Brex vs. Navan

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Brex
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Brex headquartered in San Francisco offers a corporate card for expenses, ecommerce, as well as rewards card, and travel expense management.
$0
per month per user
Navan
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Navan (formerly TripActions) headquartered in Palo Alto offers their corporate travel management application of the same name, supporting messaging, travel rewards management, travel booking, and company policy compliance.N/A
Pricing
BrexNavan
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$0
per month per user
Premium
$12
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
per month per user
Navan Business
Free
Navan Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrexNavan
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BrexNavan
Considered Both Products
Brex
Chose Brex
I did not use other products before Brex.
Chose Brex
We use and thoroughly enjoy both. One we use as our main bank and Brex as our credit card provider. I'd say they serve different purposes (with Brex we get points), whereas Mercury we mostly use for wire transfers. We did initially start using Mercury because we needed a …
Chose Brex
Brex was one of the first corporate cards. It seems like there are many copy cats out there - hard to know how different they are but I appreciate Brex's customer service and easy to use UI. I think worth evaluating competitors as this market grows, but we're pretty locked into …
Chose Brex
I was not a decision-maker, but I believe it's the card reporting analysis that is best for the company.
Chose Brex
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 …
Chose Brex
Brex has been a great choice for our business and truly is a holistic software solution than a line of credit for a growing business. I also like how Brex is continuing to develop more features rather than maintaining a static product offering.
Navan
Chose Navan
TripActions is the first platform of its kind used by the company. Our director of Domestic Sales selected TripActions after evaluating other platforms (the names of which I do not know). His objective was to streamline travel planning, so that individual users are able to …
Chose Navan
TripActions destroys Concur. TripActions is way more user friendly and has a ton more functionality. No comparison.
Chose Navan
We used Corporate Traveler in the past. It was nice to have a dedicated travel agent, but with an organization, our size TripActions has been the best option!
Chose Navan
I personally believe that TripActions is ahead of the game here. They're always pushing out additional features and their functionality never seems to fail.
Chose Navan
I like TripActions more because everything is on a mobile app that is super user-friendly. The customer service team is also world class-I genuinely have never felt so taken care of. More so, Concur Travel and Expense never rewarded me for traveling, while I made over 200 …
Chose Navan
TripActions has superior UI, better inventory, pretty much better in every way.
Chose Navan
TripActions have less shady tricks and hidden fee but the same or better selection and price, save time.
Chose Navan
TripActions stacks up exceptionally when comparing against similar tools such as Nexonia, or Certify. Both of which I have used at prior Sales Orgs. With expense tools, it all comes down to the mobile application. If you're traveling at all for your role/job, you will …
Chose Navan
Not a fan of TripIt at all. TripActions is clearly the superior product in giving vast rewards and benefits for business travel. TripIt has seamless integration with Concur but is not user-friendly at all.
Chose Navan
TripActions is better in every way. Support, ease of use, benefits to me, as well as just the ability to compare options easily in a variety of different ways. It easily links to my travel rewards programs which is nice so I can get the benefits even when booking with my …
Chose Navan
I think TripActions is better since visually it is easier to review the trip. The appeal to the eye is nice.
Chose Navan
Definitely the look, feel and usability.
Chose Navan
TripActions is far superior to Egencia in terms of ease of use and customer support. I would not recommend Egencia for company use.
Chose Navan
They are not built for enterprises, not as intuitive, easy or organized
Chose Navan
Concur was very hard to use and most of my team didn't like using it. It was not user-friendly like TripActions.
Chose Navan
User-friendly interface. TripActions is extremely intuitive and easy to use, with tabs, graphics, chat, etc. Bonuses for individuals. The Amazon bonuses are a best seller.
Chose Navan
We evaluated a number of products and landed on TripActions... flexibility about company policy; deployment of iPhone app and its integration with Expensify were key.
