Brex vs Mesh Travel

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.

Mesh Travel manages business travel and expenses from request through reimbursement, with booking, policy controls, expense automation, and traveler visibility. Travelers can book online or offline and contact agents in the app. Mesh supports different travel management solutions for global subsidiaries, executive white-glove services, and connections to customers' preferred Travel Management Companies to sync trip data. It combines itineraries with transaction data to track travelers in real time. The platform collects and tags receipts and captures spending from unmanaged bookings and expenses incurred during trips. Guest travelers can have separate policies, approval flows, travel cards, and automated receipt collection and coding. Customizable rules can set spending limits, approved vendors, and expense categories, with enforcement through the platform and traveler cards. Mesh also lists integrations with accounting software, TMCs, HRIS, and other apps, including ADP Workforce Now. It is available on web, Android, and iOS. The Pro plan is free for up to three users; Premium costs $13 a month per user. Enterprise pricing is custom. Mesh lists SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II reports and PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider compliance.