Circulus vs Invofox

Circulus automates accounts payable and bill processing for enterprises and small-to-medium businesses. Its cloud platform routes invoices through multi-step, rules-based approvals, codes line items, supports role-based access and handles multiple entities. Purchase orders can be matched on a touchless two-, three- or four-way basis. Invoice capture uses OCR, email and uploads; other intake routes include web forms, feeds, EDI/XML, FTP, PO box services and a web scan interface. Circulus says its extraction handles semi-structured and handwritten data with 99%+ accuracy from day one. Users can track activity through audit trails, search, dashboards, reporting and internal communication tools. Payments include checks, ACH and virtual cards, with supplier onboarding and payment notifications for ACH and virtual cards. Android and iOS apps support invoice access, review and approval. Named integrations include QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Sage 100 Contractor and Oracle R-12. The Circulus AP Automation plan is $481 a month; additional users cost $36/month on limited-access plans, with per-payment fees of ACH $0.49, check $1.69 and virtual card free. An SMB trial runs 30 days; full SMB bill-payment features require an active QuickBooks account.

Invofox extracts structured information from PDFs, images, and scanned files, returning JSON through an API. Its pipeline handles OCR, document splitting and classification, field extraction, schema mapping, validation, and webhook delivery. Custom schemas let teams map extracted fields to their own data models. Invofox reports 99.2% document extraction accuracy and says reported mistakes are automatically credited back. Zapier can route extracted data to more than 9,000 apps, including Google Drive and Google Sheets. Invofox states that it complies with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA, and encrypts data in transit with TLS 1.3 and at rest with AES-256. Cloud is the default deployment. Zero retention is an opt-in for Scale and Enterprise, while on-premise deployment is reserved for Enterprise. The Free plan covers 500 pages and includes pre-trained models for invoices, receipts, utility bills, tickets, and payslips. Starter costs $500 a month, billed annually, for up to 5,000 pages per month. Scale and Enterprise have custom pricing.