--- title: Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Reviews meta_title: 'Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 1126 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 1126 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-27' parent_category: name: Travel & Expense url: https://www.g2.com/categories/travel-expense --- # Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Reviews **Vendor:** Emburse **Category:** [Expense Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/expense-management) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1,126 ## About Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Emburse Spend is the modern, all-in-one platform that helps SMBs streamline expense management while keeping their existing credit card program. ## Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users love the **ease of use** of Emburse Spend, enjoying effortless document uploads and seamless integration. (23 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy receipt upload** features of Emburse Spend, making expense management seamless and efficient. (12 reviews) - Users love the **easy upload feature** of Emburse Spend, simplifying receipt management via mobile and desktop. (8 reviews) - Users value the **efficiency** of Emburse Spend, appreciating streamlined processes and quick expense tracking in one place. (8 reviews) - Users find Emburse Spend to be **intuitive and user-friendly** , making it accessible even for beginners. (8 reviews) - Users love the **simplicity** of Emburse Spend, finding it easy to use and enhancing their overall experience. (8 reviews) - Easy Submission (5 reviews) - Users find Emburse Spend to be **easy for tracking expenses** promptly and simplifying accounting processes. (5 reviews) - Receipt Management (5 reviews) - Tracking Ease (5 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users experience **authentication issues** that disrupt access and complicate their login process unnecessarily. (3 reviews) - Users find the interface **not intuitive** , leading to confusion and extra steps for tasks initially. (3 reviews) - Users face **approval issues** due to mandatory two-factor authentication, impacting accessibility and convenience on the mobile app. (2 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve challenging** , especially for those who are not tech-savvy and need more time to adapt. (2 reviews) - Users face challenges with **slow transactions** , often needing to retry for sync and waiting days for visibility. (2 reviews) - Users experience **syncing issues** as transactions can take 2-3 days to appear, causing delays in tracking expenses. (2 reviews) - Users find the **time-consuming transaction retrieval process** frustrating as it often exceeds the expected timeframe. (2 reviews) - Access Control (1 reviews) - Auto-Filling Errors (1 reviews) - Autofill Issues (1 reviews) ## Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Reviews ### 1. Abacus **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Executive Office | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 07, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Limitless features, the user interface is extremely easy to use and aesthetically appealing. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The export options are limited, would be nice to have a choice **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** We chose Abacus because it does away with the concept of monthly expense reporting, and prioritizes getting money back to our employees as quickly and easily as possible. ### 2. Intuitive **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Simple UI. Very easy to use and is aesthetically appealing. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Lots of duplicate categories and it's not clear which you should use. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Expenses ### 3. Expense Reimbursement Made Easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I love the fact that instead of submitting an expense report once a month/only getting reimbursed once a month, I'm now able to submit expenses more often and get reimbursed on a rolling basis. This allows me to have more money in my bank account at all times of the month/year! Their mobile app is also awesome and intuitive. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I wish it didn't log me out after only a few minutes of non-usage. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Do it! **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has made things much easier. Instead of using an excel sheet that used to be messy, I like that it has a very easy to use mobile app. ### 4. A great way to manage expenses **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It is easy to take a picture of the receipt and send it to the abacus email address and it keeps a record of that. No need to worry about losing the receipt **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Nothing in particular. The interface could be improved **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Expenses management. Easier to use for managers swipe to approve ### 5. Good, simple, user friendly reimbursement and expense tracking **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abby W. | Senior Product Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The UI for expense tracking is super easy to use and the mobile app was awesome. At first I didn't like that you couldn't batch and send items all together, but it ended up really nice b/c I got reimbursed very fast. The photo tool for receipts was very easy and helpful, and the reimbursement was incredibly fast. I had the money in my account within days of submitting. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I think you should be able to input expenses without them automatically sending for approval. You should be able to just input them all throughout your trip, then review/edit them before batch sending **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ability to track expenses and receipts as well as get reimbursed. ### 6. Quick and easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew C. | Senior Account Executive, Internet, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Submitting receipts on the fly is the best part. I no longer have to spend time reconciling all the expenses once a month. It's also nice not to have to worry about losing receipts since you can simply snap a picture and be done with the process right then and there. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** There isn't anything I can think of at the moment. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saves time and keeps me from losing receipts that need to be reconciled. ### 7. Easy to use - fastest expense reporting I've ever done **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tasia P. | Director of Product Marketing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The user interface is simple and incredibly easy to use. Categorizing expenses is fast - it takes 10 mins tops per month for me. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** There are some bugs every once in a while where I will get an email from our site admin that I need to push through an expense that I've already pushed through. