Great UI, focus on improvement
July 30, 2024

Great UI, focus on improvement

Justin J. Wild | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Professional

Modules Used

  • Expense
  • Travel
  • Request
  • Reporting (Intelligence)
  • Detect

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Concur

We at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (a non-profit institution and consortium of over 120 colleges and universities focused on research in Earth system science, tasked with managing the national lab, the National Center for Atmospheric Research) utilize SAP Concur for travel request, travel booking, expense management (including P-Cards and T-Cards - purchasing and travel), and reporting. We went to SAP Concur from a paper travel request and reimbursement process and have been very happy.

Pros

  • Expense Management
  • Reporting (via Cognos)
  • User-Friendly Interface (UI)

Cons

  • Workflow
  • Approvals
  • Roles & Permissions
  • Our travel team has had much more time to focus on auditing
  • Users have a much better workflow
  • Users can see the status of their requests and reimbursements
I was not involved in the request for proposals (RFP) where competitors were evaluated, so I'm not familiar with the details as to why SAP Concur was selected over Coupa and other competitors involved in that evaluation.
Sungard IFAS - This ERP is old and limited in functionality. Working on implementing Workday Financials. It has been difficult at times to integrate the systems in a way where fields from each are matched up properly.
SAP has picked up the pace recently in developing innovative technology for its platform. I especially appreciate their dedication to collecting user feedback via user feedback sessions, both in-person at the annual Fusion conference, and virtually via video conference meetings. SAP staff seems keen to take feedback seriously and put a lot of value on it to make the software better over time.
Employee experience is great. Travel arrangers and individual travelers, as well as those getting reimbursements for non-travel costs, have great visibility into their requests and reimbursements and have praised the system for its ease of use. Most of our questions about SAP Concur tend to be about travel policy, not about the application.

Do you think SAP Concur delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Concur's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Concur live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Concur go as expected?

No

Would you buy SAP Concur again?

Yes

SAP Concur is great for travel and expense management. Administration of the tool can be difficult and complex, likely due to the disjointed nature of the modules (I believe Concur and SAP have acquired companies and integrated them into SAP Concur, rather than making them a more cohesive package from the start). However, from the user's perspective, the system is very easy to use. We haven't utilized SAP Concur Invoice, so we don't have any experience with that.

SAP Concur Feature Ratings

Employee Expense Reporting
9
Corporate Card Reconciliation
9
Customizable Approval Policies
1
Financial Document Management
6
Payment Status Tracking
7
Payment Audit Trail
5
Advanced OCR
9

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