Three Way Matching

Created by jl gates, Modified on Fri, 5 Dec at 12:47 PM by jl gates

Our three-way matching engine was built with the understanding that real-world invoices, purchase orders, and receipts rarely match perfectly. 


Many AP automation vendors rely on brittle, rule-based matching code that breaks whenever documents contain small variances—abbreviations, unit rounding differences, supplier formatting quirks, or OCR noise. 


Our system was engineered from the ground up to recognize these natural discrepancies instead of rejecting transactions that are actually valid, giving AP teams dramatically fewer exceptions and rework cycles.


Where competitors struggle with rigid, error-prone code, our matching uses layered validation logic designed to tolerate acceptable deviations while still enforcing strong financial controls. 


Rather than performing a simplistic “exact field comparison,” we evaluate context, quantity tolerances, unit costs, shipping line patterns, and cumulative totals. This allows us to spot true mismatches—such as wrong quantities or unapproved items—without flagging harmless variations that most AP teams already know are perfectly normal.


Since three way matching is part of the approval process, the account must subscribe to a Approver Plan

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