Amadeus Cytric vs Happay

Amadeus Cytric is a SaaS platform for corporate travel and expense management, available through web, mobile, and Microsoft Teams. Cytric Easy lets travelers search and book flights, hotels, rail, and ground transportation. Travel managers can offer content from GDS, aggregators, and direct suppliers, including NDC content, with policy options and customizable workflows to manage inventory and compliance. Cytric Expense supports the process from report creation through accounting entries and reimbursement. It can export accounting files to a company ERP with configurable frequency, file type, and data. The two products integrate with Microsoft Teams for travel planning, expense collaboration, and approvals. The mobile app supports trip management and submitting, reviewing, or approving expense reports. Other capabilities include virtual payments, automated invoice reconciliation, analytics and custom reports, and tools to prevent, monitor, and respond to travel disruptions, fraud, and international restrictions. Sustainability features include CO2 reporting, carbon offset calculations, and paperless expense reporting. Amadeus lists an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate covering specified Cytric products in production and test environments.

Happay is a cloud-based business spend management platform for corporate spending, expense claims, reimbursements, and spending insights. Its products include travel and expense management, fleet management, petty cash, employee tax benefits, invoice-to-pay, and travel self-booking. Xpendite collects expense data from six or more sources, while receipt scanning supports expense reporting. SmartAudit flags policy violations and duplicate bills; Happay says its GST engine captures and verifies receipt tax details. ApprovNow provides real-time updates to approvers, employees, and finance teams. Travelers can book flights, hotels, and cabs through the Self Booking Tool. Listed ERP and HRMS integrations include SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Ramco, and Workday, with bidirectional sync. Happay describes the platform as ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified, with encryption, SSO, open APIs, and role-based access. It supports multiple approval levels, cost centers, mileage reimbursement, per diem, and bank payouts. The listed platforms are Android, iOS, and web. Pricing is on request, though a free Epic plan is also listed.