Comparison · 2026 edition
Ramp vs Spendesk: spend management compared 2026.
Ramp and Spendesk side by side in the Expense Cards and Spend Management Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
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Ramp and Spendesk side by side in the Expense Cards and Spend Management Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
In the Expense Cards and Spend Management Index, Ramp scores higher overall: 4.7 out of 5 (93 out of 100) against 3.9 (78), ranking 3 and 5 of 12. Ramp also scores higher in every segment.
Overall and segment scores out of 100, and the score out of 5.
| Score | Ramp | Spendesk |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| Score out of 100 | 93 | 78 |
| Overall rank | 3 of 12 | 5 of 12 |
| For startups and small firms (out of 100) | 91, rank 3 | 71, rank 7 |
| For mid-market and multi-country groups (out of 100) | 94, rank 2 | 78, rank 4 |
| For regulated financial firms (out of 100) | 94, rank 2 | 85, rank 4 |
| Type | Corporate card and finance automation platform | Spend management platform |
Each score with the evidence behind it.
| Criterion | Ramp | Spendesk |
|---|---|---|
| Product coverage | 5/5 Cards, reimbursements, bill pay, travel booking and procurement all published. | 4/5 Cards, reimbursements, bill pay and procurement published; no travel booking. |
| Published pricing | 4/5 Per-user prices published, but the Plus platform fee is not. | 1/5 Pricing model described with no figures. |
| Global reach | 5/5 Local-currency card issuing in 30+ countries published. | 3/5 35+ countries served; local issuing in Europe and the US. |
| Integration | 4/5 Named ERP connections published; a developer API not confirmed on the pages read. | 5/5 Accounting, ERP and HRIS connections and an open API published. |
| Regulatory standing | 5/5 Named issuers with regulator and reference numbers, and SOC 2 Type II. | 5/5 Own ACPR licence with number, named partners and ISO 27001:2022. |
| Spend controls | 5/5 Limits, merchant controls, approvals and automatic receipt capture all published. | 5/5 Card types, receipt rules, budgets and approval workflows published. |
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in the Expense Cards and Spend Management Index. 0 means not offered or not published. How it is scored
What each provider publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
| Fact | Ramp | Spendesk |
|---|---|---|
| Product coverage | Corporate Card; Travel & Expense with flight, hotel and car booking; reimbursements; Accounts Payable; Procurement as an add-on to Plus or Enterprise. | Unlimited physical, single-use and recurring virtual cards; "Reimburse and track expenses in one place"; Procurement and Accounts Payable add-ons. |
| Pricing | Free: "$0/mo/user". Plus: "$15/mo/user + Platform fee based on team size". Enterprise: custom. 1099 filing "$.65 per IRS filing". | "Fixed monthly subscription fee" plus "variable pricing based on the number of transactions"; "Card orders are free of charge"; "We do not charge active user fees". No figures; "Request a free quote". |
| Global reach | "Local currency card issuing in 30+ countries" on Enterprise; platform "available in 190+ countries". | "Finance teams across 35+ countries rely on Spendesk"; cards issued in the EEA, UK and US. |
| Integration | QuickBooks Online and Xero; NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Acumatica and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on Plus; Workday and Oracle Fusion Cloud on Enterprise. | Xero, QuickBooks and Datev; "40+ HRIS tools, ERP and travel systems" add-on; "Spendesk's open API". |
| Regulatory standing | Cards issued in the US by Celtic Bank, Column N.A., Sutton Bank and Lead Bank; in the UK by "Stripe Payments UK Limited, an electronic money institution authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number: 900461)"; in the EEA by Stripe Technology Europe Limited (Central Bank of Ireland C187865). Annual SOC 2 Type II audits. | "Spendesk Financial Services is a French payment institution licensed by the ACPR under number 17518"; UK cards by Adyen (FCA 779800); US by Sutton Bank. "Spendesk also holds the ISO 27001:2022 certification." |
| Spend controls | "Category and vendor controls"; cards lock automatically "when required receipts or items aren't submitted on time"; approval workflows routed by GL code and entity; "Auto-receipt collection and matching". | Custom rules for receipt collection with reminders; OCR receipt extraction; real-time budgets; dynamic approver roles and multi-condition workflows (add-on). |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 | 26 October 2026 |
Not published or not stated by Ramp: integration.
Not published or not stated by Spendesk: nothing in this profile is marked as not published or not stated.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: ramp.com/pricing, ramp.com/global, ramp.com/security; and spendesk.com/en/pricing, spendesk.com/en, spendesk.com/en/security.
Awards follow from the published scores and cannot be bought.
From each provider's strongest criteria and published terms.
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