Case Study: Netlify achieves faster month-end closes and real-time spend control with Airbase

How Netlify uses Airbase to get ahead of spend, accelerate the month-end close, and set AP operations up for scale

Netlify, a San Francisco startup modernizing the web, needed better control of growing spend, clearer ownership of transactions, and faster month‑end closes. To solve this, Netlify adopted Airbase’s spend management platform—using virtual and physical cards, pre‑approval workflows, a TripActions integration, bill pay, and click‑to‑sync to QuickBooks.

Airbase gave Netlify real‑time visibility and reconciliation, replaced about 80% of expense reports with pre‑approvals, eliminated month‑end expense surprises, and significantly reduced time‑intensive accruals. With almost all spend flowing through Airbase and bill payments moved from Bill.com, Netlify streamlined T&E and AP processes and accelerated the close, freeing finance to focus on strategic work.

Netlify

Amer Ali

Head of Strategic Finance and Business Operations