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    BILL Spend & Expense

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ABILL Spend and Expense (formerly Divvy) is an all-in-one expense management solution that combines free software with corporate cards to provide you with real-time visibility and customizable control over your business finances.

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    Emburse SpringAhead

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASpringAhead is an expense reporting, billing, and time tracking platform that was owned and supported by Certify Travel and Expense created from the 2017 merger of Certify, Nexonia, and other companies, and now from Emburse, the company formed from the merger of Certify and Chrome River Technologies in March 2019.N/A
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBILL Spend & Expense is free for all users
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BILL Spend & ExpenseEmburse SpringAhead
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of BILL Spend & Expense and Emburse SpringAhead
    Feature
    BILL Spend & Expense
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Emburse SpringAhead
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    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation9.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of BILL Spend & Expense and Emburse SpringAhead
    Feature
    BILL Spend & Expense
    8.7
    6 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Emburse SpringAhead
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    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
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    BILL Spend & ExpenseEmburse SpringAhead
    Small Businesses
    Dext
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Dext
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Expensify
    Score7.6 out of 10
    BILL Spend & Expense
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emburse Chrome River
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Emburse Chrome River
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BILL Spend & ExpenseEmburse SpringAhead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (16 ratings)
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    BILL Spend & ExpenseEmburse SpringAhead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BILL
    There is a lot of functionality available for any company, and when you combine it with their A/P processing software, I'm sure the value of the software only increases. If you don't look back through your credit card receipts often, or don't have a lot of volume, the receipts not uploading into the accounting software isn't as much of an issue. For us, with roughly $200k of credit card spending each month, it became an issue. The rewards program was hard for us to take advantage of also, mostly because of our spending being spread across multiple companies. Even though we had everything set up together as one business, they still recognized each one as it's own, with it's own rewards requirements. I wouldn't deter anyone from going with Bill Spend & Expense, it's a solid program with a lot of capability, there are just a few small items that mattered to us more than the capabilities we take advantage of.
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    Emburse
    It's definitely well suited for all organizations with knowledge workers who use computers to do their work and are able to log in and enter their time on a regular basis. I've always had access to it as part of my job and love using SpringAhead. It may be less appropriate in a role where the worker does not have regular access to a computer to enter their hours digitally.
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    Pros
    BILL
    • Divvy does purchases very well. Getting money into the hands of those who need it, when they need it.
    • Budgeting is a breeze because card holders can only spend what is in their specific budget or on their card.
    • Customer support is usually pretty quick to respond
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    Emburse
    • Allows for tracking of time very easily. Users can add all their project's time in one place instead of drilling into each project.
    • Managers can approve their team's time all in one place. We do not need to drill down to find the info and approve. Users who don't report to the manager but are part of the project can still be approved by the project manager.
    • Reports are easy to read when looking at historical information. Reports can be run with multiple parameters that the user needs.
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    Cons
    BILL
    • I wish there were more options in the BILL reimbursement platform - for example, the ability to do a report instead of submit a single expense.
    • We would love for reimbursements to feed into QuickBooks differently, but we understand that this is an early feature and hope it is further developed in the future.
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    Emburse
    • Automated reminders to employees would be great
    • A more modern and up-to-date user interface
    • The approvals system for projects vs. users could use some work
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    Usability
    BILL
    The Divvy card provides convenience and flexibility for Finance to manage and monitor each user's transactions at any time. User can issue many virtual cards for different purposes. Transactions can be easily approved. Since we can monitor transaction closely, fraud can be prevented effectively. Mobile app is user friendly and safe.
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    Emburse
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    Support Rating
    BILL
    We have enjoyed using Divvy and its functions. The Divvy team has been great, and their support team is outstanding. They have a chatbox on the platform, and they only seem to be someone on call. I have found its benefits to be outstanding, that I recommend it to my clients. I also feel that Divvy rolling out new features only makes it more compelling to stay on as a user.
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    Emburse
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    Alternatives Considered
    BILL
    Nothing out there compares to the agility and ease of use of Divvy. Adoption by those most resistant to any expense reporting tool has always been the #1 painpoint to all other such software. Divvy takes the pain away even for creatives and salespeople!
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    Emburse
    We selected SpringAhead because of price and usability. This tool is easy to set up and configure. It is a cloud application allowing access from anywhere. There were no training requirements. When you have a small use case this tool is the way to go. We moved off SpringAhead to get more functionality and it has required a lot more training and effort to maintain and utilize
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    Return on Investment
    BILL
    • Divvy is free, so it was tough for us to turn down. We decided to withhold our larger transactions from Divvy to receive those rewards directly.
    • Divvy has saved our Finance/Accounting team tons of time digging through expenses, reimbursements, invoices, etc.
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    Emburse
    • Positive - tracking return on project investments
    • Positive - being able to plan on future projects
    • Positive - being able to manage costs and attendance
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    ScreenShots

    BILL Spend & Expense Screenshots

    Screenshot of Company Dashboard - High level overview of a business's available credit and current spending.Screenshot of Mobile Wallet - Spend Smarter™ - To manage budgets and expenses on the goScreenshot of Budget Detail - For monitoring business budgetsScreenshot of Insights - Real-time visibilityScreenshot of Transactions - Displays a complete list of all transactions and their current status on a business's physical and virtual cards.