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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aurea Process

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAurea Process (formerly CX Process) from Aurea Software in Austin is a business process management offering, based on Savvion BPM.

    $200,000

    per year

    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AEmburse Enterprise is the enterprise expense and invoice-management product that replaces the former Chrome River name. Emburse states that the renaming does not change the product’s expense and invoice functionality, workflows, interface, or support; existing Chrome River customers use the same product under Emburse branding.N/A

    OnBase

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AOnBase by Hyland is an enterprise content management platform with business process and case management capabilities. It is modular by design and allows users to tailor the solution to their specific requirements.N/A
    Pricing
    Aurea ProcessEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)OnBase
    Editions & Modules
    License
    $200,000
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Aurea ProcessEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)OnBase
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—We offer three cost-effective, subscription-based pricing models: A transaction-based model, priced according to expense report volume A submitter-based model, priced according to an average number of monthly submitters An enterprise-level model that includes unlimited expense reports. Pricing for this model is based on total employee headcount Feel free to contact us to discuss the best one for your organization.—
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    Aurea ProcessEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)OnBase
    Considered Multiple Products
    Aurea
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    Emburse
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    Hyland
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Aurea ProcessEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)OnBase
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.3
    1 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
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    OnBase
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
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    OnBase
    -
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    Process designer6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    70% below category average
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
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    OnBase
    -
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    Social collaboration tools4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    68% below category average
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
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    OnBase
    -
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    Content management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    -
    Ratings
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    OnBase
    -
    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    -
    Ratings
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    OnBase
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Aurea Process and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and OnBase
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    -
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    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
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    OnBase
    8.2
    43 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content capture & imaging00 Ratings00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Document management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.042 Ratings
    Records management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval00 Ratings00 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
    Automated workflows00 Ratings00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence00 Ratings00 Ratings5.811 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings00 Ratings7.615 Ratings
    Integration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Aurea ProcessEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)OnBase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (124 ratings)
    9.9
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (108 ratings)
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (113 ratings)
    5.8
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Aurea ProcessEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)OnBase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    The tool has potential. Its capabilities and visual aspects could be considered rather basic but this might improve, particularly if the business intelligence/analytics aspect is leveraged. Once running well, it could allow (perhaps smaller) companies to successfully improve their customers' experiences through digitalizing customer journey - and we all know that customer loyalty goes a long way. However, whether or not the tool is comprehensive enough to deliver this for larger companies with more complex, multi- and omni-channel interactions is yet to be seen...
    Incentivized
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    Emburse
    The Emburse Chrome River is well suited for tracking expenses and reimbursement. The compliance part of the software makes the task very easy to ensure all the reports that are being used within the company are updated and easy to verify. The Automating invoice processing makes some redundant task easy to execute.
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    Hyland
    OnBase is a content services solution for organizations that need high visibility to documents or information across multiple teams or departments. It supports users' access control, workflow functionality with transaction history, electronic document retention, and destruction documentation. Hyland can support the organization for implementations or solutions, or the organization can utilize the education services and build out the solution themselves.
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • Face-lifted platforms: CX Messenger (formerly Sonic), CX Monitor (formerly Actional), CX Process (formerly Savvion)
    • User-friendly UI
    • Relatively painless implementation
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    Emburse
    • [Emburse] Chrome River listens to its customer's needs and does its best to match current products to those needs, or collaborate internally to determine if an enhancement can be made available that will not only benefit that customer, but will be a good use case for all Chrome River customers.
    • The [Emburse] Chrome River customer service team is great. Unlike most companies, you can speak to a liver person!
    • [Emburse] Chrome River's training offerings are relevant and pertinent to the day to day operations of the software.
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    Hyland
    • Workflow and Configuration - easy to learn
    • Documentation for each application and toolset
    • Hyland Account Managers and staff are knowledgeable
    • Robust User Community that helps solve an issue or make recommendations
    • Web client - no application installation needed on a PC for users
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • Standard edition is significantly lighter touch than the (pricier) Enterprise version
