Works with QuickBooks Online & Desktop

AP Automation for QuickBooks

Capture, code, approve, and pay every invoice, with suppliers, bills, purchase orders, and payments synced both ways with QuickBooks.

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Invoice received
Emailed or uploaded
Captured & coded
OCR + AI reads the data
Approved
Routed to the right approver
Paid
ACH or virtual card
QuickBooks
Posted to QuickBooks
Reconciled in real time
INV-4473 · Globex Corp · $32,118 — received — reading with OCRINV-4473 · Globex Corp · $32,118 — captured & coded to Accounts PayableINV-4473 · Globex Corp · $32,118 — approved by S. PatelINV-4473 · Globex Corp · $32,118 — paid via ACHINV-4473 · Globex Corp · $32,118 — posted to QuickBooks just now
AP automation for QuickBooks connects QuickBooks to software that captures supplier invoices, codes them to the chart of accounts, routes approvals, matches them against purchase orders, and pays suppliers, without the manual keying QuickBooks alone requires. Centime syncs suppliers, bills, purchase orders, and payments in both directions, so payables and the QuickBooks ledger stay aligned without exports or duplicate entry.

Two-Way PO Matching

QuickBooks tops out at two-way matching — neither edition records a goods receipt to check against.

Centime matches every purchase invoice against the QuickBooks purchase order at the line level, comparing unit price and quantity and surfacing only the lines that disagree.

Tolerances are set by your team, so small variances clear automatically while real discrepancies route to a person with the invoice, PO line, and difference already attached.

Invoice Capture and AI Coding

AI predicts GL coding against your QuickBooks chart of accounts, carrying class and department to the ledger.

Centime captures invoices by email forward or upload and reads header and line-item detail, with coding suggestions sharpening as it sees more of your spend.

A reviewer approves before anything posts, so the books stay under your team's control while the keying disappears.

Payments That Reconcile Cleanly

Centime handles the Undeposited Funds account explicitly — the detail that usually breaks QuickBooks reconciliation.

Approved bills are paid by ACH, virtual card, or check from one screen, and the payment posts back to QuickBooks with its status, without re-entry.

Because AP shares a platform with AR and cash forecasting, a scheduled payment updates your cash position as you approve it.

What the QuickBooks Integration Carries

Suppliers, bills, purchase orders, and payments sync both ways, across QuickBooks Online and Desktop.

Coding carries the classification QuickBooks supports — class and department — through approval and into the ledger, so the reporting your accountant built keeps working.

The same sync runs on both editions, which matters for the many mid-market finance teams still running Desktop alongside Online.

QuickBooks Online Cloud

  • Cloud-based — access from anywhere, anytime
  • Real-time sync — Centime integrates continuously for accurate data
  • Advanced custom fields — department/class syncing for richer reporting

QuickBooks Desktop

  • On-premises — installed locally, no remote access needed
  • Auto-reconciled payments — credits and voids sync straight into QBD
  • Class-level coding — simpler, but still powerful for internal reporting
1

Sign in

Log in with your QuickBooks credentials.

2

Connect

Choose Online or Desktop and grant access.

3

Set preferences

Department, class, and location coding.

4

Enable OCR

Turn on automatic invoice data capture.

5

Supplier portal

Set up vendor self-service access.

6

Approval policies

Configure routing for your team.

7

Choose payment

ACH or virtual card, your call.

Does Centime integrate with QuickBooks Online for AP?

Yes. Centime syncs suppliers, bills, purchase orders, and payments in both directions with QuickBooks Online, so both systems stay aligned without manual export or duplicate entry.

Does Centime do three-way matching with QuickBooks?

No, and no system can. Neither QuickBooks Online nor QuickBooks Desktop records a goods receipt to match against, so two-way matching, invoice against purchase order at the line level, is the ceiling on both editions. Three-way matching is available on NetSuite, Sage Intacct, and Dynamics 365 Business Central, which do record receipts.

How does the AI coding work with my chart of accounts?

Centime reads each invoice and predicts the general ledger coding against your QuickBooks accounts, learning your patterns over time. A person reviews and approves before anything posts, so the coding stays under your control.

Do payments post back to QuickBooks automatically?

Yes. Payments made by ACH, virtual card, or check post back with their status, and the Undeposited Funds account is handled explicitly so bank reconciliation stays clean.

Does this work with QuickBooks Desktop?

Yes. Centime syncs with QuickBooks Desktop as well as QuickBooks Online, which matters for the many mid-market finance teams still running Desktop. Matching is two-way on both editions, for the reason above.

Is our payables data secure?

Yes. Centime is SOC 2 Type II compliant, an independent audit standard covering how a software provider handles and protects customer data, with bank-grade security.