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Payhawk · Agent

Finance & Accounting

According to Payhawk: “The Financial Controller AI Agent clears your month-end by chasing employees, fetching invoices and coding expenses.”

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Payhawk AI Office of the CFO

Payhawk · Agent

Facts, sources and conditions

According to Payhawk: “The Financial Controller AI Agent clears your month-end by chasing employees, fetching invoices and coding expenses.”
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗

This description covers the Financial Controller agent. The wider AI Office of the CFO package also lists Travel, Procurement and Payments agents; confirm the scope you need.

Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
AI agents for month-end expense chasing, invoice fetching and expense coding inside a spend platform
ETHORITY analysispayhawk.com ↗

Task classification by ETHORITY; match it to your intended use.

How it is billed
Per month per plan module; price depends on “the plans and add-ons you select, as well as the number of admin/accountant seats, cards, and the volume of transactions”; “Unlimited employee seats”
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗

US pricing edition; request a separate EU quote.

Published price
From $299/mo (Travel), $349/mo (Accounts Payable), $449/mo (Cards & Expenses), $499/mo (Procurement); Payhawk Complete (full AI Office of the CFO package) – no price listed
Unit: USD per month
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗

US pricing; confirm which plans include Financial Controller Agent.

Where data is stored
Payhawk EOOD processing in “Belgium and Germany (LLMs hosted on Google Cloud)”; blog: data on AWS and GCP “located within the EU”, German users' data in Germany, other EU users in Belgium
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗payhawk.com ↗

Optional sub-processors outside: Duffel (UK, travel); Merge API on AWS EU (Sweden, HR integrations). LLM region within Google Cloud not stated

Does it train AI on your data?
Not used for training – DPA: will not use Controller Personal Data, incl. prompts, “to train, fine-tune, or improve any foundational or general-purpose artificial intelligence models”
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗

AI security FAQ adds that Vertex AI enterprise API “does not use customer data for model training”. DPA wording covers foundational/general-purpose models; Payhawk's own task-specific models not addressed explicitly

Connects with
“Integrations with 40+ ERP/Accounting/HR systems”; live accounting to Xero, QBO, Exact Online in every module; native bidirectional ERP add-ons NetSuite, Dynamics Business Central, Microsoft Finance, Sage Intacct; native DATEV (DATEV DUO / Unternehmen Online); Slack; 50+ HRIS
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗payhawk.com ↗payhawk.com ↗

Count 40+ provider-stated. Agent Fetch connects to supplier portals (customer names Uber, Deliveroo, OpenAI, Aircall)

Certificates and audit reports
ISO 27001 certified; SOC 2 Type 2 attestation; PCI DSS compliant
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗

Provider blog only; certification body, auditor, scope and report period not stated; issuer confirmation remains open. AI security FAQ names no certifications

Limitations
“Payhawk AI may struggle in some specific cases” – handwritten or faded receipts, non-Latin characters, multi-currency edge cases, uncommon invoice formats, ambiguous categorisation; agent pauses at CAPTCHA/2FA; agent “cannot change account settings or make purchases”; not available to UK micro-enterprises or small charities
Stated by the providerpayhawk.com ↗payhawk.com ↗

Provider-stated time claim: “Submit expenses 62% faster, and clear approvals in just 3.5 days”

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Spendesk · Product

Finance & Accounting

Connects Spendesk spend data to AI assistants so finance teams can search, analyse and report on spend in plain language.

How it is billed
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Spendesk AI Connect

Spendesk · Product

Facts, sources and conditions

Connects Spendesk spend data to AI assistants so finance teams can search, analyse and report on spend in plain language.
Stated by the providerspendesk.com ↗

The help centre describes natural-language questions about Spendesk data and states that Spendesk MCP is not an AI model. Beta write tools can also change data; agree permissions and permitted operations.

Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
MCP bridge giving AI assistants permissioned read/write access to spend and AP data
ETHORITY analysishelpcenter.spendesk.com ↗

Task classification by ETHORITY; match it to your intended use.

How it is billed
MCP: included free for customers in 2026; Spendesk platform: fixed monthly subscription plus variable per-transaction fees, unlimited users, no active-user fees
Stated by the providerhelpcenter.spendesk.com ↗spendesk.com ↗

“Most Spendesk paid plans have an indefinite term”; two months' notice without annual contract

Published price
€0 for MCP access in 2026 – “MCP access is free for all customers for 2026”; “Pricing may change.”
Stated by the providerhelpcenter.spendesk.com ↗

Requires a paid Spendesk plan; platform plan prices not published (contact sales)

Where data is stored
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, hosting, processing location EU; Google Cloud France (cloud hosting and AI services) EU/US
Stated by the providerspendesk.com ↗spendesk.com ↗

