Expense Management
Perk (formerly TravelPerk)
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Perk (formerly TravelPerk) at a glance
- Vendor
- Perk Platform SLU
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- Default not stated; pages mention Ireland source, captured 28 Oct 2026
- Free plan
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- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates Perk (formerly TravelPerk) 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. Perk, formerly TravelPerk, is the travel and expense platform of Perk Platform SLU in Barcelona. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 28 Oct 2026; evaluated by the panel 29 Oct 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
Perk, formerly TravelPerk, is the travel and expense platform of Perk Platform SLU in Barcelona. Cards and spend control is strongest at 7-8: instant virtual and one-time cards with limits by department, team or individual, automated fraud detection, a named EEA issuer — Transact Payments Malta Limited, regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority — and live feeds from existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs with automatic receipt matching. Reimbursement and VAT scores cluster at 6, pairing deep foreign VAT reclaim tooling with no public information on statutory German per diems or SEPA payout files. Receipt capture and accounting export score weakest: the pages do not say which fields AI extraction reads, and DATEV appears only in a guide article on the vendor's site. Pricing transparency publishes Premium and Pro starting at $6 and $8 per month per active user plus 3% per booking, while the Starter tier, implementation fee and booking-fee limits are not published. Sovereignty spans 6-8, with named EU hosting beside US-stored AmTrav data, unstated ownership and a partial subprocessor list; flagged splits flagged none.
Speaks for it
- Cards and spend control scores 7-8, with instant virtual and one-time cards, spend limits by department, team or individual, and automated fraud detection.
- The EEA issuer is named and regulated — Transact Payments Malta Limited under the Malta Financial Services Authority, registration C 91879.
- Existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex card programs feed the same expense workflow, with transactions matched to receipts automatically.
- Foreign VAT reclaim runs deep, with seller-of-record invoicing, a hotel invoice collection service, UK hotel billback and reclaim partnership options.
- Hosting sits on named EU regions — AWS in Ireland and Germany, Google Cloud in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland — with a built-in data processing addendum and ISO 27001 plus SOC 2 Type II statements.
Held against it
- Receipt capture scores 5-7, with no public information on which fields AI extraction reads, receipts forwarded by email, or a GoBD-compliant scanning statement.
- Accounting export scores 5-6: DATEV is named only in a guide article on the vendor's own site, with no public information on receipt images travelling into the accounting system.
- Approval and policy carries no public information on deputies, escalation, or an exportable audit trail of who approved and changed what.
- Public pricing stops at two tiers: the Starter price, implementation fee amount, booking-fee minimums and maximums, minimum term and VAT treatment are not published.
- Ownership is not stated, the subprocessor list is partial, AmTrav-powered data is stored in the United States, and the captured pages give different figures for cloud storage location.
Best for
- You issue EEA corporate cards and want a named, Malta-regulated issuer beside your existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs.
- You reclaim foreign VAT on business travel and want seller-of-record invoicing, hotel invoice collection and partnership-based filing.
- You reimburse out-of-pocket spend through ACH and pay US per diems at full GSA rates, both stated on the pricing pages.
- You keep books on QuickBooks or Xero and need a fully formatted spend export file with tiered ERP connectors.
Avoid if
- You close the books in Germany and need statutory per diems, meal deductions and DATEV booking proposals with account and tax key.
- You enforce approval before a card is charged, or limits by merchant category — the pages give no public information on either.
- You plan to discard paper originals relying on a certified, GoBD-compliant scanning procedure, on which we found no public information.
- You must compute a full annual cost from public pages — the Starter tier, implementation fee and add-ons are unpriced.
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Receipt capture & expense claims | 3 of 5 |
| Company cards & spend control | 3.5 of 5 |
| Approval workflows & expense policy | 3.5 of 5 |
| Reimbursement, travel allowances & VAT | 3 of 5 |
| Accounting handoff & DATEV | 3 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 3.5 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3 of 5 |
Receipt capture & expense claims
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How an expense gets into the system: a mobile app that photographs receipts, text recognition (OCR) that reads amount, date, merchant and VAT, receipts forwarded by email or pulled from suppliers, claims for out-of-pocket spending in any currency, mileage and trip entries, a substitute receipt (Eigenbeleg) when the original is lost, and duplicate detection.
