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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AEmburse Professional (formerly Certify) aims to help make expense reporting easier with its automated expense report creation and mobile receipt capture. Employees, managers and accountants can create, submit and approve expense reports, check the status of expense reports and access reports on demand.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

    Perk

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APerk (formerly TravelPerk) is a platform that automates travel, spend, and events. It provides employees with simplified management tools while offering finance teams real-time spend visibility and policy control to streamline corporate administrative workflows.N/A
    Pricing
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)NavanPerk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Navan Business
    Free
    Navan Enterprise
    Let's Talk
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)NavanPerk
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$8 Expense reportNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCertify AP has volume based pricing based on processed invoices——
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    Community Pulse
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)NavanPerk
    Considered Multiple Products
    Emburse
    No answer on this topic
    Navan
    Chose Navan
    They are not built for enterprises, not as intuitive, easy or organized
    Incentivized
    Perk
    Chose Perk
    TravelPerk and TripActions both have their issues. I am looking for a third option.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    60%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    81%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)NavanPerk
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify) and Navan and Perk
    Feature
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Navan
    -
    Ratings
    Perk
    -
    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting8.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify) and Navan and Perk
    Feature
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Navan
    -
    Ratings
    Perk
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies9.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking9.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail5.52 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection7.32 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel Management
    Comparison of Travel Management features of Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify) and Navan and Perk
    Feature
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)
    -
    Ratings
    Navan
    1.2
    1 Ratings
    128% below category average
    Perk
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Readily Available Support00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel Spend Reports00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidated Invoicing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Easy Travel Booking00 Ratings2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Travel Application00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaborative Booking00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Loyalty Programs00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User-friendly Interface00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Expensing Tool00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel Alerts00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Brex
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Expensify
    Score9 out of 10
    Lola.com
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Concur
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Egencia
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Egencia
    Score5.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)NavanPerk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (57 ratings)
    1.0
    (36 ratings)
    6.2
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (41 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify)NavanPerk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Emburse
    Certify is not well suited for multi-dimensional ERPs. Although Certify 'offers' general ledger dimensions GLD, the use of them is extremely limited. Filtering on any GLD can only be done once. There is not the possibility for creating hierarchies with the dimensions. The only method of exporting is via a flat file or the open API, which I understand is quite limited. This software is for a smaller scaled business that is not trying to track across dimensions or create hierarchies. Data flow is one directional. I cannot emphasize enough the shortcomings of the reporting. The parameters are mostly based on expense dates rather than expense reports. There are entirely too many of them, and some of them perform the function!
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Perk
    Very helpful in saving time and costs when it comes to planning business travel, tracking expenses, and reimbursement management. Their support team is friendly and comprehensive, they manage to do changes to our reservations within 10 hours before our trip with no extra costs. I can't find a scenario where it is less appropriate.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Emburse
    • Integration with Amtrav or other travel booking systems. Certify has a tight integration with travel systems that makes it feel nearly like one cohesive tool.
    • Easy expense options. Use OCR on receipts, import from credit cards and merge items, approve and inquire about expenses. Track your submissions.
    • Easy UI. Friendly and easy to navigate without getting lost.
    Incentivized
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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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    Perk
    • Very clean, attractive interface. TravelPerk is easy to use and looks great.
    • Good customer support. When I've had trouble with bookings, TravelPerk support responds quickly and addresses the issue.
    • You can easily add personal travel information (e.g., frequent flyer numbers) that are automatically applied to your flights, no need to add it manually with each booking.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Emburse
    • Reporting: I would like to see more chart availability from the program. We include various data points from Certify in our monthly financial statement package. Currently, we export data from the program and create our own pivot tables to create charts.
    • Dashboard feature: It would be nice to be able to use the data for a specific date and then be able to print that information.
    • Can't think of another one. As stated before, they listen to their customers so prior issues have been addressed and implemented.
    Incentivized
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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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    Perk
    • Truly awful customer service agents who are careless and make mistakes constantly
    • Inability to see other travelers on the App, even as an admin
    • AE does not escalate issues quickly or seriously enough
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Perk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Emburse
    If the integrations with our card programs had succeeded, I expect [Emburse] Certify would have worked well for expense submitters and approvers. During the short time that the American Express Business integration was active, transactions flowed smoothly, and the expense reporting and receipt matching functions were quite good. The [Emburse] Certify mobile app was particularly powerful and easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Perk
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Emburse
    The measure of support is how well they respond when you really need them, like when the system is not performing correctly. We have been on the platform less than a year, and there have been at least 2 instances, where the platform was down. The 2nd time was the day before out fiscal year end. And they need a development website. When they are making changes to your LIVE instance, and things go wrong, the client is the first to know about it! I've come to understand that Certify has tiers of support. Those in tier 1, barely know more about the software than the users. I sent a request for a report that shows expense reports currently pending approval and after 5 days of back and forth I was told to build it myself.
    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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    Perk
    Great customer service and the chat is wonderful. There is always someone connected.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Emburse
    Before Certify, there was only manual expense reports entered for our company. This took too much time for employees too finish and caused a delay of efficiency. With Certify, it is easier to access and finish each report with the right amount of effectiveness and efficiency it needs. Certify is really helpful in saving a lot of time for employees that do not have time.
    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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    Perk
    Travel Perk can be globally used from all of our Offices, worldwide, applying the same regulations and corporate Credit Cards. It searches for all Airlines and Hotels, listening results according to priorities and search metrics.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Emburse
    • The organization and automatic flow of the expense report to approvers and then AP saves time for all. The user has agreed that it is easier and quicker to prepare the expense report and the managers and AP department finds the automated process to be quicker and more efficient. Time saved is money saved.
    • Certify can recognize if a duplicate expense is submitted or if an expense is submitted too late to be reimbursed according to our policies. This prevents us from reimbursing an expense in error.
    • We use a customized report to track a specific type of expense that gets submitted by our sales team. There is a limit on what can be spent on specific expenses that fall into an entertainment category and the report helps us to stay within the limits. Previously, without this tool, we had spent so much more time manually tracking these expenses and had gone over the limits, creating a deficiency in our processes.
    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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    Perk
    • Generally, there are cost savings available over other options.
    • Providing employees with autonomy frees up the management team from having to book and/or approve travel.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Certify Homepage - User interface for all users that includes a quick view of their expenses, pending expense reports and approval requests.Screenshot of Certify Mobile - Snap photos of receipts on the go and upload them instantly to your virtual Certify Wallet.Screenshot of Certify Travel - Now, corporate travel is even easier. Introducing Certify Travel, your end-to-end corporate travel solution to simplify bookings for employees while helping your company manage travel practices and costs. All for one low monthly fee and no booking fees! Certify Travel is easy to use, yet it is also a powerful enhancement to your company’s expense management system.Screenshot of Certify Reporting & AnalyticsScreenshot of Certify AP- manage cashflow with accounts payable automationScreenshot of Certify AP- streamlining employee purchasing