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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Expensify

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AExpensify automates the entire spend management process. Scan receipts, track mileage, submit and approve expenses, manage corporate cards, reimburse employees, pay bills, send invoices, and book travel. Built for individuals and companies of all sizes, anywhere in the world.

    $5

    per month per user

    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
    ExpensifyNavan
    Editions & Modules
    Collect
    $5
    per month per user
    Control
    $9
    per month per user
    Navan Business
    Free
    Navan Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ExpensifyNavan
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ExpensifyNavan
    Considered Both Products
    Expensify
    Chose Expensify
    Both have the perks of their own, Navan is good in Travel management and Expensify is good in Expenses management.

    Navan does not have the feature of sending expenses directly from personal email id. It would be great if it could.
    Incentivized
    Chose Expensify
    I did not selected Expensify but I found it very easy to use
    Incentivized
    Chose Expensify
    We use the two together, and they work very well for us at Hudl. I think trip actions could change some titles on their end so they matched up better when the receipts are pulled to Expensify.
    Incentivized
    Chose Expensify
    Expensify felt like a perfect consumer app that you pick up and start using. The mobile app was so good that I rarely cracked open my laptop for expense reports. Workday would start a conversation in our office about how it felt like we were back in the early 2000s doing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Expensify
    Concur is the only formal software I've used, though I think this was only used in my PhD program (2010-2014), so in fairness, it's been a while. I remember Concur being just OK. It was certainly easier to use than the 'upload documents to email' process my former employer had …
    Incentivized
    Chose Expensify
    Its easier, intuitive and fun. The built-in avatars and user interfaces are designed to be interesting and attractive- it keeps what can be a tedious task quick and painless
    Incentivized
    Chose Expensify
    Since I have already used Expensify and it was good to our needs as a small-midsize company, I did not see enough pain to switch to other systems. For small to mid-sized companies, Expensify often provides a "just right" balance of functionality, automation, and ease of use, …
    Incentivized
    Navan
    Chose Navan
    We evaluated a number of products and landed on TripActions... flexibility about company policy; deployment of iPhone app and its integration with Expensify were key.
    Incentivized
    Chose Navan
    TripActions stacks up exceptionally when comparing against similar tools such as Nexonia, or Certify. Both of which I have used at prior Sales Orgs. With expense tools, it all comes down to the mobile application. If you're traveling at all for your role/job, you will …
    Incentivized
    Chose Navan
    TripActions is far superior to Egencia in terms of ease of use and customer support. I would not recommend Egencia for company use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Navan
    We did not have a good experience with Concur. It was difficult to use and outdated. I spent many days helping our travelers try to find the correct flights on Concur, or helping them troubleshoot errors. TripActions was a huge improvement and both myself and our travelers …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    135 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    112 Answers
    81%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    134 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75 Answers
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    ExpensifyNavan
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Expensify and Navan
    Feature
    Expensify
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Navan
    -
    Ratings
    Employee Expense Reporting8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Expensify and Navan
    Feature
    Expensify
    7.5
    11 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Navan
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies6.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection6.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR6.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel Management
    Comparison of Travel Management features of Expensify and Navan
    Feature
    Expensify
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    ExpensifyNavan
    Small Businesses
    Dext
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Airbnb for Work
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    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
    ExpensifyNavan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (100 ratings)
    1.0
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ExpensifyNavan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Expensify
    I think it's really good for small businesses. At least in the way we use it. It's very good for keeping an eye on employee spending in nearly real time. I'm not sure how it works for larger companies when there is a larger number of people to keep track of.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Expensify
    • Easy to access online portal whether using a mobile device or desktop app
    • Receipts can be uploaded in a breeze and automatically categorized
    • Expense Reports are submitted monthly on autopilot
    • Expenses for gas is calculated on the app by entering the starting/ending destinations.
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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
    Expensify
    • I wish that I could sync accounts on the back end kind of like with banking software, so that Expensify would automatically port over receipts for recurring expenses as soon as they're available
    • It would be nice to one-click submit an expense all the way through instead of having to attach it to a report
    • Wackier profile icons? :) Not a big deal. This software is pretty much amazing as it is now, and typically the urge to update and modify very good software leads to poor outcomes!
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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
    Expensify
    We like using the tool and we receive positive feedback from employees and management who use the tool. It saves time and helps us concentrate on the value adding activities so we are very likely to keep using Expensify in the future
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    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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    Usability
    Expensify
    My rating of 8 out of 10 for Expensify's overall usability reflects its strong performance in empowering individual users and streamlining core expense processes, while acknowledging that there are specific areas, particularly on the administrative or enterprise side, where the user experience could be further refined. Exceptional End-User Experience (for basic tasks).Automation & Time-Saving Features.Clear Workflow for Approvers. Why it's not a perfect 10 (areas for improvement that dock points): Limited corporate bank to choose from, limited multi-currency to pay to ( for instance, as a foreign corporatio,n i cannot pay with my US account to Israeli employees, or pay to our UK employees)
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Expensify
    Our rep has been amazing. He has built custom reports for us that have been very time consuming and difficult. Our reps are also currently looking into new submission solutions for us that we are excited about. They came up with this and recommended it on their own without me complaining about an issue. They are about our success and are very excited about the product they offer.
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    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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    Implementation Rating
    Expensify
    The implementation process went rather smoothly, linking it to the bank and cards was handled easily. without too many unnecessary steps. Getting the accounts setup did take some time, but that would be true with any organization. All in all things went smoothly and I was very pleased with the setup and implementation process
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    Navan
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Expensify
    It is definitely 10 times better than using an Excel spreadsheet. We are talking a digitized with AI type capabilities to do the work for you. It’s honestly a lifesaver. This beats manual calculations and data entry any day. Scanning 100 receipts and saving them to pdf files not only takes space on your storage but it is an extra unnecessary step
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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.
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    Return on Investment
    Expensify
    • We went from paying credit card fees with no approval process to a no fees and complex approval processes.
    • I personally save time in not having to develop a spend report I just have my admin assistent fill in the details of the auto generated report and it is done. Went from an hour long process to 5- 10 minutes max to prepare a high quality audit ready report.
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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.
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    ScreenShots

    Expensify Screenshots

    Screenshot of the dashboard used to manage expenses, book travel, reimburse employees, and create expense reports.Screenshot of corporate cards. The Expensify Card offers cash back on every US purchase.