0 — Not an expense capture tool; receipts and claims cannot be recorded in the product.
3 — Receipts uploaded as photos or files and attached to an expense by hand; text recognition, email capture or claims in other currencies are basic or not described.
5 — A mobile app that captures receipts with text recognition reading amount, date and merchant, receipts forwarded by email, expense claims for out-of-pocket spending submitted from the app, and foreign currencies converted.
8 — Extraction of VAT rates and amounts and line items, receipts collected automatically from email inboxes or named suppliers, duplicate and fraud checks on submission, a substitute receipt for lost originals, mileage with route calculation, and replacement scanning (ersetzendes Scannen) stated as GoBD-compliant so paper originals may be discarded.
10 — Capture without employee effort: e-receipts delivered directly by travel and merchant partners, extraction accuracy or review process published, a certified scanning procedure (for example an audit report to IDW PS 880 or a TÜV certificate) named, and every receipt traceable from capture to booking.
The Travelling Employee
Photograph a receipt and move on is basically what the pages promise: AI-based receipt scanning and extraction, expenses submitted from web or mobile, automatic mileage and per diem calculations from trip details, receipts grouped around each trip, and automatic checks for missing information, duplicates and policy breaches. Card spend even creates the expense by itself, ready to match to a receipt with the touch of a button. I found no public information on receipts collected from email inboxes or named suppliers, on a substitute receipt for lost originals, or on a certified scanning procedure, so it stops short of the top of the scale. 2 3 5 11
The Office Manager
Receipts are captured with AI-based scanning and extraction, expenses are created automatically from card spend and matched to a receipt, and submission works from web or mobile — exactly the chasing I want to stop doing. Automatic checks for missing information, duplicates and policy breaches are documented, as are automatic mileage and per diem calculations grouped around each trip. We found no public information on receipts forwarded by email, a substitute receipt for lost originals, or a GoBD-compliant scanning procedure. 2 3 5 14
The Controller
Expenses are submitted from web or mobile with AI-based receipt scanning and extraction, automatic checks for missing information, duplicates and policy breaches, and automatic mileage and per diem calculation grouped around each trip — that covers the capture side for my 1,200 claimants. We found no public information on receipts forwarded by email, foreign-currency conversion of claims, a substitute receipt for lost originals, or GoBD-compliant replacement scanning, which my auditors would demand before paper originals are discarded. 2 5 12
The Finance Lead
Expenses are submitted from web or the mobile app with AI-based receipt scanning and extraction, every expense is automatically checked for missing information, duplicates and policy breaches, and mileage and per diems are calculated from trip details. The captured pages do not say which fields the extraction reads, do not describe receipts forwarded by email, a substitute receipt for lost originals, or a GoBD-compliant scanning procedure, so I would not discard paper originals on this evidence. 2 5 3
The Tax Adviser
Receipts are captured automatically with AI-based scanning and extraction, expenses are checked for missing information, duplicates and policy breaches, and employees submit from web or mobile with automatic mileage and per diem calculations — that goes beyond simple photo upload. But we found no public information on VAT rates, amounts and line items being read from the receipt, on receipts pulled from email inboxes or named suppliers, on a substitute receipt for lost originals, or on a GoBD-compliant replacement scanning procedure, which is what my clients' archives would need. 2 5
The Skeptic
Web and mobile submission, automatic receipt capture with verification, checks for missing information, duplicates and policy breaches, and automatic mileage and per-diem calculation are all stated on the expense pages. "AI-based receipt scanning and extraction" appears on the pricing page with no word on which fields are read or where the reading happens; we found no public information on receipts forwarded by email, a substitute receipt for lost originals, or a GoBD-compliant scanning statement. 2 5 16
Company cards & spend control
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How this is scored
How spending is controlled before it happens: physical and virtual company cards with limits, single-use and subscription cards, limits by amount, merchant category and time, budgets per team or project, real-time notifications and receipt reminders — or, for a product that issues no cards of its own, live feeds from the company's existing cards with automatic receipt matching. The issuing institution and its licence count where cards are issued.
0 — Neither issues cards nor reads card transactions; only out-of-pocket claims exist.
