Expensify vs. TripIt

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Expensify
Score 9.1 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
TripIt
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
TripIt is a travel management app offered by Concur, which allows users to organize and coordinate travel plans. Editions include a free version, TripIt Pro, and TripIt for Teams.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Collect
$5
per month per user
Control
$9
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Expensify
Chose Expensify
I did not use any other product other than Expensify.
Chose Expensify
Compared to SAP Concur which is the only other app that I have ever used, it's so much easier and so much useful, it'll keep you updated all the time, and has more categories (of what I can remember)
Chose Expensify
Much more easy and user intuitive, the chat/support function is of an entirely different caliber that makes all the difference, UX/UI is far more 'advanced'
Chose Expensify
There is no comparison. Expensify is user friendly and easy to learn.
Chose Expensify
There is no comparison - Expensify rules & Concur drools. I dreaded when it was time to do Concur expense reports, as they would take 4-6 hours to complete every 2x weeks. Concur had SOOOOOOOOOO many rules & snags. Expensify is the opposite of Concur in all the best ways …
Chose Expensify
Within this company, Expensify is the primary tool we use, so I haven't heavily evaluated other platforms here. However, I have brief experience with tools like Navan, whick I used once and honestly I don't remember so well. I know I prefer Expensify
Chose Expensify
Expensify is much better than chrome river across all dimensions, from ease of use to OCR capabilities. I had a good experience with Chrome River but it has been eclipsed by my Expensify experience by far. Chrome River really struggled to capture all the details in my invoices, …
Chose Expensify
Expensify's auto-capturing of receipts makes life so much easier. Very rarely do you have to worry about a lost receipt or try tracking someone down to get the documentation that you need. It's far more user friendly within the app and more straightforward to use than Bill or …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is more powerful, less cumbersome, easier to use than Zoho Expense. Zoho expense would frequently hiccup during expense entry and that would lead to loss of work in progress, which was very frustrating to team members. Expensify is smoother workflows and the AI and …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is much more streamlined and easier to use than Concur which I used at my previous employer. Many of the functions I had to manually do on Concur, I am able to do automatically in Expensify. The App integration makes it easy to make submissions on the Fly, where I …
Chose Expensify
I haven't really found anything like it. There are all kinds of financial apps that I use, but they are always for different purposes.
Chose Expensify
There is no comparison. When I worked at IBM, they used a legacy home-grown app on AIX that was probably designed in about 1975. Expensify is a much more modern approach, far, far easier to use.
Chose Expensify
This product is much better to use than fresh books. the user interface is very modern and very intuitive and easy to use. I wish the other organizations I worked at would have used this software instead and I could get my expenses paid timely. The reporting is excellent and …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is more refined and better interface, it is easier to use, more intuitive and gives better visibility on the status of reports. Also has good features to flag expense policy violations as one is creating a report.
Chose Expensify
Fast and Efficient Employee Reimbursement.
Chose Expensify
Expensify is simpler to use and less expensive than Dext. I find it to be much simpler to use, it feels less bulky. Ramp does not have the variety of tools available when compared to Expensify. I am not familiar with using Expensify cards, but I assume that they do that well.
Chose Expensify
A dedicated app like Expensify does better than a combined platform at the main use case - expense tracking, reporting, and reimbursement. Bigger, wider-scope platforms take more effort or have other features that can occasionally get in the way. We prefer Expensify's simpler, …
Chose Expensify
I can't remember what they were called... they were unmemorable.
Chose Expensify
It's more modern and easier to use.
Chose Expensify
Expensify is more user friendly interface, shorter tasks, more accurate, timely notification
Chose Expensify
Expensify is SO MUCH BETTER than Concur. The app in concur is terrible, expense scanning never works and reports are so hard to enter. Expensify makes all of that better. I only wish I'd had an opportunity to use Expensify travel as that I'm sure is also so much better than …
Chose Expensify
Concur is the only formal software I've used, though I think this was only used in my PhD program (2010-2014), so in fairness, it's been a while. I remember Concur being just OK. It was certainly easier to use than the 'upload documents to email' process my former employer had …
TripIt
Chose TripIt
TripIt is cheap and easy to use. While the other apps and way more expensive and not so much easy to use at all. Google had a good travel app but for no reason it was discontinued.
Chose TripIt
TripIt is designed specifically to help individuals manage their travel info in one place. Before I used TripIt, I had to manually save my travel info in a Google Drive folder, add flights to my personal calendar, then manage multiple airline apps to get flight alerts. TripIt …
Chose TripIt
I haven't evaluated any others. I have been happy with TripIt so I have not felt the need to find others. I am not really aware of any others. I might eventually looks at others if TripIt stops coming up with enhancements. I have no plans to search yet.
Chose TripIt
I think they are equally useful and I liked using both of them.
Chose TripIt
I've tried google trips and Tripcase in the past, but it doesn't work as smooth as TripIt. They sometimes don't recognize the confirmation emails that I forwarded them.
Chose TripIt
I have not used or evaluated any other tool. Once I forwarded my first email and had it automatically show up in my itinerary, I was sold. There might be some other alternatives worth investigating which I have not used.