AWS region not named. Data retrieved via MCP is processed by the customer's chosen AI provider under the customer's own agreement – EU location of that processing not addressed

Does it train AI on your data?
Only third-party model training is addressed – users should “review that provider's settings for privacy, data retention, workspace sharing and model training”

Spendesk's own use of customer data for training not addressed

Connects with
AI assistants: Claude, ChatGPT (Business/Enterprise/Edu), Dust, Langdock; accounting: “NetSuite, Xero, DATEV, Quickbooks or Sage 100” (direct); DATEV Unternehmen Online; custom CSV/XLS exports
Unit: 4 assistants; 5 accounting systems named
Where the provider's own sources disagree

The provider’s own sources say different things here. mcp.spendesk.com says “Works with Claude Code, ChatGPT, and Dust” (no Langdock) – inconsistent with help centre. MCP site: 68 tools (36 read, 32 write), 75+ skills

Certificates and audit reports
ISO 27001:2022 (“Spendesk also holds the ISO 27001:2022 certification”)
Stated by the providerspendesk.com ↗
Where the provider's own sources disagree

The provider’s own sources say different things here. The security page assigns PCI certification to partners; the platform page lists it for Spendesk. Confirm entity and scope. Payment authorisation is distinct from certification.

Limitations
Write tools “in Beta”; “some actions cannot be undone”; cannot approve/reject requests or invoices, pay or schedule payments, create or change cards, manage users, read budgets; data cached briefly; no test mode; Action log “does not list the fields or values that were changed”; assistant may misread ambiguous requests, dates or currencies; prompt-injection risk from document text
Where the provider's own sources disagree

The provider’s own sources say different things here. MCP site lists “physical card settings” among write tools while help centre says the assistant cannot “create or change cards” – inconsistency. Platform figure (verbatim, provider-stated evidence): “Reduce manual data entry by 80%”

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AppZen · Product

Finance & Accounting

According to AppZen: “Audit every expense report automatically with AI.”

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AppZen Expense Audit

AppZen · Product

Facts, sources and conditions

According to AppZen: “Audit every expense report automatically with AI.”
Stated by the providerappzen.com ↗

The provider claims coverage of every expense report, language and country. Treat that as provider wording and confirm coverage for your languages, policy and deployment.

Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
Pre-payment AI audit of employee expense reports (policy, fraud, duplicates)
ETHORITY analysisappzen.com ↗

Task classification by ETHORITY; match it to your intended use.

How it is billed
Editions Standard / Premium / Enterprise; Expenses, Cards and Invoices listed as “Volume”; Expense Audit sold as add-on; ExpertCare support at “an extra charge”
Stated by the providersupport.appzen.com ↗

Volume-based metric implied by edition table; exact billing unit (per report / per line) not stated

Where data is stored
AWS; “hosted on AWS US and Ireland data centers”; EU clients' data “strictly contained within the EU AWS data centers”
Stated by the providersupport.appzen.com ↗

Region = AWS Ireland for EU clients per Compliance and Security Guide; page does not reconcile the two statements in detail

Does it train AI on your data?
used – models “do not learn from your raw data” but are “fine-tuned using aggregated data”
Stated by the providerappzen.com ↗appzen.com ↗

Trustworthy AI FAQ: “Any data processed by AppZen is converted into aggregated data.” Private ZenLM blog describes an isolated per-customer option (“Training data never flows back to the base model”); standard Public ZenLM uses anonymised data. No opt-out mechanism described. DPA s.8 covers de-identified data only

Connects with
T&E: SAP Concur, Workday, Emburse, Cytric, Rydoo, Expensify, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion (8 logos); FAQ names SAP Concur, Workday, Emburse, Oracle, Coupa, Rydoo, Cytric; SSO via SAML / OpenID Connect / OAuth; bulk export to SFTP
Stated by the providerappzen.com ↗support.appzen.com ↗
Where the provider's own sources disagree

The provider’s own sources say different things here. Contradiction on same page: logo strip (8) vs FAQ #09 (7) – FAQ adds Coupa, omits Expensify and Oracle Fusion. No DATEV, NetSuite, Dynamics or Xero named

Certificates and audit reports
ISO/IEC 27001 certified “since 2017” (accredited body, annual); SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 attestations (CPA firm; blog page logo shows A-LIGN); PCI-DSS logo
Stated by the providersupport.appzen.com ↗appzen.com ↗appzen.com ↗
Where the provider's own sources disagree

The provider’s own sources say different things here. Provider-stated only, issuer confirmation remains open. Contradiction: Compliance Guide says ISO/IEC 27001:2013, CIO blog says ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Scope and report periods not stated. SOC 1/SOC 2 are attestations. GDPR/CCPA listed by provider are laws, not certifications

Limitations
Sandbox: “Data and configurations cannot be copied over between the sandbox and production”; sandbox “limited to 10% of the annual production capacity”; receipt verification reads “handwritten digits on receipts (English only)”
Stated by the providersupport.appzen.com ↗

No accuracy caveats on product page

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Circula · Product

Finance & Accounting

Expense workflow tool built for German legislation, whose AI enforces tax and policy rules in real time from receipt capture to approvals.