3 — Card transactions imported from a statement file or a single feed and matched by hand, or a card offer with fixed limits; budgets, reminders and controls are basic or not described.
5 — Either own physical and virtual cards with per-card limits, freezing and real-time notifications, or live feeds from named corporate card schemes or banks with automatic matching of receipts to transactions; spending visible as it happens and employees reminded to submit receipts.
8 — Cards for every employee with limits by amount, merchant category and period, single-use and subscription cards, budgets per team or project that cards draw from, pre-approval of a purchase before the card is charged, feeds from existing bank cards beside the own cards, and the issuing institution and licence named.
10 — Spend control across the company: multi-entity and multi-currency card accounts, budgets and policies enforced at the moment of payment, card spend reconciled to the statement automatically, safeguarding of funds and credit terms stated, and cards and transaction history portable to another provider.
The Travelling Employee
This is the strong suit: virtual and physical cards issued instantly with individual limits, freeze and deactivation in a few clicks, real-time tracking, one-time cards for online payments and subscriptions with flexible budget limits and automated fraud detection, all beside live feeds of existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs with automatic receipt matching. Spend limits are set by department, team or individual, and the EEA issuer plus its Malta regulator and the Visa licence are named again and again. I found no public information on limits by merchant category or period, or on pre-approving a purchase before the card is charged. 2 3 14
The Office Manager
This fits my office well: virtual cards issued instantly for online payments and subscriptions, one-time cards with flexible budget limits, spend limits by department, team or individual, and cards issued, frozen or cancelled in a few clicks, with existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs feeding the same workflow. The EEA issuer is named and regulated — Transact Payments Malta Limited under the Malta Financial Services Authority — and dynamic budgets for teams are described. We found no public information on limits by merchant category or period, or pre-approval of a purchase before the card is charged. 3 5 14 16
The Controller
Virtual and physical Visa cards are issued with spend limits by department, team or individual, freezing and real-time tracking, one-time cards with budget limits and automated fraud detection, alongside feeds from existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs — and the EEA issuer, Transact Payments Malta, is named with its regulator and registration. We found no public information on limits by merchant category or period, budgets per team or project that cards draw from beyond one-time-card limits, or pre-approval of a purchase before the card is charged, so control stops short of what I enforce today. 3 14 19
The Finance Lead
Perk issues its own Visa cards for EEA residents through Transact Payments Malta, named and regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority under a Visa Europe licence, and beside them reads existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs with automatic receipt matching — which suits me, since I keep three banks. Limits by department, team or individual, instant freezing, one-time cards, real-time tracking and automated fraud detection are described; the pages do not describe limits by merchant category or period, or pre-approval before a card is charged. 3 14 2 9
The Tax Adviser
Own Visa cards are issued for the EEA by Transact Payments Malta Limited, regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority, with spend limits per department, team or individual, instant freezing, one-time and regular-use virtual cards, real-time tracking and automated fraud detection — and beside the own cards, existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programs feed transactions in that are matched to receipts automatically. We found no public information on merchant-category or period limits, or on pre-approval of a purchase before the card is charged. 2 3 5 14
The Skeptic
Virtual and single-use cards, per-card and team budgets, instant issue and freeze, automated fraud detection, and live feeds from existing Visa, Mastercard and Amex programmes with automatic receipt matching are described — and the issuing institution is properly named: Transact Payments Malta for EEA residents, regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority under registration C 91879, with the UK issuer in Gibraltar. We found no public information on limits by merchant category or time period, or on pre-approval of a purchase before the card is charged; US cards are stated as "coming soon". 2 3 5 14
Approval workflows & expense policy
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How the company's rules are applied: approval chains by amount, team, cost centre or project, delegation and deputies, an expense policy with limits per category and per country that the product checks, pre-approval of trips and purchases, roles and permissions, multi-entity set-ups, and an audit trail of who approved and changed what.
0 — No approval step; every expense goes straight to export or payment.
3 — A single approver per employee or one sign-off step; policy rules, deputies and audit history are basic or not described.
5 — Multi-step approval flows configurable by amount, team or cost centre, an expense policy with limits per category that flags violations, approval from the mobile app, and a history of who approved what.
