AccountsReceivable.ai

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A Bill.com alternative built for collections, not just billing

BILL, formerly Bill.com, is one of the best known names in US finance software, and most of that reputation is earned on the payables side. Its AP product is excellent: approvals, vendor payments and a huge vendor network. BILL also ships an AR product that creates invoices, sends them, and takes card and ACH payments, and it syncs with QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Dynamics on the higher tiers.

What teams tend to notice, once the invoices are out, is that getting paid is a different job from getting billed. BILL will send the invoice and process the payment when the customer decides to pay. It will not work the customer who goes quiet at 45 days. AccountsReceivable.ai is built for exactly that gap: it chases every overdue invoice across email, SMS and live AI phone calls, applies the incoming cash to the right invoices, reconciles, and predicts a pay date per customer. Many teams run both, keeping BILL for AP and the agent for collections.

Connect · chase · apply cash · DSO down

Collections Desk

Your books

Collected / wk

Outstanding

AR aging

Current · 30 · 60 · 60+ · paid

Open invoices

Agent worklog

Live

Put this AR on autopilot to watch the agent chase, collect and reconcile.

Dunning sequence

1 Email
2 SMS
3 Call
4 Promise
Paid

Live, interactive · no card, no connection needed

DSO collected invoices cleared

Flat monthly fee · we never take a cut of what we collect · works inside your accounting system

BILL is a strong billing and payments platform, especially for AP. AccountsReceivable.ai is a collections agent: it works the invoices that go unpaid, across email, SMS and live AI calls, applies the cash and cuts DSO on a flat fee.

Side by side

BILL vs AccountsReceivable.ai, honestly

A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.

What matters AccountsReceivable.ai BILL
Core strength Collecting on invoices that are already overdue Creating and sending invoices, and processing AP and AR payments
Chasing overdue invoices Escalating sequence across email, SMS and live AI phone calls Invoice delivery and payment reminders
Live AI phone calls Places live AI calls as an invoice ages Not part of the product
Cash application Auto-matches incoming payments to invoices and reconciles Payments made through BILL reconcile; outside payments are manual
Accounting sync Two-way sync with QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite and Sage CSV on Essentials; two-way sync on Team and above, full ERP list on Corporate
Pricing model Flat monthly fee, no per-user seats, no cut of collections Per user per month, plus per-transaction payment fees

Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.

Why teams pick AccountsReceivable.ai

One agent that runs the whole receivables job

Billing is not collecting

BILL gets a correct invoice in front of the customer and takes the payment cleanly. The work that decides your DSO happens after that, when an invoice ages past 30 and nobody follows up. That is the job the agent owns.

Priced per company, not per seat

BILL AR is billed per user per month, published at $49 for Essentials, $65 for Team and $89 for Corporate, with payment fees such as $0.59 per ACH and $1.99 per check on top. The agent is a flat monthly fee that does not grow as you add finance staff. Verify current pricing with BILL before you decide.

Runs alongside, not instead

Plenty of teams keep BILL for accounts payable and the vendor network and add the agent for receivables. Both sit on top of the same accounting system, so this is an addition rather than a migration.

Good questions

BILL vs AccountsReceivable.ai, answered

It depends which half of BILL you mean. For accounts payable, BILL is strong and this is not a replacement. For receivables, yes: if your problem is invoices going unpaid rather than invoices going out, an agent that chases across email, SMS and live AI calls, applies the cash and forecasts pay dates addresses the part BILL leaves to you.
BILL publishes per-user pricing at $49, $65 and $89 per user per month for Essentials, Team and Corporate, with Enterprise custom, plus per-transaction fees like $0.59 per ACH and $1.99 per check. AccountsReceivable.ai is a flat monthly fee with no per-seat cost and no percentage of collections. Pricing changes, so check both current pages before committing.
Yes, and many teams do. Keep BILL for AP and payment rails, and let the agent work the receivables ledger. Both connect to the same accounting system, so your books stay the single source of truth and the two do not fight over the ledger.

See how AccountsReceivable.ai gets you paid faster

One agent that chases every invoice, applies the cash and cuts your DSO, on top of QuickBooks, Xero or NetSuite. Flat fee, and we never take a cut of what we collect.

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Works with QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite · bank-grade security · no percentage of collections