Apara

AP/AR Automation Softwareaparainc.com

APARA Inc. operates InLattice, a web-hosted SaaS platform that automates accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll ACH/NACHA payments for small and mid-sized businesses using QuickBooks, serving over 40,000 customer and vendor accounts across the US, UK, Ireland, and China.

Company typePrivate
Founded2006
HeadquartersSchaumburg, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Apara does

APARA Inc. (DBA Apara) is a privately held U.S. software company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. The company operates the InLattice Document Portal, a web-hosted SaaS platform that enables small and mid-sized businesses to exchange invoices, purchase orders, and payment information, and to process ACH/NACHA payments for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and employee payroll. InLattice is tightly integrated with QuickBooks for bi-directional import and export of financial data and automatic posting of payments, addressing a specific functional gap in QuickBooks' direct bank communication for ACH transfers. The platform supports customers across the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and China, with a cumulative base of over 40,000 customer and vendor accounts.

The product is a single unified platform composed of interconnected modules: customer invoicing with online payment collection (ACH and credit card), a vendor portal for electronic invoice submission, ACH/NACHA payment processing for vendors and customers, and direct-deposit payroll functionality. Architecture is web-hosted with no customer-side hardware or software requirements, and the service is sold on a monthly subscription with no upgrade or maintenance fees. Distribution is primarily direct via self-serve web subscription, supplemented by referrals from QuickBooks ProAdvisor consultants who recommend InLattice to clients needing ACH capabilities that QuickBooks does not natively provide.

APARA is founder-controlled, with three named executives (Founder President Vishweshwara Upadhyaya, VP Operations Steve Kohanzo, and VP Technology Kannan Thiagarajan) and a total headcount disclosed in the 1-10 range. There are no institutional investors, venture capital backers, or disclosed funding rounds; the company appears to be cash-flow funded. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the company maintains a minimal marketing footprint relying on its company website, customer testimonials, and the QuickBooks ProAdvisor referral channel. The InLattice product itself was acquired from Infonics, Inc. in 2006 and has been continuously operated under APARA ownership since.

Apara firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Apara
Legal name: APARA Inc.
Website: https://aparainc.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2006
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: APARA Inc. operates InLattice, a web-hosted SaaS platform that automates accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll ACH/NACHA payments for small and mid-sized businesses using QuickBooks, serving over 40,000 customer and vendor accounts across the US, UK, Ireland, and China.
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Apara industry classification

Industry

Product category: AP/AR Automation Software
NAICS: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry: Bill Pay, Invoicing & Payables Platforms (BPAMAFAF)
akta.pro secondary industries: Accounts Receivable (Invoicing, Cash Application, Deductions) (BPAAAGAB), Biller Direct EBPP Platforms (FSAMAJAA)

Keywords

AP AR automation
QuickBooks integration
ACH NACHA payments
Vendor portal software
Invoice automation

Where Apara is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Schaumburg
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Apara business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

InLattice Subscription Service: Monthly subscription fee for web-hosted document exchange and payment automation service. No upgrade or maintenance fees. Application is hosted by APARA, eliminating customer-side hardware and software costs.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	Standard monthly subscription

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Apara product offering

Product offering

Core offering

APARA Inc. offers InLattice, a cloud-based SaaS platform that automates accounts payable and accounts receivable workflows for small and mid-sized businesses using QuickBooks. The service handles invoice and purchase order exchange, vendor and customer portals, ACH/NACHA payment file generation for vendor payments, customer receipts, and employee payroll direct deposits, and is delivered on a monthly subscription basis with no customer-side hardware or software installation required.