8 — Rule-based routing by amount, project, cost centre and entity with deputies and escalation, policy checks before submission (limits per country, per diem rules, duplicates), pre-approval of trips or purchases, granular roles and permissions, several legal entities in one account, and an exportable audit trail.
10 — Controls that stand up to an audit: anomaly and fraud detection with its rules explained, separation of duties enforced, country-specific policies maintained centrally, every change to a claim versioned and attributed, and control reports offered to auditors.
The Travelling Employee
Approval travels with the trip: approval requests go straight to the traveller's line manager or a configured approver, triggered always or only when out of policy, and no-code workflows route expenses around teams, entities, spend limits or expense types. Booking guidelines with global and destination maximums, cabin class limits and advance booking rules filter what employees can even see, Premium covers four legal entities and Pro unlimited. I found no public information on deputies, escalation, granular customer roles, or an exportable record of who approved and changed what. 2 5 15 16
The Office Manager
No-code approval workflows route expenses by team, entity, spend limit or expense type, with two approval models — line-manager-based and approver-based — and conditions such as out-of-policy, and travel bookings are approved by the traveller's manager before they happen. The tiers scale from ten travel policies and four legal entities on Premium to unlimited on Pro, with customizable expense approval workflows and per-traveller or per-team approval processes. We found no public information on deputies and escalation, an exportable history of who approved what, or customer-side roles and permissions. 2 5 15 16
The Controller
No-code expense workflows are configurable around teams, entities, spend limits and expense types, with travel policies and approval processes counted per tier, up to four legal entities on Premium and unlimited on Pro, and line-manager or approver-based trip approval before booking, with conditions of always, out-of-policy, or out-of-policy-with-notice. But we found no public information on deputies, escalation, routing by cost centre, or an exportable audit trail of who approved and changed what — for a four-entity manufacturer those omissions are exactly what I would be audited on. 1 2 5 15
The Finance Lead
No-code approval workflows are configurable around teams, entities, spend limits and expense types, trip approvals run to the assigned line manager before booking, policy breaches are flagged automatically on submission, and Premium covers four legal entities while Pro covers unlimited with unlimited policies. I found no public information on deputies and escalation, routing by cost centre, or an exportable audit trail of who approved and changed what. 2 15 16 5
The Tax Adviser
Configurable no-code workflows route expenses by team, entity, spend limit and expense type, duplicates and policy breaches are flagged automatically, trip approvals go to the traveller's line manager with out-of-policy conditions, and multi-entity set-ups run to four or unlimited legal entities by tier. We found no public information on deputies and escalation, per-country policy limits for expenses, or an exportable audit trail of who approved and changed what — the piece a Betriebsprüfung asks me for. 2 5 15 16
The Skeptic
Configurable no-code workflows routing by team, entity, spend limit and expense type, line-manager or approver-based routing with out-of-policy conditions, and booking guidelines that filter employee search results to compliant options are documented, with policies and legal entities scaling by tier (ten versus unlimited). We found no public information on deputies and escalation, an exportable audit trail of who approved what, or granular role permissions for customer administrators. 2 5 15 16
Reimbursement, travel allowances & VAT
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How the employee gets money back and the company gets the tax right: reimbursement of approved claims by bank transfer or a SEPA payment file, mileage allowances and per diems at statutory rates per country (Verpflegungspauschalen, Kilometerpauschale, meal deductions), taxable and tax-free reimbursements separated for payroll, the input VAT captured per receipt for the deduction, and foreign VAT reclaimed.
0 — No reimbursement of employees; the product covers company cards only and out-of-pocket spending is out of its scope.
3 — Out-of-pocket claims recorded and paid back outside the product by hand; travel allowances and VAT handling are basic or not described.
5 — Approved claims reimbursed through the product or a SEPA payment file, mileage and per diems at configurable rates, and the VAT rate and amount captured per receipt for the input-tax deduction.
8 — Statutory per diems and mileage rates per country maintained by the vendor (German travel expense law named), meal deductions and multi-day trips calculated, reimbursement in several currencies within a stated time, VAT split per rate and receipts checked for the invoice requirements of the deduction, and foreign VAT reclaim offered or integrated with a named partner.
10 — Travel expense law and VAT handled end to end: country rules kept current with a stated process, taxable reimbursements passed to payroll, foreign VAT reclaim filed with the recovered amounts reported, and every reimbursement traceable to the claim and the rule that produced it.
