Purchase Invoice Automation

AP Automation Tool Designed Specifically For Sage X3

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End-to-End Invoice Automation Solution

Purchase Invoice Automation (PIA) automates the accounts payable invoice process through a dedicated workflow. The financial record of the invoice is automatically created in Sage X3, with the original document being securely stored in the cloud. Unlike a manual process, X3CloudDocs PIA provides full control, auditability and traceability across all your incoming invoice channels whether the invoice arrives as a PDF, image, on paper or as an e-invoice. This digital transformation for your finance department provides instant cost savings and incredibly quick ROI.

Features & Functionalities of Purchase Invoice Automation

What Can Companies Using Sage X3 Achieve With X3CloudDocs?

Traceability​

Ensures compliance with digital audit trails and e-signature workflows

Remote Work

Enables remote and hybrid work by digitizing the AP process from receipt to approval

Savings

Saves time and costs by automating tasks, reducing errors, and enhancing user experience

X3CloudDocs utilizes a world-class OCR engine adopted in 140+ countries with the largest global e-Invoice network. With more than 530 million invoices processed annually, enabling over $3.5 trillion in commerce, the engine benefits from an unparalleled volume of real-world data.

This vast exposure means the engine is more likely already trained on the structure and format of your invoices, significantly reducing setup time and accelerating accuracy from day one, unlike many other solutions that require extended learning periods.

GL coding automation and line-level data extraction

Automatic 3-way matching & exception capture

Hierarchical approval workflow notifications

Native integration with Sage X3, bi-directional sync

Invoice Capture

Via email, drag & drop, folders or e-invoicing

E-Invoicing

Support for all popular eInvoicing standards

Intelligent OCR

Extract header & line-level data

GL Coding

Automated GL account assignment

Invoice Creation

Automatic invoice creation in Sage X3

Approvals

Approval workflow based on conditions & roles

Multi-Currency

Multiple currencies supported as standard

Validation

Documents validated against Sage X3 data

Invoice Matching

2 way and 3 way matching

Invoice Viewing

View stored invoices held in PIA from Sage X3

Storage

Secure & compliant storage of invoices

Learning Capabilities

Advanced learning using best-in-class engine

BP Invoices

Handles Purchase & Supplier invoices

Notification

Bespoke & personalized HTML5 notifications

Exception Handling

Automatic flagging of invoice discrepancies

X3CloudDocs PIA Comes With Comprehensive E-Invoiceing as Standard

X3CloudDocs supports global e-invoicing compliance and automation, helping businesses streamline invoice exchange and reduce manual intervention. Whether you’re dealing with Peppol, Factur-X, or other regional formats, our solution ensures a seamless and future-proof process.

Beyond Just Compliance

X3CloudDocs elevates your business from just meeting regulations to achieving true AP excellence.

Global-ready

Supports all major e-invoicing standards, enabling one consistent process for all supplier invoices.

Unified Platform

All invoices and documents in one place for easier tracking, approval, and audit readiness.

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Smart AP Automation For Sage X3 That Pays Off

The typical cost of processing a business invoice is around $13 (per individual invoice, can be higher based on your location and complexity of the invoice). An AP clerk can enter no more than around 5 invoices per hour. This represents a significant financial and opportunity cost to businesses. X3CloudDocs Purchase Invoice Automation enables valuable finance professionals to focus on “value-add” tasks rather than repetitive, manual activities better suited to robots.

Time & Cost

X3CloudDocs subscription model ensures you save time and money on each and every invoice.

Multi-Channel Capture

What sets X3CloudDocs apart is its ability to process invoices from a wide variety of sources.

Anywhere, Anytime

X3CloudDocs allows you to act on invoices in the office, at home or on the go.

Visibility

X3CloudDocs enables tracking every step with full visibility, including audit trails

Control

X3CloudDocs allows customizable rules & workflows, from approval to full automation.

Seamless Integration

Native to Sage X3 with real-time data sync, ensuring accuracy and eliminating duplication.

Who Benefits From X3CloudDocs Purchase Invoice Automation

X3CloudDocs Purchase Invoice Automation will be beneficial and will deliver immediate benefits to any organization utilizing Sage X3 ERP that processes over 250 invoices per month (around 2,500 to 3,000 annually).

There are exceptions to this, where organizations process fewer but highly complex transactions with a large number of lines.

Process a High Volume of Invoices

Organizations handling hundreds to thousands of invoices monthly benefit most from automation, accuracy, and time savings.

Operate Across Multiple Entities or Locations

Businesses with complex structures—multi-company, multi-currency, or global operations—get centralized visibility and control.

Have a Finance Team Focused on Efficiency & Governance

Perfect for companies aiming to reduce cost per invoice, enhance compliance, and enable remote AP teams.

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How it Works

01

Invoices are received and uploaded for processing.

02

Data is extracted from the invoice and matched to Sage X3 data (including 3-way matching).

03

If required, the invoice enters a validation and authorization process. 

04

Invoices are automatically created in Sage X3, with a copy of the original document securely stored in the cloud. 

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What Purchase Invoice Automation Delivers for Your Business

From hours saved to errors avoided, X3CloudDocs for Sage X3 brings measurable improvements to finance operations.

Reduce Errors by 93% With Purchase Invoice Automation

Automate data capture and reduce manual entry to eliminate costly mistakes. PIA helps Sage X3 users achieve up to 93% fewer processing errors, improving accuracy, compliance, and confidence in your numbers.

Built For Sage X3 by Sage X3 Experts

Unlike generic tools, X3CloudDocs is purpose-built for Sage X3. Its native integration means faster deployment, lower costs, and no reliance on third-party middleware — now or in the future.

