Plastiq vs Clearing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plastiq
This app simplifies business bill payments, allowing users to create, view, and pay invoices securely from any location. It helps manage cash flow effectively and ensures timely payments, even when away from the office.
- Pay bills on-the-go
- Schedule future payments
- Repeat vendor payments
- Access documentation
- Real-time payables visibility
- Cash flow decision making
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The Plastiq app gives businesses a simple, secure way to create, view and pay bills from anywhere. Make smart cash flow decisions and keep your business running even when you’re out of office. Manage payables from anywhere and ensure revenue-dependent payments reach their destination on time with Plastiq Pay. Pay bills on–the-go - Pay a bill with 1 tap - Schedule a payment for a future date - Repeat a vendor payment with a tap - Access important documentation instantly - Stay informed with complete visibility into your payables - Make smart cash flow decisions in real time
Clearing
This app automates bookkeeping for short-term rental operators. It helps manage cash flow, track expenses, generate owner statements, and process payments. The mobile version allows for on-the-go receipt capture and expense categorization.
- Automated bookkeeping
- Trust accounting
- Cash flow tracking
- Expense management
- Owner statement generation
- Receipt capture on the go
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Clearing is a complete trust accounting and automated bookkeeping solution tailored for Short-Term Rental operators to close their books faster than ever before. Property managers use Clearing to collect & track their cashflow from multiple sources, manage their expenses, generate owner statements and pay homeowners & vendors. With the mobile app, users can take photos of their receipts and categorize expenses on the go to streamline expense management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clearing at 100% against Plastiq's 44%. Clearing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Plastiq's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clearing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plastiq has 80 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Plastiq's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clearing's.
| Parameter | Plastiq | Clearing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (80 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plastiq, Inc. | Clearing Tech Inc |
Customer experience
Plastiq
Clearing
Bugs and requests
Plastiq
Reported bugs
14 issues- App does not work well, shows error on login
- App does not make scheduled payments
- App canceled payments without reason
- App processing time is 5 business days, then fails
- App payment not received by mortgage company
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- No way to contact customer service through the app
- Live agent chat box shows 'agent not available'
- Customer service number is a voicemail
- App verification code is longer than allowed
- App does not allow creation of new accounts
- App not recognizing connected banks
- App shows a red required button preventing payment submission
- App is inconsistent with check deposit status
- App requires invoice upload unnecessarily
Requested features
2 requests- Add dashboard overview of account
- Make app auto-rotate for iPad use
Clearing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plastiq
No in-app purchases
Clearing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Plastiq free?
Is Clearing free?
Which has better reviews, Plastiq or Clearing?
Do Plastiq or Clearing have ads?
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