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Egencia vs. Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Egencia

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AEgencia, part of the Expedia group, offers their corporate travel management program and applications. Egencia supports business travel compliance with authorization workflow, as well as travel expense tracking, travel risk management and policy adherence, mobile app, as well as travel consulting services available on demand.N/A

    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AEmburse Enterprise is the enterprise expense and invoice-management product that replaces the former Chrome River name. Emburse states that the renaming does not change the product’s expense and invoice functionality, workflows, interface, or support; existing Chrome River customers use the same product under Emburse branding.N/A
    Pricing
    EgenciaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EgenciaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWe offer three cost-effective, subscription-based pricing models: A transaction-based model, priced according to expense report volume A submitter-based model, priced according to an average number of monthly submitters An enterprise-level model that includes unlimited expense reports. Pricing for this model is based on total employee headcount Feel free to contact us to discuss the best one for your organization.
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    Community Pulse
    EgenciaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Considered Both Products
    Expedia Group
    No answer on this topic
    Emburse
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    EgenciaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Travel Management
    Comparison of Travel Management features of Egencia and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Feature
    Egencia
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    138% below category average
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Workflows1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel Spend Reports1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidated Invoicing1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Itinerary Management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaborative Booking1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reuses Traveler Information1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Expensing Tool1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Egencia and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Feature
    Egencia
    -
    Ratings
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Egencia and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Feature
    Egencia
    -
    Ratings
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    EgenciaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.1
    (124 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (108 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (113 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EgenciaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Expedia Group
    Overall, Egencia is a good tool for my employees to use when I (or my work partner) aren't available to make the reservations. They can easily access their account and the charges will go on the corporate credit card. This makes it all around easy for the traveling employees.
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    Emburse
    The Emburse Chrome River is well suited for tracking expenses and reimbursement. The compliance part of the software makes the task very easy to ensure all the reports that are being used within the company are updated and easy to verify. The Automating invoice processing makes some redundant task easy to execute.
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    Pros
    Expedia Group
    • Egencia is an all-in-one booking tool so you can keep everything in once place.
    • Egencia works with SAML, so it's easy for users to get set up and logged in.
    • Egencia helps keep things in order by preventing bookings without the approval of managers. This can help keep costs low as well.
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    Emburse
    • [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.
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    Cons
    Expedia Group
    • Customer service was awful. It was a running joke that when we had to call customer service for something (frequent), it was a crap-shoot whether we were going to get someone that knew what they were doing.
    • The website was not intuitive and sometimes made it difficult to find the flights we wanted. Most of the admins resorted to looking for flights on other services and then searching for that flight specifically in Egencia.
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    Emburse
    • Would be great to have pre-saved templates available to apply to line items at the expense report header level rather than having to go into each line.
    • Would be nice to have a mass upload functionality for things like cost codes, allocations, and credit card users.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Expedia Group
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    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.
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    Usability
    Expedia Group
    It is just so simple to use.
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    Emburse
    I would rate Chrome River Expense a 10 because, as I mentioned before, it is very simple and easy to use. This is important from an administrative point-of-view as well as for the field employee. Being a general contractor, it makes it all the better for our employees to use a program that is easy to understand and requires little time and effort. It has made tracking expenses very simple and has been well received by the entire company.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Expedia Group
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
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    Performance
    Expedia Group
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
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    Support Rating
    Expedia Group
    When I had a problem with cancelled and rescheduled flight Egencia team was not helpful at all. They claimed that in their system the flight is still happening hence they will not advise on anything else. I had to spend a lot of time calling the airline to clarify the details and to find out when my flight is happening in the end.
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    Emburse
    This has been easy for me because we have a rep that contacts the supporters for this product to correct any issues we may have with the software or changes needed to help out employees use Chrome River easier. This from my understanding has been a hit or miss kind of interaction with our rep and Chrome River.
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    Online Training
    Expedia Group
    My training was over the phone with some trial and error.
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    Emburse
    The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
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    Implementation Rating
    Expedia Group
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Expedia Group
    It's not even close! Axios was much more difficult to navigate than Egencia. In my opinion, Egencia more closely mirrors travel booking systems we all use outside of work, which makes training much easier for new users. The ability to automatically download calendar invites, share itineraries, and download PDF receipts is such a big help
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    Emburse
    It's the [industry-leading] software for Enterprise level organizations with [large-scale] teams and financial responsibilities. The software has the most robust set of tools and pays for itself with the amount of time it saves. Many newer alternatives have sprouted up but I don't know that we would ever trust another software to do our Expense Tracking and Management.
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    Scalability
    Expedia Group
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Expedia Group
    • More efficient booking - save time.
    • We can specify when additional approval needs to take place based on perimeters that we set (price, class, etc) - save money!
    • All electronic - bookings all online so have easy access to all staff trips.
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    Emburse
    • We have seen a return on approver time of nearly 60% meaning our approvers have tripled their output.
    • We have had feedback from our users that time spent creating expenses has gone from an average of 2 hours to perhaps 20 minutes, tops.
    • We have seen in our dashboards that the Emburse Certify Suite of tools has returned an average savings of over $500K a year.
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    ScreenShots

    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) Screenshots

    Screenshot of A consistent experience across any screen size or operating systemScreenshot of Simple, customizable tiles for expense entryScreenshot of Approve expenses directly from your inbox with a single click