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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

    Navan

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ANavan (formerly TripActions) headquartered in Palo Alto offers their corporate travel management application of the same name, supporting messaging, travel rewards management, travel booking, and company policy compliance.N/A
    Pricing
    Emburse SpringAheadNavan
    Editions & Modules
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    Navan Business
    Free
    Navan Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Emburse SpringAheadNavan
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Emburse SpringAheadNavan
    Considered Both Products
    Emburse
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    Navan
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    81%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Emburse SpringAheadNavan
    Travel Management
    Comparison of Travel Management features of Emburse SpringAhead and Navan
    Feature
    Emburse SpringAhead
    -
    Ratings
    Navan
    1.2
    1 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Readily Available Support00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Travel Spend Reports00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Consolidated Invoicing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Easy Travel Booking00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Mobile Travel Application00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Collaborative Booking00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Loyalty Programs00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    User-friendly Interface00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Integrated Expensing Tool00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Travel Alerts00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Emburse Chrome River
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Egencia
    Score1.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Emburse SpringAheadNavan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (36 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Emburse SpringAheadNavan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Navan
    A specific scenario where TripActions was well suited was when I needed to book a hotel stay in Cologne, Germany for multiple colleagues. The fact that they were registered users made coordinating their stays a seamless process. I have not had an occasion where TripActions was inappropriate to use.
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    Pros
    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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    Navan
    • Provides a wide range of travel options within a wide budget.
    • It is reliable - if a trip gets canceled, they are quick to contact their customer and help sort out additional booking details to get you to your final destination.
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    Cons
    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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    Navan
    • Limited partnerships with all the major airlines, or if so, slowly just adding more airlines to their platform
    • Not a lot of information about the ratings of the hotels. I have stayed in hotels that I probably wouldn't have if their information was more up to date
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Navan
    This decision overall isn’t made by me. The company evaluates the product. While I am an influencer the overall review is my personal opinion and mine only. The company books flights or would like for us to book flights through trip actions everything else is suggested but done with a personal cc which makes it optional. My option will be to not use TripActions for anything personally.
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    Support Rating
    Emburse
    No answers on this topic
    Navan
    - Easy bookings and quick expensing - Excellent chat support - Savings for the company since employees opt for rewards which require booking cheaper than average priced hotels - Rewards for employees - Easy to use customer interface - Great mobile applications for android and iOS - Ability to control payment methods for a different types of bookings like hotels or flights or car rentals.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Navan
    I like TripActions more because everything is on a mobile app that is super user-friendly. The customer service team is also world class-I genuinely have never felt so taken care of. More so, Concur Travel and Expense never rewarded me for traveling, while I made over 200 dollars in Amazon money just for doing my job.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Navan
    • The ability to change flights while I am on the road in meetings. They actually call the agents for me.
    • It has put money back in my pocket with the Amazon rewards and my company has saved money by me booking the less expensive options.
    Incentivized
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