Chose TripIt
Earlier in my review, I talked about how my company implemented Concur and offered TripIt as an add-on. While Concur offers a mobile app that gives you some of your itinerary information, it doesn't have the same focus as a "one-stop-shop" that TripIt does. This is why TripIt …
Chose TripIt
TripIt has more features and is easier to use. More user-friendly. The pro version has several other benefits such as the ability to look for alternate flights and track reward points, seating, airport wait times for security, lounge buddy credit, more real-time updates, fares …
Features
ExpensifyTripIt
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
9.6
Ratings
15% above category average
TripIt
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
9.4
Ratings
16% above category average
TripIt
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel Management
Comparison of Travel Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
TripIt
7.6
Ratings
33% above category average
Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Extensive Inventory00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Readily Available Support00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Easy Travel Booking00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile Travel Application00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Collaborative Booking00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
User-friendly Interface00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Travel Alerts00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Emburse Chrome River
Score 8.3 out of 10
Emburse Chrome River
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
ExpensifyTripIt
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
8.5
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
9.5
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10.0
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Configurability
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ExpensifyTripIt
Likelihood to Recommend
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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TripIt is one of those business apps that, while not strictly required, represents a huge quality of life improvement for those of us who travel regularly for work. Capturing your itinerary information in one place, so you have one point of reference is a great benefit. When you couple that with relevant notifications about your itinerary, and an Apple Watch app for quick at-a-glance information about your travel plans, you really can't beat it. Highly recommended.
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Pros
  • I am able to submit my mileage and the great feature to put the starting destination and end destination. It auto populates the mileage for you!
  • The coniserge is helpful and reminds me when I did not do certain things like submit my report. That’s a nice feature!
  • I am able to submit my expenses quickly and it scans the receipts or you can upload a picture of them very quickly.
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  • Travel itinerary tracking to see track delays or flight changes (pro version)
  • Seat tracker to nab the best seat no matter what class of air travel (pro version)
  • Time to airport, train station information (pro version)
  • Check in reminder (pro version)
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Cons
  • Cant choose for specific lines of non -reimbursable expenses to several credit cards. only one preconfigured.
  • there are limited cards to choose for with Expensify Travel as a corporate cards.
  • The policy rules are pretty basic. i would like to have more granular options
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  • Some addresses sometimes do not load (But this is becoming rare these days)
  • Add some color to the icons (again minor improvement)
  • Ability to create cross destination group trips with different cities to have a full overview of the trip and crossover points
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Likelihood to Renew
Our company will use Expensify for as long as it will fit our purposes. However, it is obvious that once the fast-growing company will reach a certain size, we will need to transition to a more complex system. For our current purposes however, Expensify is great and I would recommend it to everyone
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I have been using it for a while now and I did renew it every year because it is the best way for me to keep my travel plans in one place with easy visualization
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Usability
So simple to set up and use. It was easy to roll out to all our staff! The demos, instructions, and FAQ's were well written and enabled us to train our staff quickly. We have frontline employees who have mastered the system in a day. The scalability is also perfect. We are able to start with just a few cards and grew that number as our organization needed without any problems.
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It is very easy to use and you can combine with Apple Watch por easier usage. Also, it can be synchronised with your gmail for automatically update your travel plans and that ways is even more helpful.
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Reliability and Availability
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Ive only had the receipt scan feature crash 1 time; no other issues- in fact the app is more on top of details than I am!!
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Performance
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pages load fast, notifications are great. up to minute. after deboarding- my next steps are displayed. Syncs with the hotel & frequent flyer rewards programs too.
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Support Rating
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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This rating is solely based on information I've gotten for TripIt's self-help options. I've never had to contact them directly for support. Nonetheless, their online FAQ and knowledgebase have provided answers to all the questions I've had, including the lack of a boarding pass feature that I mentioned earlier in my review. All in all, I've had no issues here.
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Implementation Rating
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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Set up clear workflows & processes for the masses! No problems with software, only end users...haha
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Alternatives Considered
Concur is the only formal software I've used, though I think this was only used in my PhD program (2010-2014), so in fairness, it's been a while. I remember Concur being just OK. It was certainly easier to use than the 'upload documents to email' process my former employer had instituted, but it was not Expensify-level smart and easy. At least back then, there was no simple drag-and-drop document parsing for example.
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I haven't evaluated any others. I have been happy with TripIt so I have not felt the need to find others. I am not really aware of any others. I might eventually looks at others if TripIt stops coming up with enhancements. I have no plans to search yet.
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Scalability
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Tripit is working great for everyone, each department meeting both company and individual needs.
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Return on Investment
  • Positives include - timely expense reports to reconcile our fiscal year financials
  • Negatives include - the monthly service fee per employee (even if no expenses were generated that month) - it is not cost effective for ALL of our employees to utilize the application.
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  • Comfort of mind is a huge personal positive impact.
  • When a work-related emergency occurred, the co-workers could know if someone would be able to answer a phone call or were in the middle of a flight.
  • No negative impact unless a co-worker didn't use it when traveling - disrupted the team more than we expected.
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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.