Lowki Alternatives for Epicor Kinetic Order Entry and AP

The main Lowki alternatives for Epicor Kinetic fall into five groups: agent-based tools that cover several Kinetic screens, such as Fluent; multi-ERP sales order automation, such as Conexiom and Esker; Epicor's own Sales Order Automation and AP Automation in its ECM family; EDI providers for the trading partners who can send it; and AP-focused tools such as Stampli and DynamicPoint when supplier invoices are the priority. Which one fits depends on where you want orders reviewed, which documents come after sales orders, and how your customers send them.

Why Epicor teams compare Lowki with other options

Lowki's product, Lexi, reads emailed purchase orders and creates held sales orders in Epicor Kinetic. It was built and proven on the order desk of Thomas Dudley, a UK manufacturer, and Lowki reports strong accuracy there. Teams usually look at alternatives for one of these reasons:

• Where review happens. Lexi writes the order into Kinetic on hold. Some teams want unreviewed orders kept out of Epicor until a person approves them.
• Scope. Lowki is focused on sales orders, and its AP invoice automation is in early access as of October 2026. Teams that want AP, receipts or cash receipts in production look further.
• Approvals. Review in Kinetic ends with a person releasing a hold. Teams with pricing or credit sign-off often want staged approval before an order exists.
• Mailbox and formats. Lexi connects to Microsoft Exchange Online today. Orders that arrive through another mailbox, or as EDI or XML, need another path.
• Region and currency. Lowki is a UK company billing in pounds. Teams in North America or Latin America may want a vendor in their own time zone and currency.

None of these is a verdict on Lowki. They are the questions worth asking of every option below, Lowki included.

1. Agent-based tools for Epicor Kinetic (Fluent)

Agent-based tools read a document, resolve it against live ERP data, and draft the transaction for a person to approve. Fluent is one of these, built for Epicor Kinetic by Technology Coast Partners (TCP), an Epicor Platinum Partner with more than 600 Epicor implementations.

For sales orders, Fluent reads PDFs, scans, photos, spreadsheets, email bodies, XML and EDI forwarded or emailed to the agent from any mailbox. It resolves the customer, ship-to, parts (including the customer's own part numbers), prices and units against live Epicor data, and flags any existing order carrying the same customer PO number. The draft waits in Fluent's review queue with every difference shown as a warning on its line, approval workflows can route it through stages, and nothing is written to Kinetic until it is approved.

Sales orders are one of ten Kinetic screens Fluent runs in production, alongside AP Invoice Entry with two-way and three-way matching, Receipt Entry, Cash Receipts Entry, Quote Entry, PO Entry and others. Nothing is installed inside Epicor: Fluent calls the REST API from outside, with an access scope Epicor enforces. The Fluent vs Lowki guide compares the two directly.

2. Multi-ERP sales order automation (Conexiom, Esker)

Conexiom and Esker are long-established names in sales order automation. Both turn emailed purchase orders into sales orders across many ERPs, Epicor among them, and Esker extends into accounts payable and other finance processes.

They suit companies running more than one ERP, or teams that would rather have the vendor own format onboarding. Ask how new customer formats are set up and how long that takes, how customer part numbers and units are resolved against Kinetic, and whether orders are reviewed before or after they reach Epicor. The Conexiom alternatives guide covers this group in more depth.

3. Epicor's own automation (ECM)

Epicor sells Sales Order Automation and AP Automation in its ECM family. Incoming documents are captured, reviewed in an ECM workflow and created in Epicor, and ECM stores the documents.

The appeal is a single vendor for licensing and support. Expect an implementation project, and ask how capture is configured for your customers' formats. ECM and an agent also combine: Fluent can replace the capture step and route documents into your ECM workflow, as described in Fluent with Epicor ECM.

4. EDI providers (SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce, Cleo)

When a customer can send EDI, EDI is the most reliable path for their orders. Providers maintain the trading-partner maps and deliver structured orders into Epicor. EDI does not help with customers who email PDFs, spreadsheets or photos, so most Kinetic shops pair it with one of the other groups. The guide to EDI vs AI order entry explains how to split customers between the two.

5. AP-focused tools (Stampli, DynamicPoint)

If supplier invoices matter more than sales orders, AP-focused tools are worth a look. Stampli is an AP automation product with Epicor integration, and DynamicPoint is built around Epicor AP workflows. The Stampli vs DynamicPoint vs Fluent guide compares them for Kinetic.

Comparison by approach

Where a cell says "varies", ask the vendor in writing during evaluation.

How to choose

• You want nothing unreviewed in Kinetic, or more than one person to sign off: an agent-based tool with a review queue, such as Fluent.
• AP, receipts or cash receipts are next: choose something that runs those screens in production today, and check how matching works.
• You run more than one ERP: a multi-ERP product such as Conexiom or Esker.
• You want one vendor with Epicor: Epicor's ECM automation, or ECM with an agent in place of capture.
• A few large customers send EDI: keep EDI for them and add a second tool for everyone else.
• Your order desk wants to stay in Order Entry and only sales orders matter: Lowki remains a reasonable choice.

Whatever you shortlist, run a trial on your own documents, including the messy ones: customer part numbers, units that differ from yours, prices that do not match, and the PO that arrives twice.

Try Fluent on your own documents

The order entry automation page and the AP automation page cover each screen in detail, and the Epicor integration page explains the connection. Paid plans start at $600/month, as shown on the pricing page. Book a demo to run Fluent on a batch of your own orders and invoices.