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Corporate Card Software · Rank #8 of 10

Airbase review and pricing

Corporate cards bundled with spend platform, now inside Paylocity.

By Airbase Inc. (Paylocity acquisition) · Founded 2017 · San Francisco, CA · private

Airbase is the spend platform that includes corporate cards alongside AP and procurement, founded 2017. Acquired by Paylocity in October 2024 for approximately $325M, the platform is now part of Paylocity's broader HR-and-finance bundle. The card itself sits on top of an AP-led spend platform designed by accountants for accountants, with the deepest approval-workflow controls of any product on this list. Strengths: cards integrated with AP, procurement, and audit-grade controls; mature multi-entity architecture; finance-team-favoured workflow. Trade-offs are increasingly central: the post-Paylocity acquisition direction is still being defined; integration into the Paylocity sales motion will likely shift the buyer profile toward existing Paylocity HR customers; and the card module specifically has always been a complement to the AP-led platform rather than a standalone card product, which means card-velocity features lag Ramp/Brex.

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Best for

Mid-market finance teams (100-2,000 employees) already on Paylocity HR or wanting cards bundled with deep AP automation and procurement controls.

Worst for

Card-velocity-led buyers (Ramp/Brex better and free), bootstrapped SMBs, or buyers concerned about post-acquisition direction uncertainty in the 12-18 months following October 2024.

Vendor Trust Score

Is Airbase a trustworthy vendor?

6.8/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
5.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
7.0
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
7.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
6.5
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
7.0
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.0
Trust signal log
  • 2024-10-22
    Acquired by Paylocity for approximately $325M; integration roadmap pending
    The acquisition fits Paylocity's broader HR-and-finance bundle ambition. Customer-side direction is still being defined as of mid-2026.
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 1,280 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-05-15

Praise patterns

  • Cards integrated with deepest AP controls
    84% →
  • Multi-entity architecture works across legal entities
    71% →
  • Finance-team-favoured approval workflows
    64% →

Complaint patterns

  • Post-Paylocity direction uncertain
    47% ↑
  • Card-velocity features lag Ramp/Brex
    41% →
  • Pricing materially more expensive than Ramp baseline
    38% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
80/100 -1 pts
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05
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100-500 employees $18,000
500-2,000 employees $96,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Cards integrated with deepest AP and procurement controls in modern spend stack
  • Mature multi-entity architecture (cards work across legal entities)
  • Finance-team-favoured approval workflows
  • Designed by accountants for accountants
  • Audit-grade trail for card spend
  • Strong NetSuite, Sage Intacct integration

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Post-October-2024 Paylocity acquisition direction still being defined
  • Card module has always been a complement to AP-led platform, not a standalone card product
  • Card-velocity features lag Ramp and Brex
  • Pricing materially more expensive than Ramp baseline at SMB end
  • Integration into Paylocity sales motion likely to shift buyer profile to HR-led purchases
  • Roadmap uncertainty in the 12-18 months following acquisition

Key features & integrations

  • +Corporate cards bundled with spend platform
  • +AP automation (deepest in spend stack)
  • +Procurement (Premium tier)
  • +Multi-entity architecture
  • +Audit-grade approval workflows
  • +Native NetSuite/Sage Intacct sync
  • +Mobile apps
  • +Real-time policy enforcement
150+ integrations
NetSuiteSage IntacctQuickBooks OnlineXeroMicrosoft 365Slack
Geography supported
Primarily US; limited international
Best fit
100–2,000 employees · Mid-market finance-controls-first
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Corporate Card Software

Airbase ranks #8 in our editorial review of 10 corporate card software platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

Read the full ranking

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