How it is billed
Where data is stored
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Circula

Circula · Product

Facts, sources and conditions

Expense workflow tool built for German legislation, whose AI enforces tax and policy rules in real time from receipt capture to approvals.
Stated by the providercircula.com ↗

The provider states real-time validation against German tax rules and internal policies. This is a provider capability claim, not independent assurance of tax compliance. Its page also announces that Circula is part of Personio.

Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
Employee and travel expense management with AI receipt capture and German tax/policy checks
ETHORITY analysiscircula.com ↗

Task classification by ETHORITY; match it to your intended use.

How it is billed
Employee & Travel Expenses: per license per month, billed annually, minimum 10 licenses (fixed + flexible licenses; flexible charged only in active months); Credit Cards: platform fee; Accounts Payable: platform incl. 100 invoices; Benefits: per license
Stated by the providercircula.com ↗

“Prices stated per month, billed annually.” “Circula always contains a minimum of 10 licenses.” Add-ons (DMS, CustomerCare Plus, DailyTrips, CO₂ Reporting, Multi-Entity Setup) unpriced

Published price
From 15€ per license/month (Employee & Travel Expenses); from 99€/month (Credit Cards platform); from 149€/month (Accounts Payable, incl. 100 invoices); from 1€ per license (Benefits)
Unit: EUR per month, billed annually
Stated by the providercircula.com ↗
Where the provider's own sources disagree

The provider’s own sources say different things here. Starting prices. The pricing page labels Accounts Payable “coming soon” while a product page describes it; confirm availability and invoice overage charges.

Where data is stored
AWS, Germany – “All data is hosted on AWS servers operated in Germany.”; privacy policy: admin account data in a data center in Frankfurt/Main
Stated by the providerhelp.circula.com ↗circula.com ↗circula.com ↗

AI page says “hosted in Europe” plus badge “Hergestellt und gehostet in Deutschland”; consistent with Germany. Privacy policy names US recipients for analytics/error tracking (see subprocessors and models)

Connects with
DATEV (Unternehmen online, Kanzlei Rechnungswesen, LODAS, Lohn und Gehalt; via DATEV-Cloud-Services API), Microsoft Dynamics 365, ELO, Lanes & Planes, Perk, Personio, Workday
Unit: 7 named (8 menu entries, DATEV listed twice)
Stated by the providercircula.com ↗help.circula.com ↗

No count stated by provider. DATEV Premium Partner and DATEV marketplace API partner; “official successor solution for DATEV Reisekosten classic”. No SAP, NetSuite, Xero or Lexware named

Certificates and audit reports
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 “for Circula GmbH in Berlin for cloud operations and security management”; GoBD software audit “according to IDW PS 880” by Eger, Färber & Kollegen Wirtschaftsprüfungs und Beratungs GmbH (attestation)
Stated by the providercircula.com ↗

Provider-stated ISO 27001; confirm issuer and dates. IDW PS 880 is an auditor attestation. GoBD and GDPR are rules; DATEV Premium Partner is partner status.

Limitations
“Continuous compliance audits” labelled “coming soon”; exported expenses, mileages and per diems cannot be recalled or edited afterwards (corrections outside Circula); DATEV format cannot carry receipts into ReWe; AI “Built for German legislation”
Stated by the providercircula.com ↗help.circula.com ↗

Only accuracy figure is provider-stated evidence verbatim: “92% less manual input” (measurement not described)

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05ETHORITY RESEARCH · MARKET STUDY 2026/27

Know what the AI market offers before you choose.

961 AI offerings. One map. Decide now what you will use in 2027. · EN · v2.6

Global edition · English · version 2.6

961 AI offerings. One map. Decide now what you will use in 2027.

How companies worldwide adopt AI, what 961 offerings promise and document, and how to run AI once you have chosen it. Every figure has a source.

27 Oct 2026

06ANALYSIS FOR YOUR NEXT DECISION

Three analyses for your next AI decision.

Try the numbers. See what changes.

Seven tools for your next decision. Modelled scenarios, with assumptions you can inspect.

How we work: Discover, Create, Run, Improve, Grow

02HOW ETHORITY WORKS WITH YOU

From the first idea to AI that runs every day.

You find the right AI, decide, put it into operation and adapt it as conditions change. ETHORITY works in a loop of five steps, and each step ends with a clear decision.

