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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

    Ramp

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ARamp is a corporate card and spend management solution that helps companies of all sizes to accelerate growth without compromising on their finances. With a direct integration with the user's accounting solutions, Ramp helps finance teams save time tracking expenses, following up with employees, and closing their books. Ramp offers companies real time visibility into spending, automated expense reporting, and advanced insights into ways to cut spend.

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    Emburse Chrome RiverRamp
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Emburse Chrome RiverRamp
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    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.Ramp provides a free tier for smaller teams who want to simplify finances. A step-up to our free tier is Ramp Plus, starting at $15/month/user along with platform fees based on team size. Then, for large businesses, the Enterprise plan requires a custom quote.
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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
    Emburse Chrome RiverRamp
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Emburse Chrome River and Ramp
    Feature
    Emburse Chrome River
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Ramp
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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 Ramp
    Feature
    Emburse Chrome River
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Ramp
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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
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    Dext
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    BILL Spend & Expense
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Webexpenses
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Emburse Chrome RiverRamp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (123 ratings)
    9.2
    (25 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)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    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
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    User Testimonials
    Emburse Chrome RiverRamp
    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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    Ramp Business Corporation
    Ramp is well suited for managing everyday spending. We have been able to set standard permissions across the board for our team, monitor spending easily, and adjust "allowances" accordingly and quickly. The instant funding once a request is approved makes it so much faster to make a purchase, if outside of the set parameters. Ramp travel offerings are sometimes unattractive, and we have found many flights, hotels, and car rentals by going to other platforms or the suppliers directly. Pricing is comparable, but many times it is cheaper to book outside of Ramp.
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    Pros
    Emburse
    • [Emburse] Chrome River listens to its customer's needs and does its best to match current products to those needs, or collaborate internally to determine if an enhancement can be made available that will not only benefit that customer, but will be a good use case for all Chrome River customers.
    • The [Emburse] Chrome River customer service team is great. Unlike most companies, you can speak to a liver person!
    • [Emburse] Chrome River's training offerings are relevant and pertinent to the day to day operations of the software.
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    Ramp Business Corporation
    • You can forward your receipts to receipts@ramp.com and it will auto-approve.
    • You can easily reverse charges if an employee accidentally places a charge on their work card.
    • You can send employees physical Ramp cards.
    • You can create as many virtual cards as needed.
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    Cons
    Emburse
    • Would be great to have pre-saved templates available to apply to line items at the expense report header level rather than having to go into each line.
    • Would be nice to have a mass upload functionality for things like cost codes, allocations, and credit card users.
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    Ramp Business Corporation
    • Even more integration to have us spend less time on reporting expenses for grant reports
    • This does not happen often, but if you make a purchase and then cancel it with the vendor, for some reason, Ramp does not immediately recognize that purchase cancellation and will continue to remind you to submit a receipt or tag it as an accidental charge, but there is no option to tag it as a canceled purchase.
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
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    Usability
    Emburse
    I would rate Chrome River Expense a 10 because, as I mentioned before, it is very simple and easy to use. This is important from an administrative point-of-view as well as for the field employee. Being a general contractor, it makes it all the better for our employees to use a program that is easy to understand and requires little time and effort. It has made tracking expenses very simple and has been well received by the entire company.
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    Ramp Business Corporation
    Ramp offers an exceptionally intuitive user interface with a clean, well-organized design. The platform demonstrates continuous improvement through regular feature enhancements and updates. New employee onboarding requires minimal training due to the platform's logical section-based layout and user-centric design, which facilitates rapid adoption and efficient navigation. Overall Ramp's interface and UI is very user friendly.
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
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    Support Rating
    Emburse
    This has been easy for me because we have a rep that contacts the supporters for this product to correct any issues we may have with the software or changes needed to help out employees use Chrome River easier. This from my understanding has been a hit or miss kind of interaction with our rep and Chrome River.
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    Ramp Business Corporation
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
    We moved to Ramp from Expensify at our accountant's advice. We went with her advice due to ease of use, ease of Quickbooks sync, ability to send reminders with one click, and more. We are very happy with the decision to switch to Ramp.
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    Scalability
    Emburse
    It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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    Ramp Business Corporation
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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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    Ramp Business Corporation
    • The actual dollar savings is difficult to determine at this point. We'll have a better idea the ROI at the end of the year. Previously, we received 1% back on all purchases with our corporate card. We receive 1.5% with Ramp, pay per number of cards annually (for Ramp Plus) to auto-lock cards and for additional features.
    • Time savings for admin and employees has been significant due to ease of use.
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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

    Ramp Screenshots

    Product screenshotProduct screenshotScreenshot of Slack integrationScreenshot of Vendor ManagementScreenshot of Automated savings insights