Emburse Cards vs. Expensify

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Emburse Cards
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Emburse Cards is a solution that enables users to issue virtual and physical credit cards instantly, and avoid out-of-policy expenses, as well as reduce teh wait to be reimbursed. The solution is presented as secure credit cards designed to keep spending in check. Emburse Cards can be used free by companies with 100 or fewer employees. It is available standalone, or as an integrated add-on to other Emburse products (Chrome River, etc.).N/A
Expensify
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Expensify automates the entire spend management process. Scan receipts, track mileage, submit and approve expenses, manage corporate cards, reimburse employees, pay bills, send invoices, and book travel. Built for individuals and companies of all sizes, anywhere in the world.
$5
per month per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Collect
$5
per month per user
Control
$9
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Emburse Cards
Chose Emburse Cards
It’s much mote customizable according to the several requirements of control and safety that Exxonmobil has.

it supports different features, such as OCR.
Expensify
Chose Expensify
Compared to SAP Concur which is the only other app that I have ever used, it's so much easier and so much useful, it'll keep you updated all the time, and has more categories (of what I can remember)
Chose Expensify
Much more easy and user intuitive, the chat/support function is of an entirely different caliber that makes all the difference, UX/UI is far more 'advanced'
Chose Expensify
There is no comparison. Expensify is user friendly and easy to learn.
Chose Expensify
There is no comparison - Expensify rules & Concur drools. I dreaded when it was time to do Concur expense reports, as they would take 4-6 hours to complete every 2x weeks. Concur had SOOOOOOOOOO many rules & snags. Expensify is the opposite of Concur in all the best ways …
Chose Expensify
Within this company, Expensify is the primary tool we use, so I haven't heavily evaluated other platforms here. However, I have brief experience with tools like Navan, whick I used once and honestly I don't remember so well. I know I prefer Expensify
Chose Expensify
Expensify is much better than chrome river across all dimensions, from ease of use to OCR capabilities. I had a good experience with Chrome River but it has been eclipsed by my Expensify experience by far. Chrome River really struggled to capture all the details in my invoices, …
Chose Expensify
Expensify's auto-capturing of receipts makes life so much easier. Very rarely do you have to worry about a lost receipt or try tracking someone down to get the documentation that you need. It's far more user friendly within the app and more straightforward to use than Bill or …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is more powerful, less cumbersome, easier to use than Zoho Expense. Zoho expense would frequently hiccup during expense entry and that would lead to loss of work in progress, which was very frustrating to team members. Expensify is smoother workflows and the AI and …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is much more streamlined and easier to use than Concur which I used at my previous employer. Many of the functions I had to manually do on Concur, I am able to do automatically in Expensify. The App integration makes it easy to make submissions on the Fly, where I …
Chose Expensify
I haven't really found anything like it. There are all kinds of financial apps that I use, but they are always for different purposes.
Chose Expensify
There is no comparison. When I worked at IBM, they used a legacy home-grown app on AIX that was probably designed in about 1975. Expensify is a much more modern approach, far, far easier to use.
Chose Expensify
This product is much better to use than fresh books. the user interface is very modern and very intuitive and easy to use. I wish the other organizations I worked at would have used this software instead and I could get my expenses paid timely. The reporting is excellent and …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is more refined and better interface, it is easier to use, more intuitive and gives better visibility on the status of reports. Also has good features to flag expense policy violations as one is creating a report.
Chose Expensify
Fast and Efficient Employee Reimbursement.
Chose Expensify
Expensify is simpler to use and less expensive than Dext. I find it to be much simpler to use, it feels less bulky. Ramp does not have the variety of tools available when compared to Expensify. I am not familiar with using Expensify cards, but I assume that they do that well.
Chose Expensify
A dedicated app like Expensify does better than a combined platform at the main use case - expense tracking, reporting, and reimbursement. Bigger, wider-scope platforms take more effort or have other features that can occasionally get in the way. We prefer Expensify's simpler, …
Chose Expensify
I can't remember what they were called... they were unmemorable.
Chose Expensify
It's more modern and easier to use.
Chose Expensify
Expensify is more user friendly interface, shorter tasks, more accurate, timely notification
Chose Expensify
Expensify is SO MUCH BETTER than Concur. The app in concur is terrible, expense scanning never works and reports are so hard to enter. Expensify makes all of that better. I only wish I'd had an opportunity to use Expensify travel as that I'm sure is also so much better than …
Chose Expensify
Concur is the only formal software I've used, though I think this was only used in my PhD program (2010-2014), so in fairness, it's been a while. I remember Concur being just OK. It was certainly easier to use than the 'upload documents to email' process my former employer had …
Chose Expensify
Much more user friendly, and easy to use. Much more automated unlike Concur's manual process. The scan works well and saves you time.
Features
Emburse CardsExpensify
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Emburse Cards
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Ratings
Expensify
9.7
Ratings
16% above category average
Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Emburse Cards
-
Ratings
Expensify
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Financial Document Management00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Advanced OCR00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Emburse CardsExpensify
Small Businesses
Brex
Brex
Score 9.0 out of 10
Dext
Dext
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Brex
Brex
Score 9.0 out of 10
BILL Spend & Expense
BILL Spend & Expense
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises

