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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    e-automate

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers e-automate, an ERP for office technology companies to automate business workflows and increase contract profitability.N/A

    Navan

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANavan (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
    e-automateNavan
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Navan Business
    Free
    Navan Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    e-automateNavan
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    e-automateNavan
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Navan
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    81%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    e-automateNavan
    Travel Management
    Comparison of Travel Management features of e-automate and Navan
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Navan
    1.2
    1 Ratings
    128% below category average
    Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Readily Available Support00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Travel Spend Reports00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Consolidated Invoicing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Easy Travel Booking00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Mobile Travel Application00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Collaborative Booking00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Loyalty Programs00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    User-friendly Interface00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Integrated Expensing Tool00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Travel Alerts00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    e-automateNavan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (54 ratings)
    1.0
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    e-automateNavan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    If you need a system to place and track sales quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and service calls then E-Automate is perfect. However, if you want to be able to easily bulk upload customers and contracts or if you want to be able to quickly and easily track contract profitability, customer costs, etc, then you'll likely want/need a secondary or different system to do so.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    A specific scenario where TripActions was well suited was when I needed to book a hotel stay in Cologne, Germany for multiple colleagues. The fact that they were registered users made coordinating their stays a seamless process. I have not had an occasion where TripActions was inappropriate to use.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Sending Invoices out to customers via email or printing.
    • Keep track of ordering and inventory.
    • Sales Tax reporting.
    • Monitoring customer payment activity/setting up and removing credit holds.
    • Calculating payments to process each cycle.
    • Excellent aging reports.
    • I like the fact that when I am looking at one item, such as an invoice, I have the capability to switch to the customer menu rather than having to exit out of invoices and then enter into customers.
    • I love the flexibility of the search menus - being able to sort on several factors at once.
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    Navan
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Make sales invoices not require serial numbers, or be more flexible with it.
    • Make contract invoices have some sort of flexibility in terms of editing. Our end users complain that QuickBooks made it very easy to edit invoices, and in e-automate, for them, it is practically impossible. (I do personally understand why it has to be as it is myself, I'm just forwarding their observation.)
    • Make the API actually useful. I spent days looking at the functions and the functions available are not really useful.
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    Navan
    • Limited partnerships with all the major airlines, or if so, slowly just adding more airlines to their platform
    • Not a lot of information about the ratings of the hotels. I have stayed in hotels that I probably wouldn't have if their information was more up to date
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    Its really the only option for the industry that does enough of what we need for it to function . I'm not sure if there were better options out there if we would have to renew our subscription. With the addition of AI, hopefully something will be able to become more useful.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    The user interface may be slightly outdated, but it is very intuitive and easy to navigate. Once you have learned one module within the system it is very easy to apply that knowledge to any other module. It makes using the system much easier, and it makes training another person on the system quick and efficient.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Mostly available, sometimes down for issues but usually there when we need it
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Reports are the struggle the most with the information being extracted in a way that you need to copy and paste it into a new document so some of the information is not covered
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Sometimes when you need answers quickly, a voice on the phone is far better than having to wait for email support or a callback. I have found this to have delays and feel ECI e-automate should invest more in its support infrastructure.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    - 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.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    E-automate is much better at understanding the needs of the office equipment industry and provide the necessary tools. SAP Business One has limited features specific to the office equipment industry and includes things that are not useful. E-automate is also priced much better and provides the best value for your investment.
    Incentivized
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    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 dollars in Amazon money just for doing my job.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • The e-automate will stop working if we stop paying each year. We chose not to go to the cloud and buy the software. QuickBooks and other software are a one-time fee.
    • E-automate has very few outside vendors for add-on modules.
    • The vendors that do have modules are costly.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of an item search, in e-automate