5 Best Zoho Expense alternatives
1. Pleo
Pleo noteworthy features
- Virtual and physical cards that connect to one account enable employees to make both online and in-person purchases.
- Pleo’s “Pocket” tool combines reimbursements, cash spending, and mileage management in one place.
- Depending on their subscription type, Pleo offers customers 0.5% or 1% cash back on business purchases.
- Users can withdraw cash using a physical Pleo card.
- Once an employee has assigned a spending category to their purchase and taken a photo of the receipt, Pleo automates the entire reconciliation process.
How customers rate Pleo
Pleo pricing
- Starter: This plan is free for up to three users and is best for entrepreneurs and small, micro companies.
- Essential: Priced at £39/month, this plan is aimed at businesses that want an all-in-one spending solution.
- Advanced: This plan costs £69/month and is best for companies with more entities and those that need customized configuration.
Languages supported by Pleo
Pleo vs Zoho Expense
- Pleo offers a virtual card feature that enables employees to make online purchases and a physical company card. Zoho Expense does not offer this useful feature.
- Pleo offers Pocket, a feature that enables managers to manage and track all out-of-pocket spending and reimburse their employees quickly. Employees can also reimburse themselves via the Pleo app. Zoho Expense’s reimbursement feature is more manual and involves extra steps.
- Zoho Expense offers a bigger library of third-party integrations than Pleo.
2. Rydoo
Rydoo noteworthy features
- Rydoo automatically checks expenses against your activated policies to help you save time on manual expense claim checking.
- The tool’s receipt scanning feature enables users to take photos of their receipts and have them automatically scanned and read.
- The solution automatically calculates the mileage reimbursement rate according to specific jurisdictions and company policy.
- Rydoo uses real-time exchange rates and enables users to create multi-currency expense reports.
- Managers can approve or reject expenses on the go via the tool’s mobile app.
How customers rate Rydoo
Rydoo pricing
- Essentials: This plan is best for companies that need a minimum of five users, and costs $12/£9 per user/month.
- Pro: This plan -- which costs $14/£10 per user/month -- also suits businesses that need a minimum of five users, but offers more advanced features. These include online accounting software integrations, card transaction reconciliation, and the creation of per diems/daily allowances.
- Enterprise: This plan is aimed at larger businesses and enterprises. Rydoo does not share pricing information for this pricing tier, instead operating on a quote-based model.
Languages supported by Rydoo
Rydoo vs Zoho Expense
- Rydoo’s integration library offers many more software categories than Zoho Expense, including ERP solutions, sustainability management systems, expenses software, and tax solutions.
- Rydoo’s “Controlling Services” add-on enables managers to entrust expense management and compliance processes to an internal expert.
3. Emburse Certify
Emburse Certify noteworthy features
- Businesses can create virtual and physical cards with specific spend management rules.
- The tool scans receipts and populates receipt data using optical character recognition.
- Emburse Certify’s online booking tool enables employees to make policy-compliant travel plans.
- Users can create and submit expense forms and managers can approve expenses from both smartphone and desktop devices.
- Certify enables users to enter mileage for a personal vehicle driven for company needs and create an expense report.
How customers rate Emburse Certify
Emburse Certify pricing
- Certify Now!: This plan is aimed at small businesses with 1-25 employees and costs $12 per user/month.
- Professional: This plan is designed for businesses with 25-200 employees and offers full-service implementation in under 30 days. Instead of a monthly subscription model, users are charged a monthly service fee on a custom quote basis.
- Enterprise: For businesses with over 200 employees, users can expect annual fixed pricing on a custom quote basis.
Languages supported by Emburse Certify
Emburse Certify vs Zoho Expense
- Zoho Expense has a larger integrations library than Emburse Certify, including integrations with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Netsuite, Oracle, SAP Concur, and Zoho Books.
- Emburse Certify offers virtual cards with spending limits, whereas Zoho Expense does not offer any type of virtual card.
- Emburse Certify offers customers the opportunity to earn cashback on purchases. Zoho Expense does not offer cashback opportunities.
4. Expensify
Expensify noteworthy features
- Users can import their personal and business card transactions to the platform for automatic receipt merging and coding.
- Expensify offers a corporate credit card that is settled on a daily basis and connects with Expensify to eliminate the need for employees to submit receipts.
- One-click receipt scanning that automatically captures all the details needed for an expense report.
- Managers can create approval workflows and customize expense policy rules.
- Users can sync tax rates from their accounting package and set custom tax names, rates, and codes for different expense policies.
How customers rate Expensify
Expensify pricing
- Free: As the name suggests, this tier is free and includes Expensify cards for your whole team and enables you to reimburse expenses, send invoices, and pay bills.
- Collect: Priced at $5 per user/month with an Expensify Card, this plan offers everything included in the free plan plus accounting integrations, expense approvals, and the ability to run payroll.
- Control: From $9 per user/month with an Expensify Card, this plan offers all features included in the plans above, plus multiple approvers, expense policies, access control, and custom reporting.
Languages supported by Expensify
Expensify vs Zoho Expense
- While Zoho Expense supports 15 languages, Expensify only supports English which is something that companies that engage in business travel would need to consider.
- Expensify enables real-time policy enforcement, while Zoho Expense does not.
- Expensify offers a proprietary corporate credit card that obviates the need for employees to submit expense receipts. Zoho Expense does not offer its own corporate card.
5. Webexpenses
Webexpenses noteworthy features
- The tool’s Intelligent Receipt Matching feature automatically pairs receipts to their correct card purchases.
- The provider builds your unique company expense policy into the software.
- Point-to-point mileage is provided for optimized claims and reimbursements.
- Employees can take photos of their receipts, and managers can review, track, approve, and reject submissions from desktop and mobile.
- Webexpenses offers sophisticated and customizable reporting options to help companies optimize employee spending.
How customers rate Webexpenses
Webexpenses pricing
Languages supported by Webexpenses
Webexpenses vs Zoho Expense
- Webexpenses offers a petty cash manager feature for small, everyday expenses. Zoho Expense does not offer this type of feature.
- Overall, user reviews report a more user-friendly experience when using the Webexpenses solution.
- Webexpenses offers a carbon tracking feature to help businesses improve their carbon footprint. Zoho Expense does not offer a carbon emissions tracking feature.