Abstria vs Trullion: CRE Operations and Legal vs Finance and Accounting
Both products extract structured lease data, but the operating model differs. Trullion is centered on accounting-led ASC 842 and IFRS 16 workflows, while Abstria is centered on CRE legal and operations execution with source-traceable review and downstream workflow support.
Different buyers, different jobs
Trullion built its product around finance and accounting teams - specifically, around the data lift required by ASC 842 and IFRS 16. The hard problem Trullion solves is producing the right-of-use asset values, the lease-liability calculations, and the journal entries that flow from those calculations.
Abstria built its product around CRE operations and legal teams. The hard problem Abstria solves is producing the 200+ structured fields per lease that operations teams need to run portfolio dashboards, that legal teams need to review and defend lease work, and that downstream teams need to operate confidently from one source of truth.
There is some overlap in raw inputs (both products read lease PDFs) and some overlap in extracted fields. But the outputs, the workflows, and the support model are aimed at different teams doing different work. Picking between the two is mostly a question of which team is buying.
Finance / accounting team, ASC 842 or IFRS 16 compliance
Trullion is built for that job.
CRE operations team managing downstream lease workflows
Abstria is built for that job.
CRE legal team - pre-execution review, diligence, estoppels, amendments
Abstria is built for that job.
Institutional CRE operator who wants both
Some teams use both - Trullion for the controller, Abstria for operations and legal.
Side-by-side
| Abstria | Trullion | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary buyer | CRE operations and legal teams | Finance and accounting teams |
| Primary use case | Produce structured lease data for operations, legal review, and diligence | ASC 842 / IFRS 16 compliance - ROU asset values, lease-liability calculations, journal entries |
| ASC 842 / IFRS 16 compliance | Not in scope | Core design center |
| System fit | Designed to support downstream operating workflows | Available; built around accounting ledger outcomes more than ops workflows |
| M&A diligence workflow | Bulk concurrent extraction, custom field templates per matter, defensible exports | Not the primary workflow |
| CRE legal workflows | Pre-execution review, estoppels, amendment analysis, compliance audits | Not the primary workflow |
| Lease data sync to your financial ERP | Structured lease-data fields (rent, dates, obligations, CAM) sync once reviewed - not the accounting layer | Produces the ASC 842 / IFRS 16 calculations (ROU assets, lease-liability amortization, journal entries) that flow into the GL |
| Deployment time to first productive use | Days | Varies; accounting configuration adds setup time |
Common questions
See Abstria on your CRE leases
If your team is CRE operations or legal and you want to see the extraction depth Abstria delivers on commercial leases, bring a representative sample to a demo.