Emburse Chrome River vs. Rydoo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Emburse Chrome River
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Chrome River EXPENSE is expense management software, from Chrome River Technologies in Los Angeles, California.N/A
Rydoo
Score 6.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Rydoo (formerly Xpenditure) is a cloud based travel management solution that also handles the expense management process from receipt to accounting. After taking a picture of a receipt, Rydoo will extract all relevant data, and make it ready to be exported to the accounting software of your choice.
$10
per month per user (starting at 5 users)
Pricing
Emburse Chrome RiverRydoo
Editions & Modules
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Essentials
€10
per month per user (starting at 5 users)
Pro
€12
per month per user (starting at 5 users)
Business
Custom Pricing
Starting at 30 active users.
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Starting at 30 active users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Emburse Chrome RiverRydoo
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWe offer three cost-effective, subscription-based pricing models: A transaction-based model, priced according to expense report volume A submitter-based model, priced according to an average number of monthly submitters An enterprise-level model that includes unlimited expense reports. Pricing for this model is based on total employee headcount Feel free to contact us to discuss the best one for your organization.Discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Emburse Chrome RiverRydoo
Considered Both Products
Emburse Chrome River
Chose Emburse Chrome River
The overall user interface was easy to use and it made the task of the reporting very easy. Compliance rules are guiding the users to correctly upload and enter receipts, which are already uploaded and recognized via OCR during the business trip. Uploading can easily done via …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Chrome River seams more updates and the matching of expenses and receipts is something i don't remember Concur doing
Chose Emburse Chrome River
We have not used any other products at the moment as we are still trying to get all employees on the same page with the Chrome River software. Once company wide everyone is on the same page we hope to expand the software to more products to make our work more efficient.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
The user interface and features surpass the experience and similar features of other products because of the following. Good customer support to also make the program better. Also, a good interface to navigate the expense creation process.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Concur was a very detailed platform that we used at my old company, but it was not very user friendly. The compliance rules set up required heavy detail from the employee that leadership or managers would not even read. the rules set in place resulted in slow processing times …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
With a smaller organization, Chrome River has proven cost-effective yet has all of the tools needed to create efficiencies throughout our expense reporting process.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
This software is basically just the other end of Emburse Chrome River and works in almost the exact same way. They both work well together and I think they are easy to use for any staff, no matter their level of technological knowledge. I would recommend an organization to use …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
The 3 biggest reasons we went with Chrome River were: The dynamic workflow capabilities of Chrome River compared to other systems. We have 30-45 budget owners who need to review/approve based on the budget codes they oversee. Most other systems just allowed for a …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
It's the [industry-leading] software for Enterprise level organizations with [large-scale] teams and financial responsibilities. The software has the most robust set of tools and pays for itself with the amount of time it saves. Many newer alternatives have sprouted up but I …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
I think Chrome River is much more intuitive and user-friendly. Also, I love the ease of pulling data and diving into analytics with Chrome River. The system is very dynamic and changes in real-time. As far as Concur goes, I had a lot of difficulty and redundant motions when …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River Expense is the first expense management system that our university has used. I do not have any other product to evaluate or compare it with. Before deciding to purchase and use Emburse Chrome River Expense, we did have a few other product demos but high …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
We shopped Rydoo and another online expense reimbursement platform but ultimately chose Emburse Certify for our needs. Emburse Certify was more customizable for our organizations needs. This was our first time using an online expense platform. Previously, as recently as 2018, …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Expense Track, better since approvals are in the app. The export still isn't as good.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
I can't answer this question.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Chrome River was selected for ease of use and price per report. One of our affiliates was already using Chrome River and it came highly recommended and we were able to negotiate a price per report that was within our budget. Most of the expense systems have the same features …
Chose Emburse Chrome River
I have not had any experience with implementation of previous T&E products.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
I haven't actually used anything like this before outside of doing expense reports via Excel sheets and coding them by hand into Netsuite, so this is a massive difference.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
We initially tried implementing Concur, but they provided no dedicated resources to our implementation and ended up initially implementing the wrong version and we finally scrapped the project.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
  • Works with our business model
  • Pre-approval method
  • Auto-approval functionality
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River has a nicer interface and was easier to implement than Concur.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
We have compared other products and feel that it's value for money.
Chose Emburse Chrome River
Intuitiveness and customization. More modern tools such as OCR, approval emails, and interfaces.
Rydoo
Chose Rydoo
Rydoo is very different in terms of how it approaches expense management thematically. It is entirely line-item based, and a lot of users had to take some time to adjust to this, but once we'd gotten past that, things have gone quite smoothly.
Chose Rydoo
I prefer Expensify over Rydoo. It is easier to work with both corporate cards and reimbursed expenses in Expensify, and it is much easier to reimburse the expenses directly through expensify than having to work with a 3rd party outside of Rydoo. I have not used Expensify with …
Chose Rydoo
I was using Xpenditure and now I use Rydoo so I can only compare the two software against each other.
Chose Rydoo
Expensify was easy to use too but I feel like Rydoo does a better job of capturing receipt info with less work on the users end. Also with Rydoo you don't have to create a report, you can just submit expenses as you go. With Expensify you had to create a report first which …
Chose Rydoo
I have never used any other expense software, and I was not part of the team that selected or implemented Rydoo. (It was already well established by the time I was hired and onboarded.) Unfortunately, I don’t think I can comment on this question as a result.
