Mercury Features
What are the features of Mercury?
Setup
- Data
- Approvals
- Alignment
Performance
- KPIs
- Benchmarks
- Forecasting
- Savings
Payment Cards
- Recurring Virtual
- Physical
Reporting
- Real time
- Multiple Views
Payments
- Recurring
- Employee Reimbursements
Fraud & Risk Management
- Notifications
- Unique Cards
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Expense Reports
Ease of Creating Expense Reports | Based on 19 Mercury reviews. Creation of expense reports takes little time and is intuitive for new users | 82% (Based on 19 reviews) | |
Bank / Credit Card Integration | Can easily pull in receipts from all credit card statements 18 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 77% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Smart Categorization | As reported in 18 Mercury reviews. Automatically assigns categories/accounts based on past entries and credit card statements | 75% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Digital Receipt Management | As reported in 17 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. | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Employee Reimbursement | As reported in 17 Mercury reviews. Functionality to reimburse employees directly to their bank account or can easily integrate with payroll system | 78% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Currency Conversions | Based on 18 Mercury reviews. Enables easy entry of expenses in other currencies and converts to expense report currency | 72% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Credit Card Integration | Integrates with corporate or personal credit cards (import or bi-directional) This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 64% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Travel Management
Ease of Booking | Can book Flights, Hotels, and Rental cars directly from software. 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 55% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Itinerary Management | Creates travel itineraries based on booking 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 49% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Trip Notifications | Integrates to calendaring systems and/or provides notifications of upcoming flights, hotels, rental cars, etc. This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 49% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Advanced Integrations | Based on 17 Mercury reviews. Allows advanced integrations to travel systems like Uber, airline ticketing systems, hotels, etc. | 57% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Client Invoicing
Invoice Creation and Delivery | Ability to create and send printable or electronic invoices. Includes standard invoice style library that can be customized/branded. This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 76% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Electronic Payments | Accepts electronic payments from clients 18 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Project Accounting / Revenue Recognition | Provides adequate reporting and/or can integrate to AP systems to recognize revenue appropriately 18 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 75% (Based on 18 reviews) |
Mobile
Receipt Capture | Can easily capture receipts, parse receipts and convert/assign them to a report from mobile device 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Mileage Tracking | See feature definition | Allows users to track mileage from mobile device using maps or GPS. 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 47% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Travel Itinerary and Flight Status Updates | Based on 17 Mercury reviews. Mobile application can store travel itineraries, electronic documents, and updates user of travel delays/changes | 42% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Administration
Business Tool Integration | As reported in 17 Mercury reviews. Provides standard connectors for popular Finance, Payroll, HRMS and CRM systems | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Workflow | Routes Timesheets, Invoices, Expense reports through approval process. Easy to maintain and administer 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 73% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Policy Compliance Management | See feature definition | As reported in 17 Mercury reviews. Enables administrators to create rules that enforce compliances of corporate time and expense policies | 68% (Based on 17 reviews) |
User, Role, and Access Management | Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc. This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
PCI Regulation Compliant | Complies with PCI security standards This feature was mentioned in 18 Mercury reviews. | 74% (Based on 18 reviews) |
Platform
Reporting | Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards. This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 72% (Based on 17 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. This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 71% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Internationalization | As reported in 17 Mercury reviews. Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies. | 65% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Performance and Reliability | Based on 18 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. | 72% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Mobile User Support | As reported in 18 Mercury reviews. Allows software to be easily used on multiple mobile devices include phone and tablet devices. | 70% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Offline | Provides users ability to create and access expense reports/timesheets while not connected to internet. 17 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 44% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Embedded AI / Machine Learning | Offers embedded AI/machine learning This feature was mentioned in 17 Mercury reviews. | 50% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Complex Approval Workflow | As reported in 17 Mercury reviews. Provides workflow for complex approval structures | 55% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Setup
Data | As reported in 25 Mercury reviews. Consolidates procurement data from multiple systems such as ERP systems and supply chain suites. | 68% (Based on 25 reviews) | |
Approvals | Based on 25 Mercury reviews. Define rules and workflows that managers can use to approve different kinds of spending. | 71% (Based on 25 reviews) | |
Alignment | Align spending across various departments such as procurement and accounting. 25 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 25 reviews) |
Performance
KPIs | As reported in 25 Mercury reviews. Provide standard spend KPIs that can be customized by users. | 67% (Based on 25 reviews) | |
Benchmarks | Based on 24 Mercury reviews. Use historical spend data to create benchmarks per company or department. | 60% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Forecasting | Provide forecasts on future trends that may impact spending performance. 24 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 54% (Based on 24 reviews) | |
Savings | As reported in 24 Mercury reviews. Identify savings opportunities per activity, department, or at the company level. | 66% (Based on 24 reviews) |
Payment Cards
Recurring Virtual | Online credit card number that can be instantly sent to employees and used for secure, recurring payments, such as subscriptions or services 26 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 76% (Based on 26 reviews) | |
Physical | As reported in 26 Mercury reviews. Physical credit cards used by employees for various expenses that allow management to monitor spending and budgets | 71% (Based on 26 reviews) |
Reporting
Real time | Report on spend transactions as they happen in real time This feature was mentioned in 26 Mercury reviews. | 79% (Based on 26 reviews) | |
Multiple Views | As reported in 23 Mercury reviews. Reports that allow the user to sort and filter by vendor, team, GL, department, etc. | 66% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Export | As reported in 22 Mercury reviews. The ability to export reports in various formats, such as excel, CSV, and Google Sheets | 72% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Budgets | Report on and track spending against budgets 22 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 58% (Based on 22 reviews) |
Payments
Vendor | Based on 21 Mercury reviews. Pay vendors through a dashboard or portal and maintain vendor payment information | 67% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Recurring | As reported in 22 Mercury reviews. Manage and execute recurring payments, such as subscriptions, services, utilities, etc. | 66% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Employee Reimbursements | Based on 22 Mercury reviews. Reimburse an employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee within the employee's scope of employment | 67% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
ACH | Allows for the electronic transfer of funds between banks 22 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 86% (Based on 22 reviews) |
Fraud & Risk Management
Notifications | As reported in 22 Mercury reviews. Real-time notifications for fraudulant and/or duplicate spending | 77% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Unique Cards | As reported in 23 Mercury reviews. Individual, unique cards for each vendor to help manage duplicate and overpayments | 75% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Controls | Control spend limits, expiration dates, and lock and unlock stolen or lost cards 22 reviewers of Mercury have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 22 reviews) |
Agentic AI - Spend Management
Proactive Assistance | Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting | Not enough data |
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Autonomous Task Execution | Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input | Not enough data | |
Cross-system Integration | Works across multiple software systems or databases | Not enough data |
