Emburse Nexonia vs. Upside Business Travel

Very easy to upload & maintain all your expenses at the same place & the same time and its a very clean & clear user interface and supports various formats. many times we can approve the timesheets form our mobile itself and takes less time to submit the reports if asked to attach any missing reports and it is very easy to code the departments & Gl categories and also we have specific employee codes to search very fast & its easy to delete also if something is not requierd maybe Thank you payments stuff and etc and it is also detects if any duplicate transactions are uploaded & we can also ignore those specific transactions to avoid it in the next month's uploads and also we can download each and every month reports of all the list of employees who all are using this application and can find the approvers very easily in the settings tab and also we can change our approvers & can change the proxy approver also and we can verify if any connection failures are happening in if any reports are having failure message and we have all types of card uploaded like manual cards & corporate cards & Amex cards & easy to reject if any missing details to be added by employees

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I've used other big name solutions before, but Upside's customer service is really what puts them head and shoulders above the rest. I don't worry about getting someone who has no idea what they're doing when I call Upside - whoever I get is going to be able to answer my questions and get my issues sorted out. That's a huge help

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• The integration with NetSuite is well executed.
• The system is intuitive for both users and approvers.
• Ability to feed credit card data into the system is super helpful.

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• Customer Support. Our business travel changes in real-time. Sometimes we have to make multiple changes to our travel in one day. The Upside Support team is always there to change the travel, especially when my travelers do not have the time to step away from work to get on the phone with airlines, hotels, and rental car agencies.
• Travel Tools. From the web site to the phone app, the Upside tools are very easy to use and are very extensive with functionality.
• Prepay for travel. Prepaying for travel simplifies the booking process and eliminates the need for corporate cards.

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• Synchronisation errors list should be available to download
• Synchronisation fails for whole timesheet when there is one error and we need to hunt for the particular one. It will be better if it fails only the one that has errors
• Downtime during monthend close timelines occasionally

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• Booking travel for non-employees or invited users *could* be easier, but it's not that bad.
• Adding support for AA Business Extra number as part of company profiles, but they manually check all of our AA reservations to add it.

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I was not talking directly with the customer support. My understanding was that, there was some maintenance on the platform but it was never inconvenient for employee or during pick time when employee would put their expenses in the tool. To that extent, I think the support for Nexonia is correct

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The support from Upside Business Travel is absolutely amazing. Immediately after you book a flight, you get an email from your representative. You can contact them at any time and get them to help you with anything you need or answer any questions. I have used the support before to get an earlier check-in, change flights, and add a night to my stay.

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As mentioned earlier in the several questions, Emburse Nexonia is easy to use compared to all the above applications. Integration is easy and plenty of automation opportunities in Emburse Nexonia. Capturing a time sheet is an additional option that no other application has this feature which is a key aspect in any org. to do variance analysis.

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I was not a part of the change process, but I am quite happy using Upside over Concur. We were charged just to speak with an agent, and there wasn't an option to communicate online. I love having the chat option with Upside. I do miss the ability to put travel plans on hold to allow colleagues the opportunity to review it before I book, but the pros of Upside far outweigh the cons.

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• Nexonia Expenses has provided a positive impact on ROI because it saves time for employees who are submitting expenses for reimbursement.
• Nexonia Expenses provides a positive impact on ROI because it saves time for employees who are issuing and managing POs.

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• It has streamlined the process for booking travel for our company.
• They send me reports instead of me having to create them on my own.
• It saves time at every turn.

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