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Workday, Inc.

Workday Spend Management

Composite Score

7.2 /10

CX Score

7.4 /10

49 Reviews Write a Review

What is Workday Spend Management?

Make expense reporting seamless. Easily capture, submit, and approve expense reports—at work or on the go—with expense reporting software from Workday. Lower costs, improved accuracy, better expense tracking, and faster reimbursements.

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Awards & Recognition

Workday Spend Management won the following awards in the Expense Management category

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Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

Workday Spend Management Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

8
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Workday Spend Management?

10% Negative

2% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Security Protects
Fair
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Expense Policy Aware

Expense Itemization

Travel and Accommodation Booking

Approval Workflow

Expense Detail Tracking

Desktop Browser Support

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile App or Mobile Browser Support

Travel Profile

Receipt Image Submission

Optical Character Recognition

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Workday Spend Management Reviews

Aakash M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2026

Procurement into a scalable system.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Workday Spend Management from other similar products?

An expense tracking tool it integrates procurement invoicing and payment processes.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

A expense and procurement data can be tracked and managed in real time.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some custom workflows require additional development.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To integrate and scale financial systems. Spend management is a robust and practical solution.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Effective Service
Saves Time

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Vendor's Interest First
Less Transparent

Harendra R.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Features a flexible approval system

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Workday Spend Management from other similar products?

Easy to create accessible centralized storage hub to track all monetary outlay costs which gives us the ability to thoroughly analyze where money is being spent and enabled assessment of potential cost-cutting strategies.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It offers audit-ready reports that help improve the visibility and accuracy if expense reports, streamlining the accounts payable process and simplifying the process for employees to file for reimbursement.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A feature like an integrated chatbot can help keep both the sales and finance teams on the same page and communicate efficiently and ensure we have real-time alerts to assist with forecasting cash flow.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a modern spend management software that help companies manage better and bring visibility to their expenses, enabling digitization of corporate cards and automating payments and reimbursements.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Meghan R.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Efficient Expense Control Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Workday Spend Management from other similar products?

Workday Expense coordinates the usage of every financial expense in the fur..

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Workday Expense verifies every transaction for business proficiency.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Workday Expense navigates proper follow up for solid financial discipline.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Workday Expense is a highly contemplated financial management software.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

Workday Spend Management Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

8 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Workday Spend Management?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Expense Policy Aware Configurable with the organization’s expense policy by blocking an expense or travel booking, or raising an alert that prompts for a rationale for exceptions.

Expense Itemization Itemize expenses off a single receipt, identifying specific line items to a person or activity, taxes, tips, and/or rebillable/non-rebillable items.

Travel and Accommodation Booking Booking with direct links to airline and hotel information, availability, upgrade options (subject to corporate policy and exception approval), and pricing.

Approval Workflow Approval or non-approval of submitted expenses, as well as pre-approval of travel and accommodations reservations before bookings are allowed to be finalized.

Expense Detail Tracking Expense information related to the expense, including reason, attendees, project and/or client information, and whether an expense is re-billable to a client.

Desktop Browser Support Accessible from a web browser, anywhere and anytime, with the appropriate security measures.

Single Sign-On (SSO) Login authentication linked to corporate login credentials, and user account information auto-populated to the expense profile.

Mobile App or Mobile Browser Support Facilitates the use of the mobile device to capture receipt images, allowing feature expense tracking and submission, with the convenience of mobility.

Travel Profile The ability to save and apply traveler preferences, such as seat preferences, frequent traveler loyalty card information, upgrade options, etc.

Receipt Image Submission The ability to take or import photos of the receipts supporting the expense.

Optical Character Recognition Extraction of relevant information off a receipt image, and auto-import into the expense record. This includes itemization, taxes, and gratuities.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Workday Spend Management Reviews

Aakash M.

Procurement into a scalable system.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Harendra R.

Features a flexible approval system

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Meghan R.

Efficient Expense Control Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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