Brex vs Continia Expense Management

Brex is a spend-management platform for companies, with tools for spending policies, expense automation and budget tracking. Policies can vary by use case, level, department or entity, and selected merchants or categories can be blocked or made subject to approval. Expense automation can collect documents, prepare memos, populate fields, assign departments and GL codes, and match receipts using OCR across languages and currencies. Live Budgets lets department heads allocate spending to people or teams and track usage in real time; Brex AI can flag anomalous activity. Accounting features include QuickBooks and NetSuite integrations, along with suggested GL coding rules and mappings. Reimbursements can be sent to local currencies and bank accounts across 40 countries, without per-transaction reimbursement fees. The mobile app supports expense tracking, travel booking and management, spend-limit requests and payments. Brex lists thousands of native integrations, including Slack, Rippling, Workday and Xero. Essentials is free and supports up to two entities. Premium is $12 a month; Enterprise pricing is custom.

Continia Expense Management handles employee expense processes within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, for employees submitting claims and finance teams managing them. Its mobile app uses AI-powered receipt scanning to capture details such as amount, date, and description. Company card transactions can be imported automatically, with reminders for missing receipts. Managers can approve expenses in a Web Approval Portal without opening Business Central, including across different companies. Submitted app expenses sync with Business Central in real time and post to G/L accounts and dimensions. Mileage claims can use Google Maps route calculations, including via points, when the Mileage module is enabled; Per Diem claims require the Per Diem module. The service also stores, indexes, and preserves original expense documents, and Continia says its archiving solution is certified in Germany as audit-proof. Web, Android, and iOS access are listed. Pricing is on request, with a 30-day trial that ends earlier if five Named Expense Users are registered. End users must contact their Microsoft Dynamics partner for support.