Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) vs. Sage Expense Management
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![]() Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) | Score6 out of 10 | N/A | Emburse Spend is a Spend Management platform for small and growing businesses that monitors and controls card purchases, employee reimbursements, receipts, approvals, and expense policies. It connects to supported existing corporate and business card programs, so finance teams can add spend controls without replacing their current cards. Emburse Spend replaces the former Emburse Abacus. Abacus was acquired by Emburse in 2020. That application's capabilities are now completely superseded by… | $9 per active user/per month |
Sage Expense Management | Score8.4 out of 10 | N/A | Sage Expense Management (formerly Fyle) is a platform for finance teams who want real-time expense control without the disruption of switching corporate cards. Its direct integration with existing Visa, Mastercard, and American Express delivers transactions instantly upon swipe. Finance teams get instant visibility into spending, and employees can upload receipts through Outlook, Gmail, text message, or the mobile app. Its | $74.95 per month for 5 users (minimum) |
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85% Would buy again 11 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
89% Delivers good value for the price 8 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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92% Happy with the feature set 12 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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78% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 7 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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100% Implementation went as expected 10 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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| Small Businesses | Brex Score9 out of 10 | Brex Score9 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Expensify Score9 out of 10 | Expensify Score9 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | SAP Concur Score8.3 out of 10 | SAP Concur Score8.3 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 6.0 | 8.6 |
| Support Rating | 9.0 | - |
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