Expensify vs. Visa Spend Clarity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Expensify
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
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
Visa Spend Clarity
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Visa Spend Clarity offers a suite of end-to-end spend management solutions to empower businesses of all sizes and levels of complexity to control spend, maximize visibility, and optimize cashflow. it is designed so that with it, financial institutions can deliver payment and spend management technology to help to increase card spend, improve customer retention, and differentiate their service.N/A
Pricing
ExpensifyVisa Spend Clarity
Editions & Modules
Collect
$5
per month per user
Control
$9
per month per user
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Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
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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
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
Visa Spend Clarity
Chose Visa Spend Clarity
Visa Spend Clarity is the worst.
Chose Visa Spend Clarity
It is mostly focused on virtual visa operations. In general, all cash flow controlling suits easily can start from Excel or Google Colab integrations and evolve even to Sungard or WSS. It depends. Visa Spend Clarity is about your flexibility "to have your own bank in a pocket" …
Chose Visa Spend Clarity
We found the results and returns with the Visa Spend Clarity were more positive than some other platforms. After researching competitors like, Data Card Wizard and AirWallex, we found the ease and comfort for our customers was more beneficial by using the Visa Spend Clarity …
Features
ExpensifyVisa Spend Clarity
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
8.4
Ratings
2% below category average
Visa Spend Clarity
-
Ratings
Employee Expense Reporting8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Expensify
7.5
Ratings
9% below category average
Visa Spend Clarity
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ExpensifyVisa Spend Clarity
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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8.7
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
ExpensifyVisa Spend Clarity
Likelihood to Recommend
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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To find the expenses which need receipts linked, one has to unnecessarily navigate and use two-levels of drop-down menus to filter, when this should be the first thing a user sees when logging in. Logging in requires 2-step-authorization nearly every time. When going to link receipts and update GL codes, one has to click on three different links just to get to view a transaction and available receipts, then wade through receipts that any basic OCR program should have already recognized and linked automatically. For less-obvious PDF receipts there is no quick viewer, every pdf must be redownloaded to view. When a receipt is linked and a GL code is updated the UI doesn't accept it automatically and move on, no...you have to click another link to complete the transaction, though if you click the 'Complete' link and try to move on it gives you an error message and asks if you'd like to delete the transaction, instead you have to go back and hit 'Update' after you've already made the changes, then it allows you to go to the next expense in the list. Absolutely ridiculous and this doesn't even touch on how bad the mobile app is.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Quick transactions
  • Brand name recognition
  • Reliability
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Cons
  • 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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  • Focused on virtual visa limits, some locations may need real card connected.
  • Limit per card and period - once reached and notified would be great to have extra 10% from the funding account added. Cause there may be FX differences or the person is in travel in a different time zone for calling to manually add balance by admin.
  • Admin account must assign names of categories only (unified for all users).
  • Invoicing tool - if user spend not properly to send a payback request.
  • Core services integration: Booking, Uber, Trip Advisor, AirBNB, Flow, GoodRX.
  • Loan request from a user to funding account: he may need to cover some uncovered by agreement costs - set request, set a return date.
  • Business reports at Admin or Funding account level to see helicopter picture as it is for a period even prior kept records to books or exported to CSV to process.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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
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
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
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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It is mostly focused on virtual visa operations. In general, all cash flow controlling suits easily can start from Excel or Google Colab integrations and evolve even to Sungard or WSS. It depends. Visa Spend Clarity is about your flexibility "to have your own bank in a pocket" - open sub-accounts, set limits, and reconcile costs actually made by your contractors or employees. We should see it wider and include Uber, Booking, Airbnb, and Flow interactions to make it a really fast process for your contractor from your "Yes" to contractor "Done". The Visa Spend Clarity is not exactly about your money (costs). It is more about your ability to start acting faster even if all details of cooperation with a person are not agreed upon, but as soon as possible, discuss critical details or add maneuver to your decision-making while limiting financial risk with reasonable limits.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Some possible positive impacts of Visa Spend Clarity include increased transparency of spending habits, more effective budgeting and money management, and improved overall financial health. Additionally, Visa Spend Clarity may also lead to more strategic and informed decision-making when it comes to using credit.
  • On the other hand, some possible negative impacts of Visa Spend Clarity include feelings of anxiety or guilt associated with credit card spending, as well as the potential for overspending if users are not careful.
  • Additionally, Visa Spend Clarity may also lead to financial arguments or conflict if users are not on the same page about their spending habits.
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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.