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Expense Management Software

Expense Management

What is Expense Management Software?

Expense Management platforms provide for the tracking, approval and reimbursement of incurred business-related expenses. In some systems, trip booking (travel & accommodations), hold-for-approval, and central payment options are available.​

Common Features

  • Expense Detail Tracking
  • Receipt Image Submission
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Expense Itemization
  • Approval Workflow
  • Desktop Browser Support
  • Mobile App or Mobile Browser Support
  • Travel and Accommodation Booking
  • Expense Policy Aware
  • Travel Profile
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Multi Currency

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Products: 12
Next Award: Dec 2025

Top Expense Management Software 2025

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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8.9 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10

Spend management software to stop waste at the source. Rippling gives you complete visibility and automated policy controls across every type of spend—saving you time and money in a single platform.

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Inspires Innovation
Webexpenses

Webexpenses

Composite Score
8.7 /10
CX Score
8.8 /10

Webexpenses is an all encompassing expenses management software focused on delivering a unique and personalised service - both online and through our mobile expenses app. The core software objective is to deliver you a bespoke crafted and adaptive system, breaking away from generic alternatives that often adopt a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Trustworthy
  • Transparent
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Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10

Expense management powered by AI to automate receipt tracking, data extraction from receipts, real-time policy checks, dynamic approval assignment, to ensure greater policy compliance with exceptional employee experience.

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Pros

  • Security Protects
  • Efficient Service
  • Transparent
  • Reliable
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Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Automate and improve the expense reporting process. Concur Expense is designed so your organization can easily enforce spending policies, capture receipts, process expense reports and make better business decisions based on timely, accurate data.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Security Protects
Expensify

Expensify

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Expensify helps more than 15 million people around the world track expenses, reimburse employees, manage corporate cards, send invoices, pay bills, and book travel. All at the speed of chat.

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Pros

  • Fair
  • Altruistic
  • Transparent
  • Security Protects
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Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Spendesk is an all-in-one spend management solution that delivers more control, visibility, and automation to today's finance teams. Combine spend approvals, virtual cards, physical cards, expense reimbursements, and invoice management into a single source of truth. With automated reconciliation processes and complete pre-spend control, finance teams are empowered to make smarter spending decisions.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Trustworthy
  • Effective Service
  • Client Friendly Policies
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Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
7.9 /10

Zoho Expense is online expense reporting software, tailor-made for businesses worldwide to automate expense report creation, streamline approvals and make swift reimbursements. Experience the convenience of simplified travel booking, faster expense reporting, and effective cost control. With Zoho Expense, take the first step to revolutionize the way you manage travel and expense.

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Pros

  • Security Protects
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Respectful
  • Fair
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Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

Chrome River EXPENSE is a fast, fluid, mobile web app that offers global organizations the latest in travel and expense management. EXPENSE delivers the same user experience across all devices – smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops – which makes employees happy. Powerful analytics and expense reporting capabilities make the CFO and accounts payable staff even happier. EXPENSE serves mid-size to large global enterprise organizations.

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Reliable
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Fair
Emburse

Abacus

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10

Abacus is the only real-time expense management solution to reimburse your team, reconcile corporate cards, and automate your expense policy. By eliminating the month-end expense report, Abacus turns submitting and approving expenses into a delightful, collaborative experience. With our mobile app, you'll quickly submit and approve expenses on the go and reimbursements now happen within days. Abacus syncs with your accounting software and auto-matches transactions for hassle-free bookkeeping.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service
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Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

Certify is now Emburse Professional. Highly configurable travel, invoice, and expense management software for mid-size organizations Get up and running quickly on invoice, travel and expense management software with the ease of use employees love and the configurable spend controls and actionable data insights that your finance teams need.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Fair