Airbase
Mid-market spend management — corporate cards with AP automation, expenses, and procurement; now part of Paylocity.
Overview
Airbase is a mid-market spend management platform that combines corporate cards with AP automation, employee expense reimbursements, and bill pay. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it was acquired by Paylocity in October 2024. Its Visa cards, issued by Sutton Bank, come in both physical and virtual form, with virtual cards auto-provisioned per vendor or employee under preset limits.
The platform layers configurable spend controls on top of payments: approval workflows route by department, vendor, amount, GL category, and org structure, and AI-powered receipt capture auto-codes and matches transactions. Cards earn unlimited flat cash back with no tiers or promo periods. AP automation pays vendors in 200-plus countries via ACH, check, virtual card, international wire, and vendor credits.
Airbase syncs natively to major ERPs — NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, and Microsoft Dynamics Business Central. It carries annual SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II attestations plus ISO 27001:2022 certification, and supports SAML SSO and SCIM user provisioning through identity providers such as Okta.
Best for
- Finance teams that want corporate cards, expense reimbursements, and AP/bill pay in one platform rather than separate tools.
- Companies on NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, or Microsoft Dynamics Business Central that need native ERP sync for transaction coding.
- Organizations with layered approval needs, where spend must be routed by department, vendor, amount, GL category, or org structure.
- Businesses paying international vendors, with AP coverage across 200-plus countries via ACH, check, virtual card, and wire.
- Security-conscious buyers needing SOC 1/SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 attestations plus SSO and SCIM provisioning via IdPs like Okta.
Less ideal for
- Buyers wanting tiered or category-boosted rewards — Airbase offers only flat cash back, with no tiers or promo periods.
- Teams standardized on a non-Visa card network, since Airbase cards run on Visa, issued by Sutton Bank.
- Buyers needing SSO gated to a specific plan tier with certainty, as the gating and tier for SAML SSO are not published.
Pricing
Card & limits
Rewards & cash back
Spend management
Security & compliance
Platform & integrations
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