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're making expense reporting easier for our team, and most importantly easier for our account firm and office manager. ### 8. Fantastic Program **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Danette N. | Accounting Consultant, Accounting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2016 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I love that this program exports to excel. It makes it super convenient to paste into QuickBooks and therefore saving me hours of entries. Also, it's wonderful making the employees do all the work entering their own expenses. This program is such an incredible time saving tool. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I love this program. There's nothing I dislike. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Give it a try, you will not regret it. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** This program saves hours of time every week. ### 9. Easiest Reimbursement **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brenton N. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I've used a couple of different applications for expenses and reimbursements in the past, but this is by far the easiest to use. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** To date, I haven't found anything that I do not like about Abacus. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Their process for entering expenses is super smooth. ### 10. So much more efficient than our previous expense tracking **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I love the mobile app the best. Previously we had to scan and upload receipts and manually enter information into a form. Now I can literally take a photo of my receipt the moment I get it and submit through the app. It has made travel/meal expenses so much easier to manage because then I won't forget them before I get back home on on my normal routine. I also really appreciate the very quick turnaround on expenses. Once an expense is approved, it is in my account within a few days instead of our old system that only paid out monthly. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** There isn't a whole lot to dislike. Everything is pretty straightforward and so much better than our previous, manual process. One thing that is a little challenging is that we require receipts for everything, but there are some expenses that are recurring monthly expenses from a single annual contract. I have one specific vendor that doesn't send monthly receipts so I have to re-upload the same contract every month, which is a little annoying. I'm not sure if that is an Abacus issue or if I should be annoyed that the vendor can't send monthly receipts. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** There are fewer questions about what our expense policies are thanks to the blocking rules. If I enter something that violates a policy, it tells me and I can adjust right away. It is also nice that any feedback from our internal team is shared directly in the system and is associated with the specific expense. ### 11. Easy to use! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Commercial Real Estate | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I like abacus' mobile app a lot. It makes it easy to record expenses on the go. I also like that you can email receipts and to an abacus address and it will automatically store that receipt on the abacus website for you to use. This saves me a lot of time and it also helps me manage receipts when I receive them via email. I also like that it's very easy to set up as a first time user. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Can't send expenses without having service and I wish abacus could start to fill in some of the information like category when i enter in similar expenses. Other thank that, I think the app is pretty smart. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to send expenses in real time. I get my expenses approved and reimbursed much faster now. It used to take me a very long time to get expenses approved at previous companies. I also really like the attendees/participants feature where I can tag others that participated in the expense with me. There is also full visibility into who has approved your expense which just gives me confidence of the stakeholders in the process. ### 12. Easy-Peezy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bobbie G. | Clinical Team Specialist, RN BSN BBA, Hospital & Health Care, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It's fast, easy, and convenient. I literally don't even need to keep paper receipts in my wallet or folders anymore. I take a picture of all receipts and keep them in my phone on my abacus app and never deal with losing them again... and It's done immediately when I pay for something! Boom! Done! **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I can't customize some fields and can't edit some information after it's entered. It drives me a little crazy when I can't go back and change the detail that I entered or add more detail. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Always have the app on your main home screen so it is quickly and easily accessible on your phone. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** It can be done in purchasing realtime. Less saving receipts. Snap the receipt picture as you purchase. I used to lose receipts and now I don't have that problem any more and won't ever again. YEA! A win for Abacus! I also have learned that I save a ton of time. Time is saved on the front end at the point of sale... bc it's so easy, and hours are saved on the back end not having to fill out forms and attach documentation and worry about losing everything. ### 13. So easy I don't even think about it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Danae M. | Customer Success Manager, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The ability to pick out recent transactions straight from connected cards and turn them into expenses is awesome. Having Abacus handle my bank transfers means I don't even have to think about it. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** They can't put money back on a credit card, which means that if you make a purchase near the end of your billing cycle, you might have to float some cash to pay off your bill rather than wait for a bank transfer to a checking account, then paying that to the card. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Set up all of your bank accounts and credit cards on the software before you expense anything. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to go to Accounting every time I want to purchase something. If there is a deal on a flight for a conference I'm going to that appears on Saturday morning, I can just purchase it and get reimbursed for it in a couple of days. ### 14. 3 Pages of Expenses Cut to Nothing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stacey T. | Marketing Manager, Human Resources, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I'm in marketing and I spend a lot of money for my company. I used to have to have at least 3 pages of expenses a month I would have to fill out and attach paper receipts to. When we switched to Abacus I almost cried. I never had to call 5 different vendors trying to track down receipts anymore. Life changing. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** This is an OCD thing - but the fact that the you can't make the notification go away on your phone until you actually submit the expense. I like to live in a word of zero red notification bubbles. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cutting down the hours i used to spend filling out my monthly expenses. ### 15. Literally the easiest tool I've ever used **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Mileage calculation, emailing receipts, mobile app. Oh, and payment is SUPER fast if you have direct deposit set up. As soon as my expenses are approved by my company, I usually have the funds in my account within 48 hours. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** nothing, really. For me, it's been pretty easy. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I travel quite a bit for work and have lots of expenses. This tool allows me to not have to block out a chunk of time to create expense reports. I'm easily able to FWD all receipts and expense with a click, and I don't need to worry about details like adding dates, etc. ### 16. The PERFECT way to manage expenses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan M. | Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2016 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Abacus makes expenses SO a much easier. I can literally take a picture of my receipt, upload one, or grab a line item from my credit card and I'm on my way. No spreadsheets, no hassle. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Honestly, I haven't found anything that I dislike about it yet. It has truly been a great experience. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** From a finance stand point, you cut down immensely on turn around, which saves you a lost of pestering from the employee awaiting reimbursement. From a user stand point, I can actually have the money in my account, well before my credit card is due - which is awesome. ### 17. Real time consolidation of expenses **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jane A. | Postdoctoral Researcher, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Helps to budget in real time, by minimising workflow effort **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Implementing an existing expense policy might be slightly difficult - the automatic expense creation can sometimes result in additional personal expenditure being reported. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Try it out, its quite seamless and efficient. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a part of a startup, this helped manage seed funding, taking into account the evolving framework of the organisation. ### 18. Fast, easy expense reporting **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I like that Abacus allows you to report expenses in real time, rather than submitting monthly reports. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** They have certain features, like credit card linking, that I haven't been able to get working, but the core functionality is really all you need so that's not a big deal. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sending in technology and travel expenses as they happen, rather than in monthly reports. I can then get reimbursed more quickly. ### 19. Abacus is an excellent tool that has simplified our process and saved significant amount of time **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Abacus is different than other products because it allows more customization, alerts you to unreconciled card charges, and lets you create customizable pdf reports for clients as one document. The ability to aggregate and create reports on multiple criteria is extremely helpful. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Some things can only be done on computer than are not available on mobile version. I wish they functionality was greater on mobile version. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed to consolidate expenses by client for all employees that had expenses for that client and provide to them one pdf summary of all expenses and receipts. ### 20. Great tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The ease of setup and daily use is wonderful. In our previous system the connection to my bank took longer and was not clear, with Abacus the set up was intuitive and the UI makes it easy to navigate each time I use the product. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Clarity on approval steps - we have a 2 part approval process for expenses (first the manager, then finance). The second step is not clear, so each time I approve an expense for the first time my employees will ask about the status of their reimbursement. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Abacus for employee reimbursements for expenses. This is a really streamlined process with Abacus and I love the slack integration, letting me know when someone from my team has submitted an expense and allowing me to quickly approve or deny in my daily workflow. ### 21. Easy Peasy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** This software is much easier than anything else I've used, it automatically knows what expense report to add your expenses. It was intuitive, didn't need a tutorial, just simple to figure out. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I just had an issue adding my debit card. Looks like there was an additional step and then had to add my checking account vs debit card. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** importing expenses and getting reimbursed. ### 22. Budget in real time! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jane A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Real time expense allocation and consolidation for group spending! **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Reporting errors are a slightly higher level than manual accounting **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Definitely worth trying out - easy to keep track of group expenses to enable real time changes in resource allocation. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** enables real time completion of budget allocation and re-distribution of finances if required ### 23. Abacus makes my expensing life easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nils V. | Vice President Customer Success, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The mobile app is excellent and makes capturing expenses on the go a breeze. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I haven't run into anything I don't like with Abacus. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am an executive who has lots of expenses. Abacus makes it easy to scan, categorize and submit all of my expenses. Getting reimbursed quickly is also a huge benefit. ### 24. Great Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** User-Friendly. I like how I can just write my expenses and add the receipt feature. I like how certain expenses are automatically approved. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I would like a feature that tells me that my request has been viewed by my employer. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Easy and you get your money fast **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Money can be a sensitive topic, and I never want to sound like a bill collector to my employer, so Abacus makes it easy for me to submit what I paid out of pocket for company expenses. My employer views and approves each transaction. ### 25. Mobile Friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Individual & Family Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I only use mobile, and their app works really well for my needs. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It gives me this warning when submitting travel related expenses that I need to have someone else tagged with the expense in order to submit it. I am not sure why I need that, so I just tell it to submit anyways. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saved tons of time with reimbursements. ### 26. Abacus >> Expensify **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erik Z. | Co-Founder, COO, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Abacus does exactly what you want it to do with ease. You can sync your card, submit expenses, create rules for auto approval. As an admin, approving entries couldn't be easier. I do most of this on the mobile app. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Honestly, nothing. Everything works as described and does what I need it to do. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Expense reimbursement. ### 27. Easy to use to submit expenses **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** This program makes it very easy to take & upload photos of receipts, or drag & drop confirmations to submit for expenses. Gone are the days of having to tape receipts to pieces of paper and scan them, hoping everything came through okay. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I have not yet used the feature where you can connect your card's purchases to Abacus, because I only travel once per quarter and use my personal card. I imagine it would be perfect for frequent travelers or those with a corporate card. But it would be nice if there was something similar but for infrequent travelers so you didn't have to sort through ALL purchases on a card. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submitting expenses in a timely manner and having them approved and reimbursed very quickly. ### 28. Abacus made business travel easy! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kristopher H. | Technology Consultant, Design, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I dreaded doing expense reports previously and always had to wait to get a reimbursement check. Abacus simplified both. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It could be better to be able to customize the type of expense more. I'm not sure if this is something that my company has control over or not **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** I love that location services works very well to interpret the vendor. I have never had success with emailing to receipts@abacus.com **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our excel documents and scanning receipts was difficult and time consuming. I never carry another receipt, I do it immediately. ### 29. Live Updates Make Life Easy **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marlie S. | School Counselor, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I love that you can update your expenses live or in real time. I always hate saving receipts and used to be frantic when traveling that I would lose them. However, with the ability to take pictures of the receipts and upload instantly, it makes it much easier! The technical support far exceeds other software programs that I have used for the same purpose. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I do feel that the look and feel of the UI is a little outdated and could use a bit of a "facelift." It would also be great to customize the file prior to exporting to allow for a better data output based upon what the individual user needs. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** You definitely need to give it a go! Also, set up all feature (credit cards, etc.) prior to going live for employees. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefit of Abacus is TIME. You save so much time by live updating of expenses and receipt uploading. You save time with the ability to see expenses quickly and easily. It's not difficult to set up and it's so easy to use that you don't even have to think about it! ### 30. Abacus simplifies employee expenses **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christopher K. | Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** A simple user experience is at the core of Abacus' product. I makes a complex task simple for both employee & administrator. I've been pleasantly surprised by process of submitting my expenses, being approved by manager & administrator, and then paid out on a timely schedule. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Not too much i'd alter really. Perhaps as I use the product more. Maybe more explicit dates for when payouts will be sent? **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bulk distribution of employee expenses. We have a complex setup of distributing payouts for employees across the globe. ### 31. It's so easy to use and I like it's features **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The best part is submitting my reimbursement requests electronically and connecting my bank account info. Everything is so seemless. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Wish they could send me updates about where my reimbursement request is at and send reminders to my bosses. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Expenses reimbursed quickly and seamlessly ### 32. So easy to use and manage expenses! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 04, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** As someone who travels extensively for work, having Abacus on my phone for is super helpful. It allows me to quickly snap a picture of any receipts that need to be reimbursed and quickly submit expenses as I go or all in one at the end of the day. I won't have to worry about keeping track of all my paper receipts especially on longer trips where they can accumulate into a big pile fast. The user interface on mobile is so easy to use and I can travel with peace of mind knowing that I don't have to manage extra work to ensure I get reimbursed accurately. Extra points for converting any foreign currency for me! **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The location search functionality would be a little tricky to use especially in foreign countries where the receipts don't always have the location listed - or if there are multiple locations but in different languages. But this is a fairly minor issue. :) **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to track expenses easily and get reimbursed quickly. As an employee, this is a huge benefit for me to not have to worry about getting my expenses in time, in order, and organized in an efficient manner. Abacus does that for me! ### 33. We use Abacus for our daily expenses at my company. Its very easy and super user friendly. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elaine H. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It's super quick and was fast to learn. I love that there is an app for my phone **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** nada - love it! I wouldn't change anything **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I love that I can just snap a photo of the receipt and I'm done! ### 34. Easy expense management sofware **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Their mobile solution makes it really simple to capture business expenses quickly. The workflow and notification schema works well too. Quick to notify users of changes in their submitted expense reports. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Syncing with credit cards isn’t great and you can’t retract a previously sumbitted expense for editing. Hard to split payment and expenses up all well into different categories. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reimbursing employees for business related purchases. Also, communicating the expense policy and ensuring required metadata is capture when sumbitting expenses. ### 35. Ready for the 21st Century **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** How seamless it is to report an expense and check on its status. I'm particularly fond of the mobile app. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I cannot think of anything I dislike about Abacus. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I prefer to do things in the moment, so being able to expense things as I do, I'm in heaven. ### 36. Abacus review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jasmine V. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Abacus is fairly simple to use and my reimbursement come in very quickly **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I do not dislike anything about Abacus. It’s all good things. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes it very easy to submit expenses and have our office manager approve them ### 37. Great use across the board! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Felicia R. | Post-Bar Law Clerk, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Great way to update information and have everyone see it right away. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Sometimes it could be confusing to use. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making sure that everyone knows what is going on and what has been changed right away without having to call anyone. ### 38. Easy to use with a great mobile app **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sharon W. | Head of Customer Training, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I like the mobile app best because I can expense things as I go. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I don't like that a tag is required but I'm not sure if this is a product requirement or my company's requirement. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** It's easy to use, saves you time if you use the Mobile app and upload expenses as you go, which in turn allows you to get reimbursed faster. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to spend an entire half day uploading expenses after a work trip. I can do it as I go and immediately so I get reimbursed faster, ### 39. Convenient **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kate P. | Head of Customer Success and Operations, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** As an employee it is very easy to get reimbursed for the expenses without the need of tracking everything on my end. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It is a good platform. I don't dislike anything. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** reimbursement plan for employees ### 40. Abacus is great! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Evan S. | Sales Development, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Very intuitive and very quick to get my expenses sent and approved. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Not much I can think of. I really like the platform and do not have complaints **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Incredibly easy to use to streamline expenses. ### 41. I think this is great product! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Real Estate | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I really like how straightforward the site is and how easy it is to maneuver. I also like that when you upload each expense, the site tells you the next steps for it. Like if it has to be approved or if it's on its way. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The bank connection doesn't really work that well. It doesn't stay updated and it wasn't easy for me to figure out how to use. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** I do recommend it, it's very easy to use! **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it as a way for our employees to independently take control of their reimbursements. We can do it all on our own time and we can track our expenses at our leisure. ### 42. easy receipt submission on the go **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** jiaqi s. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The ease of taking a picture of the receipt **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** hard to find the correct category, have to scroll a lot **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** reimbursement of meals and mileages; easy submission & approval. ### 43. Intuitive Expenses UI **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Receipt drag and drop support and support for many file type **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** No way to archive expenses. It would be nice to have a screen that only lists pending expenses **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Faster expenses processing from uploading to payment. ### 44. Excellent expense management **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 02, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Abacus is easy to use and integrates quickly accross platforms **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** It doesn't allow integration with other expense management software **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** I would definitely recommend using this software **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before using Abacus, redemption of travel costs was a headache for the employees. Now it's a matter of a few minutes ### 45. Straightforward UI and seamless transitions between pages -- nice **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** As someone who's doing a zillion things at once at work, I appreciate that there's a capability to save previous expenses and a drag and drop capability for receipts. Just enough email updates to let me know that $ is on the way and when managers will approve of my expenses. