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B2B accounts receivable software, compared.

Three ways finance teams collect from business buyers today: an autonomous AR platform like Finero, a traditional dunning tool bolted on to the ERP, or AR clerks working invoices by hand. Here is how they compare on the work that actually gets cash in the door.

Finero – autonomous AR
Traditional dunning tools
Manual ERP process
Who does the chasing
Fin, the autonomous AR agent – per invoice, per buyer, 24/7
Templated email cadences triggered by aging buckets
AR clerks working from a spreadsheet of overdue invoices
Channels
Email, SMS, buyer portal, voice handoff – picked per buyer
Email only, occasionally SMS as an add-on
Email and phone, on whatever cadence the clerk has time for
Payment terms handled
NET-15 / 30 / 60 / 90, milestone, usage-based, hybrid, instalments
Fixed NET terms tied to invoice records
Whatever the clerk negotiated by email last quarter
Payment collection
Hosted pay pages through your existing processor (Stripe, Adyen, Worldpay…)
Link-out to a separate portal, often a new processor relationship
Wire instructions in the invoice PDF; reconciled by hand
ERP write-back
Line-level reconciliation posted back to NetSuite, SAP, D365, QBO, Xero
Status sync only; cash application stays manual
Manual journal entries; period-end clean-up
Deployment time
Live in 2–4 weeks on your ERP and processor
6–12 weeks of template authoring and SFTP plumbing
Already live – and already the bottleneck
Cost shape
Platform fee – no markup on processing, no per-headcount licence
Per-seat licence plus implementation services
Fully loaded AR headcount, scaling linearly with invoice volume
How to choose

Which approach fits your AR team?

A short heuristic, based on what we see in deployments.

Pick autonomous AR when…

You issue dozens or more invoices each month, manage varied payment terms, and manual AR work is draining valuable team time.

A dunning tool is enough when…

Your invoices are uniform, your terms are fixed NET-30, and reminder cadences are the only thing standing between you and cash.

Manual ERP still works when…

You issue a small number of invoices each month, use simple payment terms, and can comfortably manage follow-up and reconciliation manually.

Common questions

What is B2B accounts receivable software?

B2B AR software automates the work between issuing an invoice and reconciling cash – chasing buyers, collecting payment, and posting receipts back to the ERP. Older tools focus on dunning templates; newer platforms like Finero run an autonomous agent that handles each invoice end to end.

How is Finero different from a traditional dunning tool?

Dunning tools fire pre-written email cadences based on aging buckets. Finero's agent decides per invoice what to do next – which channel, what message, when to escalate – and collects payment on hosted pages through your existing processor. The ERP write-back is line-level, not status-only.

Do we have to switch payment processors?

No. Finero is processor-agnostic. Stripe, Adyen, Worldpay, Authorize.Net and others plug in unchanged, on your existing merchant agreement and payout schedule.

How long does Finero take to deploy?

Most customers are live in 2–4 weeks. Time is dominated by your internal access and approvals, not by Finero's setup.

Which ERPs does Finero integrate with?

NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks Online and Xero are supported out of the box, with line-level cash application posted back into the source system.

See autonomous AR run on your own invoices.

Book a 30-minute demo with a Finero expert. See how Finero chases, collects, and reconciles invoices end-to-end.