What users are saying about
Emburse Chrome River
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155 Ratings
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14 Ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Project Management
Emburse Chrome River
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

3.7
Upland PSA
37%
Upland PSA ranks higher in 14/14 features
Upland PSA ranks higher in 14/14 features
Task Management
N/A
0 Ratings

3.0
30%
4 Ratings
Resource Management
N/A
0 Ratings

3.0
30%
3 Ratings
Gantt Charts
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
1 Rating
Scheduling
N/A
0 Ratings

3.0
30%
2 Ratings
Workflow Automation
N/A
0 Ratings

2.0
20%
3 Ratings
Team Collaboration
N/A
0 Ratings

1.0
10%
3 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
2 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology
N/A
0 Ratings

6.9
69%
2 Ratings
Document Management
N/A
0 Ratings

2.0
20%
3 Ratings
Email integration
N/A
0 Ratings

2.0
20%
3 Ratings
Mobile Access
N/A
0 Ratings

4.5
45%
2 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking
N/A
0 Ratings

2.0
20%
5 Ratings
Change request and Case Management
N/A
0 Ratings

5.2
52%
3 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management
N/A
0 Ratings

1.0
10%
5 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Emburse Chrome River
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

10.0
Upland PSA
100%
Upland PSA ranks higher in 2/2 features
Upland PSA ranks higher in 2/2 features
Invoicing
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
100%
1 Rating
Project & financial reporting
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
100%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- Emburse Chrome River is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability
- Upland PSA is rated higher in 2 areas: Support Rating, Implementation Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
Emburse Chrome River
91%
115 Ratings

1.0
Upland PSA
10%
10 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
Emburse Chrome River
81%
15 Ratings

7.0
Upland PSA
70%
6 Ratings
Usability
8.7
Emburse Chrome River
87%
99 Ratings

8.0
Upland PSA
80%
1 Rating
Availability
10.0
Emburse Chrome River
100%
1 Rating

Upland PSA
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance
9.0
Emburse Chrome River
90%
1 Rating

Upland PSA
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
8.9
Emburse Chrome River
89%
114 Ratings

9.0
Upland PSA
90%
2 Ratings
Online Training
9.0
Emburse Chrome River
90%
1 Rating

Upland PSA
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating
6.8
Emburse Chrome River
68%
5 Ratings

9.0
Upland PSA
90%
2 Ratings
Product Scalability
8.0
Emburse Chrome River
80%
1 Rating

Upland PSA
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Emburse Chrome River
If you are a large or midsized company, Chrome River Expense is perfect for expense management tracking and reporting. For smaller companies[,] there are cheaper options that could do the trick. Regardless of company size the software will suit your needs and be a pivotal part of your financial management company-wide.
Area Director of Marketing and Business Development
Simon Property GroupReal Estate, 5001-10,000 employees
Upland PSA
We have discovered over the last few years using Tenrox that we could adapt our needs or processes to fit in the Tenrox box rather than adapting Tenrox to fit in ours completely. I feel like Tenrox would be better suited for a company that has fewer clients and projects over the course of a year, as well as fewer users. We have approximately 350 clients, 21,077 projects in Tenrox at this exact moment (we close projects as we can), 188 active users currently, and 415,635 tasks (some of course assigned to now closed projects).
With this much information hosted through the Tenrox cloud server, we experience increased lag time frequently. This causes a lot of unwanted rejection towards Tenrox in our company.
With this much information hosted through the Tenrox cloud server, we experience increased lag time frequently. This causes a lot of unwanted rejection towards Tenrox in our company.

Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employeesPros
Emburse Chrome River
- [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.

Verified User
Manager in Other
Consumer Services Company, 10,001+ employeesUpland PSA
- We love that our timesheets are pre-populated with all our employee's assigned contracts and we get to control what is on their timesheet as far as funder and contract codes.
- Tenrox did very well with our integration and getting a timesheet that exports well with our payroll provider.
- Tenrox has a great email reminder system for when people need to submit or approve timesheets.
Senior Staff Accountant
Cascade AIDS ProjectNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Cons
Emburse Chrome River
- The analytics are not to user friendly. The ad-hoc reporting is very complicated, as the headers do not clearly indicate what you are going to get in the report.
- It would be nice is when you hovered over the "add expense" (plus with a circle) button, it told you what it does. End users have a hard time finding the e-wallet in their report when it doesn't automatically open.
Sr. AP Specialist
Rich Products CorpFood & Beverages, 1001-5000 employees
Upland PSA
- Tax calculation per state tax rules. Tenrox's current capabilities relative to tax codes is extremely limited and we have to do several time-consuming work-arounds in order to apply the tax as needed for our business. What is particularly frustrating about this aspect is that our need is based on tax laws and codes set by states and I feel a financial system should be able to sufficiently structure for legally-defined tax codes.
- Tenrox Project Planning add-on module. This portion of the system has never worked as seamlessly as you would assume given they were designed to work together. We've run in to many bugs and just oddities over the years. It's very finicky in my experience. We only use TPP for a small portion of our projects - those being our smaller or need to have huge task lists per client naming requirements.
- (The bad that became the good!) In the past, we have had significant customer-service challenges with Tenrox and then Upland, however over the past several months we have noticed a marked change in this. If we had not previously experienced issues with the customer service, I would not have any issue with the level of service that we are currently receiving. Given the history, I am cautiously optimistic that our current level of customer service will continue. I think our service concerns finally reached the 'right' people and I am reasonably confident the positive changes are here to stay!

Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Staffing and Recruiting Company, 501-1000 employeesPricing Details
Emburse Chrome River
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Upland PSA
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$15 per month
Likelihood to Renew
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 8.1
Based on 15 answers
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.
Sr., Business Analyst
The University of New MexicoHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
Upland PSA
Upland PSA 7.0
Based on 6 answers
I am not in charge of renewing the Tenrox contract. However, if it was up to me, I would renew in a heartbeat. Tenrox is an asset to our organization and it keeps us focused. I am not aware of other products similar to Tenrox that provide the depth that they do.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesUsability
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 8.7
Based on 99 answers
Emburse Certify (Chrome River EXPENSE) is quite user friendly as a website and portal to upload receipts and submit expenses. It is almost too easy, in that some of our users had originally tried to overcomplicate things in their initial use of the software. Repeated use made our users comfortable with the software and quite happy with the change from paper submissions to electronic. The software does remember data entry so it will reduce the users time entering common names of airlines and hotels. The mobile app is wonderful for taking photos and uploading them to your wallet but it really does lack in the ability to create an expense report. The auto wizard will help create a report but makes it difficult to adjust any errors that might keep the report from being submitted.
Senior Expense Administrator
International Services, IncManagement Consulting, 1001-5000 employees
Upland PSA
Upland PSA 8.0
Based on 1 answer
I feel like if the user interface could combine time and expense for users to be entered on one screen rather than two completely separate locations it would greatly improve usability. If the expense entry process could be improved completely, it would greatly improve the usability as well. Everything else within Tenrox, makes everything very user friendly.

Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employeesReliability and Availability
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 10.0
Based on 1 answer
The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
Controller
Northeast Treatment CentersMental Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Upland PSA
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 9.0
Based on 1 answer
System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
Controller
Northeast Treatment CentersMental Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Upland PSA
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 8.9
Based on 114 answers
Implementation and post-implementation support and attention to detail have been excellent. Chrome River Help Desk responsiveness is also excellent. There have been occasional delays to Help Desk tickets. Access to the Help Desk has also been an occasional issue with credentials not working, and then there have been problems/delays regaining access.
Deputy Controller
SUNY Downstate Medical CenterHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
Upland PSA
Upland PSA 9.0
Based on 2 answers
The support team is always very helpful and strives to ensure they have met your needs and corrected your issues in a timely manner. If they need more information or cannot recreate the issue themselves, then they will follow-up to gather the necessary data themselves. They are constantly striving to meet the needs of all users and understand so many different industries and types of environments out there, it is very impressive.

Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employeesOnline Training
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 9.0
Based on 1 answer
The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
Controller
Northeast Treatment CentersMental Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Upland PSA
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 6.8
Based on 5 answers
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.
Controller
Northeast Treatment CentersMental Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Upland PSA
Upland PSA 9.0
Based on 2 answers
The main thing with implementation is to make sure you have taken full advantage of the "sandbox testing" site that Tenrox provides to you during development. Try out every scenario you can think of, have other people enter information if needed, so that you can make sure you have not missed any big items. If you have the opportunity, roll out implementation to small groups of users. Depending on how your company is set up, I would choose groups that are not all in the same department so that you can address questions across all areas before adding in more users in the next wave of implementation.

Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employeesAlternatives Considered
Emburse Chrome River
- Works with our business model
- Pre-approval method
- Auto-approval functionality
- Email alerts customization
- Muti platform approval
- System warnings and violations
- Hotel itemization
- Mileage - integrated with Google map
- Perdiem wizard
- Acknowledgments
- Banners on the expense form
- Understanding the open items and on Credit card Expenses and cash reimbursements
- Super User

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesUpland PSA
The Tenrox software looks and feels older and is not as user friendly! Harvest, for example, is an upgraded version that is easier to track and compile. This is what I'm comparing it to and it's not even close! We only selected Tenrox because it was cheaper and we had a connection in the company with someone at Tenrox to use that platform. We are currently looking for a change.

Verified User
Professional in Customer Service
Marketing and Advertising Company, 201-500 employeesScalability
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River 8.0
Based on 1 answer
It's very easy software to design to your needs.
Controller
Northeast Treatment CentersMental Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Upland PSA
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Emburse Chrome River
- When evaluating solutions, Emburse Chrome River was the only company with multiple pricing models to suit customers' needs. Most others had 1 model. The ability to choose the pricing strategy for our global implementation allowed us to pick the model that met our needs and made the most financial sense.
- The extensive approval routing options help fraud prevention
- Stock and tailored reporting helps our internal audit team detect and prevent abuse and fraud.
Global Strategic Sourcing
CSG InternationalInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
Upland PSA
- Increased time tracking accuracy
- Provide accurate detail to corporate auditors for time spent on projects that can be capitalized
- increased awareness of project pain points and successes

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Food Production Company, 1001-5000 employees