Compare APXPRESS vs. Zahara

Enhancing supplier relationships is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge, and achieving complete traceability of your invoices is essential in this endeavor. If you’re contemplating a digital transformation of your business processes, prioritizing accounts payable (AP) automation is key. Efficient supplier invoice management significantly contributes to business continuity and expansion. Moreover, relying on manual data entry introduces the risk of human errors, which can lead to unnecessary expenses and efforts for correction. The traditional invoice management process often entails excessive paperwork and delays in invoice approvals, as it necessitates inter-departmental reviews before an invoice can receive final payment approval. In a manual processing environment, achieving traceability can be particularly challenging, resulting in potential oversight of submitted invoices. The burdensome nature of manual workloads typically demands a larger AP team, which can cause significant delays in vendor payments. This situation can ultimately lead to late payment fees becoming a common occurrence. Furthermore, the resulting delays and discrepancies in vendor payments can create inaccuracies in cash flow management, which is detrimental to overall financial health. Transitioning to an automated system not only mitigates these challenges but also streamlines the entire invoicing process, ensuring timely payments and fostering stronger supplier partnerships.

Zahara's cloud-based platform automates budget management and suppliers. It also allows for multi-level purchase approvals, delivery approvals, and invoice reconciliation and approvals. Zahara integrates seamlessly with the most popular accounting software, such as QuickBooks Online or Xero, to provide expanding SME's with real-time visibility and central control over their purchasing. Zahara can be used for controlling spend within an organization. We can take the initial request to purchase something and automate the approval and sending the PO to the Vendor. Deliveries can be received, invoices from vendors matched and processed before being exported to finance. Zahara increases control and speeds up processing.