Chargebee vs. Emburse Chrome River Invoice

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Chargebee
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
ChargeBee is an all in one subscription billing solution designed to handle all the complexity of recurring billing. The product integrates with a range of other SaaS applications including SalesForce, accounting, and order fulfillment systems. Some key features include: Managed Subscription Billing, Flexible Billing Support and Automated Notifications.
$249
per month
Chrome River INVOICE
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Chrome River INVOICE, from Emburse, is a software solution designed to Increase AP team agility with fully mobile invoice management software that the vendor states improves accuracy, expedites processing and increases spend visibility.N/A
Pricing
ChargebeeEmburse Chrome River Invoice
Editions & Modules
Rise
$249
per month
Scale
$549
per month
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChargebeeChrome River INVOICE
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo transaction based fees. No setup cost. No monthly contracts. No hidden fees.
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User Ratings
ChargebeeEmburse Chrome River Invoice
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(20 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChargebeeEmburse Chrome River Invoice
Likelihood to Recommend
Chargebee Inc
Well-suited:
  • In a B2B set up - Post achieving some scale and having outgrown Google Sheets/ Excels. Won't add much value if you are dealing with fewer than 400-500 invoices a year.
  • We haven't explored their B2C subscription management side - but that is one of the key strengths of the platform.
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Emburse
  • Easy to use with little to no navigational training needed for most users.
  • Being able to add our own compliance rules eliminates the back and forth between creator and approver.
  • Invoices can be created, approved, and paid within hours.
    • Normally, our processing time is two or three days. Before Emburse Chrome River Invoice, it was up to two weeks.
  • Easily upload receipts/invoices into the system using email or the application SNAP. No need to have a scanner.
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Pros
Chargebee Inc
  • Reliable: We've had virtually no issues since launch.
  • Care about customers: Chargebee's account managers/support team have always been very helpful/responsive.
  • Feature-rich: Chargebee has a ton of features that help us do what we want and they are consistently adding new features every quarter.
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Emburse
  • Look for duplicate invoice numbers
  • Export into the current ERP system to initiate the check
  • Create an error report to view if the address is not correct in the system
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Cons
Chargebee Inc
  • It wasn't allowing us to add a one time purchase without making it an ongoing subscription with only one payment. They may have fixed it very recently but that was a big pain from a reporting perspective (it was including one time purchasers as subscribers)
  • Email automation is not very robust. Difficult to customize triggers by subscription, you have to send the same message to all subscribers for a specific action
  • Wish it had a way to write off and cancel the subscription of customers who haven't updated their cc info. That can be a long painful and very manual process. And if that feature is available somewhere they don't do a good job of making that clear.
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Emburse
  • Accessing invoice history
  • Reporting
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Usability
Chargebee Inc
It's very easy to use once you know what you're doing. I found it very straight forward once I got the hang of things and was able to create plans easily for my business. I was also able to just charge my clients right away easily. Refunding was also easy when needed.
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Emburse
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Chargebee Inc
Chargebee is simple to use, and we have had little need for support.
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Emburse
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Alternatives Considered
Chargebee Inc
The major reason to go with chargebee is its costing as compared to its competitors it is much useful and value for money.Also it has many features that is very practical and efficient to use it.I recommend to the people who involves low costing as well as futuristic features.
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Emburse
We were previously using paper check requests or Jaeger for invoicing payments. We do still use them for anything other than travel. However, all travel-related items are processed through Emburse Chrome River Invoice--we are hopeful that in the future we will navigate to processing all payments in Emburse Chrome River.
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Return on Investment
Chargebee Inc
  • It was a step in the right direction compared to ReCharge
  • It had negative impacts on our revenue before we had our developers put some work into improving its capabilities with our website and software
  • Now, we are seeing some positive results (after some costly updating from our end)
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Emburse
  • No more lost campus mail
  • No more staff walking documents through approvals
  • No more scanning
  • No more file storage needed
  • No more multiple copies of the same information in several departments
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ScreenShots

Chargebee Screenshots

Screenshot of Recurring Business Command CentreScreenshot of Customizable Hosted Checkout PageScreenshot of Reporting and MetricsScreenshot of Subscription ManagementScreenshot of Customer Portal: Self-Service Portal