Expensify vs. Workday Financial Management

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
Workday Financial Management
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Workday Financial Management is a native cloud solution built on a global foundation designed to enable accounting teams to operate with greater productivity, superior insights, and adapt to changing business needs. Its AI embedded features improve financial business processes like record to report and opportunity to cash while strengthening internal controls, and enabling consistency across global operations. Powered by an in-memory architecture and object data…N/A
Pricing
ExpensifyWorkday Financial Management
Editions & Modules
Collect
$5
per month per user
Control
$9
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ExpensifyWorkday Financial Management
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
ExpensifyWorkday Financial Management
Considered Both Products
Expensify
Chose Expensify
Pure efficiency and automation. Workday took way too long to process expenses and was not user-friendly. Quickbooks is great for tracking invoices, but just not as good as Expensify for expense management.
Workday Financial Management

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Features
ExpensifyWorkday Financial Management
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
9.7
149 Ratings
16% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting9.8148 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation9.563 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
9.3
136 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Financial Management
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies9.295 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management9.299 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking9.7110 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail9.888 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection8.9112 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR8.991 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer9.577 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
8.1
22 Ratings
10% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
8.1
19 Ratings
9% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.618 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
9.0
24 Ratings
8% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.124 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
7.9
26 Ratings
8% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.921 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
7.7
22 Ratings
1% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings7.217 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.218 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.218 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.515 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.318 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.819 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
7.1
10 Ratings
11% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings6.69 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
-
Ratings
Workday Financial Management
6.8
10 Ratings
14% below category average
Credit card processing00 Ratings6.810 Ratings
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User Ratings
ExpensifyWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(239 ratings)
8.4
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(14 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(140 ratings)
9.1
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(45 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ExpensifyWorkday Financial Management
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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Workday
Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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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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Workday
  • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
  • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
  • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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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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Workday
  • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
  • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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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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Workday
Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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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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Workday
  • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
  • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
  • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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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.

Workday Financial Management Screenshots

Screenshot of a discovery boardScreenshot of financial resultsScreenshot of operational analysis