Ramp Travel
ramp.com
What it is
Ramp Travel handles business travel bookings and expenses, applying policy controls at booking and helping reconcile costs afterward. Users can book flights, hotels and car rentals. Policies can set guardrails by traveler role, department, trip location and duration, and approval requests go to the appropriate approver. Ramp matches receipts to transactions, codes expenses and suggests memos. It monitors hotel rates and automatically rebooks when a price falls by $50 or more. For bookings made on other travel platforms, it can match transactions to bookings, capture receipts and check expenses against policy. Travelers can check policy, view trip details and ask questions through SMS, Slack or the Ramp app; mobile apps are available on iOS and Android. The Free plan is free and is billed at $0/mo/user. Plus costs $15 a month, billed at $15/mo/user plus a platform fee based on team size; annual billing saves 20%. Enterprise pricing is custom. Free includes 24/7 chat support, while Plus and Enterprise include 24/7 phone support for travel bookings. Ramp lists SSO, MFA, encryption, and integrations across several business categories.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- Ramp Travel is a corporate travel service that applies travel policy during booking, reconciles expenses automatically and identifies savings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Purpose
- Ramp Travel enforces travel policy at booking, reconciles expenses automatically, and identifies savings.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- API
- Ramp provides a public developer API with OAuth 2.0, granular scopes, production and sandbox endpoints, webhooks and partner access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.ramp.com
- Integrations
- Ramp advertises more than 200 integrations, including accounting, banking, HR, procurement, productivity, receipt and travel connections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Security
- Ramp states that it supports SSO for Okta, Google, and Microsoft Azure, MFA for every user, and encryption at rest and in motion.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Compliance
- Ramp's trust center lists SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 1 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022, PCI DSS and penetration-test documentation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trust.ramp.com
- Support
- The pricing page lists 24/7 chat support for Free and 24/7 phone support for travel bookings on Plus and Enterprise.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Headquarters
- Ramp Business Corporation lists its address as 28 West 23rd Street, Floor 2, New York, NY 10010.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Agent extensibility
- Ramp documents MCP and CLI connections for agents that can search and book travel, process approvals and make purchases.Read 15 Oct 2026 · agents.ramp.com
- API quickstart
- The API quickstart explains creating an app, client credentials, token retrieval and calling the Transactions API.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.ramp.com
- Approvals
- Travel approval requests can be routed to the appropriate approver based on configured workflows.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Bookings
- Ramp says users can book flights, hotels, and car rentals through its platform.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Company founding and size
- LinkedIn lists Ramp as founded in 2019 with 1,001–5,000 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Company funding
- Crunchbase describes Ramp as a privately held New York fintech with 1,001–5,000 employees and 90 investors, including Glade Brook Capital Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists Ramp headquarters in New York, New York.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Company legal name
- The legal entity named on Ramp's terms and website is Ramp Business Corporation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Company size
- Ramp's pricing page presents its offer for startups, global enterprises, and teams in between.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Custom policies
- Administrators can set travel guardrails by factors such as location, trip duration and department.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Desktop requirements
- Ramp is browser-based with no native Windows or Mac desktop application; supported browsers include Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.ramp.com
- Documentation
- The help center contains separate administrator and employee travel guides covering policies, booking, guests, delegates, modifications, price drops and assistance.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.ramp.com
- ERP coverage
- Ramp lists more than 40 ERP integrations, including NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, Xero, Workday and Oracle Fusion Cloud.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Expense automation
- Ramp matches receipts, codes transactions, and suggests memos to reduce post-trip expense work.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Hotel price drops
- Ramp monitors hotel prices and automatically rebooks when it finds a reduction of at least $50.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Hotel savings
- Ramp monitors hotel rates and automatically rebooks when the price decreases by $50 or more.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- License model
- Ramp owns its platform property and grants customers a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the services, indicating proprietary software rather than open source.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Limit: customer service and payments
- Trustpilot reviewers frequently complain about slow or delayed payments, confusing navigation, poor support responsiveness and difficulty reaching a person.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Limit: fuel transaction cap
- A Google Play reviewer says fuel purchases are limited to $100 per transaction, requiring multiple transactions for larger vehicle tanks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
- Limit: international support
