Expense Anywhere vs Expensify (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Expense Anywhere if

• Fits if you are a large company or public body that wants expenses, invoices and cards in one system
• Works for finance teams that run on a demo and a contract rather than a self-serve plan

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you can't see a price first, as none is published and you have to book a demo
• Not for you if you are a small team, as there is no self-serve plan
• Tight if you want to try before you buy, as no free plan or trial is listed
• Watch out: the site says it works on mobile but names no app store listing, so check what the phone side actually is

Pick Expensify if

• Fits if your team mostly needs receipts scanned and money paid back
• Works for an employee whose company has no expense tool yet

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you add people who rarely spend, as Collect bills every member
• Skip it if you want the $9 Control rate without moving spend onto the Expensify Card
• Tight if you use NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Desktop or Workday, as they connect only on Control
• Pricey if you won't commit to a year, as Control is then $36 a member a month
• Watch out: the 30-day trial starts when you create a workspace, and card cash back counts US purchases only

Expense Anywhere

• No prices are published; the vendor asks visitors to request a demo.
• The site says the product works on desktop, tablet and mobile but does not list app stores or platforms.
• Aimed at enterprise and public-sector buyers, so there is no self-serve plan for a small team.

Expensify

• Control's $9 rate needs an annual plan and the Expensify Card for at least half of settled spend; otherwise it is $18 on an annual plan or $36 with no commitment.
• Collect bills every member added to a workspace, active or not; Control bills anyone who creates, submits, approves, reimburses or exports a report that month.
• NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Desktop and Workday connect only on Control; Collect syncs with QuickBooks Online and Xero.
• The Expensify Card is issued by The Bancorp Bank in the US, and cash back counts US purchases only.

Expense Anywhere

Receipt capture

Employees photograph a receipt or forward an email, and OCR and AI fill in the expense report fields.

Policy checks and approvals

Reports are validated against company policy before submission, with approval flows set by department or spend limit and approval from email, the app or a dashboard.

Global reimbursement

Employees can be paid by EFT, ACH or virtual card in other currencies, according to the vendor.

Invoice and PO automation

InvoiceAnywhere handles PO and non-PO invoices with 2-, 3- and 4-way matching and routes them through to payment.

Mileage and prepaid cards

DriveAnywhere captures mileage for trip reports, and PurchaseAnywhere automates low-dollar spend on prepaid and debit cards.

ERP and travel integrations

The vendor says it connects to ERP, HR, travel management company and corporate card systems, and supports U.S. federal travel policies.

Expensify

SmartScan receipts

Photograph or forward a receipt and Expensify reads it into an expense, with unlimited scans on every plan including the free one.

Approvals and reimbursement

Reports go to an approver and are paid back by ACH. Control adds multiple approvers, custom expense rules and admin-enforced controls.

Expensify Card

Unlimited cards, virtual ones included, with Smart Limits, paying 1% cash back on US purchases and 2% once monthly spend passes $250,000.

Travel booking

Book flights, hotels, cars and rail inside Expensify, with travel rules, trip approvals and a 24/7 support line.

Bills and invoices

Supplier bills are scanned from a dedicated email address and paid automatically, and invoices can be sent from the same account.

Chat on every expense

Each expense and report has its own comment thread, alongside chat rooms and direct messages between employees.

Expense Anywhere

Pricing could not be confirmed. See expenseanywhere.com.

Expensify

• Submit$0

  For individual employees: receipt scanning, mileage, expense reports and submitting them to an approver.

• Collect$5

  per member / month, billed monthly

  Billed for every member, active or not. Reimbursements, card feeds, approvals, travel booking and QuickBooks Online or Xero sync.

• Control$9

  per active member / month, annual plan using the Expensify Card

  $18 on an annual plan without the card, $36 with no commitment. Adds NetSuite and Sage Intacct, multi-step approvals, SSO and budgets.

Expense Anywhere

No public discounts listed.

Expensify

• Annual discount

  Half price on Control with an annual subscription

  Control costs $18 per active member a month on an annual subscription, against $36 on pay-per-use with no commitment.

• Other savings

  Control at $9 when you use the Expensify Card

  On an annual subscription, Control drops to $9 per active member a month when the Expensify Card carries at least 50% of settled US spend that month.