Amadeus Cytric vs Perk

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.

Perk combines business travel, expenses, policies, payments, and events on one platform. It supports booking and management of flights, hotels, trains, and cars in more than 178 countries, with workflows for finance teams, travel managers, operations teams, and travelers. Perk AI can apply travel and expense policies, match receipts to transactions, route approvals, and update ERP data in real time. Its MCP connection works with Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini for reports, expense approvals, and trip information. Payment options include existing corporate card feeds, ACH reimbursements, and employees' personal cards. Perk's free mobile app for Android and iOS supports travel, expense, and event management on the go. New invoices can be uploaded only through the web app, except for invoice managers using the approvals inbox. The free plan is available, with paid plans starting at $6 a month per active user; some plans also charge booking fees. Perk says customer care is available around the clock at no extra cost.