ENGINE VS. EGENCIA:
SIMPLER SETUP, REAL SAVINGS
Two platforms for business travel. One with transparent pricing and same-day setup.
Trusted by these great companies
33,000+ BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DITCHED LEGACY TRAVEL MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINE.
| What’s included | Egencia | Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Request-based pricing. No public rate card. Buyer contracts range from $8K to $95K annually. | $0 platform fee. $0 per booking. No contract required. |
| Billing and invoicing | Lodge card, on-account invoicing, and virtual payment. Invoice portal exports to PDF or Excel. | Direct Bill consolidates all stays into one invoice billed after stays complete. |
| Cancellations and flexibility | No company-wide hotel cancellation product published. Non-refundable flights held as airline credits. | FlexPro (paid add-on) covers any hotel cancellation until noon on check-in day. Full refund as a travel credit valid one year. |
| Expense integration | Native SAP Concur Expense integration. Travel bookings and receipts flow to expense reports in near real-time. | Integrates with Ramp, Brex, and Emburse. No native Concur integration. |
| Meetings and events | 1,500+ dedicated M&E professionals in 140+ countries. Six service lines including pharma compliance. | Spaces marketplace with 40,000+ spaces. Self-serve booking with planning support. |
| Hotel selection | Millions of properties via Expedia and Booking.com. Up to 25% off BAR at 15,000+ partner properties. | 1M+ hotels worldwide. 12.5% average hotel savings, up to 70% in select cases. |
| Implementation | No standard implementation timeline published. Enterprise deployments require a procurement cycle. | Same-day setup for basic booking. No IT integration or contract negotiation required. |
| Support | Managed travel support through the Amex GBT network. AI booking assistant available via Microsoft Teams. | 24/7 US-based live support for hotels, flights, cars, and groups. |
| Rewards and card | Pass-through loyalty only. No proprietary Amex GBT rewards currency. | Engine Rewards on every booking. Engine X earns up to 10% back on hotels and cars, 1.5% on everything else. |
HOW WE MAKE BUSINESS TRAVEL EASY
Flexibility guaranteed
Modify or cancel any reservation and get a refund when you book with FlexPro, a paid add-on
Consolidated invoices
Eliminate individual receipts and reimbursement cycles with DirectBill
Inventory & savings
Save an average of 12.5% with exclusive rates at over 1M hotels
Real-time visibility
Track travel activity & spend patterns across the entire organization
Double up on rewards
Import loyalty numbers to stack Engine + hotel rewards
Travel policy enforcement
Your custom policy is enforced at the time of booking
ENGINE ISN’T RIGHT FOR EVERY TEAM.
NEITHER IS EGENCIA. HERE’S THE HONEST DIFFERENCE.
Choose Engine if …
- You need to set up a travel program today without a pricing request or procurement cycle.
- You want one consolidated invoice for all hotel stays without managing individual folios.
- You need company-wide cancellation protection that works until noon on check-in day.
- You track travel costs by project, job code, or cost center and need that built into booking.
- You want proprietary rewards on every trip, not just pass-through points from third-party programs.
Choose Egencia (Amex GBT) if …
- Your company is already running SAP Concur Expense and Egencia’s native data integration is a hard requirement.
- Your Egencia program needs dedicated meetings-and-events consulting across 140+ countries with pharma compliance support.
- Your air program is heavy on specific NDC carriers where Egencia’s 22+ NDC partnerships deliver richer branded fares.
- Your organization needs AI-driven conversational booking through Microsoft Teams rather than self-serve search.
- Your Egencia contract includes multi-tier, ML-powered approval workflows that go beyond a book-outside-policy model.
See Engine in action
We have some great interactive demos
BUILT FOR THE WAY REAL TEAMS TRAVEL
Construction
Egencia’s procurement-cycle implementation and request-based pricing slow down field teams that need to book crew lodging this week, not after a contract negotiation.
Engine’s same-day setup and Direct Bill let construction teams book hotels immediately and consolidate all crew stays into one monthly invoice, with FlexPro protecting every booking when project timelines shift.
Professional services
Egencia’s platform requires IT integration and has no public fee schedule, making it hard for professional services firms to get a true cost picture before a deal is signed.
Engine’s Custom Fields lets consulting teams tag every stay by client and project code, with unified reporting and a $0 platform fee that makes budget visibility clear from day one.
Healthcare
Egencia’s request-based pricing and enterprise onboarding add friction for healthcare staffing and operations teams that need to place travelers fast and track costs by assignment.
Engine’s self-serve booking, Direct Bill, and Custom Fields let healthcare teams book extended stays, consolidate invoicing, and tag costs by patient assignment or clinic location without IT setup.
“WE CAN SEE THE AMENITIES, THE RATES, AND VIEW MULTIPLE HOTELS ON ONE PAGE.
IT’S BEEN A HUGE TIME SAVER.”
Frequently asked questions
Egencia uses request-based pricing with no public rate card. Buyer-reported contracts have ranged from $8,000 to $95,000 annually, depending on travel volume, with per-transaction fees also reported. Engine charges $0 to join, $0 per booking, and $0 in platform fees, with no contract required.
Egencia’s public materials do not describe a company-wide hotel cancellation product equivalent to Engine’s FlexPro. FlexPro covers cancellations and modifications until noon on check-in day, including non-refundable rates, and refunds as a travel credit valid for one year.
Egencia integrates natively with SAP Concur Expense, which Amex GBT describes as a differentiating capability. Engine integrates with Ramp, Brex, and Emburse. Companies running Concur as their expense backbone will find Egencia’s native data flow outside Engine’s current scope.
Engine offers same-day setup for basic booking with no IT integration or contract negotiation required. Egencia’s implementation timeline is not published; enterprise deployments typically involve a procurement and onboarding process before travel can begin.
Egencia’s loyalty model passes through points from third-party airline and hotel programs. There is no proprietary Amex GBT rewards currency. Engine offers Engine Rewards, which earn proprietary points on every hotel booking, redeemable for travel credits, stackable with hotel loyalty passthrough from programs like Marriott Bonvoy and Hilton Honors.
Amex GBT completed its acquisition of CWT in September 2025 and is still integrating that organization. On May 4, 2026, Long Lake Management announced a $6.3 billion take-private acquisition of Amex GBT, expected to close in the second half of 2026. Buyers considering a multi-year travel platform commitment should account for two ownership transitions in under 12 months.
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