European Alternatives to Ramp
Looking for a European alternative to Ramp? Ramp Business Corporation is a New York company whose standard Platform Agreement chooses New York law and individual arbitration, although customers in the EEA contract with an Irish subsidiary, Ramp Platform Europe Ltd, under Irish law, and Ramp's privacy policy says its business is headquartered in the United States.
Eleven European tools cover the same ground, from card-first spend platforms and a business bank with cards to expense apps and an invoice platform that sells corporate cards, built by companies in Denmark, Germany, France, Finland, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
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11 European Alternatives to Ramp
Pleo
Copenhagen spend platform with cards, expense reports, reimbursements and accounts payable, with a free trial
Moss
Berlin platform with cards, reimbursements and accounts payable, unlimited users, free start on cards or AP
Spendesk
Paris spend platform with unlimited cards and users in the base package, add-ons for procurement and AP
Payhawk
London-registered spend platform with Visa cards, expenses, bills and travel, with EEA cards issued by Payhawk Financial Services UAB
Qonto
Paris business account with payment cards, invoicing and team expense tools, with a one-month free trial
Soldo
London prepaid-card spend management with receipt capture and wallets, 30-day free trial
Pliant
Berlin corporate Visa credit cards with cashback, aimed at companies spending over €10,000 a month on cards
Bezala
Helsinki expense app with its own Visa company card, €11 per active user a month
Candis
Berlin invoice-first platform with Visa corporate cards as an add-on from €149 a month
Mooncard
Paris spend cards with expense software, €10 per card issued and 0% loading fees, demo-led
Mobilexpense
Brussels expense platform, now part of Visma, with credit cards from €4 a user a month
Key takeaways
- Ramp Business Corporation is a New York company, but customers domiciled in the EEA contract with Ramp Platform Europe Ltd, registered in Ireland, under Irish law and All-Ireland arbitration rules.
- Ramp lists Free at $0 per user a month and Plus at $15 per user a month plus a platform fee; none of the European tools here publishes a comparable permanent free tier except as a free start (Moss) or a trial (Pleo, Qonto, Soldo, Candis).
- Pleo, Moss, Spendesk and Payhawk are the closest to Ramp in shape: cards, expenses, reimbursements and accounts payable on one platform.
- Qonto is a business account first, Pliant is a credit card first, and Candis is an invoice platform with cards as an add-on, so they replace only part of what Ramp does.
- Several of these publish no prices (Spendesk, Moss, Pliant, Mooncard, Payhawk beyond one programme), so budget a sales conversation.
Why people leave Ramp
Ramp is a corporate card and spend platform from New York. A company gets a corporate charge card, unlimited physical and virtual cards, approvals, receipt matching, accounting integrations and a bill-pay product in one account. Its pricing page lists Free at $0 per user a month, Plus at $15 per user a month plus a platform fee based on team size (20% off on annual billing), and an Enterprise tier on request.
The legal picture is more mixed than for many US tools. The standard Platform Agreement (last updated 22 September 2026) chooses New York law and sends disputes to individual arbitration with a class action waiver.
But for a company domiciled in the EEA, the agreement says "Ramp" means Ramp Platform Europe Ltd, registered in Ireland, and the Europe Regional Schedule replaces New York law with Irish law and arbitration under the All-Ireland Arbitration Rules 2020. Cards for EEA customers are issued by Stripe Technology Europe Limited, according to Ramp's own footer.
So this page is not about escaping a US contract. It is about choosing a supplier that is itself European, rather than an American group with an Irish contracting company. Ramp's privacy policy states that its business is headquartered in the United States, and personal data from Europe moves under adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses and certified service providers. Eleven European alternatives are listed here, and they differ a lot in how openly they publish prices.
- The parent company is American, even if the contract is Irish For EEA customers the contracting party is Ramp Platform Europe Ltd under Irish law, which is a real improvement over a plain New York contract. The group behind it is Ramp Business Corporation in New York, and the privacy policy says the business is headquartered in the United States. If your supplier review asks who ultimately controls the data processor, the answer is still American. The tools below are run by companies in Denmark, Germany, France, Finland, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
- Disputes go to arbitration, not to a court Both the US and the EEA versions of the agreement send disputes to arbitration. The US version uses individual arbitration with a jury and class action waiver. The Europe schedule uses the All-Ireland Arbitration Rules 2020 with a single arbitrator, after 30 days of informal talks, and a court that is asked to hear a dispute must stay the case. That is a normal commercial choice, but it takes a card programme dispute out of an ordinary national court.
