| Criterion | Audiree | LiveCosts |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Checking construction delivery notes and invoices against the contract price book, per job | Construction cost platform: invoices, POs, budgets, approvals |
| Line-level reading | Yes — every line: article, quantity, unit, price | Yes — AI captures supplier, dates and all invoice line items |
| Invoice matching | Yes — invoices and delivery notes checked against the same contract | Yes — 3-way match: PO, delivery records, invoice |
| Check against contract / agreed prices | Yes — core check: line price = contract price × quantity | Against the PO; historical price comparison; a contract price book — we couldn’t find it on their site (checked 2026-09-29) |
| Capture from site | Photo from the site team’s chat group, PDF upload or email | We couldn’t find it on their site (checked 2026-09-29) |
| Review / approvals | Yes — divergences with the exact difference; matches approved automatically | Customisable approvals with spending limits and role-based assignment |
| Budgets | Contracted vs invoiced per job and per contract | Live project budgets and cost tracking |
| Accounting integrations listed | None — CSV export for Excel | Xero, Sage, QuickBooks |
| Public pricing | On request, by volume of documents and jobs | “Request pricing” — no public prices found (checked 2026-09-29) |
| Markets | Portugal today; demos for other markets | Offices in Dublin, London and Perth (UK, Ireland, Australia) |
Compiled from public sources on the date shown. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it. Official site: LiveCosts
When LiveCosts is the better choice
- You are a contractor in the UK, Ireland or Australia and want a local vendor with offices and phone numbers in your market.
- You use Xero, Sage or QuickBooks and want invoices synced there.
- You want purchase orders and live project budgets in the same tool as invoice matching.
- You need multi-currency invoicing, which LiveCosts lists.
When Audiree is the better choice
- Your jobs are in Portugal, with guias de remessa and faturas from Portuguese suppliers.
- Prices are agreed in supply contracts per job, and you want every delivery note line checked against them.
- Construction-specific checks matter to you: units vs m², D16 vs D22, rebar tonnage tolerance, duplicates by document number and supplier.
- The site team should capture delivery notes by phone photo in their existing chat group.
What does LiveCosts do?
LiveCosts’ construction invoice software page (read 2026-09-29) describes AI invoice extraction of supplier names, dates and all line items; 3-way matching of invoices to purchase orders and delivery records; connection to live project budgets; customisable approval workflows with spending limits; cost allocation to projects and budget lines; and one-click sync with Xero, Sage and QuickBooks. It also mentions tracking invoices without purchase orders, multi-currency invoicing and historical price comparison.
The company lists offices in Dublin, London and Perth. Pricing is on request.
What does Audiree do differently?
The site team photographs the delivery note (or uploads a PDF or forwards an email). AI reads every line — article, quantity, unit, price — in two independent readings, matches each line to the contract price book of that job by meaning rather than identical text, and runs ten deterministic checks: line price = contract price × quantity, document total vs sum of lines, supplier NIF, contract reference, unit consistency (units vs m²), designation identity (D16 vs D22), rebar tonnage tolerance and more. What matches is approved automatically; divergences go to a review queue with the exact difference, and nothing is discarded silently.
Audiree doesn’t replace an ERP or accounting system, doesn’t create purchase orders, doesn’t pay suppliers and doesn’t issue invoices. It sits between the job site and accounts and does one job: checking what was delivered and invoiced against what was agreed.
Built in Portugal
Audiree is built in Portugal and works today with Portuguese construction companies. Reading is layout-agnostic, so suppliers’ documents from other markets can be read as they are, and we run demos with your own delivery notes and contracts — but we don’t claim local compliance outside Portugal.
Budget control or line-by-line checking?
Budget tools answer “are we spending more than planned on this job?”. Line-level checking answers “is this particular line at the price we agreed, for the quantity we received?”. Both matter; they are different questions. Audiree’s per-job dashboard shows contracted vs invoiced and pending exposure, but it is not a budgeting or cost-value reconciliation tool.
If you already have budgets in your accounting stack and the bottleneck is the checking itself, see construction invoice matching software and supplier statement reconciliation.
Which one should you choose?
In the UK, Ireland or Australia, LiveCosts has the local presence and accounting integrations that Audiree does not. For jobs in Portugal priced against supply contracts, Audiree is purpose-built for the check.
Frequently asked questions
Where does LiveCosts operate?
Its site lists offices in Dublin, London and Perth (checked 2026-09-29).
Does Audiree sync with Xero or Sage?
No. Audiree doesn’t integrate with any accounting system today; it exports CSV and keeps a per-job dashboard.
Does Audiree have budgets?
It shows contracted vs invoiced and pending exposure per job, and alerts when a job goes over contract. It is not a budgeting tool.
Do you serve UK or Irish contractors?
Audiree is built in Portugal and works today with Portuguese construction companies. If you have jobs in Portugal, or want to see it with your own documents, we run demos.