Chose Navan
We realized there was a lot of money being spent on travel and hotel accomadations, and there was no way to cap how much an employee was spending. This has solved many business problems by visually explaining the correct amount someone should be spending on flights and hotels, …
Chose Navan
We did not have a good experience with Concur. It was difficult to use and outdated. I spent many days helping our travelers try to find the correct flights on Concur, or helping them troubleshoot errors. TripActions was a huge improvement and both myself and our travelers …
Chose Navan
I was not part of the evaluation process.
Features
BrexNavan
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Brex
9.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Navan
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Brex
8.4
Ratings
5% above category average
Navan
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel Management
Comparison of Travel Management features of Product A and Product B
Brex
-
Ratings
Navan
1.2
Ratings
128% below category average
Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Readily Available Support00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Travel Spend Reports00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Consolidated Invoicing00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Easy Travel Booking00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Mobile Travel Application00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Collaborative Booking00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Loyalty Programs00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
User-friendly Interface00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Integrated Expensing Tool00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Travel Alerts00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BrexNavan
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrexNavan
Likelihood to Recommend
A great corporate card for startups. Easy to use and set up, easy search and track spending. I would recommend it to tech companies looking for an interface and experience that vastly improves on existing banks. Also great to have a large line of credit compared to what's offered traditionally
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TripActions is absolutely useful for any outside sales teams and companies that promote or offer a lot of travel. If the sales team travels as much as ours does, it's worth the investment. If travel is not something that most of your company has on a monthly to quarterly basis, I do not think that TripActions would be well suited for that environment
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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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  • Provides a wide range of travel options within a wide budget.
  • It is reliable - if a trip gets canceled, they are quick to contact their customer and help sort out additional booking details to get you to your final destination.
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Cons
  • Their Quickbooks integration just updated and is now a nightmare.
  • It would be nice if I got more fraud review activities for my employees.
  • I want them to go back to their old export system into Quickbooks
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  • Global Pricing: Since TripActions has the role of an inventory aggregator, they have to tackle inventory one distributor at a time. If CTrip or MakeMyTrip has better inventory, it won't flow through to TripActions until a deal with them is made.
  • Controls: TripActions is very open in the way it enforces policy - meaning it isn't for every company. If a customer wants more heavy-handed controls, they'll have to go with a competitor.
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Likelihood to Renew
It has worked well for us for at least 5 years so I would anticipate us keeping Brex
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This decision overall isn’t made by me. The company evaluates the product. While I am an influencer the overall review is my personal opinion and mine only. The company books flights or would like for us to book flights through trip actions everything else is suggested but done with a personal cc which makes it optional. My option will be to not use TripActions for anything personally.
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Usability
The usability is pretty great. I love the UI / UX for uploading the Memo; at times, I do not even need to be inside the platform. I simply use Slack.
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Support Rating
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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- Easy bookings and quick expensing - Excellent chat support - Savings for the company since employees opt for rewards which require booking cheaper than average priced hotels - Rewards for employees - Easy to use customer interface - Great mobile applications for android and iOS - Ability to control payment methods for a different types of bookings like hotels or flights or car rentals.
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Implementation Rating
NA-I wasn't part of the set up process for Brex
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Alternatives Considered
We use and thoroughly enjoy both. One we use as our main bank and Brex as our credit card provider. I'd say they serve different purposes (with Brex we get points), whereas Mercury we mostly use for wire transfers. We did initially start using Mercury because we needed a checking account, but Brex has been nice because of the rewards and the way it works to track expenses and cards.
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TripActions is the first platform of its kind used by the company. Our director of Domestic Sales selected TripActions after evaluating other platforms (the names of which I do not know). His objective was to streamline travel planning, so that individual users are able to handle their own travel needs within company budgets, rather than relying on a travel coordinator position to handle planning for multiple employees (which had been the approach prior to TripActions).
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Scalability
NA- I don't use Brex in a way that I know how to comment on this
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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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  • The ability to change flights while I am on the road in meetings. They actually call the agents for me.
  • It has put money back in my pocket with the Amazon rewards and my company has saved money by me booking the less expensive options.
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