- The EEA terms add a small-company filter The Europe schedule amends section 7(iii) so the company confirms it would not be classified as a consumer, micro or small enterprise under the rules that apply to the services. Payhawk makes a similar statement for UK micro-enterprises, and Pliant says plainly it is not for sole traders or companies with under €10,000 of monthly card spend. Check whether your company falls in that group before you plan a rollout with any of them.
- The free tier is real, but it is priced in dollars Ramp's Free plan is a genuine advantage: $0 per user and unlimited cards. Ramp lists those prices in US dollars on the page that was read, and which of the features on its pricing page apply in your EEA country was not verifiable from public pages. A European supplier will usually quote in euros, and several offer a free trial or a free start instead of a permanent free tier.
What you have to replace, not just match
Start with what Ramp does for you today. List the cards you issue, the approval rules, the accounting export, any bill-pay or procurement use, and the monthly card spend. A team that mainly wants cards and receipts has a short path to Pleo, Moss, Spendesk or Soldo. A team that pays many supplier invoices should look at the accounts payable side of Moss, Spendesk, Payhawk or Candis.
Do not move everything at once. Run a pilot with one department on the new platform, keep Ramp cards active for the rest, and compare the month-end close on both. Plan for card replacement, because a physical card is tied to the issuer and cannot be moved: reissue them, update recurring subscriptions on the new virtual cards, and keep the old cards live until the last vendor has switched.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | Pleo | Copenhagen, Denmark | Per active user, per month | EU (Denmark) |
| #2 | Moss | Berlin, Germany | Per user, per month | EU (Germany) |
| #3 | Spendesk | Paris, France | Subscription + per user | EU (France) |
| #4 | Payhawk | London, United Kingdom (engineering in Sofia, Bulgaria) | Subscription + per user | United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| #5 | Qonto | Paris, France | Self-employed plans Basic €9, Smart €19 and Premium €39 a month; team plans Essential €49, Business €109 and Enterprise €199 a month; all excl. VAT and billed annually (€108, €228, €468, €588, €1,308 and €2,388 a year) | EU (France) |
| #6 | Soldo | London, United Kingdom, with a Milan office | Standard £21 a month plus VAT (1 wallet, 3 users, 3 cards, up to 20 bank transfers a month), Plus £33 a month plus VAT (3 wallets, up to 30 transfers), Unlimited quoted; minimum three users and extra cards cost extra | UK, with EEA card issuing under Irish supervision |
| #7 | Pliant | Berlin, Germany | Three plans — Light, Standard and Custom — all calculated individually; no prices are published. The Standard plan includes unlimited cashback, with the percentage not stated | EU (Germany, with card issuing in Finland) |
| #8 | Bezala | Espoo, Finland | €10.50 per active user/month for expense claims and non-salary compensation, plus €3.20/month per active card user for receipt reminders; custom pricing above 100 employees | EU (Finland) |
| #9 | Candis | Berlin, Germany | Base from €389/month, Plus from €599/month, Max from €789/month, priced by document volume with unlimited users and entities; Visa corporate cards from €149/month | EU (Germany) |
| #10 | Mooncard | Paris, France | Per card, per month | EU (France) |
| #11 | Mobilexpense | Brussels, Belgium | Declaree from €8/user/month, minimum 20 users; MXP custom-quoted, minimum 20 users; business credit cards from €4/user/month as an add-on | EU (Belgium) |
How each alternative compares to Ramp
- Which law reaches it. EU (Denmark). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
Best for: Small and mid-sized companies that want cards, expense reports and bill payment on one platform and a free trial first
Pleo is run by Pleo Technologies A/S in Copenhagen (CVR 36538686). Its legal page lists the Master Service Agreement as a UK version and a UK entity, Pleo Financial Services UK Ltd, authorised by the FCA. Cards are issued under a Mastercard licence. Which law applies to EEA customers could not be checked.
Its pricing page lists three plans, Start, Build and Optimise, aimed at teams of 1 to 49, 50 to 1,000 and over 1,000. Start has physical and virtual cards, accounts payable, expense tracking and one vendor card. Build adds reimbursements, mileage, approval workflows and up to 15 vendor cards. Optimise adds cashback, budgets and HRIS integrations. "Try for free" is offered on Start and Build.
