Best Alternative to AvidXchange Ariett Before November 2025

As AvidXchange phases out Ariett on November 1, 2025, businesses are actively seeking robust alternatives for their purchasing and accounts payable automation needs. Compleat Software emerges as a compelling solution, offering enhanced functionalities that not only match but surpass those previously provided by Ariett. This article explores the core features of Ariett and demonstrates how Compleat Software delivers equivalent or superior capabilities, ensuring a seamless transition for businesses aiming to optimize their financial processes.

1. Purchase Requisition and Approval Workflows 

Ariett’s Functionality: 

Ariett streamlined the purchase requisition process by enabling users to create and submit purchase requests electronically. These requests followed predefined approval workflows, ensuring expenditures were authorized by appropriate personnel before orders were placed, thereby enhancing control over organizational spending and reducing unauthorized purchases. 

Compleat’s Enhanced Offering: 

Compleat Software elevates this functionality with dynamic and intelligent approval workflows. Users can effortlessly generate purchase requests, which are then routed through customizable approval chains tailored to the organization’s hierarchy and policies. Compleat’s system supports parallel and group approvals, accommodating complex organizational structures. Additionally, the platform offers real-time notifications and reminders, expediting the approval process and ensuring timely procurement.

2. Budget Checking and Expense Forecasting 

Ariett’s Functionality: 

Ariett provided budget checking capabilities that allowed organizations to monitor expenditures against predefined budgets, ensuring purchase requests and orders did not exceed allocated funds, thus promoting financial discipline. Additionally, Ariett offered expense forecasting tools to help businesses anticipate future spending based on historical data. 

Compleat’s Enhanced Offering: 

Compleat Software offers advanced budget management features that provide real-time visibility into budget consumption. Users can view budget impact, enabling informed decision-making. The platform’s forecasting tools leverage historical data and current spending trends to predict future expenditures accurately, aiding in strategic financial planning and resource allocation.

3. Purchase Order Management 

Ariett’s Functionality: 

Ariett facilitated the creation, issuance, and tracking of purchase orders (POs), ensuring all purchases were documented and authorized, providing a clear audit trail and improving supplier communication. 

Compleat’s Enhanced Offering: 

Compleat Software streamlines PO management by automating the generation and distribution of purchase orders. The platform integrates seamlessly with supplier websites, allowing for direct online purchases while maintaining control and visibility. Compleat also supports automated matching of POs to invoices and receipts, facilitating efficient 2- and 3-way matching processes that reduce errors and enhance compliance.

4. Invoice Capture and Processing 

Ariett’s Functionality: 

Ariett offered invoice processing capabilities that included capturing invoice data and matching invoices to corresponding purchase orders, reducing manual data entry and expediting the accounts payable process. 

Compleat’s Enhanced Offering: 

Compleat Software advances invoice processing with AI-driven invoice capture technology. The system accurately extracts both header and line-level data from invoices in various formats, languages, and currencies. Automated GL coding and dynamic approval workflows further streamline the process, reducing manual intervention and accelerating payment cycles. Compleat’s duplicate invoice checking and supplier bank validation features enhance accuracy and security. 

5. Multi-Currency and Inter-Entity Processing

Ariett’s Functionality: 

Ariett supported multi-currency transactions and inter-entity processing, accommodating organizations with international operations and complex corporate structures. 

Compleat’s Enhanced Offering: 

Compleat Software is designed to meet the needs of global businesses by supporting multi-currency transactions and inter-company processing. The platform ensures accurate financial reporting and compliance across different jurisdictions and subsidiaries. Users can manage transactions in multiple currencies, with real-time currency conversion and consolidation features, facilitating seamless international operations. 

6. Integration with Accounting Systems

Ariett’s Functionality: 

Ariett integrated with various accounting systems, enabling synchronized data flow between procurement and financial management platforms, reducing data entry errors, and ensuring consistency across financial records. 

Compleat’s Enhanced Offering: 

Compleat Software offers seamless API integrations with a wide range of accounting software, including popular platforms like QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, and many more. 

Conclusion: A Future-Proof Replacement for Ariett 

With Ariett’s retirement on the horizon, the need for a reliable, modern, and forward-thinking alternative is more urgent than ever. Compleat Software doesn’t just fill the gap left by Ariett—it delivers smarter, more intuitive, and future-ready purchasing and AP automation. Whether it’s gaining full control over spend before it happens, automating invoice approvals with precision, or integrating seamlessly with your existing accounting systems, Compleat gives you the tools to save time, save money, and stay compliant—without the headaches. 

If you’re currently using Ariett and wondering what’s next, now’s the time to explore a solution that’s built to go further. Book a free demo with Compleat today and see how easy it is to upgrade your processes and take full control of your business spend—before it happens.