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Head-to-head · Spend Management Software

Float vs Airbase

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Float #7 in Spend Management Software 8.4/10 Free plan · 90-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Float
Airbase #8 in Spend Management Software 8.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Airbase

Float leads on 0 checks, Airbase on 0, and 7 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreFloat · 8.4/10
  • Free planonly Float
  • Free trialonly Float

Float scores higher on our rubric for spend management software: 8.4 against 8.3 out of 10; our editors rank them #7 and #8.

Float is the better fit for teams wanting spend controls and a long trial. Airbase is the better fit for finance teams prioritizing AP and procurement depth.

  • Float fits best

    Teams wanting spend controls and a long trial

  • Airbase fits best

    Finance teams prioritizing AP and procurement depth

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Side by side

Feature Float 8.4/10 Visit ↗ Airbase 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.4 8.3
Ranking #7 in Spend Management Software #8 in Spend Management Software
Best for Teams wanting spend controls and a long trial Finance teams prioritizing AP and procurement depth
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price — Pricing on request
Free plan ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Free trial 90 days —
Deployment Cloud, Mobile Cloud, Mobile
Platforms Web, iOS, Android Web, iOS, Android
Integrations 3 integrations 7 integrations
Features Float 6/6 · Airbase 6/6
Budget controls ✓ ✓
Approval workflows ✓ ✓
Corporate cards ✓ ✓
Bill pay ✓ ✓
Expense reimbursements ✓ ✓
Multi-currency support ✓ ✓
Specs
Card issuance Both Both
Our review
Pros
  • Essentials includes physical and virtual cards with custom limits and controls
  • Automates receipt collection, matching, and transaction coding
  • Combines bill payments, reimbursements, and accounting sync
  • Automates invoice capture, approval routing, PO matching and ERP synchronization
  • Combines guided procurement, expense reimbursements and corporate cards
  • Supports ACH, checks, virtual cards, international wires and vendor credits
Cons
  • Some card, bill-pay, and reimbursement features depend on eligibility
  • Professional uses active-user pricing with a monthly minimum
  • Enterprise pricing is custom
  • Pricing is quote-based and requires contacting sales
  • Its broad finance workflow scope may exceed teams seeking a narrower tool
  • Available product pages also present it as Paylocity for Finance or Airbase by Paylocity
Our verdict

Float brings corporate cards, spend controls, approvals, reimbursements, bill payments, and reporting together for Canadian businesses. Teams can issue CAD and USD physical or virtual cards, set card limits and merchant controls, route…

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Airbase brings accounts payable automation, procurement, employee expenses, reimbursements and corporate cards into a spend-management platform for finance teams. Its workflows cover invoice capture and approval routing, purchase-order…

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  1. FloatSpend Management Software 8.4Free plan · 90-day trial
  2. AirbaseSpend Management Software 8.3Pricing on request

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Float — where it wins

    • Essentials includes physical and virtual cards with custom limits and controls
    • Automates receipt collection, matching, and transaction coding
    • Combines bill payments, reimbursements, and accounting sync

    Where it doesn't

    • Some card, bill-pay, and reimbursement features depend on eligibility
    • Professional uses active-user pricing with a monthly minimum
    • Enterprise pricing is custom

  • Airbase — where it wins

    • Automates invoice capture, approval routing, PO matching and ERP synchronization
    • Combines guided procurement, expense reimbursements and corporate cards
    • Supports ACH, checks, virtual cards, international wires and vendor credits

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing is quote-based and requires contacting sales
    • Its broad finance workflow scope may exceed teams seeking a narrower tool
    • Available product pages also present it as Paylocity for Finance or Airbase by Paylocity
  • Float8.4/10 · Free plan · 90-day trial

    Float brings cards, approvals, reimbursements, and bill payments into one spend platform.

    Visit FloatFull verdict →
  • Airbase8.3/10 · Pricing on request

    AP, procurement, expenses and cards in one platform, with quote-based pricing.

    Visit AirbaseFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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