Boost Efficiency by 95% and Cut Operational Costs

X3CloudDocs’ AP Automation solution (PIA) reduces finance team processing time by over 95%, saving thousands of hours annually, delivering direct efficiency gains and measurable cost savings.

X3CloudDocs is Trusted By

Fold Hill
Fold Hill
Group IT Manager
We've been using X3CloudDocs for AP automation for a few months, and it's significantly sped up our processing—handling over 80 documents per hour. The built-in electronic invoice approval has reduced paper use and improved visibility of invoice status and approvals. Implementation was quick and seamless—highly recommend Mysoft and X3CloudDocs.
Two Providores
Two Providores
Digital Transformation and Strategy
After trying other sales order automation tools and needing AP automation too, we wanted one solution for both. X3CloudDocs was the only product we found built specifically for Sage X3 with out-of-the-box integration—and it was a perfect fit.
TIMCO
TIMCO
Operations Director
I would certainly recommend X3CloudDocs to other businesses using Sage X3. The solution is native to X3 and fits seamlessly within the overall environment. The ease of use and integration have made the solution valuable for our document management and accounts payable automation needs.
ENVEA
ENVEA
IT Systems Manager
We looked at 2-3 other solutions, but the best one that we found was X3CloudDocs. It was the most suitable for our business process. The UI is really simple and very easy to use. We wanted a simple software that could get the job done and integrated smoothly with Sage X3, and with X3CloudDocs it was just that.
RH Amar
RH Amar
Finance Director
There was a lot of manual inputs data entry onto our main system, which is Sage X3. There was a lot of manual typing and punching in data that was on the paper. We were very paper-based. Now it feels like history! We are too big to deal with paper anymore.
Two Providores
Two Providores
Digital Transformation and Strategy
Within two weeks of installing X3CloudDocs AP and SO modules we were live and had successfully and automatically processed over 1000 documents in the first week instantly saving our team a huge amount of rekeying and letting them get on with running the business.
CAVU Group
CAVU Group
Accountant
“I can process 90% of PO invoices at such a high level of accuracy that I don’t even have to intervene!”
Madison
Madison
Management Accountant
“One of the biggest factors for me was the integration. X3CloudDocs proved to link better with Sage X3 than any other software. There is no need for any bridging software to allow it to work and this gave me much more confidence in Mysoft and X3CloudDocs compared to competitors.”
BURNS Pet Food
BURNS Pet Food
Financial Analyst
“X3CloudDocs has revolutionised the way we work. We can now successfully process 1 months’ worth of invoices in just a couple of afternoons, rather than 1 week!”
Two Providores
Two Providores
Digital Transformation and Strategy
The X3CloudDocs team were great to work with, they were amazingly responsive and with a deep understanding of Sage X3 coupled with their knowledge of AP and SO Automation they could advise and resolve any problems we threw at them. I highly recommend this solution if you have Sage X3 and want a quick and seamless automation solution for supplier invoices and/or customer orders!
Cann Group Limited
Cann Group Limited
IT Business Analyst
X3CloudDocs with their intuitive solution for AP Automation allowed us to streamline the invoicing process in Sage X3. The built-in approval workflows, integrates well with X3. This has helped our Accounts team to validate invoices quicker and import them into Sage saving us hours spent on manual entry.
TransPak
TransPak
Senior Business Operations Manager
X3CloudDocs has really automated our company’s AP processes. We now spend less time doing manual work and has truly made our AP processes very easy and efficient. The solution is very user friendly and the interface is easy for even a novice to navigate.

Frequently Asked Questions

X3CloudDocs typically removes 90% of the time associated with manually rekeying and checking invoices from your suppliers by using AI and automation technology. It also speeds up the process, helping you access early-settlement discounts with your suppliers.

X3CloudDocs has a number of fraud prevention features which will automatically check invoices to look for anomalies and alert you if anything doesn’t verify correctly, it will also notify you of events such as a supplier sending you a duplicate invoice so that you can do additional checks before paying it.

Yes, X3CloudDocs allows you to process invoices in many different languages as it is a global solution which can be used across your entire enterprise.

X3CloudDocs uses a powerful global invoice library which is continually updated by machine learning, it knows the different formats of invoice used by different suppliers around the world. It is likely the solution will already know how to process an invoice the first time you present it but also has a powerful AI capability, you just need to process one invoice from each supplier for the system to be production ready and relieve you from rekeying tasks.

X3CloudDocs allows the automatic processing of supplier emails containing invoices, alternatively you can scan a hard copy invoice use the drag and drop functionality to add it to the processing queue or individuals can forward emails or documents to the X3CloudDocs mail box or simply save them to a local folder where they are automatically picked up.

X3CloudDocs has a powerful rule based engine which allows you to configure business rules including setting up approval processes based on the department being invoiced, the value of the invoice, the supplier, etc.

X3CloudDocs fully supports 3 way matching and automatically integrates with your Purchase Order and Receipt data to validate supplier invoices to make sure you are paying the correct price and only paying for the items you have received or ordered.

X3CloudDocs is designed for Sage X3 and fully supports Dimensions and the way you currently process invoices.

Yes, X3CloudDocs allows you to process invoices where there is no PO and you can GL code these and the solution will learn how you code the invoice and remember it for the next time you receive one from that supplier where there is no Purchase Order.

Yes, X3CloudDocs can capture freight on a standard invoice. Alternatively, if you are using ‘complementary invoices’ in Sage X3 then X3CloudDocs can process those too.

 

Yes! Invoicing elements are a really common requirement for Sage X3 customers, and something that other solutions often struggle with.  X3CloudDocs supports up to 9 invoicing elements on an invoice.

 

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