The Travelling Employee
Out-of-pocket claims are paid back straight from the product via ACH with control over payout frequency, and mileage and per diems come out automatically — full US per diems at GSA domestic and international rates, with standard or custom per diems by tier. Foreign VAT reclaim is genuinely on offer, with partnership options, a VAT calculator, an invoice collection service for hotels and country rules spelled out. But I found no public information on statutory German per diem or mileage rates, on a stated payout turnaround, or on SEPA payment files, and the input VAT read off each individual receipt is not described. 2 3 4 5
The Office Manager
Out-of-pocket claims are paid back straight from the product via ACH, included in every plan, with control over payout frequency, and allowances and mileage reimbursements are calculated automatically from trip details and company rules; full US per diems at GSA rates are named. The VAT side is unusually well documented: foreign VAT reclaim with partnership options, an invoice collection service from hotels, VAT-ready invoices and per-country rules for hotels, fuel, car rental and flights. We found no public information on German statutory per diems and meal deductions, a SEPA payment file, or the VAT rate and amount being extracted per receipt for the deduction. 2 3 4 5 17
The Controller
Out-of-pocket claims are reimbursed from the platform (named as ACH, included in every plan) with control over payout frequency, and mileage and per diems are calculated automatically, with US GSA rates stated and custom per diems on the top tier. The VAT side is unusually detailed — foreign VAT reclaim with partnership options, an invoice collection service for hotels, VAT-ready invoicing and per-country rules — but we found no public information on German statutory per diems and meal deductions, SEPA payment files, or the separation of taxable reimbursements for payroll, which is what I actually need in Germany. 2 4 5 17
The Finance Lead
Out-of-pocket expenses are reimbursed straight from the platform with control over payout frequency (the pages name ACH, not a SEPA payment file), per diems are configurable with full US GSA rates stated and mileage calculated automatically, and the foreign VAT side is genuinely strong: an invoice collection service from hotels, automatic VAT reporting, and partnership options for filing reclaims. What I miss for a German close: no statutory German per diems or meal deductions are described, the reclaim partner is not named, and no reimbursement turnaround time is stated. 3 5 2 4 17
The Tax Adviser
Approved out-of-pocket claims are reimbursed directly from the platform with control over payout frequency, mileage and per diems are calculated automatically at standard or custom rates (full US GSA rates named), and the foreign VAT side is unusually developed — calculators, VAT invoice collection from hotels, seller-of-record invoices that qualify for the reclaim, and reclaim filing offered through partnership options. But we found no public information on statutory German per diems and mileage rates maintained by the vendor, meal deductions and multi-day calculations, SEPA payout, or the input VAT being read from each receipt and split by rate. 2 3 4 5 17
The Skeptic
Out-of-pocket reimbursement runs from the platform (named as ACH, with control over payout frequency), mileage and per diems calculate automatically with custom per diems on Pro and full US GSA rates, and the foreign VAT reclaim machinery is unusually deep — seller-of-record invoicing, an invoice collection service, UK hotel billback and reclaim calculators — though the reclaim partner goes unnamed. We found no public information on a SEPA payment file, statutory European per-diem rates, meal deductions, or the VAT rate and amount captured per receipt for the input-tax deduction. 2 3 4 5 17
Accounting handoff & DATEV
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What reaches the books: export or sync to DATEV (DATEV format, DATEV Unternehmen online, Belegbilderservice) and to named accounting and ERP systems, booking proposals with account, tax key and cost centre, receipts that travel with the booking, card statements reconciled, a GoBD-compliant archive, an API and webhooks, and a complete export of claims, receipts and booking data.
0 — No export of any kind; expenses have to be retyped into the books.
3 — A CSV or PDF export of expense reports; booking data, named integrations and the archive are basic or not described.
5 — Export or sync to at least one named accounting system (DATEV or another) with account and tax code per entry and the receipt attached, several accounting or ERP integrations listed, and a documented API.
8 — A DATEV interface with receipt images (DATEV Unternehmen online or the DATEV Marketplace named), booking proposals that learn account, tax key and cost centre, two-way sync with named ERPs (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite or similar), card statements reconciled for the month-end, a GoBD-compliant archive stated, and webhooks.
