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Circula Overview

What is Circula?

Circula is an expense platform for any payments done by employees: travel expenses, credit cards and employee benefits. Our mission is to simplify finance and payroll administration, while ensuring compliance through smart automations – so employees can do their best job. With Circula, you ✔️ Save up to 80% time in accounting & become a productive business partner within your organization ✔️ Reduce compliance risks & ensure secure and audit-proof processes.

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Product Description

Circula is an expense platform for any payments done by employees: travel expenses, credit cards and employee benefits. The company’s mission is to simplify finance and payroll administration, while ensuring compliance through smart automations – so employees can do their best job. This way, Circula is creating the path for an employee-centric future around everyday business processes. This mantra has earned the company industry leader recognition from review platforms G2 and Capterra. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Circula is a leading expense management solution for small and medium-sized European businesses such as About You, DATEV, Deutsche Fußball Liga, Noerr, McMakler, and Securitas. Today, more than 150,000 employees use Circula. The company was founded in 2017 and has raised over USD 25 million in venture capital to date.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Circula’s mobile-first UX is designed for business travelers and mid-market companies, simplifying expense management and integrating seamlessly into daily workflows. With over 30 plug-and-play integrations to finance, payroll, travel, and HR systems, we ensure secure, efficient collaboration across departments, increasing productivity by 80%.

Our VISA credit cards for business travel offer more flexibility and security than debit cards. Certified GoBD compliant since 2018, Circula meets the highest accounting standards. As a DATEV Premium Partner, we ensure smooth integration and efficient data flow. Flexible billing allows for custom approval workflows and payment options, supported by 24/7 customer service.

Circula integrates spend management and employee benefits into a single app, streamlining all employee expenses in one place.


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Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Berlin
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154 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Circula is an expense platform for any payments done by employees: travel expenses, credit cards and employee benefits. The company’s mission is to simplify finance and payroll administration, while ensuring compliance through smart automations – so employees can do their best job.


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Recent Circula Reviews

Paul H.
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Paul H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Great and fast tool to administrate my travel expenses"
Very quick and striaghtforward interface
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Primer viaje de trabajo en Circula"
La facilidad de subir un pdf y que el software rellene la información necesaria. También que tiene los paises y valores de viáticos actualizados.
MR
Michael R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Overall it’s a very simple and self explaining app"
The simpel and easy usage. By just going trough the process.
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Circula Demo - All expenses in one platform
Credit cards, expense management AND employee benefits on a modular platform - exactly basedon on your requirements.
Circula Demo - Optimised payroll costs
With Circula, you can automatically offer employee benefits in a tax-compliant manner with just a few clicks and systematically utilise tax benefits that save you up to €3,500 per employee per year.
Circula Demo - End-to-end automation
We have automated the entire workflow - from scanning the receipt to automated data transfer to the ERP, accounting or HR software. This allows us to reduce manual administrative work by 80 %.

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BB
Lead Software Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

Possibility to directly import bills and receipts and having a simple tracking of expenses while on a trip. No more fear of forgetting a expense.

The import feature via e-mail is also very handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

Haven't been able to import more than one receipt per Expense. This would be helpful to also attach documents regarding exchange rate.

In general exchange rate handling could be better. i.e. possibly taking the foreign currency amount from receipt but providing another input field how much it was in home currency or a field for a default exchange rate... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Expense report on paper Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

Ease of invoice upload and automated scannings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

Exchange rate from USD to EURO conversion. I uploaded 2 invoices of $270 and $135; the amount I was debitted in my German local account was higher to the automated rate calculated by your app automatically. So I was debited a total of about 393 Euros however your app had put 388 Euro as the rate.

Your app should allow people update this final converted sum to reflect the actual debited value. A screenshot of the local bank statement should be sufficient proof for acceptingg the real debited value. Thanks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps with reimbursements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andreas S.
AS
Staff Business Analyst
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

It is simple, nothing too complex, hence everything in there what we need. Especially the scan of digital receipts saves a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

Nothing in particular. The result of the scans of digital receipts could be better sometimes. But it is a challenge of its own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows me to quickly hand in my expenses for reimbursement. It used to be a tedious process in the past with other tools. But I like Circula very much because it does not need much introduction. Everything is self explaning and quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CG
Staff Software Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

Submitting an expense with Circula was incredibly easy! It only took a few clicks to get everything done. The user experience was so intuitive that I knew exactly what to do without needing any lengthy tutorials. I usually dread handling business expenses, but with Circula, the process was completely effortless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

I really can't think of any down sides of using circula Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes my life easier when submitting business expenses and tracking my reimbursements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Faisal M.
FM
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

The ocr technology where we just input our receipt and it fetches the data accordingly. Also it is very simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

the support team is useless from circula, I faced some login issues and they failed to help me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Circula is helping me to submit my expenses related to L&D Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction
UC
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Circula?

Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit der Nutzung von Circula. Besonders hervorheben möchte ich die Möglichkeit, Rückerstattungen jetzt digital einlösen zu können, was den Prozess ungemein vereinfacht und beschleunigt. Das Design der Plattform ist sehr ansprechend und die Benutzerführung intuitiv gestaltet. Alles wirkt sehr "clean" und ist leicht zu handhaben. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

Dazu kann ich momentan nicht viel sagen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Früher war der Prozess der Erstattung von Auslagen oft langwierig und kompliziert. Dank Circula kann ich nun Rückerstattungen digital beantragen und verwalten, was Zeit spart und den gesamten Vorgang beschleunigt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GA
Asisstenz, Veranstaltungsmanagement sowie Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
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What do you like best about Circula?

I submitted my fuel receipt via Circula and found the user interface very user-friendly and clear. The submission process was quick and easy, and all important functions were clearly structured. Overall, an efficient and intuitive solution for expense reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

In itself, I have nothing to complain about, however, my amount will only be reimbursed with the next payroll, and I just hope that this actually happens and I don't have to deal with it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Circula solves the problem of time-consuming travel expense reporting by digitizing and simplifying the process. For me, this means that I can submit receipts quickly and easily, saving time and reducing administrative effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CK
Software Developer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

Very easy to use, the autofill works great, and the platform is quite fast and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

No caveats. It just works. The scanning of the documents could perhaps be a bit improved but I don't care much about said feature as I check things manually afterwards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to log business expenses for business trips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JH
Purchasing Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

It´s easy and fast to use. The interface is a good looking one and everything is in the right place.

It was the first time that I used it and it was a good experience.

I can´t say something about the support or the integration, because I didn´t need it or I am not involved in this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

Nothing in fact. The only thing is that the "plus" button could be a little bit more in the center, so that everyone can find it with the first sight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fast and easy use for th to-do´s and expenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Real Estate
UR
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Circula?

Circula setzt neue Maßstäbe in der Reisekostenabrechnung durch seine benutzerfreundliche Oberfläche, die hohe Automatisierung, flexible Integrationsmöglichkeiten und starke Compliance-Features. Es ist eine ideale Lösung für Unternehmen jeder Größe, die ihre Prozesse rationalisieren und gleichzeitig die Zufriedenheit der Mitarbeiter steigern möchten. Die Kombination aus technologischer Innovation und exzellentem Kundenservice macht Circula zu einem unverzichtbaren Werkzeug in der modernen Unternehmenswelt. Die Verfügbarkeit einer mobilen App ermöglicht es den Nutzern, auch unterwegs auf Circula zuzugreifen. Dies fördert eine häufigere Nutzung, da Mitarbeiter ihre Belege sofort nach der Ausgabe erfassen können, ohne auf die Rückkehr ins Büro warten zu müssen. Die Konfiguration von Circula ist einfach und intuitiv. Die benutzerfreundlichen Dashboards und Anleitungen helfen dabei, den Einrichtungsprozess zu beschleunigen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Circula?

Eine mögliche Verbesserung wäre die Erweiterung der Reporting-Optionen innerhalb von Circula. Dazu könnten benutzerdefinierbare Berichtsvorlagen und erweiterte Filtermöglichkeiten gehören, die es den Nutzern erleichtern, detaillierte Analysen durchzuführen und maßgeschneiderte Berichte zu erstellen. Auch die Integration von erweiterten Analysetools oder Dashboards könnte den Nutzern helfen, noch tiefere Einblicke in ihre Reisekosten-Daten zu gewinnen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Circula solving and how is that benefiting you?

Komplexität und Fehleranfälligkeit: Durch automatisierte Belegerkennung und Kategorisierung reduziert Circula manuelle Fehler und vereinfacht den Abrechnungsprozess.

Zeitraubende Prozesse: Die benutzerfreundliche Oberfläche und mobile App ermöglichen eine schnelle und unkomplizierte Einreichung von Spesen, wodurch die Bearbeitungszeiten verkürzt werden.

Integration und Compliance: Circula bietet nahtlose Integrationen mit bestehenden Buchhaltungssystemen und sorgt gleichzeitig für die Einhaltung relevanter Vorschriften und Richtlinien. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.