  1. Discover

    Find where AI can help your business and what the market offers for it.

    Live market exploration
  2. Create

    Choose the option and build the solution, including its costs, data and responsibilities.

    Services · by agreement
  3. Run

    Operate the system day to day, with named owners and agreed checks.

    Workspace · demonstration
  4. Improve

    Measure the result against the starting point and adjust what does not work.

    Review services · by agreement
  5. Grow

    Extend what works to more teams, sites or countries.

    Provider services · network planned

Question · Question · Who is responsible for each AI use, the proof that it works and the next decision?

Scenario: this is how an AI system looks with named owners and proof of results. Services by agreement.

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Effective — AI supports a concrete goal with results you can check.

Efficient — effort, cost and human rework are counted.

Economic — a technical gain is tested for its real business value.

Responsible — people, rights, safety and ethical consequences are part of the decision. Compliance is part of it; responsibility goes further.

AI needs rules. Five questions to set them.

AI governance means deciding who is responsible for an AI system, what it may do and how you check it. Scenario: an AI agent – software that carries out tasks on its own within set permissions – answers customer requests and triggers refunds. Five questions make it safe and worth the effort.

  1. Responsibility: who decides?

    One named person owns the agent; finance owns the refund budget, IT the system connections. AI Governance Setup defines roles, decision rights and the approval path.

  2. Authority: what may it do alone?

    The agent sees orders and delivery status and refunds up to a limit your finance team sets. Profiles and Compare show what each agent product can do and how it handles your data.

  3. Evidence: what does each answer rest on?

    Answers on prices and return rules name their source; every refund is recorded with reason, amount and approval. The AI Trust Record checks one system in ten working days.

  4. Control: when does a person step in?

    A person reviews refunds above the limit, complaints and unclear cases; the head of customer service approves exceptions. The AI Trust Pilot tests this for six weeks with a stop rule.

  5. Benefit: does the result improve?

    Measure answers your team accepts as correct, complaints and rework time, before and during the pilot. The AI calculators show cost per accepted answer and the real value of freed time.

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03KNOW BEFORE YOU INVEST

Start with your next decision.

Two fixed-price services give you a clear answer before you commit a larger budget: where your company stands with AI, and which duties the EU AI Act places on you.

People examining an AI readiness map.

AI Readiness & Maturity Check

Where you stand with AI: one workshop day, then a written assessment.

€3,500 one-time net

One workshop day + report · up to 8 people

You get a scored maturity profile with written reasoning, your five most valuable AI uses, ranked by value, feasibility and risk, and a draft 90-day plan for leadership review.

A team working through an AI governance pathway.

AI Act Readiness Sprint

Know which AI you use and what the EU AI Act requires of you.

From €6,900 one-time net

2–3 weeks · packages below

Mittelstand €6,900 · 2 weeks · up to 15 AI usesEnterprise €19,500 · 3 weeks · up to 40 systems

The sprint prepares the facts for your legal team. Legal opinions and conformity assessments (the formal check some high-risk AI systems need) are scoped separately with specialists where needed.

04WAYS TO WORK WITH ETHORITY

We train your team and set up AI with clear responsibilities.

Five services cover the work after the first decision: training, rules and responsibilities, a review of the AI you use, a business case for a large investment and monthly support. Each offer page lists scope, price and terms.

People learning and applying AI together.

AI Literacy & Adoption ↗

Your team learns to use AI well and safely in daily work.

From €2,400 one-time net

Half-day executive workshop or one-day team training

People connecting responsibilities and evidence.

AI Governance Setup ↗

You set the rules for AI: who decides, who checks and when.

From €19,500 one-time net

4–8 weeks

People examining alternative paths to a business decision.

AI Opportunity Case ↗

Know what would make a large AI investment pay, with every assumption written down.

Priced after scoping net

4–6 weeks

A team reviewing ongoing work and decisions.

AI Governance Retainer ↗

Monthly support that keeps your AI rules and decisions up to date.

From €2,500 / month net

Monthly · six-month minimum

Net prices plus VAT where applicable. Fixed-price packages: date and place by agreement; for the AI Opportunity Case, scope by agreement. The monthly AI Governance Retainer runs for at least six months. Each offer page lists its package terms.

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07WHO LEADS YOUR PROJECT

Led by Sten. Built around your challenge.

ETHORITY combines research on the AI market, the design of AI systems and hands-on work in your company. In every project a named person is responsible for each decision, and every result is backed by sources.

An illustrated ETHORITY workplace and city setting.
Sten Franke

Sten Franke

Founder & CEO · AI Transformation Architect

Sten Franke designs and builds AI systems, from model testing and cloud setup to the interfaces people use. He connects business decisions, software architecture and practical implementation.

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08REFERENCES & PARTNERS

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