Difference between Concur Standard versus Professional

[dworth]

Hi,

In a discussion with consultants, I just heard there are two versions of Concur...  What are the differences/pros/cons of each?

Thanks!!

[KevinD]

I'll give you the major difference: Much more customization with Professional as far as employee groups, policies, forms and fields, audit rules, custom workflows, etc.

I lied, I'll give you one more major difference: time to implement with Standard is way less.

[dworth]

Ok...  so, is there a test area/demo/video that shows these differences?  The reason I am asking is because we are still struggling to get Concur up and running using some "basic" workflows.  We did, after some time, find out there are some COA options (THANK YOU USERS GROUP) but it seems like that is not exactly what we are looking for as it has some "limitations."  Realistically, we are not asking for something that is overly complicated but I guess it doesn't fit within the Standard box.

Thanks!!

[Jefffuller]

Thanks for the info.

Are you able to track or be notified if employees do not show up for their flight and hotel reseverations? 

If so, is this available for both standard and professional?

[KevinD]

@Jefffuller I've not heard of anything like this.

I think you would need to sneak an Apple Air tag into their luggage or something to track them. 🙂

[Jefffuller]

HAHA! We may hold off on that. Thank you. 🙂

Does this impact reporting on employee locations in case of emergency?

Additionally, is there any visibility or notification if an employee cancels (for credits - I understand we would see this on oir company card) or changes a flight directly with an airline after it was booked via concur?

[KevinD]

@Jefffuller Hmm, good question about emergencies. I'm not sure, but I know that we do have something for duty of care. The system would know where the traveler should be based on their booking, but if they don't get on the flight, the system wouldn't know that.

Most likely there isn't anything that notifies anyone else if the traveler cancels. If they make a change directly with the airline, SAP Concur wouldn't have a record of that.

[tjbmoreno]

We started with Standard and migrated to Professional.  Happy to discuss the differences. Message me and we can set up a time to talk.

terri.moreno@anaren.com

[narmbrust]

Hi

Can you tell me what you found to be the major differnce between Standard and Professional? We have standard and we are finding alot of issues with fields that we need to be mandatory for our business.

Thanks!

[luke_finnemore]

Hi there - 

Considering making the move from the Standard version of Invoice and T&E to Professional. Would anyone be able to discuss the pinchpoints that resulted in the migration to Pro?

Thanks a million,

Luke

[KevinD]

I can tell you a few limitations of Standard and some things to consider to see if migrating to professional is the way to go. 

1. If you need to have multiple workflows, professional allows this. This is if different groups of employees in your company need to have different approval routings for some reason.

2. If you have or want multiple ledgers for your expenses.

3. If you want to use alternate account codes for expense types and have them tracked for more than 10 of your company entities. For example, if your company uses Department to track expenses and each department has their own GL Code for expenses. Standard edition allows you to have alternate codes, but for only 10 departments (or whatever custom field you need). Professional allows for much more.

4. If you need to have different policies for your employees. Policies determine how a user will "use" the system. Standard doesn't really have Policies like this. 

These are just a few things to consider. There are others things to take into account, but these are some of the most common. 

I hope this helps.

Kevin

[deepakashokgupt]

Do we have any Feature Comparison document for Expense Configuration? 

[KevinD]

@deepakashokgupt yes there is. If you send me your email address, I can send you a copy. 

[deepakashokgupt]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the quick response. 

My email address is "gupta.deepak@hotmail.com"

Thanks,

-Deepak Gupta

[deepakashokgupt]

Hi Kevin,

Have you shared the file with me? 

Thanks,

-Deepak Gupta

[ngbharadwaj]

Hey @KevinD , could you share the copy with me also on ngbharadwaj.sg@gmail.com. I'm helping a client identify the right fit for them and this will be super helpful. They are looking to implement both Expense & Travel.

[bho]

Hi @KevinD,

Can you please send me @bho a copy of features comparison between Concur Standard and Professional? We want to implement custom GSA rates and we’re not sure which one our company should go for. Thanks. 

Best,

Brian

[KevinD]

@bho I see you are on our Standard Configuration. The Standard product does not allow for custom rates. When you Travel Allowance is activated on a Standard Configuration, the system brings in the current published GSA Rates.

[SPGAB]

Kevin - I would like a copy of the Feature Comparison document between Concur Standard and Professional.  We currently have Standard and are considering moving to Professional.  stephanie.park@germanamerican.com.  Thank you!

[KevinD]

@SPGAB I'll send it to you here on the Community in a private message.

[SarahM1]

Hi Kevin, are you able to send a copy of this? We recently had a call with relationship managers but they have only offered calls with consultants rather than a brief overview which is what we asked for.