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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emburse Certify

    Score6.3 out of 10
    N/ACertify is travel and expense management software developed by the company of the same name in Maine, which merged with Chrome River in 2019 to form Emburse.N/A

    TripIt

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATripIt is a travel management app offered by Concur, which allows users to organize and coordinate travel plans. Editions include a free version, TripIt Pro, and TripIt for Teams.N/A
    Pricing
    Emburse CertifyTripIt
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    Offerings
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    Emburse CertifyTripIt
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$8 Expense reportNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCertify AP has volume based pricing based on processed invoices—
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    Emburse CertifyTripIt
    Considered Both Products
    Emburse
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    SAP Concur
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Emburse CertifyTripIt
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Emburse Certify and TripIt
    Feature
    Emburse Certify
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    TripIt
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    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Emburse Certify and TripIt
    Feature
    Emburse Certify
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    TripIt
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    Customizable Approval Policies9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel Management
    Comparison of Travel Management features of Emburse Certify and TripIt
    Feature
    Emburse Certify
    -
    Ratings
    TripIt
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    80% above category average
    Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Extensive Inventory00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Readily Available Support00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Easy Travel Booking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Mobile Travel Application00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Collaborative Booking00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    User-friendly Interface00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Travel Alerts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    BILL Spend & Expense
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Lola.com
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emburse Chrome River
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Egencia
    Score1.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Emburse CertifyTripIt
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (57 ratings)
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (41 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Emburse CertifyTripIt
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Emburse
    Certify is not well suited for multi-dimensional ERPs. Although Certify 'offers' general ledger dimensions GLD, the use of them is extremely limited. Filtering on any GLD can only be done once. There is not the possibility for creating hierarchies with the dimensions. The only method of exporting is via a flat file or the open API, which I understand is quite limited. This software is for a smaller scaled business that is not trying to track across dimensions or create hierarchies. Data flow is one directional. I cannot emphasize enough the shortcomings of the reporting. The parameters are mostly based on expense dates rather than expense reports. There are entirely too many of them, and some of them perform the function!
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    SAP Concur
    TripIt is great for anyone who has multiple trips at any given time. It is also very good at tracking multiple reservations automatically on individual trips. It's not appropriate for low volume trips or only short trips. It is also good for sharing itineraries with others. It's not good for calendar views.
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    Pros
    Emburse
    • Integration with Amtrav or other travel booking systems. Certify has a tight integration with travel systems that makes it feel nearly like one cohesive tool.
    • Easy expense options. Use OCR on receipts, import from credit cards and merge items, approve and inquire about expenses. Track your submissions.
    • Easy UI. Friendly and easy to navigate without getting lost.
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    SAP Concur
    • Itinerary Management - TripIt does a great job collecting all of your travel information, including your flight and hotel information all in one location, so that you don't have to deal with multiple vendor apps, emails, or even printouts of that info. It also handles multiple upcoming trips for even easier management and organization
    • Notifications - TripIt notifies you of changes to your itinerary, such as delays or gate changes, which is great to have that information pushed to you rather than having to constantly look at flight boards for updates.
    • Apple Watch integration - As an Apple Watch user, TripIt has gone the extra mile to provide a useful watch app for travelers, making your travel information available on your wrist. This makes it even easier to catch changes to your itinerary, and not have to juggle a phone while you already have a passport and luggage to worry about!
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    Cons
    Emburse
    • Reporting: I would like to see more chart availability from the program. We include various data points from Certify in our monthly financial statement package. Currently, we export data from the program and create our own pivot tables to create charts.
    • Dashboard feature: It would be nice to be able to use the data for a specific date and then be able to print that information.
    • Can't think of another one. As stated before, they listen to their customers so prior issues have been addressed and implemented.
