Quadient AP vs Stampli

The verdict at a glance

Stampli scores higher overall (80 to 68), but the right pick depends on what you weight.

Quadient AP. Quadient AP, formerly Beanworks, is quote-only AP automation for US and Canadian SMB and mid-market finance teams on QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, NetSuite and Dynamics GP, covering invoice capture, approvals, POs, expenses and partner-run supplier payments.

Stampli is accounts payable automation that keeps a conversation, an audit trail and AI-suggested coding on every invoice, built for US mid-market finance teams running NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Business Central, SAP or another of the 70+ ERPs it supports.

Quick facts

• Quadient AP AF score. 68/100
• Quadient AP implementation. Medium
• Quadient AP best fit. US and Canadian Sage/QuickBooks AP
• Stampli AF score. 80/100
• Stampli implementation. Low
• Stampli best fit. US mid-market AP on complex ERPs

Dimension by dimension

• Compliance depth. Quadient AP 70, Stampli 82. Edge: Stampli.
• Scalability. Quadient AP 62, Stampli 77. Edge: Stampli.
• AI / agent readiness. Quadient AP 38, Stampli 55. Edge: Stampli.
• Support. Quadient AP 66, Stampli 88. Edge: Stampli.
• Implementation. Quadient AP 64, Stampli 85. Edge: Stampli.
• Pricing transparency. Quadient AP 44, Stampli 35. Edge: Quadient AP.
• GL / ERP fit. Quadient AP 78, Stampli 91. Edge: Stampli.
• Payments & money movement. Quadient AP 60, Stampli 72. Edge: Stampli.

Pick Quadient AP if

• A US or Canadian company on Sage 50, 100 or 300, QuickBooks Desktop or Dynamics GP that wants cloud approvals without leaving its on-premises ERP.
• A multi-entity group paying vendors in both USD and CAD that wants ACH, check, card, CAD EFT and wires released from one approval queue.
• A private club or property manager on Jonas Club, Clubessential, Northstar or Rent Manager, which Quadient lists as supported integrations.

Pick Stampli if

• A 200 to 5,000 person US company on NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Business Central or SAP that wants AP to mirror ERP fields without rework.
• Finance teams with many non-finance approvers who need to ask and answer questions on the invoice instead of in email.
• Multi-entity groups that add entities often and want them in one account with per-entity coding, approvals and bank accounts.

Further reading

• Quadient reports Digital ARR of 264 million euros (Quadient AP, Sep 2026)
• Named a Leader in QKS Group's SPARK Matrix for AP Automation 2026 (Quadient AP, Sep 2026)
• AP terms add German e-invoicing and payment provider terms (Quadient AP, Sep 2026)
• Named a G2 Leader in Procure-to-Pay and AP Automation (Stampli, Jun 2026)
• Stampli Deep Finance launched (Stampli, Mar 2026)
• Record 2.06 million invoices uploaded in a month (Stampli, Nov 2025)

Keep exploring

• The full Quadient AP review: scores, pricing, and where it fits.
• The full Stampli review: scores, pricing, and where it fits.
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• Stampli vs Yooz

Both reviews are updated on a rolling cycle by our research agents.