Alder, answered
Straight answers to what finance teams ask before hiring Alder: what it is, what it does, how it compares, and how buying and security work.
What Alder is
What is Alder?
Alder is an AI employee for accounts receivable. It does the portal work finance teams dread, such as submitting invoices in Coupa and SAP Ariba and fixing rejections, follows every invoice until it’s paid, calls customers’ AP teams, and keeps every promise, dispute and call on record in your ERP. Anything a customer would notice waits for your approval.
Who is Alder for?
Finance teams and controllers at B2B companies that invoice enterprise customers: manufacturers, distributors, logistics, construction subcontractors, IT services and staffing firms. It suits teams with no dedicated AR person and teams with AR staff who run out of time for every account.
Who makes Alder?
Alder is built by a San Francisco team in Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 batch, founded by Tejas Agarwal and Pankaj Mishra. The company was previously called Nivara.
What Alder does
Does Alder work in Coupa?
Yes. Alder signs in to the Coupa Supplier Portal with your saved login, creates each invoice from the customer’s PO, checks the lines against what shipped, submits it, fixes disputed invoices, and follows each one to payment. See meetalder.com/ap-portals/coupa.
Which AP portals does Alder work in?
Coupa, SAP Ariba (SAP Business Network), Oracle Supplier Portal and iSupplier, JAGGAER, SAP Taulia, Basware, Ivalua, GEP SMART, Tungsten Network, SAP Fieldglass and OpenInvoice, plus customers’ own supplier portals. Each has a page under meetalder.com/ap-portals.
Does Alder make phone calls?
Yes. Alder calls customers’ AP teams to find out why an invoice is held and what will release it, and calls back when they ask. Call notes are saved to the invoice in your ERP.
What does Alder do with customer replies?
It acts on them. A promise to pay is saved on the invoice and reminders pause until the date; a dispute stops reminders and gathers the PO and receipt; a request for a copy or a W-9 is answered in the same thread.
Which systems does Alder connect to?
ERPs and accounting systems including NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks and Epicor; Gmail and Outlook; Slack and Microsoft Teams; and customers’ AP portals. Nothing gets replaced: Alder works in the systems your team already uses.
How Alder compares
How is Alder different from Stuut?
Stuut sells AI agents for collections, cash application and deductions, with a focus on industrial and PE-backed mid-market companies. Alder leads with the work those tools leave to your team: logging into customers’ AP portals to submit and fix invoices, and calling AP to find out what’s holding payment. It works as a member of your team in your existing systems, with your approval on anything a customer sees.
How is Alder different from HighRadius?
HighRadius is a broad order-to-cash suite for large enterprises, usually with a longer implementation. Alder is live in 3 days and takes about 1 hour of your team’s time: it works in your ERP, inbox and portals instead of adding a system to learn.
How is Alder different from Monk?
Monk is an AI-native invoice-to-cash platform with collections, cash application and a customer payment portal. Alder is built as an AI employee: it does the portal submissions, calls and follow-through itself, and reports to your team in Slack, Teams and your ERP.
How is Alder different from dunning or payment reminder software?
Reminder tools send the same email on a schedule. Alder finds out why each invoice is late, whether it’s a portal rejection, a missing PO or a stalled approval, and fixes that cause.
Buying and setup
How much does Alder cost?
Alder does not charge per user seat. Pricing depends on how much of your receivables Alder works: the number of accounts and invoices, and which portals and channels are involved. Most teams start with a pilot. Book a 30-minute call at meetalder.com/demo for a quote.
How long does it take to set up Alder?
Alder is live in 3 days and takes about 1 hour of your team’s time: connect your ERP and inbox, share your collections policy, and add the portal logins you want Alder to use.
Will Alder contact my customers without approval?
No, unless you allow it. Alder starts by watching only. You decide what it may send or submit on its own; everything else waits for a person to approve.
Security and data
Is my data used to train AI models?
No. Your data is never used to train models, Alder’s or anyone else’s. Alder uses your rules and history as context for your accounts only.
How does Alder handle portal logins?
Alder uses saved logins you provide and never sees your passwords in plain text. When a portal asks for a security code, Alder asks a person on your team for it.
Can Alder run in our own cloud?
Yes. If your IT team requires it, Alder can run inside your company’s own cloud. Every action it takes is recorded, so you can review and undo it. Security documentation is available on request.
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