# Is SAP Concur worth it for finance managers at mid-market professional services firms, based on reviews?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Is SAP Concur actually worth it for a mid-market professional services firm running <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/expense-management">expense management</a>, or does it work better for companies without client billing to worry about? Consulting and agency reviewers specifically call out that the mobile receipt capture and corporate card matching cut down the paperwork side fast, and one described the approval flow as clean enough that managers can see what's pending without chasing anyone down. </p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The complaints from this same group are pointed: the interface hasn't seen a real design refresh in years, correcting one already-submitted expense takes way too many clicks, and a couple of reviewers mentioned colleagues who genuinely struggled at the start and needed hand-holding.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/sap-concur/reviews"><strong>SAP Concur</strong></a> handles the travel-plus-expense workflow well for firms with frequent client travel, though reviewers in consulting roles say the learning curve is real.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/expensify/reviews"><strong>Expensify</strong></a> comes up as the lighter-weight option when firms want less setup overhead.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/navan-formerly-tripactions/reviews"><strong>Navan</strong></a> gets mentioned by firms that want travel and expense tracked together automatically per trip.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For a firm billing hours back to clients, does the policy structure in Concur pay off, or is it overkill? Has anyone found a decent way to code expenses by project without exporting to Excel?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;Honestly it depends on how much complexity you actually have. SAP Concur is the enterprise travel-and-expense heavyweight, deep policy controls, strong ERP integrations, and travel, expense and invoice in one, so if you&#39;ve got heavy travel, global needs or strict audit requirements, it earns its keep. The honest catch for a mid-market professional services firm is that reviewers often find the interface clunky and dated, setup complex, and the cost heavy for the size, so it can feel like more platform than you need. Lighter tools like Emburse Certify, Webexpenses or BILL Spend and Expense tend to be easier to roll out and friendlier on price for mid-market. So worth it if you need the depth and integrations, probably overkill if you just want clean expense reports. How much travel volume and how many entities are we talking?&lt;/p&gt;

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