Alaan vs. Expensify

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alaan
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Alaan helps businesses take control of their spend through modern corporate cards and automated invoice payments. Alaan empowers employees to buy what they need to get work done, while enabling owners and finance teams to get full control and visibility on business spend and expenses.N/A
Expensify
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Expensify 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
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Collect
$5
per month per user
Control
$9
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlaanExpensify
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Alaan

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Expensify
Chose Expensify
It is better since Expensify covers a multitude of different expensible options. Motus is nice as it tracks your location for the most accurate milage usage reading but also that features heavily drains my phone battery so it is very nice to just map it myself and put in later …
Chose Expensify
Expensify by far passes Excel on keeping track of expenses and reconciling. The report function is also relatively easy to use. The ability to graph is an excellent asset as well.
Chose Expensify
Concur was more expensive but offered a few other things that worked better on a corporate platform. For me personally I chose Expensify based on the lower cost and better access to what makes a difference to me on a local sales rep level. I don't use Expensify to do invoicing, …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is the only product ever used for covering travel expenses and I see no reason to try anything else.
Chose Expensify
12/10 prefer Expensify over Oracle.

From user friendliness, to support, and selfishly, the overall look and design of Expensify blows other finance software out of the water.
Chose Expensify
Expensify is simpler and more user-friendly, especially for individual use. The scan receipt function and the straightforward reporting process are key advantages. I chose Expensify because it’s quick to set up and handles most tasks without overcomplicating things.
Chose Expensify
I did not selected Expensify but I found it very easy to use
Chose Expensify
Uncomplicated
Great UX
Brilliant comms
Chose Expensify
Expensify simplifies the process without a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles
Chose Expensify
I have not evaluated or used anything similar for expense tracking. I did it manually before.
Chose Expensify
Way easier to use, way better mobile experience, the Receipt Scanning capability works and Concur doesn't even offer it. Way more flexible form requirements. Overall significantly better.
Chose Expensify
Expensify is so much better!!! TravelPerk had us spending hours on the phone with their concierge to get the best travel options, to rebook cancelled or delayed travel, and to make any changes to the itinerary before a trip. It was clunky and ineffective. We often lost money …
Chose Expensify
Expensify is much easier to use from what I hear. I was not at the company when they were using Certify but there were fewer automations and people did not like it.
Chose Expensify
Expensify was much more user friendly and most cost effective than the others.
Chose Expensify
I've used "old school" clunky web based interfaces that do not work on mobile in the past. It used to be a painful struggle when back in the office when returning from a business trip and get everything in.
Chose Expensify
For us the deal was with the cost per user. We are a small company with a tight budget and basic expense management needs, so although there are plenty of tools in the market for expense management, it was way over our budget. I needed also to be able to implement it and manage …
Chose Expensify
Before it was always just taking pics and sending to office.
Chose Expensify
Concur has an integration to the CRM system, perhaps more robust with travel options, but it's also more complicated to use in my opinion. An overkill for a small business
Features
AlaanExpensify
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Alaan
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Ratings
Expensify
8.4
Ratings
2% below category average
Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Alaan
-
Ratings
Expensify
7.5
Ratings
9% below category average
Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Financial Document Management00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Advanced OCR00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlaanExpensify
Likelihood to Recommend
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9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
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7.0
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Support Rating
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8.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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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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Pros
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  • I am able to submit my mileage and the great feature to put the starting destination and end destination. It auto populates the mileage for you!
  • The coniserge is helpful and reminds me when I did not do certain things like submit my report. That’s a nice feature!
  • I am able to submit my expenses quickly and it scans the receipts or you can upload a picture of them very quickly.
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Cons
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  • Cant choose for specific lines of non -reimbursable expenses to several credit cards. only one preconfigured.
  • there are limited cards to choose for with Expensify Travel as a corporate cards.
  • The policy rules are pretty basic. i would like to have more granular options
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Likelihood to Renew
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Our company will use Expensify for as long as it will fit our purposes. However, it is obvious that once the fast-growing company will reach a certain size, we will need to transition to a more complex system. For our current purposes however, Expensify is great and I would recommend it to everyone
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Usability
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So simple to set up and use. It was easy to roll out to all our staff! The demos, instructions, and FAQ's were well written and enabled us to train our staff quickly. We have frontline employees who have mastered the system in a day. The scalability is also perfect. We are able to start with just a few cards and grew that number as our organization needed without any problems.
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Support Rating
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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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Implementation Rating
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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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Alternatives Considered
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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 instituted, but it was not Expensify-level smart and easy. At least back then, there was no simple drag-and-drop document parsing for example.
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Return on Investment
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  • Positives include - timely expense reports to reconcile our fiscal year financials
  • Negatives include - the monthly service fee per employee (even if no expenses were generated that month) - it is not cost effective for ALL of our employees to utilize the application.
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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.