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Certify

Composite Score

7.7 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

33 Reviews Write a Review

What is Certify?

Certify is a leading cloud-based travel and expense management solution for organizations of all sizes, and is the only solution in the expense management industry to offer truly automated expense reporting. With prescheduled, auto-generated expense report creation and mobile capabilities, Certify eliminates the need for paper receipts and spreadsheets, and provides insight into travel and expense spend with a full suite of on-demand reporting and analytics.

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Awards & Recognition

Certify won the following awards in the Expense Management category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2021

Certify 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.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+82 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 Certify?

4% Negative

5% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Trustworthy
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Expense Detail Tracking

Mobile App or Mobile Browser Support

Desktop Browser Support

Receipt Image Submission

Approval Workflow

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Multi Currency

Expense Policy Aware

Optical Character Recognition

Expense Itemization

Travel Profile

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Certify Reviews

Kristin S.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Works for some functions but difficult to edit

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Certify from other similar products?

Not sure as I've mainly used Certify for expense reporting

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Storing receipts, archiving expense reports

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's difficult to edit existing expense reports or update partial reports, and is not intuitive about max amounts allowed or rejection reasons. Also it does not archive those I have approved or denied within my team (this may be a permissions limitation)

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great for basic needs of expense reports/approvals but if you're using on a regular basis it could be improved per the above reasons

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Fair
Acts with Integrity
Efficient Service

Emily P.

Role: Finance
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to use and saves me time and energy.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Certify from other similar products?

Certify was completely customizable to be able to download and import expense reports into my accounting software. This made a huge difference!

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We only use Certify for tracking and submitting Credit Card expense reports. This product allows my employees to save their receipts, account information and reason for the expense at the time of the purchase. This keeps our data more accurate and keeps my office free of thousands of tiny slips of paper receipts!

What do you dislike most about this product?

It only works with the most recent version of Safari. This was been a problem for more than one of my employees who work with Apple computers and did not have the most recent version.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Train your people well (using the videos available) and it will run smoothly.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Scott R.

Role: Finance
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

easy to use and good reporting

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Certify from other similar products?

honestly nothing. I have seen better.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy to use and navigate for different locations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

outdate interface

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

update the interface of the product.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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What is Certify?

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Awards & Recognition

Certify Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Certify?

Pros

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Multi Currency The ability to record expenses in multiple currencies in a single report.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Certify Reviews

Kristin S.

Works for some functions but difficult to edit

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Emily P.

Easy to use and saves me time and energy.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Scott R.

easy to use and good reporting

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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