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Canals intelligently “reads” remittance advice and extracts the relevant information to match it against customer invoices. Payments are automatically applied to the right account if the amount is correct, and your team can focus on resolving the differences.
Automatically process remittance advice no matter how it comes, including multi-page documents with multiple bill-tos
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Spend less time researching why payments don’t match the invoice and get them corrected faster
Get up-and-running in under a week, with minimal IT lift and setup


Have a question that’s not answered here? Email sales@canals.ai and we’ll help you evaluate whether Canals fits your Accounts Payable workflow, accounting system, and invoice volume.
Accounts Receivable (AR) automation is the use of technology to streamline the tedious, manual process of cash application. It typically involves technology that can read (“parse”) remittance advance, match payments to invoices in your ERP, and apply payments to the right invoices after review.
Instead of having to individually look up each invoice and match the payment amount against the invoice amount, users can focus only on the exceptions, where the amounts are not the same. After reviewing, they can apply all payments in bulk, or choose to only apply payments to the exact matches.
More advanced AR automation tools can help identify the sources of discrepancies by highlighting if the difference corresponds to specific line items, including freight and tax.
The most direct benefit of AR automation is time savings. By eliminating manual data entry and ERP lookup, cash application becomes much more efficient. Automation also helps to reduce errors, meaning fewer misapplied payments and cleaner books.
When cash application takes less time, payments are applied sooner after receipt and short pays are quickly followed-up on. Canals customers have achieved 95%+ same day application.
Finally, cash flow operations improve overall with faster closeout of open invoices, helping to accelerate month-end close.
Traditional Accounts Payable software often relies on templates, fixed rules, and rigid field mapping. That approach can break down when contractors receive invoices in different formats, supplier statements with unusual layouts, partial receipts, different naming conventions, or exceptions that require context. AI-powered AP automation is more flexible because it interprets unstructured data and learns from user feedback. Canals can process contractor invoices without creating a separate template for every supplier, then improve as users correct exceptions or confirm the right handling approach. For contractors, this is especially useful because AP workflows often involve many suppliers, job-related purchasing, multiple receipt records, tolerance rules, and changing document formats. Adaptive AI helps the workflow become more accurate over time while reducing the ongoing maintenance required from AP, operations, and IT teams.
We integrate with many of the top ERPs for distributors and manufacturers, including Eclipse, Prophet21, Infor CSD, Infor SX.e, SAP S/4 HANA, and Microsoft Dynamics. Please see our integrations page for a full list of ERPs we currently integrate with.
If we do not yet have an existing integration with your ERP, our expert team can typically build one in a matter of weeks. Just fill out the form to let us know what ERP you use and our Lead Integration Engineer will be in touch to discuss it with you.
For common accounting systems, technical implementation can be completed in just a few days. Your IT team typically grants Canals the appropriate access, Canals syncs the necessary data, and the workflow can be ready for AP users shortly after setup. If Canals does not yet integrate with your accounting system, implementation is typically completed in 30 days or less. The onboarding process is designed to be lightweight, with support for rollout planning, user training, and workflow tuning so contractor AP teams can start processing invoices quickly.
Every customer receives a Customer Success Manager who supports onboarding, rollout, training, and post-implementation optimization to maximize ROI from your AP automation initiative. The Canals team helps plan the rollout strategy, train AP and operations users, and tune the workflow around your accounting system, invoice volume, supplier patterns, and exception-handling needs. Users can also contact Customer Support by email or chat any time. This support model helps contractors adopt AP automation quickly and continue improving the workflow as teams process more invoices and exceptions.
Yes. Canals has enterprise-grade security that is independently verified through annual SOC 2 Type II audits. In addition, we've completed third-party penetration testing and have regular automated security checks. All data is encrypted at rest using AES-256 and in transit using TLS 1.3.
In addition, we distinguish between data security, which protects your data from unauthorized access, and data privacy, which governs how it’s used and shared. Beyond securing your data, we govern how it's accessed and used to ensure it remains yours.
Please see our Security and Privacy page for additional details.
We offer a tiered, usage-based pricing model. Your cost will depend on your estimated usage and products purchased. After you share some details on your needs, we can provide a pricing proposal, often immediately following our first conversation. Please fill out the form to get started, and we'll be in touch soon!
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