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Chrome River EXPENSE

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

38 Reviews Write a Review

What is Chrome River EXPENSE?

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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Awards & Recognition

Chrome River EXPENSE won the following awards in the Expense Management category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2021

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019

Chrome River EXPENSE 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.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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 Chrome River EXPENSE?

1% Negative

11% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Reliable
Acts with Integrity
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Multi Currency

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Optical Character Recognition

Expense Detail Tracking

Expense Itemization

Travel Profile

Receipt Image Submission

Expense Policy Aware

Approval Workflow

Desktop Browser Support

Travel and Accommodation Booking

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Chrome River EXPENSE Reviews

Role: Finance
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

User friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Jon S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Chrome River works well and streamlines the proce

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Chrome River EXPENSE from other similar products?

Chrome river allows for many drop down boxes for categorizing various expenses in an easy to use way.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

User-Friendly features

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes the categories could be confusing when submitting for reimbursement

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely try it out and use it for a few months to see if your company can benefit from the services.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Chris S.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Great product, easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Chrome River EXPENSE from other similar products?

Ease of use and overall funcationality

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Automation of review process with inputted company policies.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Hotel expense tracking is cumbersome and requires multiple steps

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Training and demos are very important. Take the extra time to make sure employees understand the tool and how to use it. This makes implementation and acceptance go smoother.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

How We Deliver

Chrome River EXPENSE

What is Chrome River EXPENSE?

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Awards & Recognition

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Chrome River EXPENSE Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Chrome River EXPENSE?

Pros

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Chrome River EXPENSE Reviews

User friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jon S.

Chrome River works well and streamlines the proce

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Chris S.

Great product, easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Multi Currency

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Optical Character Recognition

Expense Detail Tracking

Expense Itemization

Travel Profile

Receipt Image Submission

Expense Policy Aware

Approval Workflow

Desktop Browser Support

Travel and Accommodation Booking

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

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