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Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River
Score 7.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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9.6
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Likelihood to Renew
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10.0
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Usability
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9.6
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Support Rating
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8.5
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Implementation Rating
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9.5
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
It suits all types and sizes of companies, since it’s a very customizable and personalizable application. It’s great for booking expenses and reimbursement process.
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I think it's really good for small businesses. At least in the way we use it. It's very good for keeping an eye on employee spending in nearly real time. I'm not sure how it works for larger companies when there is a larger number of people to keep track of.
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Pros
  • Bank integration
  • Automated expense type selection
  • Facilitated approval flows
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  • I am able to submit my mileage and the great feature to put the starting destination and end destination. It auto populates the mileage for you!
  • The coniserge is helpful and reminds me when I did not do certain things like submit my report. That’s a nice feature!
  • I am able to submit my expenses quickly and it scans the receipts or you can upload a picture of them very quickly.
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Cons
  • OCR for receipts reading in foreign currencies/receipts
  • Itemization of expenses
  • The analytics reports to be more intuitive and customizable
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  • Cant choose for specific lines of non -reimbursable expenses to several credit cards. only one preconfigured.
  • there are limited cards to choose for with Expensify Travel as a corporate cards.
  • The policy rules are pretty basic. i would like to have more granular options
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Likelihood to Renew
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Our company will use Expensify for as long as it will fit our purposes. However, it is obvious that once the fast-growing company will reach a certain size, we will need to transition to a more complex system. For our current purposes however, Expensify is great and I would recommend it to everyone
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Usability
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So simple to set up and use. It was easy to roll out to all our staff! The demos, instructions, and FAQ's were well written and enabled us to train our staff quickly. We have frontline employees who have mastered the system in a day. The scalability is also perfect. We are able to start with just a few cards and grew that number as our organization needed without any problems.
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Support Rating
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Our rep has been amazing. He has built custom reports for us that have been very time consuming and difficult. Our reps are also currently looking into new submission solutions for us that we are excited about. They came up with this and recommended it on their own without me complaining about an issue. They are about our success and are very excited about the product they offer.
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Implementation Rating
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The implementation process went rather smoothly, linking it to the bank and cards was handled easily. without too many unnecessary steps. Getting the accounts setup did take some time, but that would be true with any organization. All in all things went smoothly and I was very pleased with the setup and implementation process
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Alternatives Considered
It’s much mote customizable according to the several requirements of control and safety that Exxonmobil has. it supports different features, such as OCR.
Their price per expense report and the overall implementation was much cheaper than other competitors.
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Concur is the only formal software I've used, though I think this was only used in my PhD program (2010-2014), so in fairness, it's been a while. I remember Concur being just OK. It was certainly easier to use than the 'upload documents to email' process my former employer had instituted, but it was not Expensify-level smart and easy. At least back then, there was no simple drag-and-drop document parsing for example.
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Return on Investment
  • More than 30% of cost reduction
  • System much faster than espeedbuy
  • Connections through API with banks and SAP modules make the reporting process faster by 40%
  • Supports multiple users and expense reports storage
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  • Positives include - timely expense reports to reconcile our fiscal year financials
  • Negatives include - the monthly service fee per employee (even if no expenses were generated that month) - it is not cost effective for ALL of our employees to utilize the application.
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ScreenShots

Expensify Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboard used to manage expenses, book travel, reimburse employees, and create expense reports.Screenshot of corporate cards. The Expensify Card offers cash back on every US purchase.