Airbills Alternative | Nectar

Nectar combines 99.2% bill parsing accuracy with intelligent bill pay routing rules, giving you end-to-end control from data ingestion through payment, not just the AP step.

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Airbills automates the accounts payable side of utility bills: routing, approval, and payment. For a finance team drowning in utility invoices that is a real problem solved, and it is now territory Nectar covers too: approvals, scheduling, a portfolio payment calendar, and execution directly or through an integrated provider.

What AP automation does not do is verify that the data on the bill is correct. A bill can be routed, approved, and paid perfectly while carrying a misapplied rate schedule or an incorrectly applied demand charge, and the workflow will never notice. It is designed to move the invoice, not to interrogate it.

Nectar interrogates it: line-item parsing at 99.2% accuracy across more than 7,000 providers, automated detection of rate misapplication, demand-charge errors, lapsed exemptions, and power factor penalties, with the source bill attached as evidence, plus a completeness view showing which bills never arrived at all.

Challenge

AP automation tools process bills without verifying the underlying data is accurate.

Solution

Nectar parses every line item at 99.2% accuracy with automatic data quality checks and human QA for flagged bills, so you only pay what you actually owe.

Challenge

Rigid payment workflows cannot route bills differently based on utility, site, or amount.

Solution

Nectar's rule-based bill pay engine routes each bill to the right destination (AP team, ERP system, or centralized payment) based on configurable conditions like provider, site, account, or charge amount.

Challenge

Disconnected bill-pay tools require manual data re-entry from your utility data system.

Solution

Nectar handles the full lifecycle: automated collection from 7,000+ utility portals, parsing, validation, and payment routing in a single platform with a complete audit trail.

Paying a wrong bill efficiently

The failure mode of AP automation on utility invoices is that it makes an incorrect charge easier to pay. Approval thresholds catch large anomalies; they do not catch a demand charge applied on the wrong baseline or an exemption that lapsed nine months ago, because those look like ordinary charges of ordinary size.

Validating before payment is a different function. It compares each parsed charge line against the tariff that should apply, and it also answers the question AP cannot: which expected bills are missing, which is invisible to a workflow that only ever sees the invoices that arrived.

Where Nectar fits

Choose Airbills for utility AP workflow and payment. Choose Nectar to make sure what gets paid is correct and to know what never arrived, and run both, because efficient payment of an incorrect bill is not a saving.

Frequently asked questions

Does Nectar pay bills or route approvals?

Yes. Nectar covers the payment workflow (approvals, scheduling, a portfolio payment calendar) and executes payment directly or through an integrated provider. The difference from a pure AP tool is sequencing: the bill is parsed, validated, and error-checked before it is approved, so an incorrect charge is caught rather than efficiently paid.

Can both run together?

Yes, and it is the sensible arrangement. Nectar validates and flags before payment; AP automation routes and pays. It also removes the manual re-entry between a utility data system and a bill-pay tool.

How does Nectar know a bill is missing?

The completeness view compares expected against collected periods per site, account, and meter, so an absent bill is a visible gap rather than simply an invoice that never showed up.

What errors does validation catch?

Misapplied rate schedules, incorrectly applied demand charges, lapsed tax exemptions, and power factor penalties, each documented with the source bill for a recovery claim.

Powerful features for every team

Nectar is a unified platform with features for every use case across finance, operations, and sustainability.

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Data collection for sustainability

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Facility benchmarks, Energystar reports

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Utility bill audits, bill reconciliation

Audit bills for errors. Avoid late fees. Automate payments.

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Rate optimizations, cost savings

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Customer Stories
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Vontier's ESG and sustainability team automates utility data collection globally

Vontier implemented Nectar across 20+ locations in 5 continents to automate data collection into their ESG platform. Learn more about how Nectar provides more accurate data and visibility into metrics.

“Nectar has transformed how we manage sustainability data. It's reduced human errors, missing data sources, delays from manual data entry, and confusion regarding unit conversions.”
Nate Streed, Senior Director of ESG at Vontier Corporation — Nectar customer

Nate Streed

Senior Director of ESG, Vontier Corporation

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Stanwich Energy Boosts Client Value with Nectar's Utility Data Solution

Stanwich Energy announces a new partnership with Nectar to enhance the customer experience through advanced, AI-powered utility data services.

“Partnering with Nectar's AI-driven platform has been groundbreaking, allowing us to tackle changes faster and skip the outdated, painful integration required by other solutions. Having the right information is the first step, and Nectar is exactly what we have been looking for to make that happen.”
Matt Shaw, Managing Director at Stanwich Energy — Nectar customer

Matt Shaw

Managing Director, Stanwich Energy

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Nancy Summe, Sustainability Manager at Vontier Corporation — Nectar customer

Nancy Summe

Sustainability Manager, Vontier Corporation

“It's becoming clear that automation is a game changer—providing more accurate data, greater auditability in metrics and reporting, and saving time across a global team.”

Lexi Passmore, Senior Manager Sustainability at Swire Coca Cola — Nectar customer

Lexi Passmore

Senior Manager Sustainability, Swire Coca Cola

“Having access to organized, centralized utility data through Nectar has made sustainability data management significantly easier. The ability to quickly retrieve supporting documents ensures the highest level of accuracy in our reporting.”

Jeremy Pike, Sustainability Leader at Idaho Milk Products — Nectar customer

Jeremy Pike

Sustainability Leader, Idaho Milk Products

“Thanks to Nectar's innovative solution, we can accurately assess our environmental impact, becoming a pioneer in sustainability among our peers.”

Jonathan R., Sustainability Director at Thomas Foods Int., USA — Nectar customer

Jonathan R.

Sustainability Director, Thomas Foods Int., USA

“Using Nectar has significantly streamlined the process of gathering and analyzing our utility data. The platform just works!”

John O'Connell, CEO and Founder at Stanwich Energy — Nectar customer

John O'Connell

CEO and Founder, Stanwich Energy

“Nectar enables faster insights, smarter forecasting, and more accurate budget tracking. It also strengthens our ability to deliver on key sustainability goals by providing real-time visibility into usage and emissions.”

Matt Greening, Founder and Director at Nettzero — Nectar customer

Matt Greening

Founder and Director, Nettzero

“Nectar serves as a reliable and cost-effective technology solution to extract, store, and analyse sustainability data leading to enhanced reporting capabilities and streamlined workflows.”

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Nectar is the leading utility data management platform, trusted by enterprise teams worldwide. With 99.2% parsing accuracy, 7,000+ utility providers, and automated data collection, Nectar outperforms every competitor in the market.

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