A Ramp and Expensify alternative for approving purchases before they happen
Muin Spend is not a company card. It runs the request, the approval, the quotes, the purchase order, the delivery and the bill match, with budget and fund rules checked along the way.
What each one is built for
Muin Spend
Approving purchases before they happen and matching the bill to what was ordered and received.
- Requests in plain words, checked against budget and fund
- Quotes, purchase orders and receiving
- Bills matched to the PO and delivery, then posted
Ramp
Corporate cards with spend controls, plus bill pay.
- Spending happens on cards Ramp issues
- Check Ramp for the approval and purchasing features it offers today
Expensify
Expense reports and receipt scanning, with its own card.
- Employees submit expenses after they spend
- Check Expensify for the approval features it offers today
Muin facts are from the Procurement guides. Descriptions of other tools are general; check each vendor's site for current features and prices.
What Muin Spend does today
- Approval tiers by amount, with the budget left and the fund rules in front of the approver.
- A restricted fund or grant that cannot pay for a category is refused when the request is submitted.
- Awarding with fewer quotes than your rules require asks for a reason.
- Receiving on the web or at the door on Muin Go, with a packing slip photo.
- Paid bills with no PO, or with a PO that was never approved, listed by vendor.
- You pay vendors from your own bank account; Muin records the payment so the bill closes.
Muin Spend prices
Spend
Or $500 a year.
For other tools' prices, see each vendor's own pricing page.
Questions to ask any tool
- Is spending approved before it happens, or reviewed after?
- Does the approver see the budget left and any fund or grant restriction?
- Can a bill be checked against the purchase order and the delivery?
- Do you need to move your spending onto a new card?
Which one fits
Ramp or Expensify suits a team that spends on cards and reviews expenses afterwards.
Spend suits an organization that approves purchases first, orders through purchase orders and pays vendor bills from its own bank.