COMPARE ENGINE AND NAVAN HEAD
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ENGINE BEAT NAVAN IN 1,437 HEAD TO HEAD DEALS. HERE’S WHY.
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HOW WE MAKE BUSINESS TRAVEL EASY
Flexibility guaranteed
Modify or cancel any reservation and get a refund when you book with FlexPro
Consolidated invoices
Eliminate individual receipts and reimbursement cycles with DirectBill
Inventory & savings
Save an average of 26% with exclusive rates at over 750k 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 NAVAN. HERE’S THE HONEST DIFFERENCE.
Choose Engine if …
- You book groups, crews, or rotating teams across multiple locations
- You need refundable bookings up to check-in (FlexPro), not 24-hour windows
- You want one invoice and Direct Bill — not 40 cards to reconcile
- You travel into mid-tier, franchise, and extended-stay hotels, not just chain HQs
- You need 24/7 live human support, not chatbot tickets
Choose Navan if …
- You're an enterprise looking to unify travel + expense + corporate cards in one vendor
- You're already deeply integrated with Navan's expense rails and procurement is built around it
- Your travel is mostly executive air-first, not lodging-heavy crew or group travel
- You don't need group booking tooling and rebooking flexibility isn't a daily pain
- You prioritize a single contract over best-in-class travel-specific tooling
"What sets Engine apart is they have a virtual credit card for you, so no more credit card authorization forms. Any incidentals are caught. It's a huge cost savings for us and our travel budget."
Stephanie C.
Bandera Networks
"The big thing for us is being able to easily see all of these hotels through one platform and make choices for where I put my driver based on where they are coming from and the overall cost. Engine has become significantly easier to one-stop-shop."
Nick C.
Combined Transport
"It makes things so much easier now that I can include a job number on all of our reservation receipts. Now I don't have to dig into every receipt and add a code before it's sent to accounting. Engine saves us at least an hour on each invoice."
Mia W.
Industrial Kiln and Dryers
"We were doing it all manually — credit card authorization form, email it, handwrite it, and send it back with a copy of the credit card. I did that for every reservation with 118 rooms on a single job. Engine is way easier. Engine is awesome."
Mauro R.
TechServ
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BUILT FOR THE WAY REAL TEAMS TRAVEL
Construction
Shifting project schedules and crew bookings break Navan's rigid policy flows.
FlexPro absorbs schedule changes. Group bookings, job tagging, and Direct Bill save admin hours per week.
Professional services
Client-level cost visibility and consultant deployment overload Navan's expense logic.
Tag every booking by client or engagement. Unified hotel + flight + car booking with 24/7 support.
Manufacturing
Plant-level visibility and remote-site bookings get fragmented across Navan and ad-hoc tools.
Analytics by plant or team. FlexPro handles install and shift schedule changes without penalty.
Transport & logistics
Drivers without company cards and last-minute reassignments don't fit Navan's executive-air flow.
No card required at check-in. FlexPro lets dispatch reassign rooms in real time. Central admin control.
Field services & facilities
Multi-location teams and frequent rebooking overload Navan's approval workflow.
Instant book / cancel / reassign. Group + tagging at scale. 24/7 live support — zero manual card work.
Events & group travel
Manual room blocks and bulk cancellations are not what Navan was built for.
Native group tools, flexible rebooking, live check-in visibility. Tag spend per event or attendee group.
"WE AVOIDED $40K+ IN HOTEL MODIFICATION FEES IN 6 MONTHS."
Tom Whitfield Position, Company Their project teams move on shifting timelines. They cancel and rebook without penalty. No more chasing folios across 40 cards.
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Frequently asked questions
Hotels, airlines, and car rental companies want to reach business travelers, while companies with traveling workforces want the best rates they can get.
Our platform brings everyone together to radically simplify trip management and give everyone exactly what they want. By booking with Engine, you and your company will save substantially in both time and money.
By providing great value to our travel partners, we get great rates. That means we can take a small cut of each booking—enough to cover 24/7 Member Support and continually re-invest in new technology—and still save our members up to 26%. That's why we can keep Engine free to join and use.
No membership fees, no contracts, and no minimum spend.
To register your business for an Engine account, sign up here to give us a little information about you and your company. Then, we'll take it from there and get you set up. An Engine team member will follow up with you within one business day to confirm your new account.
In order to provide the deeply discounted rates we have from our lodging partners, Engine is a private, members-only platform, so you must have a legitimate business email address to obtain an account or be referred by a member. If your workplace registers as a member, they can invite you to join their account.
We want our members to have plenty of options when booking lodging. Our platform currently offers 1MM+ properties worldwide.
You'll find just about every hotel in the U.S. on our platform. After you've found the perfect accommodations, you can also book flights and rental cars through our all-in-one platform.
Yes! Our platform makes it easy to enter your loyalty information so you can accrue points from 15+ top hotel loyalty programs on select stays, all while continuing to earn Engine Rewards on every booking.
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