The page read shows prices in pounds, so no amount is quoted here. Credit limits are listed per plan, for eligible customers only, so expect a credit check.
What Pleo does better than Ramp
- Free trial on the two lower plans, with plan limits listed in full
- Cards, expense reports, reimbursements and accounts payable in one product
- Danish parent company, where Ramp's parent is in New York
- Mileage and reimbursements included from Build
Where Pleo is a step down from Ramp
- No permanent free plan like Ramp's $0 tier
- Cashback only on the top plan, and credit limits depend on eligibility
- The legal page shows a UK master agreement, so EEA terms need checking
- Smaller procurement and vendor management than Ramp's Plus and Enterprise tiers
Standout against Ramp. Three plans with plan limits on cards, admins and users written out on the public pricing page.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
Best for: German and wider European finance teams that want to start free on cards or accounts payable and add modules later
Moss is operated by Nufin GmbH in Berlin (Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 209209). Moss GmbH (HRB 219201) is the e-money institution and card issuer, supervised by BaFin under licence number 159024. The Pay with Moss product uses Airwallex (Netherlands) B.V. in Amsterdam as the payment partner.
The pricing page says you can start free with Cards or Accounts Payable, with unlimited users and cards, and then add modules: Corporate Cards, Employee Reimbursements and Accounts Payable, plus add-ons for advanced controlling, procurement, ERP connections and AI pre-accounting. It lists 50 or more finance tool integrations.
The paid plans are tailored, with no figures on the page. Flexible debit or credit funding is offered "eligibility applies".
What Moss does better than Ramp
- Starts free on cards or accounts payable, with unlimited users
- Card issuer is a named German e-money institution under BaFin
- Reimbursements, cards and payables as separate modules you add when needed
- Imprint names every group company and register number
Where Moss is a step down from Ramp
- Paid plans are by quote with no published prices
- A payment partner, Airwallex, sits in the chain for Pay with Moss
- Narrower geographic focus than Ramp's international reach
- Credit funding depends on eligibility
Standout against Ramp. It is built as modules you can start free with, and its imprint lists the platform company, the card issuer and the payment partner separately.
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
Best for: Mid-sized companies that want many cards and controls without per-seat pricing, and add procurement or payables later
Spendesk is run by Spendesk SAS, registered at the Paris Trade and Companies Register under 821 893 286, with its registered office at 51 rue de Londres in Paris according to its privacy policy (version of March 2025). The separate legal terms page returned an error on 8 October 2026.
Its base package, "Foundations", lists unlimited physical cards, single-use cards, recurring virtual cards, multi-use project cards, receipt collection with OCR, reimbursements, SSO and SAML, and integrations with Xero, QuickBooks and DATEV. Add-ons include procurement, accounts payable, advanced workflows, multi-entity management and HR and ERP integrations.
The pricing page names no amounts, so expect a quote.
What Spendesk does better than Ramp
- Unlimited cards, users and control settings in the base package
- Procurement and accounts payable as add-ons on the same platform
- French company with a published register number
- DATEV integration listed among its accounting connections
Where Spendesk is a step down from Ramp
- No published prices and no stated free trial
- The terms of service page could not be read
- Add-ons make the final price harder to predict than a flat plan
- No permanent free tier
Standout against Ramp. Its base package puts no cap on cards or users, and procurement and payables are sold as add-ons.
- Which law reaches it. United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
Best for: Companies that want cards, supplier bills and business travel on one platform and accept a quote-based price
Payhawk is run by Payhawk Limited, company number 11747263, with its registered office at Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London.
Its legal page lists offices in London, New York, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Warsaw, Sofia and Vilnius, and says its cards are issued by Payhawk Financial Services UAB in the EEA, Payhawk Financial Services Limited in the UK and Cross River Bank in the US. It is a UK-registered parent with a New York presence, so it is not a pure EU company.
The product covers Visa company cards, expense management, accounts payable, business travel and multi-entity management, with a growing set of AI agents. Its pricing page lists a Growth programme at £149 a month for small businesses on a 24-month term; other prices are on request.
The footer says the product is not available for UK micro-enterprises or small charities.
What Payhawk does better than Ramp
- Cards, bills, expenses and travel in one platform
- A separate EEA card issuer is named for EEA customers
- Growth programme with a stated starting price for small companies
- Multi-entity management for groups
Where Payhawk is a step down from Ramp
- Registered in the United Kingdom, not the EU, with an office in New York
- Most prices are on request
- Not available to UK micro-enterprises
- The Growth price is quoted in pounds and tied to a 24-month term
Standout against Ramp. Travel booking sits in the same platform as cards and bills, and the legal page names a different card issuer for each region.
