Pleo vs SYSPRO Comparison
Compare Pleo vs SYSPRO features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Pleo
6.8/10
Pleo is a European spend management platform that gives small and mid-sized businesses company cards, receipt capture, reimbursements and supplier invoice payments.
SYSPRO
5.5/10
SYSPRO is a modular ERP for mid-sized manufacturers and distributors. Its core financials cover general ledger, receivables, payables, cash book, assets and tax.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6.8/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Scalability | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Analytics | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Compliance | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Integration | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Security | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 3/10 |
| Customization | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | £8/user/mo Start | Contact for pricing |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | £80/mo Start | Contact for pricing |
| Features | ||
| General Ledger | ||
| Accounts Payable | ||
| Budgeting and Forecasting | Not listed | |
| Corporate Cards | Not listed | |
| Expense Management | Not listed | |
| Financial Reporting | Not listed | |
| Inventory Accounting | Not listed | |
| Invoicing | Not listed | |
| Multi-currency | Not listed | |
| Payroll | Not listed | |
| Tax Compliance | Not listed | |
Pleo vs SYSPRO cost by team size
| Team size | Pleo | SYSPRO |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | £8/moStart | Contact for pricing |
| 5 users | £40/moStart | Contact for pricing |
| 10 users | £80/moStart | Contact for pricing |
| 25 users | £200/moStart | Contact for pricing |
| 50 users | £400/moStart | Contact for pricing |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Pleo
- Higher Ease of Use score (9/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Cost score (6/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for small business (9/10 vs 3/10)
Why choose SYSPRO
- Higher Scalability score (7/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Customization score (7/10 vs 6/10)
- Includes General Ledger, which Pleo lacks
Pros & Cons
Pleo
Pros
- G2 reviewers praise the card and receipt-capture app as easy for employees to use, and Pleo holds a 4.7 rating across roughly 1,400 G2 reviews.
- Per-user list prices are published, starting at £8 per user per month.
- Native accounting integrations cover Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, FreeAgent, Xledger and Twinfield.
- SAML SSO is included even on the entry Start plan.
- The UK entity is authorised by the FCA, and cards are issued under a Mastercard licence.
Cons
- Build and Optimise are billed yearly and require at least three users.
- Transaction charges such as FX fees of up to 2 percent and per-payment fees add to the subscription cost.
- Live chat support is only included on Optimise, and Trustpilot reviewers complain about slow support.
- Some reviewers report weak coverage and support in the US.
- It is not an accounting system and has no general ledger, customer invoicing or payroll.
SYSPRO
Pros
- Finance is tied directly to manufacturing modules such as BOM, WIP and MRP, so production costs and stock values flow into the general ledger.
- Can be deployed on-premise, in a private cloud or as SaaS, which suits manufacturers with on-site infrastructure needs.
- Industry-specific capabilities for food and beverage, automotive, electronics and other sectors, including lot traceability and landed cost tracking.
- Established vendor dating back to 1978, with a reseller and partner network across several continents.
- Recent AI additions include the SIDEKICK co-pilot and the Torque industrial AI platform.
Cons
- No public pricing. Third-party estimates put implementation at 75,000 to 200,000 dollars on top of licences.
- Go-live typically takes months and is run by a partner.
- Reviewers say changing Crystal Reports templates is hard, and paying SYSPRO to redesign them is costly.
- One reviewer says hotfix availability is not published for every known issue, so customers rely on their reseller.
- Too heavy for companies that only need accounting.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Pleo scores higher on our Finance Software criteria: 6.8/10 against 5.5/10 for SYSPRO. The largest gap is in Ease of Use: 9/10 for Pleo and 5/10 for SYSPRO.
No, neither Pleo nor SYSPRO lists a free plan.
Pleo is the better fit for small business: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 3/10 for SYSPRO.
SYSPRO has General Ledger, which Pleo lacks.