Features
Emburse Chrome RiverRydoo
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Emburse Chrome River
8.8
Ratings
2% above category average
Rydoo
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Emburse Chrome River
8.0
Ratings
2% below category average
Rydoo
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Enterprises
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Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Emburse Chrome RiverRydoo
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.8
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Usability
9.0
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Availability
10.0
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Performance
9.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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7.0
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Online Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.8
(0 ratings)
-
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Configurability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Ease of integration
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Product Scalability
8.0
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-
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Vendor post-sale
10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
10.0
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User Testimonials
Emburse Chrome RiverRydoo
Likelihood to Recommend
Chrome River in my experience is suited to the employees being more independent when completing their reports, due to the extensive questions and steps. This allows us (the reviewers) to come in and assist the employees more efficiently. I think it fits well with out needs and easy to help our employees
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Very good tools that are easy to use, but the tools do require a bit of an adjustment period for many users who are used to submitting expenses in packets as opposed to individual line items.
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Pros
  • [Emburse] Chrome River listens to its customer's needs and does its best to match current products to those needs, or collaborate internally to determine if an enhancement can be made available that will not only benefit that customer, but will be a good use case for all Chrome River customers.
  • The [Emburse] Chrome River customer service team is great. Unlike most companies, you can speak to a liver person!
  • [Emburse] Chrome River's training offerings are relevant and pertinent to the day to day operations of the software.
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  • Saves recent accounts so you do not have to search for them each time you are adding receipts
  • Matches transactions quickly
  • Reads receipt details accurately
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Cons
  • Would be great to have pre-saved templates available to apply to line items at the expense report header level rather than having to go into each line.
  • Would be nice to have a mass upload functionality for things like cost codes, allocations, and credit card users.
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  • The receipt info that gets pulled in isn't always correct.
  • The receipt info takes about 2 minutes to upload so could be faster.
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Likelihood to Renew
Chrome River is easy to use. We needed little training for our users and instead pointed them to Chrome River's Help Guides which are clearly written and easy to understand. With tools SNAP and the ability to email receipts means we can be completely remote when submitting reports.
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Usability
I would rate Chrome River Expense a 10 because, as I mentioned before, it is very simple and easy to use. This is important from an administrative point-of-view as well as for the field employee. Being a general contractor, it makes it all the better for our employees to use a program that is easy to understand and requires little time and effort. It has made tracking expenses very simple and has been well received by the entire company.
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Reliability and Availability
The software is always running effectively. I use many Cloud based systems and never had issues with Chrome River
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Performance
System runs normal pretty much all the time. Does not slow any other systems down.
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Support Rating
I cannot tell you how relieved we were when utilizing Chrome River support in comparison to other Enterprise level software support centers. Tickets were quick and representatives were swift in [their callbacks] and resolutions to our common and most difficult problems. The team there is professional and makes each new support ticket a breeze.
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When Rydoo is responsive, support is just fine, but there have been times when our requests for support have gone unanswered for more than a day when their queue has indicated response times much shorter than that.
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Online Training
The software is very user friendly, so the online training was easy to pickup for everyone.
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Implementation Rating
Before implementation begins, make sure you have a plan on how you would like your workflow and platform setup for a system like Chrome River. It will speed the process and eliminate the need to make changes when you go live.
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Alternatives Considered
The overall user interface was easy to use and it made the task of the reporting very easy. Compliance rules are guiding the users to correctly upload and enter receipts, which are already uploaded and recognized via OCR during the business trip. Uploading can easily done via APP, mail or receipt gallery. There is no need for storing paper. Chrome River is supporting digital archiving
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I prefer Expensify over Rydoo. It is easier to work with both corporate cards and reimbursed expenses in Expensify, and it is much easier to reimburse the expenses directly through Expensify than having to work with a 3rd party outside of Rydoo. I have not used Expensify with multiple currencies, so I don't know how well it would handle that.
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Scalability
It's very easy software to design to your needs.
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Return on Investment
  • We have seen a return on approver time of nearly 60% meaning our approvers have tripled their output.
  • We have had feedback from our users that time spent creating expenses has gone from an average of 2 hours to perhaps 20 minutes, tops.
  • We have seen in our dashboards that the Emburse Certify Suite of tools has returned an average savings of over $500K a year.
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  • Rydoo saves time, which saves money. I'm able to make and check expenses quickly.
  • Rydoo was easy to learn and integrate. It didn't require lengthly training so it smoothed the onboarding process for new hires.
  • Rydoo centralizes internal communication about specific expenses, since you can leave comments.
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ScreenShots

Emburse Chrome River Screenshots

Screenshot of A consistent experience across any screen size or operating systemScreenshot of Simple, customizable tiles for expense entryScreenshot of Approve expenses directly from your inbox with a single click

Rydoo Screenshots

Screenshot of iPhone app screenshotScreenshot of Online dashboard screenshotScreenshot of Expense detail screenshot