Product overview

Apara Inc. offers a single unified product, the InLattice Document Portal (also referred to as InLattice), which provides Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable automation through a web-hosted SaaS platform. The core InLattice platform encompasses interconnected modules for Customer Invoicing, Customer/Vendor ACH Payments, Vendor Portal, and Employee Payments ACH/NACHA. The service integrates natively with QuickBooks for data import/export and is offered on a monthly subscription basis with no hardware or software to purchase. Since 2006, the platform has served over 40,000 customer and vendor accounts across the US, UK, Ireland and China.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

InLattice: Web-based document portal service for companies to exchange invoices, purchase orders, payment information, and other documents. Includes customer invoicing, vendor portal, and ACH/NACHA payment processing capabilities. Integrates with QuickBooks.

Products and services

InLattice Document Portal Web-hosted SaaS platform that enables companies to send and receive invoices, purchase orders, and payment information; provides online customer invoicing and vendor portal access, generates ACH/NACHA files for vendor payments, customer receipts, and employee payroll direct deposits, and integrates natively with QuickBooks for import and export of financial data. Built for small and mid-sized businesses that use QuickBooks for accounting.

Quantifiable outcome

Saves hours of manual effort per month on AR processing
+4 more outcomes

Companies that use Apara

Customer profile

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Apara technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Apara partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

QuickBooks (Intuit)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2006InLattice is integrated with QuickBooks to import and export financial data including invoices, purchase orders, and payment information. This integration is the core value proposition enabling automated AP/AR workflows that QuickBooks cannot natively support for ACH/bank communications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Apara competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Versapay: AR automation and collaborative invoice-to-cash platform with payment capabilities. Closest peer on the AR side of Apara's offering, serving similar SMB/mid-market customers.
MineralTree: AP and payments automation solution for mid-market, integrating with ERP/accounting systems including QuickBooks. Comparable functionality in invoice capture, approval, and ACH payment.
PaySimple: SMB-focused recurring billing, invoicing, and payment acceptance platform. Comparable SMB target market and overlap on invoicing plus ACH/credit card payment collection.
Bill.com: Public SMB-focused AP/AR and bill pay platform. Most direct competitor to InLattice: automates vendor payments, invoice capture, and QuickBooks workflows for SMBs, but at significantly larger scale and with venture capital backing.
AvidXchange: Mid-market AP automation provider offering invoice capture, approval workflows, and electronic payments including ACH. Comparable product surface area in the AP/payments category.
Stampli: AP automation platform focused on invoice processing, approval workflows, and payments. Direct competitor in the AP automation category, overlapping with Apara's vendor portal and payment workflows.
Melio: Bill-pay platform purpose-built for small businesses, including native QuickBooks integration for paying vendors by ACH. Targets the same SMB customer with similar AP automation value proposition.
Tipalti: AP automation platform that handles vendor onboarding, invoice capture, approval workflows, and ACH payments. Directly comparable in the AP/payables automation category, though generally aimed at mid-market and high-growth companies.

Others

Plaid: Bank connectivity / open-banking API provider that many AP/AR platforms (including Intuit) use to link to bank accounts and generate ACH files. Enabling infrastructure adjacent to Apara's NACHA generation capability.

Broad incumbents

Intuit QuickBooks: The accounting platform Apara integrates with. Intuit's own expanding payments and ACH capabilities represent both the ecosystem that powers Apara's distribution and a long-term competitive risk to its niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Apara financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Apara leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Apara funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Apara M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Apara

What does Apara do?

Is Apara a public or private company?

Apara is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Apara founded?

Apara was founded in 2006. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Apara based?

Apara is headquartered in Schaumburg, United States, in the North America region.

How does Apara make money?

One revenue line is on record: inLattice Subscription Service.

Who are Apara's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Versapay, MineralTree, PaySimple, Bill.com, AvidXchange, Stampli, Melio and Tipalti. Plaid is listed as an others. Intuit QuickBooks is listed as a broad incumbent.

Does Apara have an API?

No public API is recorded for Apara.

What industry is Apara in?

Apara's product category is AP/AR Automation Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAMAFAF, Bill Pay, Invoicing & Payables Platforms, with a secondary code of BPAAAGAB, Accounts Receivable (Invoicing, Cash Application, Deductions). Its NAICS code is 51821 and its SIC code is 7372.