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Smartbills vs Order.co

One consolidated invoice is a relief for accounts payable. It is also one more place where the line-level detail each site needs can disappear.

At a glance

Smartbills vs Order.co, in one screen

Order.co consolidates purchasing across suppliers and locations into one catalog, places the orders and returns a single invoice, absorbing the vendor and payment fragmentation in between. It sells to multi-site operators buying the same supplies repeatedly.

Smartbills

Best for

Multi-site operators that need itemized evidence per location and the accounting entry behind every purchase.

Where it's stronger

  • Captures the spending that never went near a catalog, which is where leakage usually lives.
  • Codes each line to the site, the category and the right tax treatment.
  • Cards, expenses, payables and receivables all post to the same accounting system.
  • Every entry carries its own evidence, including purchases made in a shop.

Order.co

Best for

Operations buying the same goods across many locations from more suppliers than anyone can manage.

Where it's stronger

  • One catalog and one invoice is real relief, and Smartbills does not offer it.
  • Negotiated pricing across a large buying base produces a saving Smartbills cannot produce.
  • Order.co is purpose-built for multi-location operations with repeat purchasing.
  • If your problem is forty suppliers and hundreds of invoices, Order.co is the better buy.

Every comparison on this site names what the other product does better. If we couldn't think of anything, we didn't publish the page.

Side by side

Smartbills and Order.co, feature by feature

These are structural differences, not plan checkboxes. Capabilities change, so check the vendor's own documentation before deciding on any single row.

One catalog for ordering across suppliers

Smartbills—
Order.coTheir core product

A single consolidated invoice to pay

Smartbills—
Order.co

Itemized receipts issued by the merchant

Smartbills
Order.co—

Capturing card and in-person purchases

Smartbills
Order.co—

Coding and reporting by location

Smartbills
Order.coAt the order level

Accounts payable and receivable

Smartbills
Order.coPayables simplified by consolidation

Negotiating supplier pricing for you

Smartbills—
Order.co

Moving from Order.co

None of this needs a big-bang cutover. Most teams run both tools for one cycle and compare capture rates before switching anyone off.

  1. Keep the catalog

    Consolidated purchasing and itemized receipt capture solve different problems. Use them together.

  2. Capture off-catalog spending

    Start with cards and site purchases made outside the ordering system, where you have no evidence today.

  3. Check how far coding goes

    Confirm consolidated invoices still break down by site before relying on them for location reporting.

  4. Decide where invoices live

    Pick one system to own supplier invoices rather than splitting them across two and reconciling later.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us before they sign up.

Only partially. They overlap on payables and supplier records, and not at all on consolidated purchasing or itemized receipt capture. Most buyers are choosing which problem to solve first.

Yes, and for a multi-site operator that is often the sensible arrangement. Order.co consolidates the ordering; Smartbills captures and codes everything bought outside it.

Itemized capture on card spend at every site, coded to the location that spent the money. Food, alcohol and supplies costs can be compared site by site without retyping receipts.

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Ready to see it against Order.co?

Bring one month of your own receipts and card transactions, and we'll show you the capture rate on both sides instead of a slide deck.