Head to head
Expensify vs Brex
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
54/100 | 56/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #3 | #3 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 88 | 92 |
| AI Authority | 34 | 61 |
| Web Authority | 16 | 18 |
| Expert Assessment | 71 | 28 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | USD $5 per unique member/month (Collect, pay-per-use only) · free tier: Free Submit workspace for individual employees to code and submit expenses to an approver; excludes approvals, payments, company cards and accounting integrations. G2 also lists a free trial (30-day trial then 50% off six months via G2 Deals). | $0 user/month (Essentials); first paid tier $12 user/month · free tier: Essentials at $0 user/month — global card acceptance and 1 local card program, AI custom rules, up to two entities (1 global entity), accounting integrations, local currency wires, free travel booking, real-time reporting, Brex API access, bill pay and reimbursements |
| Pricing model | Subscription (per-member, annual or pay-per-use) | Subscription (per user/month, freemium entry tier; Enterprise custom) |
| Best for | Small to mid-sized teams (roughly 5–200 employees) running QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite or Sage Intacct that want employee-friendly receipt capture at a low per-seat price and are willing to move card spend onto the Expensify Card to halve the Control rate. | US-centric startups wanting a genuinely free card, expense and bill-pay stack, and mid-market finance teams (roughly 50-1,000 seats) that need policy enforcement, multi-entity US+international operations and ERP/HRIS syncs at $12 user/month. |
| Avoid if | You have volatile headcount but need an Annual Control contract, refuse to adopt the Expensify Card, have low tolerance for frequent UI changes, or need approvals, company cards and accounting sync on a zero budget. | You have heavy international card spend that cannot absorb an FX markup of up to 3%, a large population of occasional spenders (uniform-plan rule), a hard requirement for SSO and audit logs on a free-tier budget, or a procurement process needing fixed published pricing before engagement. |
| Markets | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise | Startups, SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Founded | 2008 | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.