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About Elari

Elari is expense management software, and the company that makes it. More than 1,200 organisations work with it. We used to be called Visma | ProActive and Spend Cloud, now we are Elari. Since 1999, we have been working from Haarlem to give organisations more time for work that really matters.
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Elari in brief

What we do

Elari handles your business expenses from start to finish: purchasing, expense claims, invoice processing and paying with Elari Cards. All in one platform.

Who it's for

More than 1,200 organisations work with Elari. Many of them are in healthcare, education, childcare and the non-profit sector.

What it delivers

With our North Star, we measure how much time Elari saves you, based on anonymised usage data. So you can see exactly what it delivers.

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Who we are

More than 80 colleagues work at Elari. From our office at Richard Holkade in Haarlem, we build software together that makes our customers happy.

A great place to work matters just as much to us as great software. You work with colleagues who are happy to help, and you get room to learn and grow. Would you like to join our team?

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Our story

Searching for receipts, chasing invoices, approvals that are left waiting. Every day, it costs organisations time they would rather spend on their real work. That is what we set out to change in Haarlem in 1999, and it is what we are still working on today.

That is why the user always comes first for us. Software should make your work easier, not more complicated.

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What does the name Elari stand for?

Elari stands for light, clarity and direction.

The name is made up of two English words: elevate and light. Together, they stand for illuminating: bringing clarity to your expenses and making your work lighter.

Spend your time wisely.

Why you can rely on us

A few more things you'll want to know about us.

Safe and reliable

We protect your data in line with ISAE 3402 Type 2 and the ISO 27001 standard, built on Visma's strict security guidelines.

Help when you need it

As an Elari customer, you are never on your own. Our support team helps you personally, and our extensive knowledge base makes it easy to find the answer to your question.

Working with partners

We work with accounting software such as AFAS and Exact, with Adyen for Elari Cards, and with implementation partners who set up Elari for you.

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Part of the Visma Group

Since 2018, we have been part of the Visma Group, one of Europe's leading software companies. Visma makes software that simplifies and digitises business processes in the private and (semi-)public sectors, and operates in Scandinavia, the Benelux and Central and Eastern Europe.

Within that family, we are an independent company, with the strength of Visma behind us. Our mission stays the same: making purchasing and payment processes easier, with the user first.

Frequently asked questions

Here you'll find frequently asked questions about Elari. Do you have other questions? Feel free to contact us, we're happy to help.

Contact us

Elari is a Dutch software company based in Haarlem and part of the Visma Group. With more than 80 colleagues, we make expense management software. More than 1,200 organisations use it, mainly in healthcare, education, childcare and the non-profit sector. Curious about what Elari does exactly? Our software page explains it all.

Elari stands for light, clarity and direction. The name is made up of the English words elevate and light. Together, they stand for illuminating: we bring clarity to your expenses and make your work lighter.

Yes, that's right. Until 1 October 2026, our company was called Visma | ProActive and our software Spend Cloud. Now both are called Elari. Everything else you know stays the same: the software, your data, your login details and the people you work with. Read all about the name change on Spend Cloud is now Elari.

Yes. Elari has been part of the Visma Group, a European provider of business software, since 2018. Within Visma, we operate as an independent company, with our own team in Haarlem and our own software.

You'll find us at Richard Holkade 9 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Want to visit or give us a call? All contact details and directions are on our contact page.

We'd love to show you what we can do

The strength of Elari, and of our service. We'd love to talk about how we can best support your organisation. Shall we speak soon?
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