Brex vs Emburse Abacus

Likelihood to Recommend

Very well suited for founders who are building companies in the US but are not US citizens. Works like a charm for start-ups who are looking for a cutting-edge product and not an outdated bank! Small-medium teams.Not well suited for those who are used to traditional banking and prefer in-person interaction or over the phone.

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Cristina Bunea

Co-Founder

OdinConsumer Services, 1-10 employees

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Emburse Abacus is well suited for mid-market organizations that are open to - or embrace - the concept of real-time processing of expense transactions. Emburse Abacus takes a radically different approach from other platforms that rely on modeling paper-based monthly (or periodic) expense reports containing multiple expenses submitted simultaneously. Emburse Abacus allows each transaction to be very rapidly processed individually so that approving managers and accounting professionals are able to perform review tasks and identify potential problems throughout the entire month, relieving the massive monthly influx of large numbers of expense reports simultaneously.

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Jason Guinn

Chief Financial Officer

Clinical Management Concepts, Inc.Pharmaceuticals, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Rewards - The rewards were the main reason for us switching. Our previous card provider did not have a good rewards program.
User Interface and experience - When a charge is recorded on the Brex card, users immediately receive a text notification asking them to send a picture of their receipt. Brex automatically attaches the receipts to the charge which has saved our users a significant amount of time.

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Verified User

Director in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

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User-Friendly Interface: Reviews from our employees (ages ranging from 20s-70s) are all positive in regards to the ease of submitting an expense and getting reimbursement on Abacus
Timely Reimbursement: After final approval, money hits user accounts within 2 days
Approval routing: ability to set up multi-tier complex approval routes
Syncs with Sage Intacct: pushes entries on a day to day basis in to Intacct and it hits our GL accordingly
Abacus is competitively priced compared to the competition
Abacus utilizes "by expense" management. Getting rid of expense reports and batch reports (they do have an option where you can batch if need be)

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Medical Devices Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

It can be somewhat confusing to transfer money between the credit card and bank side
More help identifying areas of overspending
More help tracking spending around specific accounts

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Aviva Rosman

Co-Founder and COO

BallotReadyCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

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When you upload a receipt to abacus it would be great to port in the information from the receipt to the text fields.
It would be good to have a more automated way for Abacus to integrate in with other payroll systems.
It would be nice to have more levels of permissions, e.g. manager level, administer level and employee level.

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Jennifer Paxton

Talent Manager

TrueMotionComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Brex Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

Emburse Abacus Editions & Modules

Edition

Starter	$9¹
Professional	Custom Pricing
Enterprise	Custom Pricing

per active user/per month
none

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Support Rating

Brex 9.4

Based on 4 answers

Prompt and always extremely fast to respond. I also think the intuitiveness of their solution negates the need for much support

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Dailius Wilson

VP Sales & Growth Marketing

GetAcceptInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Emburse Abacus 9.0

Based on 18 answers

I have never had to contact Abacus support and have not heard stories from any of my colleagues having to do so either. Our accounting department stresses the ease of Abacus and has not voiced any concerns with the software or the product support team or the product support process.

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Verified User

Strategist in Other

Public Relations & Communications Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Divvy allows you to get hyper focused in on how much individuals are allowed to spend. Honestly it is comparable to Brex, but is more well suited for micromanaging organizational spend.Brex is good because I am able to give my employees limits that match our budgets and I don't care about micromanaging their spend.

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees

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I chose Abacus because of its ease of use and flexible billing. The billing is based on the number of submissions rather than users in the system. Because we reimburse committee members, we have a lot of users in the system, but the activity can vary widely from month to month.

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Patrick Coelho

CFO (Chief Financial Officer)

Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchNon-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

No fee wire transfer.
Net 60 credit card terms is good for our cashflow.
Fast and easy employee credit cards saves us time.

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Verified User

Partner in Marketing

Retail Company, 1-10 employees

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It is giving reliable services.
I am happy with its user-friendly services. Since I have issued the virtual and physical cards, I am getting real-time, and end-to-end control over my employee expenses. They can now easily go to visits and this has built their trust too. Further through receipts and expense details, I can easily control the pre-set budgets and easily configure rules to control spending.
I will also like to praise their customer care team they are very helpful and always ready to assist.

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Jason Chandler

Key Account Manager

vente-privee devient VeepeeInternet, 5001-10,000 employees

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Brex vs Emburse Abacus

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General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Brex Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Emburse Abacus Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

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