    • There are similar solutions on the market that are competitively prices and offer positive user experience
    • Data migration can be tricky at times
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    Emburse
    • Would be great to have pre-saved templates available to apply to line items at the expense report header level rather than having to go into each line.
    • Would be nice to have a mass upload functionality for things like cost codes, allocations, and credit card users.
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    Hyland
    • I personally find the user inferface to be obnoxious and obtuse.
    • When we have issues it is often hard to resolve the problem as there are many variables such as file types, DPI, and scanner setting that combine to make it hard to pinpoint trouble spots.
    • The upgrade process has always been a nightmare for our team. We are not on the latest version now due to this issue.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    Chrome River is easy to use. We needed little training for our users and instead pointed them to Chrome River's Help Guides which are clearly written and easy to understand. With tools SNAP and the ability to email receipts means we can be completely remote when submitting reports.
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    Hyland
    OnBase has become a core part of our enterprise solutions toolkit due to its ever-growing integration capabilities. Any business process that produces or tracks documents or object entities can be modeled and managed within OnBase and used to supplement almost any line-of-business system that we use.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    I would rate Chrome River Expense a 10 because, as I mentioned before, it is very simple and easy to use. This is important from an administrative point-of-view as well as for the field employee. Being a general contractor, it makes it all the better for our employees to use a program that is easy to understand and requires little time and effort. It has made tracking expenses very simple and has been well received by the entire company.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    You get out of something what you put into it. You reap what you sow! If an organization will spend time setting the solution up, dedicating staff to its development and ongoing support, and always keep the end-user in mind during development, you will have one of the most well-received solutions in your organization. So many organizations that I speak with stand up a solution but don't commit someone to its upkeep and development. It is vital that you have the staff to work within the solution on a daily basis.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    This has been easy for me because we have a rep that contacts the supporters for this product to correct any issues we may have with the software or changes needed to help out employees use Chrome River easier. This from my understanding has been a hit or miss kind of interaction with our rep and Chrome River.
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    Hyland
    This rating is a compromise because I technically have 2 tiers of support.
    I go through a re-seller that I give a (10). I send an email and receive acknowledgment within minutes.
    For the few times we need to contact Hyland for assistance, it sometimes takes a couple of days to receive a response - and then the first tier might go back and forth a dozen times through email instead of initiating a phone call. And for an advanced issue, they take too long before they forward to an evangelist or someone more knowledgeable that is able to assist. I give that process an (8).
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Hyland
    The trainer was very knowledgeable and was a Hyland employee. The training was at their corporate headquarters, so it allowed our team to become familiar with organization and culture.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    With the Premium subscription, there is a tone of training with audio and practice options.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    Before implementation begins, make sure you have a plan on how you would like your workflow and platform setup for a system like Chrome River. It will speed the process and eliminate the need to make changes when you go live.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    Using Hyland professional services to assist with the implementation made things much easier. They have the knowledge and experience to get the system live as users are expecting
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    It's the [industry-leading] software for Enterprise level organizations with [large-scale] teams and financial responsibilities. The software has the most robust set of tools and pays for itself with the amount of time it saves. Many newer alternatives have sprouted up but I don't know that we would ever trust another software to do our Expense Tracking and Management.
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    Hyland
    The version of SharePoint we were utilizing was not very practical. We oftentimes had issues with archived documents, where they could be found or opening them all together. It seemed the older the document the harder it was to access when logged into SharePoint. This is critical in our business as we need to behave full access to documentation sent and received for an owner's account.
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    Scalability
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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    Hyland
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • As our customers vary in size and maturity, the ROI ranges accordingly.
    • For younger, smaller businesses this is a useful tool. Digitalization of he customer journey has certainly helped save time and efforts in many cases.
    • For more mature market players the tool is not always comprehensive enough. Dashboard and report personalization take time and efforts, and sometimes it feels that a dedicated BI tool would be a more suitable solution.
    Incentivized
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    Emburse
    • We have seen a return on approver time of nearly 60% meaning our approvers have tripled their output.
    • We have had feedback from our users that time spent creating expenses has gone from an average of 2 hours to perhaps 20 minutes, tops.
    • We have seen in our dashboards that the Emburse Certify Suite of tools has returned an average savings of over $500K a year.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    • OnBase provides a very reliable ECM platform for the company.
    • OnBase helped to remove the dependency on paper files and file folders. This saved real estate cost as well as facilitated the ability to work from anywhere.
    • OnBase made same day processing of all incoming and outgoing documents a reality.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Aurea Process Screenshots

    Screenshot of CX Platform enables leading companies to modernize, automate, and monitor their back office by bridging legacy SOA solutions to modern micro-service and container-based architectures.

    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) Screenshots

    Screenshot of A consistent experience across any screen size or operating systemScreenshot of Simple, customizable tiles for expense entryScreenshot of Approve expenses directly from your inbox with a single click

    OnBase Screenshots

    Screenshot of an Approval for an Ad-Hoc Task.Screenshot of Onbase's Dark Mode.Screenshot of the Document Viewer.Screenshot of the Send to Department feature.Screenshot of the Workflow Stage.