Esker

Esker is a French software company founded in Lyon in 1985. It sells cloud automation for source-to-pay and order-to-cash work. Its best-known product, Esker Accounts Payable, takes in supplier invoices by email, EDI, mail, fax and supplier portals. AI then extracts header and line-item data, and the system routes each invoice for approval using rules based on entity, amount or cost center. It also does two- and three-way matching against purchase orders and goods receipts, keeps a full audit trail, and offers dashboards and KPIs across environments that run more than one ERP. Esker says the platform supports more than 135 currencies and handles e-invoicing mandates in more than 60 countries. A supplier portal and a mobile app are also part of the platform. The vendor offers prebuilt ERP connectors for SAP ECC and S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and NAV, and Sage X3 and Sage 100. NetSuite connections are delivered through a partner. Esker suits finance teams that process high invoice volumes, especially SAP users and companies that want AP, procurement and receivables on one platform. Pricing is quote-based, with no public prices and no free trial. Cost depends on transaction volume, users and documents processed. The main drawbacks are setup and integration effort: reviewers say onboarding takes longer than with simpler AP tools, and some functions need customization. Esker is also not a general ledger or accounting system, so it has to sit alongside an ERP. In 2025 Bridgepoint and General Atlantic took the company private.