- Gartner reviewers report that international capabilities lag, including fixed FX rates, inability to change mileage rates and problems displaying Japanese-character PDFs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
- Limit: mobile performance
- An Apple App Store reviewer reports slow dropdown loading, repeated manual entry and limited iPad optimization.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Mobile access
- Travelers can check policy, view trip details and ask questions through SMS, Slack or the Ramp mobile app.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Off-platform bookings
- For bookings made on any travel platform, Ramp says it can match transactions to bookings, capture receipts, and check expenses against policy.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Per diem
- Per-diem allowances show permitted spending and adjust automatically for trip location and duration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Policy controls
- Travel policies can use guardrails based on traveler role, department, trip location, and duration.Read 2 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Policy visibility
- The booking flow displays policy status for each travel option so employees can see compliance before purchasing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Praise: integrations
- Capterra reviewers praise the breadth of integrations, reporting and quick vendor-payment workflow.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Praise: usability
- G2 reviewers repeatedly describe Ramp as easy to use, clean and fast for managing cards, transactions and expenses.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Praise: visibility and reconciliation
- TrustRadius reviewers commonly praise spending visibility, accounting integration, faster reconciliation and improved month-end close.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- Rating on Apple App Store
- 4.9 out of 5 from 47K ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Rating on Capterra
- 4.9 out of 5 from 223 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Rating on G2
- 4.6 out of 5 from 21 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
- 4.6 out of 5 from 169 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
- Rating on GetApp
- GetApp reports 221 verified reviews and a starting price of $15 per user per month; the opened page does not display an overall star score in its text.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Rating on Google Play
- 4.6 out of 5 from 2.35K reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
- Rating on Trustpilot
- 2.3 out of 5 from 214 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Rating on TrustRadius
- 9.3 out of 10 from 160 reviews and ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- Receipt automation
- Ramp matches receipts, codes transactions and suggests memos, reducing the need for a post-trip expense report.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Security controls
- Ramp states that it supports SSO with Okta, Google and Microsoft Azure, MFA, encryption in transit and at rest, and 24/7 fraud monitoring.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Travel analytics
- The service provides centralized views of bookings by team, vendor and location to help identify savings opportunities.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Travel booking
- Users can book flights, hotels and car rentals through Ramp or another travel provider while Ramp matches bookings to transactions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
- Traveler tracking
- Administrators can monitor active and upcoming trips to contact travelers during emergencies.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ramp.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Books flights, hotels and car rentals
- Policy guardrails can vary by traveler and trip
- Matches receipts and codes transactions
- Can rebook hotels after a price drop of $50 or more
- Mobile app available on iOS and Android
Limits
- Plus adds a platform fee based on team size
- Enterprise pricing is custom
- Plus annual billing terms are needed for the stated 20% saving
Who it suits
Ramp Travel suits businesses that want travel policies, approvals and expense handling connected to booking. The pricing page presents its offer to startups, global enterprises and teams in between.
Ramp Travel in depth
Read the full write-up
Ramp Travel is a business-travel and expense system for organizations that need booking rules, approvals and reconciliation in one workflow. It is best suited to companies with departmental travel policies and employees who sometimes book outside the preferred channel. The main trade-off is that Plus adds a platform fee on top of its per-user charge.
Overview
Ramp combines flights, hotels and car rentals with policy enforcement and post-trip accounting. Policies can vary by traveler role, department, destination and trip duration, while approval requests are sent to the designated approver before travel is committed. That makes it a practical fit for controlled corporate travel rather than casual team booking.
The platform also handles spending after the reservation. It matches receipts with transactions, codes expenses and suggests memo text, reducing manual cleanup. Crucially, bookings made on other travel sites can still be matched to transactions, with receipts captured and expenses checked against policy. Teams with mixed booking habits therefore get broader coverage than a system limited to its own booking channel.
Key features
Travelers can reserve air, hotel and car rentals within Ramp. Guardrails based on role, department, location and duration let finance teams apply different standards without using one rule for everyone. Routing requests to the right approver moves enforcement earlier in the process; organizations with little need for pre-trip control may find this structure unnecessary.
Expense automation links receipts and card transactions, applies coding and proposes memos. It supports expense reporting, reimbursement workflows and corporate cards, so travel spend can flow into the same operational process. Employees who book elsewhere are not excluded: Ramp can associate those reservations with transactions, collect receipts and test spending against policy.