10 — The month-end close runs through the product: multi-entity bookings and accruals, a procedure documentation (Verfahrensdokumentation) or GoBD audit offered, a complete audit trail of every financial event, and a full export of claims, receipts and bookings that a successor system can import.
The Travelling Employee
There is a fully formatted spend export file, named connectors to QuickBooks, Xero, SAP and Oracle, a SAP connector and Open API on the top tier, a documented REST API with cost-centre and custom-field endpoints, and a German guide page listing DATEV and Lexoffice integration for the platform. AI-supported categorisation and automated reconciliation processes are mentioned for digital spend. I found no public information on booking proposals that carry account, tax key and cost centre, on receipt images travelling into the accounting system, or on a GoBD-compliant archive. 5 12 13 20
The Office Manager
A DATEV and Lexoffice integration is named for Perk itself, alongside a fully formatted spend export file, standard ERP connectors such as QuickBooks and Xero, SAP and Open API on the top tier, and an OpenAPI-based REST platform with developer docs, a cost centres API and more than fifty integrations. The captured pages name different ERP examples — the pricing page lists QuickBooks and Xero while guide pages name SAP, Oracle and SAP R3/S4. We found no public information on receipt images travelling with the booking to DATEV, a GoBD-compliant archive, booking proposals that learn account, tax key and cost centre, or webhooks. 5 12 16 20
The Controller
A fully formatted spend export file, standard connectors to QuickBooks and Xero, the SAP connector and Open API on the top tier, and a documented OpenAPI REST API with a cost-centres endpoint cover the handoff basics, and a German guide page on the vendor's own site names a DATEV and Lexoffice integration. We found no public information on receipt images travelling with bookings into DATEV, learned booking proposals with tax key and cost centre, card statement reconciliation at month-end, or a GoBD-compliant archive, so my accountants would have to test the interface before committing the books to it. 5 12 13 20
The Finance Lead
A DATEV integration (alongside Lexoffice) is named for Perk, standard connectors cover QuickBooks and Xero, SAP and Oracle integrations exist with over 50 integrations claimed, there is a fully formatted spend export file, and a documented REST API including a cost-centres API. But the captured pages do not show receipt images travelling with the booking to DATEV, booking proposals that learn account, tax key and cost centre, a GoBD-compliant archive, or webhooks — the parts that would let me close the month without retyping are not evidenced. 12 5 13 20
The Tax Adviser
Several named ERP routes exist (SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Xero), a fully formatted spend export file, cost-centre and custom-field APIs, a documented OpenAPI REST interface, and a DATEV/Lexoffice integration is named for Perk in the vendor's own German guide. We found no public information on booking proposals carrying account, tax key and cost centre, on receipt images travelling with the booking into DATEV, on card statement reconciliation for the month-end, or on a GoBD-compliant archive — so what actually reaches the books stays open. 5 12 13 20
The Skeptic
A fully formatted spend export file, named ERP connectors (QuickBooks and Xero standard, SAP and Open API on Pro), a claim of over fifty integrations, and a documented OpenAPI REST API with SCIM, cost-centre and custom-field endpoints add up to a real handoff. A DATEV integration is named only inside a comparison guide article on the vendor's own site; we found no public information on booking proposals with account and tax key, receipts travelling with the booking, two-way ERP sync, a GoBD-compliant archive, or webhooks. 5 12 13 16 20
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where receipt, card and employee data are hosted, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, card issuer and processor, text recognition, open banking, email delivery). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; expense data is personal and financial at once and shows where employees travel, so the whole chain counts, not only the database.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available and an EU contracting entity or EU representative, but parts of the chain (text recognition, card processing, email, analytics, support) run through non-EU providers without a stated safeguard.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity and card issuer, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, issuer, hosting and every subprocessor, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Travelling Employee
