Expensify vs PayPal: who evaluates each
Updated
In our data, 13 companies have people who reviewed both Expensify and PayPal: 3% of the 496 companies whose people reviewed Expensify, and 3% of the 484 that reviewed PayPal.
Expensify
- Companies
- 496
- Contacts
- 520
- Countries
- 37
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PayPal
- Companies
- 484
- Contacts
- 527
- Countries
- 55
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How many companies evaluated both
- Expensify only
- 483
- companies
- Both
- 13
- companies
- PayPal only
- 471
- companies
Only 13 companies evaluated both Expensify and PayPal, representing 3% of Expensify's review base and 3% of PayPal's. The low overlap suggests that buyers typically assess these products separately rather than as direct alternatives.
Who reviews each, by team
| Expensify | PayPal | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 5210% | 183% |
| Marketing | 387% | 499% |
| Engineering & IT | 8717% | 12424% |
| Operations & Finance | 8817% | 8015% |
| Consulting & Analysis | 5611% | 469% |
| Leadership | 10119% | 5510% |
| Other | 9819% | 15529% |
Expensify drew its strongest interest from Leadership (101 reviewers) and Operations & Finance (88 reviewers), while PayPal's reviews were concentrated in Engineering & IT (124 reviewers) and Other roles (155 reviewers).
What else they compared
Companies that reviewed Expensify also reviewed
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Frequently asked questions
- How many companies looked at only one of these products?
- 483 companies reviewed Expensify but not PayPal, and 471 companies reviewed PayPal but not Expensify.
- Which product attracted more Operations & Finance team interest?
- Expensify was reviewed by 88 people from Operations & Finance roles, compared to 80 for PayPal.
- Did Engineering & IT teams evaluate these products differently?
- PayPal drew 124 Engineering & IT reviewers, while Expensify attracted 87 from that team.