Hotel-rate monitoring watches for a decrease of at least $50 and automatically rebooks when that threshold is reached. Smaller reductions do not trigger the stated action, but the feature gives frequent hotel users a concrete savings mechanism. Travelers can check policy and trip information and ask questions through SMS, Slack or the Ramp app. iOS and Android access makes those functions available away from a desktop.
Integrations span accounting, banking, HR and payroll, procurement, productivity, receipt automation and travel. Custom CSV exports and an open API provide options for teams that need to connect systems beyond the listed integrations. Security controls include SSO for Okta, Google and Microsoft Azure, MFA for every user, and encryption in transit and at rest. Ramp cites CCPA, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2, FedRAMP Moderate, Cyber Essentials Plus, GovRAMP and TX-RAMP compliance.
Pricing
Free
Free costs $0/mo/user and includes travel bookings, company-wide travel policies and 24/7 chat support. It is the sensible starting point for teams that can use shared policies and do not need custom rules, external guest bookings or phone assistance.
Plus
Plus costs $15/mo/user plus a platform fee based on team size. Annual billing saves 20%. It adds custom travel policies, external guest bookings and 24/7 phone support for travel bookings. This plan fits organizations with differentiated rules or regular guest travel, but the additional platform fee makes the headline per-user price an incomplete estimate of total cost.
Enterprise
Enterprise uses custom pricing with annual billing. It includes custom policies, external guest bookings, 24/7 phone support and contact-with-sales purchasing. Larger or more complex organizations should request a quote rather than assume Plus terms apply.
A 30-day trial is offered for the paid service. The published plans do not state seat quotas or other usage caps.
Platforms
Ramp Travel runs on the web, Android and iOS. Travelers can also interact through SMS and Slack, while the open API and CSV exports support broader deployment.
Who it's for
Ramp is a strong choice for startups, growing teams and global enterprises that need policy-aware booking tied to expense reconciliation. It is particularly well matched to companies with multiple departments, approval layers, corporate cards or off-platform reservations. Small teams with simple travel rules may prefer a less structured product, and buyers must account for the Plus platform fee when budgeting.
Pros and cons
Pros: policy guardrails and approvals operate before booking, not only during expense review.
Pros: outside bookings can still be matched, receipted and checked against policy.
Pros: automatic hotel rebooking starts at a clearly defined $50 price drop.
Pros: Free includes bookings, company-wide policies and round-the-clock chat.
Cons: Plus carries a team-size-based platform fee in addition to $15/mo/user.
Cons: Free lacks custom policies, external guest bookings and phone support.
Cons: hotel savings action does not cover price decreases below $50.
Alternatives
ITILITE is worth choosing when a free corporate-card option with cashback and a $6 annual-billed expense plan better matches your budget. Brex suits teams wanting a free Essentials tier for up to two entities or a $12/user/month Premium plan. Mesh Travel is an alternative with a free tier for up to three users and a $13/user/month Premium plan. Choose Travocorp when you want a paid corporate travel program arranged through a personalized sales process. Happay offers a zero-fee Epic plan and a separately priced corporate spend-management option. SpendMantra is a paid product with a free trial rather than a free plan. Emburse Spend starts at $8/user/month for Basic with up to 50 ACH reimbursements and offers $12/user/month Plus with unlimited ACH reimbursements. Perk is preferable when a $6 active-user/month travel-and-spend plan with booking fees, 10 policies and up to four legal entities fits your operating model.
See the Travel and Expense Management Software list for more options.
Verdict
Choose Ramp Travel if you need travel policy enforcement, approvals and expense automation, including for reservations employees make elsewhere. Its broad workflow and strong control set are the main reasons to buy. Look elsewhere if your travel program is simple or if Plus’s extra platform fee outweighs the value of custom policies, guest bookings and phone support.
Verdict
Ramp Travel brings bookings, policy approvals and expense reconciliation together, including support for bookings made elsewhere. Free is $0/mo/user; Plus is $15/mo/user plus a team-size-based platform fee, and Enterprise pricing is custom.
Where Specifiction places it
- Travel and Expense Management Software#2 of 289.0
- Financial Operations (FinOps) Software#3 of 239.0
- Expense Management#4 of 268.9