Alaan
Expense management platform for Middle East businesses with corporate cards, supplier payments and AI-driven accounting automation.
Alaan is a spend management platform for Middle East companies that combines corporate cards, cross-border supplier payments, a business account and accounting automation. Alaan is used by finance teams to issue cards with spending limits, collect and verify receipts with AI, approve expenses and export the entries to accounting or ERP software.
Best for Finance teams at companies in the UAE and wider Middle East that want card spending, receipts, approvals and bookkeeping exports handled in one system.
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What is Alaan?
Alaan is a spend management platform for companies in the Middle East. It issues Visa corporate cards to employees, each with limits and merchant restrictions set by the finance team, and records every transaction as an expense that needs a receipt. Receipts can be sent in through WhatsApp or an email inbox, and approval workflows are configurable. Expense data is then exported to accounting systems such as Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SAP. Two newer products extend this: SuperPay for paying international suppliers, and a business account with a dedicated IBAN and accounts-payable automation. A set of AI features called Alaan Intelligence checks receipts for duplicates and out-of-policy spending, suggests approvals, flags VAT savings and answers questions in a chat interface. The site states that Alaan is a fintech company rather than a bank.
Key Features
Corporate Cards with Controls
Issues multiple cards that can be locked to merchant categories and given daily or monthly limits, with Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay support.
Expense Management
Collects receipts through WhatsApp or email, sends submission reminders and routes expenses through approval workflows you configure.
Accounting Automation
Applies accounting rules and exports expense entries to connected bookkeeping and ERP software, or as configurable CSV files.
Cross-Border Payments
Pays international vendors and contractors by bank transfer, with invoice details extracted automatically.
Business Account
Provides a dedicated IBAN for receiving funds and sending domestic transfers, together with AI-based bill management, as a paid add-on.
Alaan Intelligence
Runs a receipt collector agent, detects duplicate or out-of-policy receipts, recommends approvals and offers an Ask Alaan chat.
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Use Cases
- Replacing Reimbursements
- Give staff their own limited cards so they no longer pay out of pocket and claim the money back.
- Faster Month-End Close
- Have receipt details such as tax registration number and VAT amount extracted and synced to the books.
- Paying Overseas Suppliers
- Settle invoices from international vendors from the same platform that holds the card spend.
- Controlling Project Spend
- Restrict where and how much each card can spend for a given site or team.
- Preparing for Tax Filing
- Keep VAT data on expenses complete so that returns are easier to assemble.
Things to know
- Not a bank
- Alaan states that it does not itself provide banking or financial services; regulated partners issue the card and the business account.
- Card availability
- According to the site, only staff of companies based in the UAE can currently hold the UAE card.
- AI features sit in the Premium plan
- The Alaan Intelligence feature group is listed under Premium and above, not under the Starter plan.
- Security certification
- Alaan says it is ISO 27001 certified.
FAQs
What is Alaan?
Alaan is a platform for corporate cards and expense management aimed at businesses in the Middle East, with AI features for receipt checking and accounting.
What is Alaan used for?
Alaan is used to issue controlled company cards, capture receipts, approve expenses, pay suppliers and push the resulting entries into accounting software.
Is Alaan free?
Alaan's pricing page lists a Starter plan for micro businesses with no monthly fee, covering up to 10 users. Larger feature sets are in the paid Premium plan and the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
How much does Alaan cost?
Alaan publishes its plan prices in UAE dirhams rather than US dollars, so they are not reproduced here. See the official pricing page for current figures.
Where can Alaan cards be used?
Alaan cards run on the Visa network, so they work online and at card terminals in any country that takes Visa.
Which accounting tools does Alaan integrate with?
Alaan lists integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Wafeq and ERPNext, and on higher plans with NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SAP.
Is Alaan a bank?
No. Alaan describes itself as a financial technology company; its UAE card is issued by NymCard Payments Services LLC and its business account by Ruya Community Islamic Bank.
What does Alaan Intelligence do?
Alaan Intelligence is the group of AI features that chases receipts, verifies them, recommends approvals, looks for VAT savings and provides analytics and a chat assistant.
Who it's for
- CFOs
- Finance managers
- Accountants
- Procurement managers
- CEOs
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