Expensify vs. QuickBooks Online Advanced

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Expensify
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Expensify automates the entire spend management process. Scan receipts, track mileage, submit and approve expenses, manage corporate cards, reimburse employees, pay bills, send invoices, and book travel. Built for individuals and companies of all sizes, anywhere in the world.
$5
per month per user
QuickBooks Online Advanced
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.N/A
Pricing
ExpensifyQuickBooks Online Advanced
Editions & Modules
Collect
$5
per month per user
Control
$9
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ExpensifyQuickBooks Online Advanced
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
ExpensifyQuickBooks Online Advanced
Considered Both Products
Expensify

No answer on this topic

QuickBooks Online Advanced
Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
I haven't used any other comparable products to make a fair assessment. Prior to my using QuickBooks Online Advanced, I worked with very large organizations that had proprietary accounting systems built internally.
Features
ExpensifyQuickBooks Online Advanced
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
9.7
159 Ratings
16% above category average
QuickBooks Online Advanced
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting9.8158 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation9.668 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
9.4
146 Ratings
16% above category average
QuickBooks Online Advanced
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies9.3100 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management9.3106 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking9.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail9.893 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection9.0119 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR9.099 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer9.582 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
QuickBooks Online Advanced
7.9
96 Ratings
4% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.679 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings8.284 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.0
172 Ratings
3% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.1150 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.0168 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
QuickBooks Online Advanced
7.9
185 Ratings
1% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.2174 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.2184 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.2176 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.2
189 Ratings
7% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.5183 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.4178 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings8.2159 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.8181 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings8.0168 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings7.092 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings8.246 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings7.681 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings8.185 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings8.9104 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings7.5102 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.778 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings8.278 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.0164 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings7.969 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.389 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings8.667 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.1125 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
QuickBooks Online Advanced
7.0
75 Ratings
4% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.075 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
QuickBooks Online Advanced
7.3
127 Ratings
2% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings7.491 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings6.785 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
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User Ratings
ExpensifyQuickBooks Online Advanced
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(239 ratings)
8.4
(186 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(14 ratings)
8.4
(14 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(140 ratings)
6.9
(7 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(45 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
4.2
(5 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ExpensifyQuickBooks Online Advanced
Likelihood to Recommend
Expensify
I think it's really good for small businesses. At least in the way we use it. It's very good for keeping an eye on employee spending in nearly real time. I'm not sure how it works for larger companies when there is a larger number of people to keep track of.
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Intuit
Smaller businesses that need affordable accounting software that many people are used to should look at Quickbooks. QuickBooks makes it easier for people to access your books from multiple locations. If cost is an issue, QuickBooks is very affordable, given you do not need to install and maintain a server.
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Pros
Expensify
  • Easy to access online portal whether using a mobile device or desktop app
  • Receipts can be uploaded in a breeze and automatically categorized
  • Expense Reports are submitted monthly on autopilot
  • Expenses for gas is calculated on the app by entering the starting/ending destinations.
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Intuit
  • It allows us to link to bank accounts in order to get up-to-date, real-time information, which is so important in today's lightning speed work world.
  • The "canned" reports are excellent and allow for extreme customization also. This makes them very helpful to both me and my clients.
  • The user interface for QuickBooks Online Advanced is easy to navigate and is intuitive for novices. The screens are well laid out and have cohesiveness on each screen to match tasks with others that match up well.
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Cons
Expensify
  • I wish that I could sync accounts on the back end kind of like with banking software, so that Expensify would automatically port over receipts for recurring expenses as soon as they're available
  • It would be nice to one-click submit an expense all the way through instead of having to attach it to a report
