ENGINE VS. PERK:
ZERO FEES, FULL FLEXIBILITY
Same trips, no per-booking charges, and one invoice for all of it
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33,000+ BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DITCHED LEGACY TRAVEL MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINE.
| What’s included | Perk | Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Perk charges a platform fee of up to $299/month, plus 3 to 5% on every booking, capped at $30. That fee applies from the first trip, regardless of plan. | Engine charges nothing to join and nothing per booking. No platform fee, no per-booking fee, no contracts. |
| Invoicing | Perk offers a consolidated invoice, but hotel-level direct billing, where a third party settles with the property on your behalf, is not a documented feature. | Engine pays the hotels directly and sends your company one consolidated invoice after stays. Your team never handles the hotel transaction. |
| Cancellations and flexibility | FlexiPerk is a per-trip add-on that costs 10 to 20% of the booking and returns at least 80% of the value as non-expiring account credits, not a direct refund. | FlexPro is a paid company-wide add-on subscription with no per-trip fee. Cancel a hotel and you get a full travel credit valid for one year. |
| Expense management | Perk’s Yokoy integration handles expense reporting across both travel and non-travel spend, which is useful if your company needs one tool for all of it. | Engine’s Custom Fields and Direct Bill cover travel spend, but companies with significant non-travel expenses will still need a separate tool. |
| Hotel network | Perk has 27,000+ own negotiated rates and, as of May 2026, added access to Expedia Silver and Blue tier discounts across up to 270,000 properties. | Engine lists 1M+ hotels worldwide, including extended-stay and secondary-market properties, with 12.5% average hotel savings, up to 70% in select cases. |
| Group bookings | Groups of 9 or more get a dedicated Perk team, but the Premium plan is required and 3 weeks of advance notice is recommended. | Engine’s team handles groups of 9+ rooms with the fastest group RFP response time in the market. |
| Implementation | Perk’s self-serve booking is available from day one with no agent required and real-time visibility built in. | Engine’s basic booking is live the same day you sign up, with no contracts and no IT integration required. |
| Support | Perk offers an AI trip assistant for routine self-service questions, backed by a support team for more complex issues. | Engine provides 24/7 live support from US-based agents on every plan, with no chatbot in the way. |
| Rewards and card | Perk offers a corporate card through its integrated platform, but does not have a proprietary travel rewards program. | Engine X earns up to 10% back on hotels and cars and 1.5% on everything else, with Engine Rewards stacking on every booking. |
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 PERK. HERE’S THE HONEST DIFFERENCE.
Choose Engine if …
- You want zero platform fees and zero per-booking charges on every trip your team takes.
- You need hotel-level direct billing with one consolidated invoice, and the option for cardless check-in through Direct Bill with Incidentals Coverage.
- You want every hotel booking covered by cancellation protection without a per-trip add-on fee.
- You book across a range of trip types: conferences, field operations, group stays, and team off-sites.
- You need project-code tracking at checkout and unified reporting across hotels, flights, and cars.
Choose Perk if …
- Your company needs integrated expense management, receipt capture, and approval routing alongside travel booking, and Perk’s Yokoy-powered spend tools match that workflow.
- Perk’s multi-level automated approval chains fit the way your finance team handles travel authorization.
- Your team books rail travel regularly and wants trains and hotels in the same Perk flow.
- Your company has sustainability reporting requirements, and the Perk Green Trip add-on fills that need.
- Your team prefers Perk’s AI trip assistant for routine self-service questions over live agent support.
See Engine in action
We have some great interactive demos
BUILT FOR THE WAY REAL TEAMS TRAVEL
Construction
Perk’s per-booking fee adds $30 per trip on every reservation, compounding fast when project timelines shift and bookings change.
FlexPro covers every cancellation and modification company-wide, and zero per-booking fees mean changing plans never triggers a new charge.
Professional services
Perk requires a separate expense workflow alongside travel booking; project-level spend tracking is not built into the booking flow.
Custom Fields tag each booking by client, cost center, or project at checkout, giving finance teams clean cost visibility without a separate expense reconciliation step.
Energy
Energy teams book frequently in secondary markets and remote project locations where OTA-aggregated rates thin out, and Perk’s hotel network doesn’t reliably reach those areas.
Engine’s 1M+ hotel network covers remote and secondary-market locations with 12.5% average hotel savings, up to 70% in select cases, and Direct Bill means one consolidated invoice instead of receipts from a dozen different properties.
“WITH ENGINE, WE HAVE PROACTIVE CONTROL OVER RATES AND SPENDING.”
Frequently asked questions
Perk charges 3 to 5% per booking (capped at $30, minimum $2) on Starter and Premium plans. For a company making 200 trips a year at a $500 average, that is $3,000 to $5,000 in booking fees before platform costs. Engine charges $0 per booking and $0 in platform fees, so the cost difference compounds quickly as trip volume grows.
Perk’s FlexiPerk charges a per-trip add-on fee averaging 20% per booking (or 10% flat if the company subscribes to FlexiPerk Company) and returns at least 80% of the booking value as non-expiring account credits rather than a direct refund. Engine’s FlexPro is a paid company-wide subscription with no per-trip fee: cancellations receive a full refund as a travel credit valid for one year.
Perk offers a consolidated invoice as a documented feature. Hotel-level direct billing, where Engine settles directly with the property and the company never handles the transaction, is not a documented Perk capability. Engine’s Direct Bill eliminates credit card authorization forms, folio chasing, and manual reconciliation after each stay.
Perk expanded into travel-plus-spend through its 2025 Yokoy acquisition, covering receipt capture, invoice processing, and expense reporting for both travel and non-travel spend. Engine’s Custom Fields and Direct Bill handle travel spend: every booking is tagged by project, cost center, or team at checkout. Companies with significant non-travel expense volume may still need a separate tool alongside Engine.
Perk has 27,000+ own negotiated rates and, as of May 2026, gained access to Expedia’s Silver tier (15%+ off on 80,000+ properties) and Blue tier (approximately 10% off on 270,000 properties). Engine lists 1M+ hotels worldwide, with 12.5% average hotel savings, up to 70% in select cases, including extended-stay and remote and secondary-market locations where OTA-aggregated networks thin out.
Perk books rail travel and lets travelers book trains and hotels in the same flow, which Engine does not cover. Perk also offers multi-level automated approval routing and a Green Trip carbon offset add-on. For companies with significant rail travel, complex approval workflows, or sustainability reporting requirements, those are real reasons to evaluate Perk.
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