The deal
A signed PDF becomes a typed agreement you approve. Nothing bills until a person says so.
Solutions · Why Sonic AI
The bill should match the deal. The rest of the morning should too.
Sonic AI is the contract-to-cash chain on one record: typed deal, live schedule or rated haul, invoice, chase, bank match, journal. You approve where money moves.
The job
One chain. Two grains. A person in the loop.
Subscription teams bill from a schedule. Freight teams rate each haul. Both freeze an issued invoice. Both chase only what was sent unpaid. Both match a deposit as a fact. Both post a trail that can explain the period.
The bill
Drafts can still grow. Sent documents freeze. A later charge is a new invoice, not a quiet rewrite.
The chase
Only sent unpaid invoices age. A reminder while last week’s wire sits unmatched is a false chase.
The close
Billed is not recognised. Freight posts on the haul date. Unbalanced batches do not publish.
The lens
Four jobs. Only one of them is Sonic.
If the pain is taking cards, you want a processor. If the pain is the GL, you want an ERP. If the pain is a wrong bill and a chase that cannot see the bank, you are in our neighbourhood.
| Lens | Sonic AI | Subscription billing | ERP | Processor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The job | Bill correctly, collect, match cash, post the trail | Subscriptions, plans, often dunning | Books of record, inventory, GL | Take the payment |
| Grain | Schedule and shipment | Subscription | Neither is the point | A charge |
| Contract PDF | Read, review, approve | Usually typed in, or a CPQ next door | Not this | Not this |
| Issued invoice | Frozen. Credit note or a new document. | Varies | Not the bill you send | A receipt |
| Collections | Sent unpaid only. Cadence with an off switch. | Often card retries / dunning | Ageing reports | Failed-charge retries |
| Bank rec | Operator queue. A deposit is a fact. | Rarely the product | A module, different record | Payouts, not invoice matching |
| Freight bill-to | Shipper | Customer | Customer / vendor | Whoever paid |
| Payments / GL | Not a processor. Not the ledger of record. | Often bundled | The ledger of record | The processor |
What this is not
We do not take the payment. We are not the books of record.
A processor collects. An ERP is the ledger. A tax engine files. Sonic bills the chain in between — and feeds those systems. Buying us does not replace them. Buying them does not give you a live schedule, a rated haul, or a Watchtower inbox.
Neighbours
What each is for. What Sonic is for.
Dedicated pages, not a checkmark war. Each neighbour does one job well — Sonic connects the chain after send, integrates where your stack already lives, and adapts to your contracts.
Chargebee vs Sonic AI
Subscription billing. Sonic is that job plus freight, cash matching, and the morning loop.
Stripe vs Sonic AI
A processor. Sonic bills; Stripe collects when the buyer pays online.
NetSuite vs Sonic AI
The GL of record. Sonic is not. Typical design: we bill; you still close in ERP.
Zuora vs Sonic AI
Enterprise subscription fabric. Sonic is a smaller operator chain, including shipment.
Maxio vs Sonic AI
SaaS billing plus rev-rec. Sonic adds Watchtower, bank rec, and a second grain for hauls.
Ordway vs Sonic AI
CPQ-to-revenue subscription billing. Sonic reads the signed PDF instead of a configured quote, and adds freight.
Zenskar vs Sonic AI
Usage-heavy SaaS billing. Shortlist both — add Sonic if you also have hauls or a PDF-first desk.
m3ter vs Sonic AI
Usage metering infrastructure. Sonic is the invoice — contract, schedule, seats, freight, and everything after send.
Spreadsheets and manual billing vs Sonic AI
The actual incumbent: a workbook, a shared inbox, and someone who remembers. Keep the sheet for analysis — not as the system that decides what customers owe.
Questions
Open the answer here.
These are the questions this page raises. The full list lives on FAQ.
What is Sonic AI?
An AI-native billing platform for B2B finance teams. It reads what was agreed, runs the live billing schedule or rates each shipment, sends invoices, chases the late ones, matches bank deposits, and posts revenue — on one data model, per organisation.
Do you process payments or file tax returns?
Sonic does not take the place of a payment processor, a tax engine of record, a general ledger of record, or a CPQ. Stripe and Razorpay can collect on an invoice. Your accountant still owns the books Sonic feeds.
Do you have case studies?
Not named ones yet. We will not invent a logo wall. The honest path is a walkthrough on the contracts and files you actually bill from — book a demo.
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See it on your contracts
A walkthrough on the agreements and files you actually bill from — not a slide deck.