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AP automation software

Accounts payable automation that posts to your ERP.

Stratas automates accounts payable for UK finance teams. Purchase invoices are captured, matched to the order, approved and posted in the ERP you already run, and every one is checked for duplicates and overbilling before it reaches your ledger.

Trusted by 150+ UK finance teams
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See it run

How an invoice moves through Stratas

Captured, matched to the order, checked, approved, posted to your ERP and ready to pay. Nobody keys a line.

Proof

The numbers behind Stratas

150+

UK finance teams using Stratas

5M+

Invoices processed

100+

ERP and accounting integrations

89%

Extraction accuracy

Innovus

Property management ยท MRI QUBE

Customer story
โ€œThe AP team love the solution. It's so easy to use and has made a real difference in our day to day roles.โ€

Kerry Tattersal, AP Lead, Innovus

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8/min

Invoices processed, up from one every 2 to 3 minutes

6 to 0

Contractors needed for invoice entry

Eliminated

Manual data entry

Every format

Every format lands in one queue.

Email attachments, scanned paper, PDFs, XML and supplier portals all arrive in the same place. Most suppliers need no setup, and duplicates are caught before anyone works on them.

INV #4587
Pending

Brellacott Software Ltd

22 May 2026

ItemAmount
Annual licence feeยฃ9,500.00
Support & maintenanceยฃ2,950.00
Totalยฃ12,450.00
INV #4213
Approved

Wyncaster & Pike Consulting

17 May 2026

ItemAmount
Professional servicesยฃ6,000.00
Development servicesยฃ2,200.00
Totalยฃ8,200.00
INV #3163
Approved

Ostwerne Facilities Ltd

12 Mar 2026

ItemAmount
Consulting servicesยฃ2,400.00
Infrastructure setupยฃ1,380.00
Totalยฃ3,780.00

Capture

Read from email

Match

Matched to PO

Approve

Routed by value

Post to ERP

Posted with coding

Matching

Checked line by line against the order.

Each invoice is compared with its purchase order and goods received note, line by line. Clean matches go straight through. When something differs, your team sees exactly which line and by how much.

Invoice

INV-4587

ยฃ12,450

PO

PO-2241

ยฃ12,450

GRN

DN-8834

ยฃ12,450

Line itemInvoicePOMatch
Annual licenceยฃ9,500ยฃ9,500
Supportยฃ2,950ยฃ2,950
3-way match confirmed
Approvals

Approval rules that match how you sign off.

Route by value, cost centre, supplier or department, following the sign off structure you already have. Reminders go out on their own, so nobody spends the week chasing.

ROUTING RULE

If amount> ยฃ5,000route toFinance Director

Invoice approval needed

INV-4587 from Brellacott Software ยท ยฃ12,450.00

Approved by S. Patel ยท 4m 12s
ERP posting

Posted with the coding your ERP expects.

Approved invoices are validated against your suppliers, nominal codes and open orders, then posted. Every step is recorded with who did it and when, ready for your auditors. Managing agents on MRI Qube or Blocks Online can use Dataforge Invoices, our invoice and utility bill automation for property management.

FIELD MAPPING

GL Account
5100-00
Cost Centre
CC-340
Tax Code
STD 20%
Currency
GBP

Dynamics 365

General Ledger

Works with your ERP

Every integration has its own page. Start with the system you run.

From our customers

Fewer hours on the purchase ledger, the same team.

Customer storyPulman Group
โ€œWe've gone from one and a half people doing purchase ledger to less than one. It's freed up the team for other work.โ€

Connor, Financial Director, Pulman Group

Automotive ยท Dealer Management System

1.5 to 0.6

FTEs on the purchase ledger

99%

Adoption across 30 managers

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FAQ

Common questions.

Accounts payable automation is software that handles supplier invoices from the moment they arrive to the moment they are posted. It reads each invoice, matches it to the purchase order and goods receipt, sends it to the right approver and posts it to your ERP coded and with VAT. Your team only deals with the exceptions.

Yes. Supplier, nominal and VAT codes come from your ERP's own lists and the supplier's history, so most invoices arrive coded. Anything unusual is flagged for your team to confirm before it is posted.

Start with your monthly invoice volume, the time each invoice takes to key, chase and file, and how often a mismatch needs fixing. Our ROI calculator works it out from your own numbers, and we check it against your actual process before you commit to anything.

OCR turns an image into text. AP automation does what happens next: it works out which document it is, pulls out the header and line items, checks them against your suppliers, purchase orders and nominal codes, routes the invoice for approval and posts it to your ERP.

No. Your ERP stays the system of record. Invoices arrive in it already coded, matched and approved. We connect to Sage, SAP, Business Central, NetSuite, Xero and 100+ other ERPs.

No. We work with several AP platforms and some of the software is ours. We recommend the one that fits your ERP, volumes and approval rules, then implement and support it. If none of them is the right fit, we will tell you.

It depends on your ERP and how complex your process is, so we scope it properly before giving you a plan. We run a parallel period alongside your existing process so your team can check accuracy before going live.

It is held and routed to the right person with the invoice, the purchase order and the exact line and amount that differs. Clean matches carry on without anyone touching them.

PDFs, scanned paper, photos, email attachments, XML and EDI. Most suppliers need no setup. A handful of unusual layouts may need a few corrections before the extraction settles.

See your own invoices post to your ERP.

Bring a few real supplier invoices to the call. We'll run them through capture, matching and approval, and show you how they would land in Sage, SAP, NetSuite or whichever ERP you run.