  • Wackier profile icons? :) Not a big deal. This software is pretty much amazing as it is now, and typically the urge to update and modify very good software leads to poor outcomes!
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Intuit
  • Proper advice in QuickBooks Online Pro for the usage if QuickBooks Online Advanced will be more efficient.
  • More features and space in the app for organization of the self-created workflows.
  • The stability of QuickBooks Online Advanced can still be better.
  • There are still file-size issues and limitations on transactions and attributes of transactions.
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Likelihood to Renew
Expensify
We like using the tool and we receive positive feedback from employees and management who use the tool. It saves time and helps us concentrate on the value adding activities so we are very likely to keep using Expensify in the future
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Intuit
It has become second nature to use Quick Books at the company. If you need a report you log in and pull the report. It helps expedite reconciliation of bank accounts, the automation of most tasks make it easy to get mundane tasks completed quickly.
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Usability
Expensify
My rating of 8 out of 10 for Expensify's overall usability reflects its strong performance in empowering individual users and streamlining core expense processes, while acknowledging that there are specific areas, particularly on the administrative or enterprise side, where the user experience could be further refined. Exceptional End-User Experience (for basic tasks).Automation & Time-Saving Features.Clear Workflow for Approvers. Why it's not a perfect 10 (areas for improvement that dock points): Limited corporate bank to choose from, limited multi-currency to pay to ( for instance, as a foreign corporatio,n i cannot pay with my US account to Israeli employees, or pay to our UK employees)
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Intuit
QuickBooks Online Advanced is highly usable and intuitive for most day-to-day financial tasks. Its interface is clear, and core functions such as invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting are easy to perform. While some advanced features like report customization or integrations can be less straightforward, overall the platform offers a smooth and efficient user experience.
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Reliability and Availability
Expensify
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Intuit
In the 5 years I have been using it, I cannot recall there ever having been an outage or not being able to access the system. Sure, there are issues with internet speeds sometimes that are unrelated to Intuit but it is a very reliable system.
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Performance
Expensify
No answers on this topic
Intuit
Since we do not integrate the software with other systems, I do not have any issues with speed related to that. Pages tend to load pretty quickly, but there are times when reports or other pages take a little longer to load than usual. It is not an overly frustrating amount of time, though, and it happens infrequently.
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Support Rating
Expensify
Our rep has been amazing. He has built custom reports for us that have been very time consuming and difficult. Our reps are also currently looking into new submission solutions for us that we are excited about. They came up with this and recommended it on their own without me complaining about an issue. They are about our success and are very excited about the product they offer.
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Intuit
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Online Training
Expensify
No answers on this topic
Intuit
The online training is good enough.
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Implementation Rating
Expensify
The implementation process went rather smoothly, linking it to the bank and cards was handled easily. without too many unnecessary steps. Getting the accounts setup did take some time, but that would be true with any organization. All in all things went smoothly and I was very pleased with the setup and implementation process
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Intuit
I did not participate in this part particularly much. The implementation was simple and easy to perform. There were not any major issues that arose during the process. QuickBooks has made the processes pretty streamless and I believe they had anticipated many difficulties ahead of time. This was easy enough
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Alternatives Considered
Expensify
It is definitely 10 times better than using an Excel spreadsheet. We are talking a digitized with AI type capabilities to do the work for you. It’s honestly a lifesaver. This beats manual calculations and data entry any day. Scanning 100 receipts and saving them to pdf files not only takes space on your storage but it is an extra unnecessary step
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Intuit
QuickBooks Online Advanced isn’t as robust as Netsuite or Sage, but it is generally a great choice for most businesses. This software will meet or exceed the needs of most companies, and should be the first part of your accounting software decision. I would even reach out to a QuickBooks Online Advanced expert to ensure you need to step up to Sage or Netsuite before doing so on your own.
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Scalability
Expensify
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Intuit
Software is very flexible
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Return on Investment
Expensify
  • We went from paying credit card fees with no approval process to a no fees and complex approval processes.
  • I personally save time in not having to develop a spend report I just have my admin assistent fill in the details of the auto generated report and it is done. Went from an hour long process to 5- 10 minutes max to prepare a high quality audit ready report.
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Intuit
  • QBOA has shown my clients the increase and decrease of my monthly income activity
  • I am able to project my income and spending more easily
  • The P&L reports has shown me a lot and by customizing to focus on my income and expenses has allowed me to better budget
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ScreenShots

Expensify Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboard used to manage expenses, book travel, reimburse employees, and create expense reports.Screenshot of corporate cards. The Expensify Card offers cash back on every US purchase.