The fair version — what each is great at, and where an all-in-one wins.
Expensify
Free tier
Receipt scanning & corporate cards
Collect $5/member/mo (flat); Control $9/member/mo (with annual commitment + Expensify Card; otherwise $18)
Free: Free personal plan; single-user, no approvals or reimbursement
Genuinely great at
- Best-in-class SmartScan receipt OCR (auto-reads merchant, amount, date)
- Expensify Card with cash back and auto-reconciliation
- One-click ACH reimbursement and deep accounting integrations
Where Log My Business wins
- Built to bill clients, not just reimburse W-2 employees
- Mileage + expenses + invoicing + time in one platform
- A billable flag pushes an expense straight onto a client invoice
- $7.99 covers your whole business
MileIQ
Free tier
Automatic mileage tracking
Individual $13.99/mo ($11.66 annual); Teams $9/user; Teams Pro $10/user
Free: Free: 40 automatically tracked drives per month
Genuinely great at
- Gold-standard passive GPS drive detection — logs trips in the background
- Swipe left/right to classify business vs personal
- Clean, IRS-compliant mileage reports
Where Log My Business wins
- Mileage AND expenses AND invoicing — MileIQ is mileage only
- Custom and per-user rates are free (MileIQ gates them to $10 Teams Pro)
- Mileage rolls into billing instead of sitting in a silo
- $7.99 for the whole platform vs $9–10 mileage-only
Everlance
Free tier
Mileage & expenses for the self-employed
Starter $8.99/mo ($5.83 annual); Professional $99.99/yr; Business is quote-based
Free: Free: 30 auto-detected trips per month
Genuinely great at
- Combines automatic mileage and expense tracking in one app
- IRS reports plus an AI deduction finder
- FAVR/CPM reimbursement programs for teams
Where Log My Business wins
- Client invoicing, time tracking, tasks, and CRM — well beyond mileage/expense
- No 30-trip cap on the essentials
- Expenses become billable line items on an invoice
- Transparent flat pricing, not quote-based business tiers
Ramp
Free tier
Corporate cards & spend automation
Free core ($0/user); Plus $15/user/mo
Free: Genuinely free core: unlimited cards, expense management, bill pay
Genuinely great at
- Truly free core — unlimited cards, no per-user charge
- AI receipt matching and automatic transaction reconciliation
- Strong bill pay and finance automation
Where Log My Business wins
- Works for freelancers and sole props — Ramp requires a card-issuable US entity
- Built to bill clients; Ramp reimburses employees
- Mileage + time + invoicing + CRM in one
- No dependence on adopting a card program
Also worth knowing
QuickBooks and Zoho Expense bundle mileage into accounting, but QuickBooks has no free tier and starts at $20–$38/mo, and Zoho caps its free plan at 3 users and 20 receipt scans a month. Both keep client invoicing and CRM in separate products.