The chain looks largely European: travel data hosted on AWS in Ireland and Germany, Spend and Pay on Google Cloud in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland, a Spanish contracting entity for most countries, EEA cards issued by a Malta-regulated institution, a data processing addendum built into the terms, and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II stated. Subprocessors are listed with their countries, though the visible list is explicitly partial, and AmTrav-powered data is stored in the United States. I found no public information on the parent company or ownership, so the top of the scale is out of reach. 7 8 9 10
The Office Manager
Hosting is stated as EU-only — AWS in Ireland and Germany for travel data, Google Cloud in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland for spend and payments — with the contracting entity for most European customers named as Perk Platform SLU and cards issued by Transact Payments Malta Limited under the Visa Europe licence. A data processing addendum is built in, the trust centre lists subprocessors with their countries, and ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and PCI-DSS v4.0.1 are stated. Ownership is not stated, the subprocessor list is marked partial, AmTrav-powered data is stored in the United States, and AWS and Google are US-headquartered companies subject to the CLOUD Act. 5 7 8 10 13
The Controller
Hosting is on named EU infrastructure (AWS Ireland with Frankfurt fallback, Google Cloud in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland), the contracting entity for most countries is the Barcelona company Perk Platform SLU, EEA cards are issued by Transact Payments Malta under its Malta licence, and a built-in data processing agreement, a subprocessor list with locations, and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II statements are published. We found no public information on the company's ownership, the subprocessor list shown is partial, and AmTrav-powered data is stored in the United States, so the chain is EU-hosted but not sovereign end to end. 7 8 9 10
The Finance Lead
Hosting sits on named EU regions (AWS Ireland and Germany, Google Cloud in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland), European customers contract with Perk Platform SLU of Barcelona, cards come from an EU-regulated issuer in Malta, a built-in data processing addendum is published, and ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and PCI-DSS are stated. The subprocessor list with countries is marked as partial, ownership is not stated, AmTrav data is stored in the United States, and both cloud providers are US-headquartered companies subject to the CLOUD Act — so the chain is EU-hosted but not European end to end. 7 10 9 13
The Tax Adviser
Hosting is on named EU infrastructure (AWS Ireland and Germany, Google Cloud in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland), EEA cards come from Transact Payments Malta under a Maltese licence, subprocessors are listed with their countries, a built-in data processing agreement covers subprocessors, transfers and audit rights, and ISO 27001 plus SOC 2 Type II are stated. Ownership is not stated, the visible subprocessor list is partial, and both cloud providers are US-headquartered companies subject to the CLOUD Act, so end-to-end European sovereignty is not evidenced. 5 7 8 10 13
The Skeptic
An EU contracting entity in Barcelona, named EU hosting (AWS Ireland with Frankfurt fallback, Google Cloud regions for Spend and Pay), a built-in published data processing addendum, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 statements, and a Malta-regulated EEA card issuer are all evidenced, and some subprocessors are listed with countries and purposes beyond bare hosting. Against that, AmTrav travel data is stored in the United States, ownership is not stated, the visible subprocessor list is a handful of entries behind a "View all", and the captured pages give different figures for cloud storage location — one marketing page claims EU-only storage while the trust centre names Google Cloud and US storage for AmTrav. 3 7 8 10 13
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: price per user or per active user, platform or base fee, which modules (travel, reimbursements, DATEV or ERP connectors, extra entities) cost extra, card fees (physical cards, foreign transactions, currency conversion, top-ups), minimum seats and term, and setup.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price or a free tier exists, but how cost scales with users, cards or modules is unclear.
5 — Tiers are public with their per-user or base price and main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (extra users, physical cards, foreign-currency fees, ERP connectors) is unpriced or "on request".
8 — Every tier priced publicly with its scaling rule (per user, per active user, per card), card and foreign-transaction fees listed, add-ons priced, minimum term and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given headcount, card count and module set, with every add-on, setup, support, card and currency fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.