Qonto
a business bank account with cards and expense tools, from Paris
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
- Independently checked. Licensed payment institution authorised by the French ACPR, registration 16958 granted 21/06/2018 (not a bank).
Best for: Small and growing companies that want an everyday business account first, with cards and team expenses on top
Qonto is the commercial name of Qonto SA, a French joint stock company registered at the Paris Trade Register (819 489 626), with share capital of €298,160.71 and its headquarters at 18 rue de Navarin in Paris. It is a licensed payment institution authorised by the French supervisor, according to its legal page.
Its English pricing page lists Basic, Smart and Premium plans billed annually, each with a one-month free trial, with payment cards, invoicing and, on higher plans, more cards and accountant access. Its site also lists team expense management and payment cards as features.
Prices differ by country, so none is quoted here. Qonto is a bank-first product: it does not offer Ramp's procurement or deep vendor management.
What Qonto does better than Ramp
- One-month free trial on every plan and plan prices shown on the page
- Business account, cards and invoicing in one tool for small teams
- French payment institution with a stated register number
Where Qonto is a step down from Ramp
- Thinner spend controls, approval workflows and procurement than Ramp
- Accounts payable and bill automation are not its core
- Plan prices vary by country
- Card limits and spend controls for larger programmes are not described on the page read
Standout against Ramp. It is the only tool here that starts from a bank account rather than a spend platform.
Soldo
wallet-based spend control with a 30-day trial, from London
- Which law reaches it. UK, with EEA card issuing under Irish supervision. Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Not disclosed — Soldo publishes certifications but does not name a cloud provider or region.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
- Independently checked. ISO/IEC 27001 group-wide since 2019, ISO 9001 since 2019, PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider since 2017, Cyber Essentials Plus; Soldo Financial Services Ireland DAC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and Soldo Financial Services Ltd is an FCA-authorised EMI, FRN 900459.
Best for: Companies that want prepaid-style control, with a wallet per team or project and receipts captured on each card
Soldo's website footer says the software services for customers in the EEA and the UK are provided by Soldo Software Ltd, company number 09233754, 119 Marylebone Road, London. Soldo Italia S.r.l. serves customers in Italy. So an EEA customer outside Italy contracts with a UK company.
The pricing page lists Standard, Plus and Unlimited plans. Standard starts with one wallet, three users and three cards; Plus adds company wallets, OCR, automation and reporting. It states: "We don't offer a free plan, but we do offer a 30-day trial on our Plus and Standard plans."
Amounts on the page read are in pounds and are not quoted. Card and payment fees are separate from the subscription.
What Soldo does better than Ramp
- A clear 30-day trial on two plans
- Wallets let you separate budgets by team or project
- Receipt capture on each card payment
- Italian entity for Italian customers
Where Soldo is a step down from Ramp
- A UK contracting company for most EEA customers
- No free plan
- Fees for cards and payments sit on top of the subscription
- Fewer procurement and bill-pay features than Ramp
Standout against Ramp. Wallets give each team its own balance, which is a different control model from a credit card limit.
Pliant
corporate Visa credit cards with cashback, issued from Finland and run from Berlin
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany, with card issuing in Finland). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Not disclosed — Pliant publishes its licences and certifications but not its hosting location.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001:2022 and PCI DSS service provider; EU cards issued by Pliant Oy (business ID 3266913-9) in Helsinki under Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority supervision, UK cards by Transact Payments Limited under the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.
Best for: Companies that already spend more than €10,000 a month on cards and want a credit card with cashback and insurance
Pliant GmbH is at Prenzlauer Allee 242-247 in Berlin (Berlin-Charlottenburg HRB 217281 B). Cards in the EU are issued by Pliant Oy in Helsinki (business ID 3266913-9) under a licence from Visa Europe, and Pliant SAS in Paris (R.C.S. Paris 949 584 643) is a further group company. It says it is a PCI DSS service provider with an ISO 27001:2022 certificate.
Its pricing page lists Light, Standard and Custom plans. Standard includes unlimited cashback (depending on volume), unlimited virtual and single-use cards, advanced features and an insurance package. The price is calculated per customer through a demo.
