Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage Expense Management
Score 8.3 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)
Gusto
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Gusto offers payroll, benefits and compliance capabilities. Gusto is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, and emphasizes an easy to use interface.
$49
per month
Pricing
Sage Expense ManagementGusto
Editions & Modules
Growth
$14.99
per month per user (minimum 5)
Business
$17.99
per month per user (minimum 10)
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Simple: A streamlined set of automatic payroll features and benefits integrations
$49/month + $6/mo per person
per month
Plus: Comprehensive payroll, benefits, and HR tools for employers building a great place to work
$80/month + $12/mo per person
per month
Premium: Scalable payroll and benefits, expert HR, and dedicated support for the complex needs of growing teams
$180/month + $22/mo per person
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage Expense ManagementGusto
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.Gusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.
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Features
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Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Expense Management
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Ratings
Gusto
9.0
594 Ratings
9% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.4571 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.6407 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.5575 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.1445 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.1184 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sage Expense ManagementGusto
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(3 ratings)
9.1
(590 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(12 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(414 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.8
(26 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sage Expense ManagementGusto
Likelihood to Recommend
Sage Expense Management
Fyle is a much better software than traditional excel reports as it provides both a mobile app and desktop application. Though there is much room for improvement, it still can be rated higher for more users as it makes the process of claims processing and auditing much faster and easier as compared to handling physical bills and receipts. It has helped my organization to save on 2 man-months cost as well by reducing the redundant activities of automating bill submission through apis for common apps like UBER, OLA, etc.
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Gusto
Gusto is well-suited for small businesses looking for a one-stop platform for payroll, tax-related tasks, and onboarding. It has many automated features that make tasks related to running a business/running an S-Corp simpler. I have not tried any other similar platforms, so I am unsure how it compares, but the pricing Gusto offers feels reasonable compared to other providers.
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Pros
Sage Expense Management
  • Expense management
  • Submitting bills for Reimbursement
  • Approval process
  • Expense tracking
  • The ability to converse within the app. If the approver rejects, the requester can see the reason and type back their response/rectify and resubmit. All within the app.
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Gusto
  • New employee/contractor onboarding - all the documents are stored and easily accessible (the same goes for off-boarding).
  • A one-click option for syncing hours worked with payroll.
  • The option to run payroll on auto-pilot.
  • Ensuring I'm tax compliant with the states we have employees in.
  • Always having digital records of payroll runs.
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Cons
Sage Expense Management
  • Calculate miles on the go
  • Bugs at time of submission
  • Not enough categories for expenses. More dropdowns would be helpful.
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Gusto
  • Digital compliance tools for remote teams
  • Gusto upsold us labor law posters, but I later found them available for free online. Since we’re a fully remote team, I had to manually download and distribute them digitally. It would be much more efficient if Gusto offered free, auto-distributed digital posters tailored to remote compliance.
  • Benefits setup is unintuitive for startups
  • While our rep was helpful, navigating the benefits system felt complex and not tailored to early-stage companies. More guided flows or simplified options for small, remote startups would be a big help.
  • Limited dashboard customization for remote workflows
  • As a fully online company, we’d benefit from dashboard options that highlight relevant tools for remote operations—like compliance tracking, digital communications, or onboarding checklists.
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Likelihood to Renew
Sage Expense Management
No answers on this topic
Gusto
Unless they break it, I'm never leaving. It's just too easy. Gusto is also really affordable, and for what I pay, it's worth having the historical record within the system. I like that I can go back and pull up W2's for year's past. This sort of easy access reporting, has been helpful especially when getting reports for PPP loans.
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Usability
Sage Expense Management
No answers on this topic
Gusto
Wonderful overall usability – especially for the new business owner. The user interface is clean and intuitive, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. They also have great explanation pages ingrained into the process, so if you get stuck knowing what to do next, there's a link right there to walk you through the process!
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Support Rating
Sage Expense Management
No answers on this topic
Gusto
Gusto's customer service has really deteriorated lately and they seem to have really changed their focus. It used to be when you called you were routed to an individual who knew about payroll, benefits, reporting, etc. but now you get someone who seems to have not received the correct training. My last call about a dismissal payroll took me over an hour of my time and the person still could not help me and finally transferred me to someone else.
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Implementation Rating
Sage Expense Management
No answers on this topic
Gusto
Reach out to support immediately if you are having trouble setting up Gusto. Rather than being confused and trying to figure it out yourself, it's much better to talk to someone who knows what they are doing. Save yourself time and frustration and reach out to support
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Alternatives Considered
Sage Expense Management
Features wise both Zoho and Concur are equivalent to Fyle - may be they even offer more features. We picked Fyle particularly because: a) We are a small organization of less than 200 employees and were looking for a cloud based offering b) We had to keep our costs minimal without making major changes to our organization structure Fyle was most optimal that catered to all our requirements.
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Gusto
It's been a while since I used QuickBooks for payroll, but it doesn't even come close to it. Gusto is infinitely easier, allowing for employee time tracking, handling calculations and payments of payroll and payroll taxes, managing regulatory compliance in the background, and more. I had a lot of moments using QuickBooks Payroll where I thought, "Am I even doing this right?" — it felt like you had to have additional knowledge of HR regulations in your state to do everything correctly. Gusto has it ALL handled so you can focus your time on higher-impact tasks in your business.
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Return on Investment
Sage Expense Management
  • Saves so much time!
  • Makes it easier for everyone involved in the processes
  • Ease in releasing payments/reimbursements.
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Gusto
  • I am not involved enough to know well, but I would say that Gusto has saved me about 1-2 hours in my onboarding process with my new company compared to my past experiences trying to onboard with ADP. I have also finished the process and am not frustrated like usual.
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ScreenShots

Sage Expense Management Screenshots

Screenshot of AI-powered insights on expenses, reports, categories, merchants, or any support queriesScreenshot of where employees can track and create expenses right from Text Message, Gmail, Outlook, Sage Expense Management mobile app and web app.Screenshot of Sage Expense Management's 2-way integrations with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, Xero and NetSuite.Screenshot of where employees can submit and track expenses and approvers can approve reports on-the-go with Sage Expense Management Android and iOS mobile app.Screenshot of where to receive real-time notifications for card spend via SMS and reconcile the spend instantly by replying with a picture of the receipt.

Gusto Screenshots

Screenshot of Gusto's automated payrollScreenshot of the time-off tracking interfaceScreenshot of the source of truth for HR data