Expense claims

    Expense claims, checked against policy and approved on time

    FlowExpense replaces reimbursement emails and helpdesk tickets: employees add expenses with receipts, the company's policy is checked as they type, and claims go to the manager and finance with reminders until they are decided.

    3

    Category types: amount, mileage, per day

    3

    Users free

    1

    Employee record shared with HR

    30%+

    Below Zoho Expense

    Reimbursements by email

    • Bills sent as attachments or tickets, then lost in threads
    • Limits checked by hand, if at all
    • The same bill claimed twice without anyone noticing
    • Nobody knows who is holding a claim or for how long

    Claims with the policy built in

    • Every expense line carries its receipt, category and amount
    • Limits, receipt rules and filing windows checked before submit
    • Approvers see policy flags at the top of the claim
    • Each step is tracked, with daily reminders to approvers

    What FlowExpense does

    Everything below is available in the product today.

    Claims

    From any phone

    Add expense lines with one or more receipts (photo or PDF), save a draft, submit when ready and follow each approval step.

    Several receipts per line
    Drafts and withdraw
    Claim numbers and full history

    Policies

    Per company

    Set limits per line, per day and per month, when a receipt is required and how long employees have to file - by grade, department, location and employment type.

    Per-grade overrides
    Block or ask for a justification
    Filing window per category

    Categories

    Amount, mileage, per day

    Travel, food, internet and more as amount categories; mileage as distance times your rate per vehicle; allowances per day.

    Mileage rates per vehicle
    Per-day allowances
    Categories switched on per company

    Approvals

    Manager, then finance

    Claims go to the reporting manager, an optional step above an amount, then finance. Approvers can approve part of a line, send back or reject.

    Named approvers & fallbacks
    No self-approval
    Bulk approve

    Reminders

    Nothing waits

    Employees get an email at each decision; approvers get one daily list of claims waiting for them.

    Approval needed and decided emails
    Daily approver reminders
    Finance copy on every claim (optional)

    All claims

    For finance

    Every claim in the company with filters by status, department, category and date, totals, and export of claims or expense lines.

    Search and filters
    Claimed vs approved totals
    CSV export

    A claim in FlowExpense

    1

    Add expenses

    Pick the category, enter the amount and attach the receipt; policy checks run as you type.

    2

    Submit

    The claim gets a number and goes to the approvers your policy sets.

    3

    Approve

    Manager and finance approve, approve part, send back or reject - with reminders.

    4

    Export

    Finance exports approved claims and expense lines for payment and accounts.

    Built for

    Employees

    File a claim in a minute from the phone and see where it is.

    Managers

    Approve from one list with the policy flags in front of them.

    Finance

    Set the rules once, review every claim and export for accounts.

    FlowExpense pricing, 30%+ below Zoho

    Per month, billed annually, excluding taxes. Free plan to start.

    Free
    $0
    Up to 3 users
    Standard
    $2.09 / user / month
    vs Zoho Expense Standard $3 30% less
    Premium
    $3.49 / user / month
    vs Zoho Expense Premium $5 30% less

    FlowExpense FAQs

    Move reimbursements off email

    Set up your categories and policy, invite your team and let the next claim go through FlowExpense.