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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emburse Chrome River

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AChrome River EXPENSE is expense management software, from Chrome River Technologies in Los Angeles, California.N/A

    Negotiatus

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANegotiatus is purchasing software from the company of the same name in New York, that aims to transform the way business administrators and users place orders, control spend, and submit payment across their vendors. The platform is built for the entire purchasing process, and is designed to provide a consistent experience from sourcing through payment across every vendor and website.N/A
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    Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWe offer three cost-effective, subscription-based pricing models: A transaction-based model, priced according to expense report volume A submitter-based model, priced according to an average number of monthly submitters An enterprise-level model that includes unlimited expense reports. Pricing for this model is based on total employee headcount Feel free to contact us to discuss the best one for your organization.
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Emburse Chrome River and Negotiatus
    Feature
    Emburse Chrome River
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Negotiatus
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    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Emburse Chrome River and Negotiatus
    Feature
    Emburse Chrome River
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Negotiatus
    -
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    Customizable Approval Policies8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Emburse Chrome RiverNegotiatus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (123 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.0
    (107 ratings)
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    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (113 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (7 ratings)
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    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Emburse Chrome RiverNegotiatus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Emburse
    The Emburse Chrome River is well suited for tracking expenses and reimbursement. The compliance part of the software makes the task very easy to ensure all the reports that are being used within the company are updated and easy to verify. The Automating invoice processing makes some redundant task easy to execute.
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    Negotiatus
    Negotiatus is well suited for multi-location--many locations doing the same thing, such as a franchise model. However, if you really want to have tight control on costing, the reporting is not robust enough that, with scale, it would make more sense to bring this in house and create your own vendor relationships
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    Pros
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    Negotiatus
    • Consolidated invoicing--Negotiatus consolidates all invoices into one monthly invoice for us to pay by the 15th of the subsequent month.
    • General ledger mapping--products on the platform can be mapped to one or more entities or cost centers through a monthly consolidated file, which has great value when it comes to process efficiency.
    • Ease of use--the platform is fairly easy for both users and administrators. With many locations that are geographically dispersed, it allows us to manage purchasing without an excess training need.
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    Cons
    Emburse
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    Negotiatus
    • Communicating Savings: Negotiatus sells itself on its vendor network--the ability to search for the best possible price according to what is available. However, it is challenging to tell what that savings would have been (e.g., WB Mason vs. Amazon).
    • Speed of Resolution: it sometimes takes a few months to come to a resolution when it comes to analysis/reporting. As they do not have great reporting around savings, we often ask for them to provide some periodic analysis. The account manager will put in the request, but it may not get completed or be up to the appropriate standard due to lack of understanding of the requirements.
    • Cancelled Orders: at some points early on (2+ years ago), many of the orders were cancelled and we were left scrambling to replace them. That has gotten much better.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Emburse
    Chrome River is easy to use. We needed little training for our users and instead pointed them to Chrome River's Help Guides which are clearly written and easy to understand. With tools SNAP and the ability to email receipts means we can be completely remote when submitting reports.
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    Usability
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    Reliability and Availability
    Emburse
    The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
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    Performance
    Emburse
    System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
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    Support Rating
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    Online Training
    Emburse
    The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
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    Implementation Rating
    Emburse
    Before implementation begins, make sure you have a plan on how you would like your workflow and platform setup for a system like Chrome River. It will speed the process and eliminate the need to make changes when you go live.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Emburse
    It's the [industry-leading] software for Enterprise level organizations with [large-scale] teams and financial responsibilities. The software has the most robust set of tools and pays for itself with the amount of time it saves. Many newer alternatives have sprouted up but I don't know that we would ever trust another software to do our Expense Tracking and Management.
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    Scalability
    Emburse
    It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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    Negotiatus
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    Return on Investment
    Emburse
    • We have seen a return on approver time of nearly 60% meaning our approvers have tripled their output.
    • We have had feedback from our users that time spent creating expenses has gone from an average of 2 hours to perhaps 20 minutes, tops.
    • We have seen in our dashboards that the Emburse Certify Suite of tools has returned an average savings of over $500K a year.
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    Negotiatus
    • Positive efficiencies (major positive)
    • Negative monthly costs per location
    • Positive control
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    ScreenShots

    Emburse Chrome River Screenshots

    Screenshot of A consistent experience across any screen size or operating systemScreenshot of Simple, customizable tiles for expense entryScreenshot of Approve expenses directly from your inbox with a single click