Mercury Features
What are the features of Mercury?
Setup
- Data
- Approvals
- Alignment
Performance
- KPIs
- Benchmarks
- Forecasting
- Savings
Payment Cards
- One-time Virtual
- Recurring Virtual
- Physical
Reporting
- Real time
- Multiple Views
Payments
- Recurring
Fraud & Risk Management
- Notifications
- Unique Cards
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Expense Reports
Ease of Creating Expense Reports | Based on 18 Mercury reviews. Creation of expense reports takes little time and is intuitive for new users | 81% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Bank / Credit Card Integration | As reported in 17 Mercury reviews. Can easily pull in receipts from all credit card statements | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Smart Categorization | Automatically assigns categories/accounts based on past entries and credit card statements 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 76% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Digital Receipt Management | As reported in 16 Mercury reviews. Provides various methods to easily capture receipts digitally and can automatically parse receipts to create expenses report entries. Methods may include mobile photos, desktop drag and drop, etc. | 74% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Employee Reimbursement | As reported in 16 Mercury reviews. Functionality to reimburse employees directly to their bank account or can easily integrate with payroll system | 80% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Currency Conversions | Enables easy entry of expenses in other currencies and converts to expense report currency 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 74% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Credit Card Integration | Integrates with corporate or personal credit cards (import or bi-directional) 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 61% (Based on 16 reviews) |
Travel Management
Ease of Booking | Can book Flights, Hotels, and Rental cars directly from software. 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 58% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Itinerary Management | As reported in 16 Mercury reviews. Creates travel itineraries based on booking | 52% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Trip Notifications | Integrates to calendaring systems and/or provides notifications of upcoming flights, hotels, rental cars, etc. 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 52% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Advanced Integrations | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Allows advanced integrations to travel systems like Uber, airline ticketing systems, hotels, etc. | 54% (Based on 16 reviews) |
Client Invoicing
Invoice Creation and Delivery | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Ability to create and send printable or electronic invoices. Includes standard invoice style library that can be customized/branded. | 75% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Electronic Payments | Accepts electronic payments from clients This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 70% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Project Accounting / Revenue Recognition | Provides adequate reporting and/or can integrate to AP systems to recognize revenue appropriately This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Mobile
Receipt Capture | Can easily capture receipts, parse receipts and convert/assign them to a report from mobile device This feature was mentioned in 16 Mercury reviews. | 67% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Mileage Tracking | See feature definition | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Allows users to track mileage from mobile device using maps or GPS. | 47% (Based on 16 reviews) |
Travel Itinerary and Flight Status Updates | As reported in 16 Mercury reviews. Mobile application can store travel itineraries, electronic documents, and updates user of travel delays/changes | 44% (Based on 16 reviews) |
Administration
Business Tool Integration | As reported in 16 Mercury reviews. Provides standard connectors for popular Finance, Payroll, HRMS and CRM systems | 74% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Workflow | Routes Timesheets, Invoices, Expense reports through approval process. Easy to maintain and administer This feature was mentioned in 16 Mercury reviews. | 72% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Automated Reminders | Sends automatic reminders to employees that have not completed expenses reports and/or timesheets 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Policy Compliance Management | See feature definition | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Enables administrators to create rules that enforce compliances of corporate time and expense policies | 66% (Based on 16 reviews) |
User, Role, and Access Management | As reported in 16 Mercury reviews. Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc. | 74% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
PCI Regulation Compliant | Based on 17 Mercury reviews. Complies with PCI security standards | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Platform
Reporting | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards. | 70% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
APIs / Integration | Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc. with other software applications. 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Internationalization | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies. | 63% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Performance and Reliability | Based on 17 Mercury reviews. Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took. | 71% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Mobile User Support | Allows software to be easily used on multiple mobile devices include phone and tablet devices. This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 71% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Offline | Provides users ability to create and access expense reports/timesheets while not connected to internet. 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 47% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Embedded AI / Machine Learning | Based on 16 Mercury reviews. Offers embedded AI/machine learning | 50% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Complex Approval Workflow | Provides workflow for complex approval structures 16 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 52% (Based on 16 reviews) |
Setup
Data | As reported in 24 Mercury reviews. Consolidates procurement data from multiple systems such as ERP systems and supply chain suites. | 67% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Approvals | As reported in 24 Mercury reviews. Define rules and workflows that managers can use to approve different kinds of spending. | 70% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Alignment | Based on 24 Mercury reviews. Align spending across various departments such as procurement and accounting. | 68% (Based on 24 reviews) |
Performance
KPIs | Provide standard spend KPIs that can be customized by users. This feature was mentioned in 24 Mercury reviews. | 65% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Benchmarks | Based on 23 Mercury reviews. Use historical spend data to create benchmarks per company or department. | 58% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Forecasting | As reported in 23 Mercury reviews. Provide forecasts on future trends that may impact spending performance. | 54% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Savings | Identify savings opportunities per activity, department, or at the company level. This feature was mentioned in 23 Mercury reviews. | 68% (Based on 23 reviews) |
Payment Cards
One-time Virtual | Online credit card number that can be instantly sent to employees and used for secure, one-time purchases This feature was mentioned in 23 Mercury reviews. | 70% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Recurring Virtual | As reported in 25 Mercury reviews. Online credit card number that can be instantly sent to employees and used for secure, recurring payments, such as subscriptions or services | 75% (Based on 25 reviews) | |
Physical | Physical credit cards used by employees for various expenses that allow management to monitor spending and budgets 25 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 25 reviews) |
Reporting
Real time | Report on spend transactions as they happen in real time 25 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 79% (Based on 25 reviews) | |
Multiple Views | Based on 22 Mercury reviews. Reports that allow the user to sort and filter by vendor, team, GL, department, etc. | 64% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Export | As reported in 21 Mercury reviews. The ability to export reports in various formats, such as excel, CSV, and Google Sheets | 71% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Budgets | Report on and track spending against budgets This feature was mentioned in 21 Mercury reviews. | 56% (Based on 21 reviews) |
Payments
Vendor | Pay vendors through a dashboard or portal and maintain vendor payment information This feature was mentioned in 20 Mercury reviews. | 65% (Based on 20 reviews) | |
Recurring | Manage and execute recurring payments, such as subscriptions, services, utilities, etc. This feature was mentioned in 21 Mercury reviews. | 64% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Employee Reimbursements | As reported in 21 Mercury reviews. Reimburse an employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee within the employee's scope of employment | 68% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
ACH | Allows for the electronic transfer of funds between banks 21 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 85% (Based on 21 reviews) |
Fraud & Risk Management
Notifications | Real-time notifications for fraudulant and/or duplicate spending 21 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 75% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Unique Cards | Individual, unique cards for each vendor to help manage duplicate and overpayments This feature was mentioned in 22 Mercury reviews. | 73% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Controls | Control spend limits, expiration dates, and lock and unlock stolen or lost cards This feature was mentioned in 21 Mercury reviews. | 79% (Based on 21 reviews) |
