Concur vs Tallie

September 27, 2023 | Author: Michael Stromann
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Concur
SAP Concur's easy-to-use business travel and expense management software solution helps your business save time, money and gain control. The Concur booking tool makes business travel a snap—starting with customized options that align with your company policies. You can also upload electronic folios, directly to expense reports. Concur provides full visibility into spend and the ability to ensure policy and regulatory compliance.
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Tallie
Emburse Tallie helps small businesses focus more on work with impact—and less on paperwork for managing expenses.
Concur and Tallie are both popular expense management software solutions, but they have different features and target different user groups. Concur is a comprehensive expense management platform designed for large enterprises. It offers robust features for travel and expense management, including expense reporting, receipt capture, policy compliance, and integration with travel booking systems. Concur provides a wide range of functionalities to streamline expense processes and gain visibility into spending. On the other hand, Tallie focuses more on small to mid-sized businesses. It offers features such as automated receipt capture, expense categorization, and integration with accounting systems. Tallie provides a user-friendly interface and is known for its simplicity and ease of use.

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Concur vs Tallie in our news:

2020. Expense management vendors unite to form Emburse



A consortium of six leading travel and expense management software vendors, namely Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, and Tallie, has consolidated into a single entity known as Emburse, with the intention of challenging SAP Concur's dominance. With a global workforce of 750 employees, Emburse aims to serve a user base exceeding 4.5 million business travelers across 14,000 customers spanning 120 countries. This consolidation process has been unfolding over the past few years, with Certify and Chrome River joining forces in the previous year. Prior to that, in 2017, Certify, Nexonia, ExpenseWatch, and Tallie merged under the Certify name, backed by a $125 million investment from K1 Investment Management, with the objective of competing against SAP Concur. In July of the same year, the combined Certify and Chrome River entities acquired Emburse, a startup specializing in virtual and physical cards for business expenses and vendor payments. On the other side of the spectrum, German business software giant SAP acquired Concur for a staggering $8.3 billion in 2015.


2016. Travel and expense management platform Concur acquired travel search Hipmunk



Concur, the renowned travel and expense platform, acquired by SAP for $8.3 billion in 2014, has recently announced its latest acquisition. Concur is purchasing Hipmunk, a travel search startup, with plans to seamlessly integrate it into its existing platform. While Concur already offers search capabilities, as a current Concur user, I can confirm that there is room for improvement, which Hipmunk's inclusion is expected to address effectively. Concur has a history of acquiring startups to enhance its functionalities, such as TripIt, which enables users to track and share travel plans, and investments made in ClearTrip. This acquisition reflects Concur's commitment to continually enhance its platform and provide a comprehensive travel and expense management solution.


2014. SAP acquires travel and expense management service Concur



SAP has made a significant move by acquiring Concur, the expense and travel management solution, for a whopping $8.3 billion. Concur boasts an impressive user base of approximately 25 million individuals across more than 150 countries. Interestingly, in 2011, Concur itself acquired the travel organizer TripIt. This acquisition places SAP in control of Concur and allows them to claim ownership of 50 million cloud users. As part of this agreement, Concur will collaborate with SAP to develop mobile applications that are contextually aware, while SAP will begin utilizing Concur's travel and expense management services. The acquisition is projected to conclude either in the fourth quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2015.

Author: Michael Stromann
Michael is an expert in IT Service Management, IT Security and software development. With his extensive experience as a software developer and active involvement in multiple ERP implementation projects, Michael brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his writings. Having previously worked at SAP, he has honed his expertise and gained a deep understanding of software development and implementation processes. Currently, as a freelance developer, Michael continues to contribute to the IT community by sharing his insights through guest articles published on several IT portals. You can contact Michael by email stromann@liventerprise.com