Emburse alternatives
Emburse is expense, travel, invoice and payment software used by organisations from mid-sized businesses to global enterprises, public sector bodies and non-profits. It was formed in 2020 from Chrome River, Certify, Captio, Nexonia, Tallie, Abacus and the card company Emburse, and more than 12 million people in 200 countries use its software.
Organisations comparing it usually look at SAP Concur and Navan for travel and expenses, Expensify and Rydoo for expense reports, and Ramp, Brex and Payhawk for corporate cards with expense management built in.
What Emburse does
Expense management, travel booking and audit, corporate cards, invoice and AP automation and payments, with Emburse Assurance checking claims before submission.
- Formed
- 2020, from Chrome River, Certify, Captio, Nexonia, Tallie, Abacus and Emburse (Cards)
- Leadership
- CEO Marne Martin; CFO Owen Newman
- Scale
- 12 million+ users in 200 countries; 700+ employees
- Pricing
- Emburse Spend from US$8 per user a month; other products priced separately
Alternatives in Expense and Spend Management
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Corporate cards, expenses and treasury for growth companies.
Founded 2017 · HQ San Francisco, US
Brex profile →
Receipt scanning and automated expense reports with cards.
Founded 2008 · HQ Portland, US
Expensify profile →
Cards, expenses and multi-currency accounts for global teams.
Founded 2018 · HQ London, UK
Payhawk profile →
Company cards with automatic receipt capture and budgets.
Founded 2015 · HQ Copenhagen, Denmark
Pleo profile →
Corporate cards, expenses and bill pay with savings insights.
Founded 2019 · HQ New York, US
Ramp profile →
Corporate cards, invoices and budget controls for Europe.
Founded 2019 · HQ Berlin, Germany
Moss profile →
SaaS and cloud cost optimisation with negotiation support.
Founded 2021 · HQ London, UK
Vertice profile →
Unified spend, payments and cash for European finance teams.
Founded 2022 · HQ Paris, France
Payflows profile →More expense and spend management vendors in the directory
How to choose
- Do you want the vendor's own cards, or expense management on the cards and bank you already use?
- Which countries and currencies do employees spend in, and does it handle local VAT or sales tax on receipts?
- How do receipts, coding and approvals reach your accounting software?
- Is it priced per user, by plan, or paid for out of card interchange?
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Common questions
What are the main alternatives to Emburse?+
For travel and expenses at larger organisations, SAP Concur and Navan are the closest alternatives. Expensify and Rydoo focus on expense reports. Ramp, Brex and Payhawk combine their own corporate cards with expense management and bill payments.
How much does Emburse cost?+
Emburse Spend starts at US$8 per user a month. The other Emburse products, such as Emburse Professional and Emburse Enterprise, are priced separately.
Where did Emburse come from?+
Emburse combines several expense companies. The investor K1 bought Nexonia in 2015; Tallie, Certify, Abacus, Captio and Chrome River joined between 2017 and 2019, along with the card start-up Emburse, whose name the group took in 2020. It bought TRIPBAM in 2023.
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