Mesh Travel vs Ramp Travel

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.

Ramp Travel handles business travel bookings and expenses, applying policy controls at booking and helping reconcile costs afterward. Users can book flights, hotels and car rentals. Policies can set guardrails by traveler role, department, trip location and duration, and approval requests go to the appropriate approver. Ramp matches receipts to transactions, codes expenses and suggests memos. It monitors hotel rates and automatically rebooks when a price falls by $50 or more. For bookings made on other travel platforms, it can match transactions to bookings, capture receipts and check expenses against policy. Travelers can check policy, view trip details and ask questions through SMS, Slack or the Ramp app; mobile apps are available on iOS and Android. The Free plan is free and is billed at $0/mo/user. Plus costs $15 a month, billed at $15/mo/user plus a platform fee based on team size; annual billing saves 20%. Enterprise pricing is custom. Free includes 24/7 chat support, while Plus and Enterprise include 24/7 phone support for travel bookings. Ramp lists SSO, MFA, encryption, and integrations across several business categories.