloQast 73, Numeric 62. Edge: FloQast.
- Scalability. FloQast 62, Numeric 58. Edge: FloQast.
- Support. FloQast 88, Numeric 84. Edge: FloQast.
- Implementation. FloQast 90, Numeric 91. Edge: Numeric.
- Pricing transparency. FloQast 40, Numeric 62. Edge: Numeric.
- AI / agent readiness. FloQast 70, Numeric 88. Edge: Numeric.
What each actually costs
FloQast: ~$24k median contract/yr (reported) (Annual subscription, quote only, scoped by users, legal entities, and modules. Core Close Management (checklist, reconciliation workflow, variance analysis, journal entry)
Numeric: $30/user/mo published; ~$15k/yr typical (reported) (Annual subscription priced per user across three published tiers. Essentials is the only tier with a published rate. Growth and Enterprise are custom quoted, and the feat)
Pick FloQast if
- Controller led accounting teams of roughly 5 to 50 close participants that run the close in Excel and want a checklist, tie outs, and review workflow imposed on it within weeks.
- Mid-market and pre IPO companies that need credible SOX or audit readiness woven into the close itself without buying an enterprise GRC suite.
- Teams on mainstream ERPs (NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, QuickBooks) that want reconciliation automation without an ERP migration or IT project.
- Accounting teams that want to use AI agents today for journal entries, reconciliations, and transaction matching under auditable, human in the loop controls.
Pick Numeric if
- Controller led teams on NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Xero or Sage Intacct that want the close automated rather than organized: AI drafting flux commentary, matching cash, and flagging miscoded transactions during the month.
- Accounting teams that already work inside Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and want their close data available to those tools, including the ability to reassign tasks, submit work and post flux explanations from the AI client.
- High growth and pre IPO technology and fintech companies whose peer group is already on the platform, where a 6 to 4 day close (Brex) or an 80 percent AI first draft rate on flux (DailyPay) is the stated benchmark.
- Buyers who need a real number before they will take a sales call: Numeric is one of the only vendors in the category that publishes an entry price at all.
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