SAP Concur
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Intelligent spend management for travel, expenses, and invoices
How to Replace SAP ConcurOverview
Features
42 features across 13 categories
AI(7)
AI-powered chatbot answers expense policy questions and helps with submission processes.
AI automatically identifies and flags duplicate expense submissions to prevent reimbursement fraud.
AI-powered matching correlates corporate card transactions with submitted expense reports.
Machine learning identifies suspicious expense patterns and potential fraud in real-time.
Machine learning prevents duplicate invoice payments by analyzing vendor and amount patterns.
Machine learning forecasts future spend patterns to improve budgeting and negotiations.
AI-powered optical character recognition automatically extracts data from expense receipts.
Admin(2)
Synchronized employee database with role-based access and manager hierarchies.
Granular permission management with predefined and custom roles for users and approvers.
Analytics(3)
Generate reports and dashboards on spend trends, policy compliance, and cost savings.
Monitor departmental and project budgets in real-time with forecasting and variance analysis.
AI-powered dashboard aggregates spend across travel, expenses, and invoices for holistic insights.
Compliance(6)
Track attendees and purposes for entertainment and meal expenses with audit support.
Comprehensive audit trails and compliance reports for regulatory and internal review.
Monitor and enforce spending policies with real-time violation alerts and audit trails.
Data residency options and privacy controls ensure compliance with GDPR and regional regulations.
Automated tax recovery calculations and documentation for global compliance requirements.
Create and enforce corporate spending policies with real-time policy violation tracking.
Core(10)
Process employee cash advances with approval, reconciliation, and settlement workflows.
Split expenses across multiple cost centers with flexible allocation percentages.
Real-time multi-currency support with daily exchange rates for global expense management.
Export expense, invoice, and travel data in multiple formats for analysis and archiving.
Automate employee reimbursement processing with direct deposit and payment options.
Automate capture, submission, and approval of employee expenses with mobile receipt scanning.
Process supplier invoices with automated three-way matching and workflow routing.
Submit expenses and book travel on-the-go with iOS and Android native applications.
Automated payment routing to employees, vendors, and corporate accounts with reconciliation.
Book flights, hotels, and ground transportation with policy enforcement and real-time approvals.
Customization(1)
Create unlimited custom fields to capture organization-specific expense and invoice data.
Integration(1)
RESTful APIs enable custom integrations and third-party application development.
Invoice(1)
Automatically match purchase orders, receipts, and invoices to prevent overpayments.
Mobile(2)
Snap photos of receipts with instant OCR extraction of merchant, amount, and date.
Responsive interface optimized for smartphones enables expenses submission anywhere anytime.
Security(1)
SAML-based SSO integration with active directory and other identity providers.
Travel(4)
Automate per diem allowances based on location, trip duration, and policy rates.
Integrated booking platform with preferred supplier rates and ground transportation options.
Aggregate and analyze spending across multiple travel management companies for optimization.
Enforce low-fare search requirements, approved vendors, and booking lead time policies.
Vendor(1)
Provide vendors with a self-service portal to submit invoices directly into the system.
Workflow(3)
Customize multi-level approval routes based on amount, cost center, and policy rules.
Allow employees to temporarily delegate approval authority to colleagues during absence.
Push notifications enable managers to approve or reject expenses on-the-go instantly.
Pricing
Expense Management
- ✓Receipt scanning
- ✓mobile app
- ✓basic approvals
- ✓policy enforcement
Travel & Expense
Popular- ✓All Expense features plus travel booking
- ✓policy enforcement
- ✓hotel integration
Complete Spend Management
- ✓All Travel features plus invoice management
- ✓supplier portal
- ✓advanced analytics
Premium Intelligence
- ✓All Complete features plus fraud detection
- ✓predictive analytics
- ✓AI chatbot
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Integrations
30 known integrations