The primary reason is the high cost of manual administration. According to a study, on average, it costs a company $58 and 20 minutes to process a single manual expense report. Because 20% of these reports contain errors, fixing them adds another $52 in labor per report.
- For a 10-person team: You are likely losing over $1,000 and 6 hours of productivity every month.
- For a 100-person team: That loss exceeds $10,000 and 60 hours monthly.
Using an expense software like Sage Expense Management automates these workflows for $11.99 per user, replacing high administrative costs with a fixed, predictable investment.