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I have nothing constructive to add here. There has never been a hiccup at all. As I said before, I don't have to think much about the product -- so reliable! **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Expenses can sometimes get lost in a managerial black hole when they're waiting to be approved. Full transparency with Abacus solves this issue. ### 46. Fast mobile expense management and reimbursement **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephen S. | Partner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** This is a very easy, mobile first expense management and reimbursement app. Our team uses this to track and submit expenses, either by photo, email, or credit card sync. Payment is fast. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** The mobile app occasionally stalls. Email forwarding of receipts could support multiple email addresses per person. **Recommendations to others considering Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus):** Just started using it. The pricing is transparent and based on active users. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** This helps our team keep expenses tracked, properly accounted, and promptly reimbursed. ### 47. Intuitive reimbursements **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Abacus allows you to email in receipts- really easy to take a picture and send it in immediately **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** No dislikes - all vendors do not show. This might be standard but when adding a person to a meal it cuts the expense per person, Wish there was a setting to turn off this feature. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reimbursements for business expenses and travel ### 48. Easy to use, and fast accounting across devices! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** I have the app on my phone and it's so easy to submit expenses on the go as they occur! Great that it also syncs to your card or photo gallery to upload transactions. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** wish there was expense recognition—like where the app could read the receipt/image, or suggest an expense based on a recurring amount— outside of pulling directly from your debit card (if you don't want to link your card to upload all of your personal expenses). **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** we use it for employee business expense and reimbursement management so that our HR and accounting team can spend less administrative time there. ### 49. Useful expensing software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David P. | Launch Team Engineer, Internet, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 03, 2018 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Can easily invoice expenses throufh app and set up payment account on approval. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Nothing, pretty much does everything you want. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Buying team lunches and office supplies and quickly invoicing them through HR. ### 50. Abacus **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nehemiah W. | Supervisor, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Having our overall team performance stats available but if I need to view individual stats for an employee I can. **What do you dislike about Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus)?** Does not update consistently. Some days reporting would lag. **What problems is Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to see my whole team on whole page. ## Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Discussions - [Can I use Abacus to create custom reports?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-i-use-abacus-to-create-custom-reports) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [Does Abacus integrate with Slack?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/does-abacus-integrate-with-slack) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Can you read receipt images?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-you-read-receipt-images) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Can I sync my corporate card program?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-i-sync-my-corporate-card-program) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Do I have to approve one expense at a time?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/do-i-have-to-approve-one-expense-at-a-time) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/emburse-spend-formerly-abacus/reviews?open_modal_url=%2Fit%2Fproducts%2Femburse-spend-formerly-abacus%2Fwishlists%3Fhost_path%3D%252Fproducts%252Femburse-spend-formerly-abacus%252Freviews%26source%3Dsticky_header_pin&page=8§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-03+21%3A05%3A36+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=bb30914f-9553-4eb3-9f9d-1c391d2f91d8&secure%5Btoken%5D=34202afb66fd0e232d6750ef5d8dc9ec3159f82b6f26a42d69a35c31179a32a7&format=llm_user) ## Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Integrations - [Optro](https://www.g2.com/products/optro/reviews) - [QuickBooks Online](https://www.g2.com/products/quickbooks-online/reviews) ## Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Features **Expense Reports** - Ease of Creating Expense Reports - Bank / Credit Card Integration - Smart Categorization - Digital Receipt Management - Employee Reimbursement - Currency Conversions - Credit Card Integration **Setup** - Data - Approvals - Alignment **Card Management** - Card Types - Card Controls - Card Personalization - Configuration - Fulfillment - Replacement **Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance** - Autonomous Task Execution **Agentic AI - Expense Management** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration **Travel Management** - Ease of Booking - Itinerary Management - Trip Notifications - Advanced Integrations **Performance** - KPIs - Benchmarks - Forecasting - Savings **Controls** - Tokenization - Security - Card Networks - Integration - Testing - APIs **Payment Cards** - One-time Virtual - Recurring Virtual - Physical **Client Invoicing** - Electronic Payments - Project Accounting / Revenue Recognition **Reporting** - Real time - Multiple Views - Export - Budgets **Generative AI - Expense Management** - Image-to-Text - Text Generation - Text Summarization **Payments** - Vendor - Recurring - Employee Reimbursements - ACH **Mobile** - Receipt Capture - Mileage Tracking - Travel Itinerary and Flight Status Updates **Platform** - Embedded AI / Machine Learning - Complex Approval Workflow **Fraud & Risk Management** - Notifications - Unique Cards - Controls **Administration** - PCI Regulation Compliant **Agentic AI - Spend Management** - Proactive Assistance **Administration** - Business Tool Integration - Workflow - Automated Reminders - Policy Compliance Management - User, Role, and Access Management **Platform** - Reporting - APIs / Integration - Internationalization - Performance and Reliability - Mobile User Support - Offline ## Top Emburse Spend (formerly Abacus) Alternatives - [Rydoo](https://www.g2.com/products/rydoo/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (719 reviews) - [Navan (Formerly TripActions)](https://www.g2.com/products/navan-formerly-tripactions/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (9,140 reviews) - [SAP Concur](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-concur/reviews) - 4.0/5.0 (7,045 reviews)