Capture Expense vs Turbine

Capture Expense is an expense management platform for automating expense reports, approvals, analytics, and compliance. Employees can photograph receipts in the mobile app, with extracted details added to an expense claim. Custom multi-stage approval workflows and individual spend controls can flag out-of-policy expenses. Mileage tools calculate reimbursements using approved fuel rates, predict destinations and endpoints, and track carbon. A finance copilot produces reports in response to natural-language questions. Employees can also submit receipts through WhatsApp, Slack, or Teams to create claims. Capture Expense says it integrates with more than 50 back-office systems and provides a documented REST API for real-time integrations. It works in desktop and mobile web browsers and offers apps for Android and iOS, as well as support for macOS and Windows. The maker identifies Cyber Essentials certification, ICO registration, GDPR compliance, and Microsoft Azure hosting. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is listed. Support hours are 9:00 to 17:30 BST Monday to Friday, with additional support outside those hours.

Turbine is an online service for businesses handling purchase orders, expenses, time-off requests and employee records. Staff can create and manage purchase orders, submit expense claims with receipts and supporting documents, and request holidays, sick days or other leave. Managers can approve or reject leave requests. Purchasing and expense workflows can use custom approval levels, cost-centre budgets and approved-vendor lists. Turbine offers a native Slack integration, Zapier connections to more than 8,000 apps, and Office 365 and Google sign-in and calendar syncing. It runs on the web and works in phone and tablet browsers; there is no native mobile app. Plans include Tiny at $8 a month for 2 users, Small at $35 a month for 3–20 users, Medium at $79 a month for 21–50 users, and Large at $159 a month for 50–250 users. A 30-day trial is available, but there is no free plan. Turbine says it has no API or direct integration with QuickBooks or other accounting packages.