Expiro VS Lapsewise

Expiro's answer

It watches the notice deadline, not only the end date. Most contracts that renew without anyone wanting them to do so because the notice window closed unnoticed, so Expiro alerts before that window closes as well as before the contract ends. Alerts go to 12 channels (email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, SMS and more), and contract dates can be read from a PDF on our own server, with no AI involved.

Lapsewise's answer:

Most tools track one kind of expiry. A contract tool for contracts. A certificate tracker for certificates. Lapsewise tracks them all in one calm dashboard: certificates, licenses, contracts, vendors, grants, insurance policies, warranties, and memberships. One engine, every renewal and expiry date.

The other difference is when it reminds you. Lapsewise warns you before the date, and for contracts it's aware of the notice period, so it reminds you before the cancellation window closes, not on the renewal day when it's already too late. No more "we found out the week after it lapsed.

Expiro's answer

Expiro does one job - making sure no renewal or notice deadline is missed - without the drafting, e-signature and approval workflows of a full contract management system. It is free for up to 5 contracts with no time limit, paid plans are a flat monthly price from $19, contracts go in by pasting a list, importing a CSV or uploading a PDF, and alerts arrive where the team already works.

Lapsewise's answer:

Because you probably don't need eight separate subscriptions and a spreadsheet to keep track of what's expiring. Contract-lifecycle platforms are powerful but priced and built for legal teams. Single-purpose trackers only cover one record type. Lapsewise sits in the middle: it covers every type of renewal in one place, it's simple enough to set up in an afternoon, and it's priced for small teams.

You also get reminders that don't depend on one person remembering, document storage attached to each record, timezone-aware email alerts (SMS on higher plans), and an audit trail. It starts free, so you can prove it works on your real renewals before paying anything.

Expiro's answer

Agencies, freelancers, consultants and small teams who manage client contracts, retainers and supplier agreements, and who today keep their renewal dates in a spreadsheet, an inbox or a calendar.

Lapsewise's answer:

Small and mid-sized businesses, operations and compliance managers, office managers, finance teams, and anyone who currently keeps renewals in a spreadsheet or in their head. Typical users are tracking a mix of things: business licenses, ISO and safety certificates, insurance policies, vendor and SaaS contracts, equipment warranties, grant deadlines, and memberships.

It fits any organization where a missed renewal has a real cost, whether that's lost coverage, a lapsed certification, an auto-renewed contract nobody wanted, or a clawed-back grant, but that isn't big enough to want a heavy enterprise compliance suite.

Expiro's answer

I built Expiro after seeing how easily important renewal dates disappear inside spreadsheets, inboxes and calendars. The date is usually written down somewhere. What is missing is something that watches it and speaks up while there is still time to act - before the notice period closes, rather than after a contract has rolled over or lapsed. So I built Expiro. Simple, focused, does one job well. - Piotr Wasilewski, founder

Lapsewise's answer:

Lapsewise came out of a simple, recurring frustration: the things that quietly lapse are never in one place. The certificate is in one folder, the insurance renewal is in an email, the contract notice period is buried in a PDF, and the one person who remembered just went on holiday. Something always slips.

So we built one engine around a single idea: a record, with a date, with a document attached, that reminds you before the date, shown on a dashboard of what's coming up. That engine now powers tracking for certificates, contracts, grants, licenses, insurance, warranties, and memberships. The promise is the whole product: never let it lapse.

Expiro's answer

Elixir, Phoenix LiveView and PostgreSQL, with Oban for scheduled alerts. Hosted on Fly.io in London; files are stored on Cloudflare R2 in the EU.

Lapsewise's answer:

Next.js (App Router) and React TypeScript Supabase (PostgreSQL, Row Level Security, Auth, Storage) Tailwind CSS with shadcn/ui Resend for email reminders and Twilio for SMS escalation Stripe for billing Vercel for hosting