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Expensya

Expense reports with advanced OCR, legally compliant archiving included on Premium.

Expensya digitises expense reports with multi-language OCR, approval workflows and accounting integrations. Acquired by Medius in 2023, now skewed toward enterprise. Pricing is opaque on the official site.

Who it's for

SMBs and mid-market companies with 50 to 500 employees, especially in multi-country or multi-currency contexts needing advanced OCR and complex approval workflows.

Why

Solid multi-language OCR, NF Z42-013 legally compliant archiving included on the Premium plan, accounting integrations. Good cost-to-value ratio in an international setting.

Key features

  • Advanced multi-language OCR on receipt photos
  • NF Z42-013 legally compliant archiving (Premium plan)
  • Multi-level approval workflows
  • Integrations with Sage 100, Cegid Loop, Pennylane
« Expensya, automated expense management for every business » · Expensya (official YouTube channel), 18 Jun 2026

Guarantee

100 % independent

No commercial ties with the vendor. Score never paid for.

Vendor health

Maintenance

0 release in 12 months

Maintenance: acquired by Medius in 2023, stronger enterprise focus perceived as a dilution of SMB support. Recurring bugs reported on ExpensyaNext (new UI) in 2025-2026.

Detailed scorecard

methodology

Every score is backed by cited and dated sources. Unmeasured dimensions are excluded from the calculation, never invented.

DimensionScoreWeight
True hidden cost
Official pricing page is empty ('Contact us'). Third-party sources converge on €6 (Smart) and €10 (Premium) per user per month excl. VAT, but these are not officially confirmed. Add-on modules push the base price higher.
« Smart: €6/user/month (entry-level). Premium: €10/user/month (multi-country, NF Z42-013 archiving, virtual cards). » source, 15 April 2026
5
20 %
Native support quality
French support available, team historically split between France and Tunisia. Capterra FR 4.3/5 over 425 reviews, Appvizer 4.4/5 over 200+ reviews. Reaching a French-speaking tier-1 agent during French business hours has been reported as difficult since the Medius acquisition.
« Its ease of use and intuitive interface, which makes managing expense reports easy » Capterra, 23 September 2025
6
10 %
Accounting integration
Sage 100, Cegid Loop and Pennylane integrations available. Third-party sources rate French integration depth as below that of native FR specialists (N2F, Mooncard), notably on Sage 100 connectors.
« French integration less thorough than specialised FR editors, notably on Sage 100 connectors » source, 20 April 2026
6
15 %
Commitment and exit path
Standard annual commitment. Legally compliant archiving creates strong dependency (retrieving signed PDFs is possible but requires planning).
« Standard annual contracts, terms on request » éditeur, 18 June 2026
6
10 %
French tax compliance
NF Z42-013 legally compliant archiving included from the Premium plan, relying on a third-party SAE (Docaposte or CDC Arkhineo type). Recoverable VAT via OCR. DGFiP/URSSAF mileage rates built in. EU hosting and ISO 27001 announced.
« Probative archiving (NF Z42-013 conformant) is included starting from the Premium plan » éditeur, 10 February 2026
8
15 %
Automation and OCR
Advanced multi-language OCR, automatic categorisation, automatic recoverable VAT detection. Configurable approval workflows. Recent bugs reported on ExpensyaNext (2025 UI).
« Fast, accurate OCR, automatic deductible VAT detection and smart categorisation » source, 22 March 2026
8
6 %
Onboarding time
Not measured first-hand. To be timed on a real case.
not measured
12 %
Support responsiveness
Not measured first-hand. Reaching French-speaking tier-1 support has been reported as difficult since the Medius acquisition.
not measured
12 %

Testimonials, fully transcribed

A selection of real user quotes. Click to read the original source.

Right for your profile?

PME
good fit
TPE
with limits
Freelance
avoid
Auto-entrepreneur
avoid
Artisan
avoid

PME

Best if: SMBs with 50 to 500 employees in multi-country or multi-currency setups needing advanced OCR and complex workflows. Premium at roughly €10/user/month is competitive against Spendesk or SAP Concur.

Avoid if: You are a single-country FR company under 50 people: Mooncard or N2F are better aligned with French compliance and publish their pricing.

TPE

Best if: Works if you are already multi-country or if multi-language OCR is critical. Smart plan at €6/user stays competitive for 5 to 20 FR employees in a single country.

Avoid if: Simple single-country FR setup: Mooncard or N2F are more aligned with local French compliance.

Freelance

Best if: No solo plan available.

Avoid if: Opaque pricing, oversized for one user. Prefer Indy or Tiime integrated with your bookkeeping.

Auto-entrepreneur

Best if: No relevant use case.

Avoid if: You have no VAT to reclaim (flat-rate VAT exemption): the main value of Expensya (OCR + VAT) is zero. Poor cost-to-value ratio.

Artisan

Best if: Not suited to craft businesses under 5 employees.

Avoid if: Mandatory third-party card pairing, imperfect Sage/Cegid integration. Not optimal for local FR compliance.

Real observed pricing

PlanObserved price/monthObserved on
Smart (estimation tierce)€6.0018 June 2026
Premium (estimation tierce)€10.0018 June 2026
Enterprise (sur devis)€0.0018 June 2026
  • About €6/user/month excl. VAT. Entry-level plan, up to ~100 users, single-country FR. Rate relayed by comparateur-notes-de-frais.fr (04/2026) and appvizer.fr. The official expensya.com/fr/tarifs page shows no pricing.
  • About €10/user/month excl. VAT. Multi-country, multi-currency, advanced workflows, unlimited OCR+, NF Z42-013 legal archiving, virtual cards. Rate relayed by comparateur-notes-de-frais.fr (04/2026).
  • Mid-market, 500+ employees. Custom quote only. Pricing opaque on the official page.

Weaknesses, avoid if

  • Opaque pricing on the official FR site (page /tarifs shows no grid, 'Contact us' only, verified 18/06/2026). Low transparency vs FR competitors like N2F or Mooncard.
  • No built-in corporate card: Expensya must be paired with a third party (Qonto, Mooncard, Spendesk), adding manual reconciliation overhead for small and mid-sized teams.
  • Medius acquisition (July 2023, completed December 2023): stronger enterprise focus perceived as a dilution of SMB support. Recurring bugs reported on the new ExpensyaNext UI in 2025-2026 (slow app, broken manual VAT calculation).