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    SAP Concur
    • Some addresses sometimes do not load (But this is becoming rare these days)
    • Add some color to the icons (again minor improvement)
    • Ability to create cross destination group trips with different cities to have a full overview of the trip and crossover points
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Concur
    I have been using it for a while now and I did renew it every year because it is the best way for me to keep my travel plans in one place with easy visualization
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    Usability
    Emburse
    If the integrations with our card programs had succeeded, I expect [Emburse] Certify would have worked well for expense submitters and approvers. During the short time that the American Express Business integration was active, transactions flowed smoothly, and the expense reporting and receipt matching functions were quite good. The [Emburse] Certify mobile app was particularly powerful and easy to use.
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    SAP Concur
    For me- Tripit was super easy right out of the gate. Initially, using Concur required a little bit of training.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Concur
    Ive only had the receipt scan feature crash 1 time; no other issues- in fact the app is more on top of details than I am!!
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    Performance
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Concur
    pages load fast, notifications are great. up to minute. after deboarding- my next steps are displayed. Syncs with the hotel & frequent flyer rewards programs too.
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    Support Rating
    Emburse
    The measure of support is how well they respond when you really need them, like when the system is not performing correctly. We have been on the platform less than a year, and there have been at least 2 instances, where the platform was down. The 2nd time was the day before out fiscal year end. And they need a development website. When they are making changes to your LIVE instance, and things go wrong, the client is the first to know about it! I've come to understand that Certify has tiers of support. Those in tier 1, barely know more about the software than the users. I sent a request for a report that shows expense reports currently pending approval and after 5 days of back and forth I was told to build it myself.
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    SAP Concur
    I have never called their support. That is a great question especially when rolling out into a medium to large organization. Concur is a well-respected company, so I can only suppose their Support is reasonable. I have not experienced their support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Concur
    Set up clear workflows & processes for the masses! No problems with software, only end users...haha
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    Alternatives Considered
    Emburse
    Before Certify, there was only manual expense reports entered for our company. This took too much time for employees too finish and caused a delay of efficiency. With Certify, it is easier to access and finish each report with the right amount of effectiveness and efficiency it needs. Certify is really helpful in saving a lot of time for employees that do not have time.
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    SAP Concur
    TripIt is designed specifically to help individuals manage their travel info in one place. Before I used TripIt, I had to manually save my travel info in a Google Drive folder, add flights to my personal calendar, then manage multiple airline apps to get flight alerts. TripIt has made my travel much easier.
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    Scalability
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Concur
    Tripit is working great for everyone, each department meeting both company and individual needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Emburse
    • The organization and automatic flow of the expense report to approvers and then AP saves time for all. The user has agreed that it is easier and quicker to prepare the expense report and the managers and AP department finds the automated process to be quicker and more efficient. Time saved is money saved.
    • Certify can recognize if a duplicate expense is submitted or if an expense is submitted too late to be reimbursed according to our policies. This prevents us from reimbursing an expense in error.
    • We use a customized report to track a specific type of expense that gets submitted by our sales team. There is a limit on what can be spent on specific expenses that fall into an entertainment category and the report helps us to stay within the limits. Previously, without this tool, we had spent so much more time manually tracking these expenses and had gone over the limits, creating a deficiency in our processes.
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    SAP Concur
    • It makes it easy to see if your are missing a hotel stay.
    • It makes it easy to see if you are missing a flight.
    • It makes it easy to send reservations to someone's email and have it added to their TripIt.
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    ScreenShots

    Emburse Certify Screenshots

    Screenshot of Certify Homepage - User interface for all users that includes a quick view of their expenses, pending expense reports and approval requests.Screenshot of Certify Mobile - Snap photos of receipts on the go and upload them instantly to your virtual Certify Wallet.Screenshot of Certify Travel - Now, corporate travel is even easier. Introducing Certify Travel, your end-to-end corporate travel solution to simplify bookings for employees while helping your company manage travel practices and costs. All for one low monthly fee and no booking fees! Certify Travel is easy to use, yet it is also a powerful enhancement to your company’s expense management system.Screenshot of Certify Reporting & AnalyticsScreenshot of Certify AP- manage cashflow with accounts payable automationScreenshot of Certify AP- streamlining employee purchasing