The Travelling Employee
Premium and Pro are published at $6 and $8 per month per active user plus 3% per booking, the active-user definition is spelled out, and the card terms are refreshingly clear: no card fees, no foreign-currency surcharges or transaction fees abroad, ATM withdrawals at 10 Euros, and 1% cashback capped at the value of the annual licence fees. However, I found no public price for the Starter tier, the add-ons, or the implementation fee the vendor says it may charge, and other pages defer pricing entirely to a tailored offer from the sales process, with no minimum term or VAT treatment stated. 3 5 13
The Office Manager
Two tiers are public with their scaling rule — Premium starting at $6 /month per active user and Pro starting at $8 /month per active user, each plus 3% / booking — the active-user definition is published, and no card, account or foreign-currency fees are charged, with cash withdrawals at ATMs costing 10 Euros per withdrawal stated outright. But the Starter plan's price, any implementation fee, the booking fee's minimum and maximum, minimum term and VAT treatment are not published, and other captured pages state pricing comes as a tailored quote through the sales process, with the current rates available for a limited time only. I could not compute a full year's cost for my thirty people from the public pages alone. 3 5 13 16
The Controller
The pricing page publishes Premium at "$6 /month per active user" and Pro at "$8 /month per active user" plus 3% per booking, with a defined active-user rule, tier limits on policies, entities and connectors, no connector fees, and card fees spelled out (no card or foreign-currency fees, 10 Euros per ATM withdrawal). The Starter tier's price, implementation fees, add-ons, minimum term and VAT treatment are not published, and other pages describe tailored offers through the sales process, so I cannot compute a full annual cost for 1,200 staff and four entities from public pages alone. 3 5 13
The Finance Lead
The Spend tiers are public — Premium starting at $6 and Pro at $8 per active user per month plus 3% per booking, with the active-user definition given, no card, account, connector or foreign-currency fees, and ATM withdrawals at 10 Euros per withdrawal stated. But an implementation fee may apply with no amount given, the Starter tier price, add-on prices, minimum term and VAT treatment are not shown, and the German pages point to a tailored quote — so I cannot compute the real annual cost from public pages alone. 5 3 13 8
The Tax Adviser
Per-user prices are public — Premium "Starting at $6 /month per active user" and Pro "Starting at $8 /month per active user", with the active user defined, a 3% booking fee subject to min/max levels, no connector fees, and card fees listed in detail (no card, account or foreign-currency fees; ATM withdrawals 10 Euros each). Add-on modules, the Starter tier price, the possible implementation fee, minimum term and VAT treatment are unpriced or delivered as a tailored quote, so a buyer cannot compute the annual cost from public pages alone. 3 5 13
The Skeptic
Premium and Pro are public at "Starting at $6" and "$8" per month per active user plus "3%" per booking, the active-user rule is actually defined (anyone submitting or reviewing one or more expenses in a month), and card terms are stated: no card, account or foreign-currency fees, ATM withdrawals at 10 Euros each, no connector fees. The gaps are real: an implementation fee "may" be charged with no amount, booking fees carry unstated minimums and maximums, add-ons such as insurance and duty of care are unpriced, minimum term and VAT treatment are unstated, prices are flagged as available for a limited time, and German pages route to a tailored quote. 3 5 13
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
| Legal entity | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting location | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about Perk (formerly TravelPerk)
Is Perk (formerly TravelPerk) European?
Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Perk (formerly TravelPerk) as EU-Made.
Where does Perk (formerly TravelPerk) store data?
The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026. The vendor’s pages mention Ireland as hosting location, per the vendor’s page captured 28 Oct 2026.
Does Perk (formerly TravelPerk) have a free plan?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Perk (formerly TravelPerk)?
As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates Moss (4/5), N2F (3.5/5) and Spendesk (3.5/5) highest among the other 18 Expense Management products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is Moss (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Perk (formerly TravelPerk) alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 28 Oct 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Data processing agreement, Transfer impact assessment, Legal entity, Hosting location. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
A claim that does not survive our checks costs us the claim, not the page. This is what was taken off this one.
- 11 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 5 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 4 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 4 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 pricing fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 subprocessors fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 4 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. Know more? Tell us
Sources (20)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 2 Features page (expense processing) www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 3 Features page (company cards) www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 4 Features page (VAT reclaim) www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 5 Pricing page www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 6 Legal notice www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 7 Privacy policy www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 8 Terms of service www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 9 Security / trust page www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 10 Security / trust page trustcenter.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 11 Receipt capture & expense claims — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 12 Receipt capture & expense claims — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 13 Company cards & spend control — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 14 Company cards & spend control — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 15 Approval workflows & expense policy — found from sitemap developers.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 16 Approval workflows & expense policy — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 17 Reimbursement, travel allowances & VAT — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 18 Reimbursement, travel allowances & VAT — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 19 Accounting handoff & DATEV — found from sitemap www.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 20 Accounting handoff & DATEV — found from sitemap developers.perk.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →