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Smartbills vs Slip

Slip treats the receipt as a marketing asset. Smartbills makes it an accounting record first and then lets it do the marketing too, without asking shoppers to scan anything.

At a glance

Smartbills vs Slip, in one screen

Slip is a UK company, founded in 2021, that replaces the paper receipt with a digital one when the shopper's QR code is scanned at checkout. The receipt also works as loyalty and identity, and it feeds CRM and marketing tools such as Shopify, Klaviyo, Epos Now and Sitoo. JD Sports is its most-cited deployment.

Smartbills

Best for

Retailers that need the receipt to hold up as a financial document and still want to use it for customer activation.

Where it's stronger

  • A financial record first, usable by an accountant, at tax time and under an expense policy.
  • Card-linked delivery asks shoppers for nothing at checkout.
  • Business purchases made at a retail checkout are separated out and coded.
  • Loyalty and activation run on the same receipt. You keep them.

Slip

Best for

Consumer retailers after first-party customer data and loyalty sign-ups at checkout.

Where it's stronger

  • A sharper retail marketing product, focused entirely on CRM integrations, campaigns and sign-ups.
  • Named enterprise retail deployments at scale, which is the hardest kind of proof to fake.
  • Wallet-based identity at checkout suits customers who care about loyalty.
  • For first-party marketing data rather than accounting data, Slip is the 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 Slip, 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.

Digital receipt sent from the POS

Smartbills
Slip

How the customer is recognized

SmartbillsCard-linked, no scan
SlipShopper presents a QR code

Loyalty and customer activation

Smartbills
SlipTheir core strength

Marketing and CRM integrations

SmartbillsFewer, and newer
SlipShopify, Klaviyo, Epos Now, Sitoo

Syncing to your accounting system

Smartbills
Slip—

Business expense and card workflow

Smartbills
Slip—

Tax categories for the shopper

Smartbills
Slip—

Moving from Slip

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. Name the goal

    Marketing data or a financial record? If it's marketing data, Slip wins and the decision is quick.

  2. Check POS coverage

    Make sure your point of sale can issue network receipts before planning anything else.

  3. Move loyalty onto the receipt

    Sign-ups and offers run off the digital receipt, not a scan at checkout.

  4. Connect the ledger last

    Once receipts flow reliably, turn on the accounting sync and start coding business purchases.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us before they sign up.

Yes. Loyalty and activation run on the digital receipt, and points are awarded on the line items actually sold instead of the basket total.

No, not to receive a card-linked receipt. The app is useful for searching receipts, warranty claims and tax categories, but delivery doesn't require it.

No, although Slip's marketing integrations go deeper than ours today. If campaign tooling will decide the purchase, give that real weight.

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Ready to see it against Slip?

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.