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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Coupa

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ACoupa’s cloud-native Business Spend Management (BSM) platform provides end-to-end processes that helps drive collaboration across for every business leader from supply chain, procurement, finance, treasury, compliance, and IT and supply chain leaders to help their companies to get the visibility and control they need to spend smarter, mitigate risk, and improve resilience. A unified platform approach frees up IT from complex integrations to help leaders deliver on these goals.

    $549

    per year

    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
    CoupaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Editions & Modules
    Premium Support
    $499+
    per year
    Verified
    $549
    per year
    Advanced
    $4800
    per year
    Registered
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CoupaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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
    CoupaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Considered Both Products
    Coupa Software
    No answer on this topic
    Emburse
    Chose Emburse Enterprise
    The overall user interface was easy to use and it made the task of the reporting very easy. Compliance rules are guiding the users to correctly upload and enter receipts, which are already uploaded and recognized via OCR during the business trip. Uploading can easily done via …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emburse Enterprise
    The user interface, the selection process and the roadmap were big differentiators for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Emburse Enterprise
    Chrome River had a better user interface and users liked the ease of using it. Chrome River was more customer service oriented in handling the implementation requirements. Our AP group did not want to manage each expense report as a separate transaction that it needed to …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 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
    CoupaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Coupa and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Feature
    Coupa
    -
    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 Coupa and Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Feature
    Coupa
    -
    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
    CoupaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    7.1
    (124 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (108 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (113 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 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
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CoupaEmburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Coupa Software
    Suitable: Simple indirect procurement. Low cost; short cycle implementation. Less Suitable: Complex procurement scenario requiring serious vendor collaboration. End-to-end integration. Direct Material Procurement, especially when planning, quality inspection, and other miscellaneous activities are involved, requires handling various special statuses and updates to meet industry- or country-specific requirements.
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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
    Coupa Software
    • Coupa is easy to use, however, we had to teach our end users about procurement. They are not used to conducting an RFP, onboarding a supplier, or preparing a PO. This is the change management that our employees had to be prepared to understand. The Shelby Group helped us with the implementation.
    • The hardest part was the integration between NetSuite and Coupa. We wanted to have a dynamic tight integration between the two solutions. If we adjusted the chart of accounts or added a new supplier we wanted it to be able to done in both systems and be available immediately in both systems. We used a partner called SuiteSkies to accomplish this dynamic integration.
    • We’ve been able to manage the implementation and maintenance with a very lean IT group.
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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
    Coupa Software
    • Support Team - A little slow in responding. I think the tool is so configurable that they struggle with figuring out what is causing certain issues that are being submitted on the portal.
    • I'd love for the Sourcing Module to be able to support larger events. There seems to be a limit on the number of lines each event can support and as a growing retailer, our store count dictates we have room to grow and that each store is represented in the bid process.
    • Would like to see the ability to issue multiple POs for a single item to multiple locations. The tool may do this but I know I can't and it may be due to how we interface with our ERP.
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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
    Coupa Software
    I love using coupa but i'm not the decision maker in this regard.
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    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
    Coupa Software
    -Could be easy or hard to use depending on corporate policies and compliance. At times, errors and cryptical message associated with them could drive users mad.
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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
    Coupa Software
    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
    Coupa Software
    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
    Coupa Software
    -Support is generally speaking OK (not great). The user community is quite active, and the response time is acceptable. I would certainly hope there's more user-generated content (like in SAP, Oracle, and Linux, etc.), but I suppose Coupa is still not large enough, and the incentives are not yet there.
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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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    In-Person Training
    Coupa Software
    The employee that trained me was not particularly interesting in teaching me but they were not a Coupa employee.
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    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Coupa Software
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
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    Implementation Rating
    Coupa Software
    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
    Coupa Software
    Concur was a lot easier and more user friendly for employees doing expense reports on their phone. That is not the case with Coupa. You must use your laptop to do expenses and our managers don't always have enough time to do that while out in the field working. This has caused some issues.
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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
    Coupa Software
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Coupa Software
    • It has allowed for proper processing of expenses tied directly to the proper LOB and GL Codes
    • Has taken the guesswork away and allowed for the proper budgets to be hit and reconciled
    • Ease of use has led to mass adoption and more prompt processing of expenses
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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

    Coupa Screenshots

    Screenshot of Transform your company’s supply chain planning from running one-off projects to a consistent and repeatable process.Screenshot of Efficiently capture data for apples-to-apples comparisons of suppliers across business requirements, risk factors, ESG, and costs to find the best solution.Screenshot of Understand supplier relationships, ensure that the right mitigation is in place, and onboard suppliers. Use trusted data services, Community.ai, and performance feedback to spot risk and optimize relationships over time.Screenshot of Bring the results of sourcing events and risk vetting together to quickly formalize agreements without costly omissions or delays.Screenshot of Give users an easy experience for all types of goods, services, and contingent worker needs while bubbling up ESG and other favored suppliers. Streamline budget checks and approvals simple emails to get move spend pre-approved, on-contract, and under control.Screenshot of Give suppliers a variety of options for submitting e-invoices — all without fees and in compliance with VAT and global regulations. Boost supplier adoption of e-invoicing by giving visibility into status of invoice approval and digital payments.

    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