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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Melio

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMelio is a small business-oriented Accounts Payable tool, presented as a service that helps small businesses keep up with business. A B2B payments experience and payment workflow designed to be simple, and to enable businesses to pay domestic and international vendors, expedite payments, or pay by card.N/A
    Pricing
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)Melio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Card processing fee
    2.9%
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)Melio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    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
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)Melio
    Considered Both Products
    Emburse
    No answer on this topic
    Melio
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    71%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    78%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    Features
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)Melio
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and Melio
    Feature
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Melio
    -
    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and Melio
    Feature
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Melio
    9.4
    14 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Customizable Approval Policies8.33 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Financial Document Management7.02 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking6.04 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail9.02 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection8.33 Ratings9.810 Ratings
    Advanced OCR8.52 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer8.01 Ratings8.912 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River) and Melio
    Feature
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    -
    Ratings
    Melio
    9.4
    18 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Vendor Management00 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation00 Ratings9.811 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)Melio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (124 ratings)
    8.9
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (108 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (113 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)Melio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Melio
    In my personal experiences, I would recommend Melio to a friend or colleague but would tell them the pros and the con. Melio has really made payments seem seamless and easy. The fact that one can plan his/her payment schedule in advance and at the same time track it, is a very big relief. In as much as Melio has a lot of good features but it still needs upgrade or update, like the notifications of failed payments and delays.
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    Pros
    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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    Melio
    • The simplicity it adds to business payments is a great deal. One feature we really value it the ability to pay vendors by check. Melio prints and mails checks for us which saves time and hassle.
    • Payment scheduling tool is another thing we enjoy. This tool lets us plan ahead and manage cash flow more effectively by setting payment dates in advance.
    • Another thing Melio does well is the tracking of payment.
    • There was a time a vendor claimed that they hadn't been paid, but with just a few clicks we could see the check has already been delivered.
    • This kind of transparency gives us confident and keep things professional.
    • The integration with other platform or accounts like QuickBooks is an experience I did love to keep.
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    Cons
    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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    Melio
    • There should be an automatic link between vendors added with their Melio link and the same vendors that already exist in QuickBooks. As it is now, a new vendor is created when you do that and is not linked with the one that already is in QuickBooks.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Melio
    I like the interface. I am familiar with functionality. Convenient to send ACH payments.
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    Usability
    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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    Melio
    Melio has been a very important tool in the advancement of our business. With great features, it has made payments to vendors seamless and hassle free. In terms of vendor management, account/data tracking, and scheduling of payments in advance. This has formed the base that we are still with Melio till today.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Emburse
    The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
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    Melio
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Emburse
    System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
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    Melio
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Melio
    They have great customer support system
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    In-Person Training
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Melio
    Very educative. It was well detailed, organized and knowledgeable.
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    Online Training
    Emburse
    The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
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    Melio
    Very helpful and we learnt a handful
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Melio
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Melio
    Melio is 100% free if you just use ACH, and that by itself would be reason enough for me to stick with the platform, it boats a ton of other useful features that add to the experience.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Melio
    The vendor is great
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    Scalability
    Emburse
    It's very easy software to design to your needs.
    Incentivized
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    Melio
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Melio
    Very knowledgeable
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Melio
    • I have been able to save hours every week now that I am only using Melio as my payment processor
    • I can easily add invoice details which I use to create in another platform and upload to Melio, this saves me time with projects I want to be quicker with
    • The ease of use for my clients is fantastic, and makes for a seamless workflow
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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