It says Pliant is not the right fit for freelancers, sole traders or microenterprises, or if your total business credit card spending is below €10,000 a month. The cards are credit cards, not prepaid or debit.
What Pliant does better than Ramp
- Credit cards with cashback and an insurance package on the Standard plan
- Card issuer is a named Finnish e-money institution
- Named German parent company with its register number
- Unlimited virtual and single-use cards on Standard
Where Pliant is a step down from Ramp
- Not for small companies: a spend threshold of €10,000 a month
- No published prices
- Narrower than Ramp on expense reports and accounts payable
- Credit approval is required
Standout against Ramp. It states in writing who it is not for, including a minimum monthly card spend.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Finland). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
Best for: Nordic and European teams where only some staff claim expenses each month
Bezala is a product of Renance - Automated Financial Services Oy in Finland (business ID 2697751-4, registered on 22 June 2015 in the Finnish company register). Its pricing page lists availability in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The price is €11.00 per active user a month, charged only for users who use Bezala that month. Reminders for missing receipts on company cards add €3.50 per active card user. The Bezala Card is a Visa Platinum Business card with unlimited virtual cards per company and one physical card per user, either prefunded or credit-based, with a prefund option listed at €15 per company.
It is an expense and card product for claims, mileage, per diems and non-salary compensation. It is not a procurement or bill-pay platform.
What Bezala does better than Ramp
- Per-active-user billing, with a published price
- Its own Visa company card with unlimited virtual cards
- Finnish company registered in the public register
- Mileage, per diems and non-salary compensation in the same app
Where Bezala is a step down from Ramp
- No procurement, bill-pay or budget management like Ramp
- No free plan
- The €3.50 reminder add-on raises the price for card users
- Enterprise pricing starts at 100 users and is by quote
Standout against Ramp. You pay only for people who actually use it in a given month.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
- Independently checked. GoBD-certified digital archiving (Germany).
Best for: Companies in Germany and nearby whose main problem is supplier invoices, with some cards on top
Candis is run by Candis GmbH at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 5 in Berlin, entered in the commercial register of Berlin Charlottenburg under HRB 168078.
The core product is invoice management with AI data capture and approvals. Its price page lists Base from €389 a month, Plus from €599 and Max from €789, all with unlimited users and companies, and a 30-day free test. Visa corporate credit cards are an add-on from €149 a month, with real-time transactions, any number of cards and an optional 0.5% cashback for eligible companies.
It is the least similar to Ramp's expense and card focus, but it is the one that publishes a clear starting price for invoice processing.
What Candis does better than Ramp
- Unlimited users and companies on every plan
- Published starting prices and a 30-day free test
- Invoice approvals with AI data capture, and a DATEV link named on its price page
- Optional 0.5% cashback on cards for eligible companies
Where Candis is a step down from Ramp
- Cards are an add-on, not the core product
- Starts at €389 a month, which is a lot for a very small team
- Fewer expense reimbursement features than Ramp or Pleo
- Cashback depends on eligibility
Standout against Ramp. Every plan has unlimited users, and the card add-on has its own listed starting price.
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
Best for: French and French-speaking companies that want a card per employee with automatic receipt capture
The site is published by Moongroup SAS (RCS Paris 818 620 783), 68 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris, in terms dated May 2022. Moongroup acts as agent of Treezor SAS (RCS Paris 807 465 059), an e-money institution authorised by the French supervisor, and of Paynovate in Belgium (BE 0506 763 929).
Its pricing page offers Original and Hub plans: five seats, one physical and/or virtual Visa card per user, expense software, intelligent OCR, an accounting engine, SSO, and for Hub multi-entity reporting. A card costs €10 to issue and loading is 0%; the Flying Blue programme carries 1.5% or 3%. Plan prices are by demo.
The site and the terms read are in French.
What Mooncard does better than Ramp
- Published card issue fee of €10 and 0% loading fees
- Card issuer named, with two licensed institutions in the chain
- Accounting engine and automatic receipt matching
- French company with a register number
Where Mooncard is a step down from Ramp
- Plan prices are not shown and the site is in French
- Terms read were last changed in May 2022
- No procurement or bill-pay comparable to Ramp
- Moongroup is an agent, so the licensed issuer is a third party
Standout against Ramp. Prices the card, not the seat: a flat issue fee and no loading fee.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Belgium). Ramp is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU/EEA (Mobilexpense states customer data is stored in the EU/EEA).
- Source code. Closed source, as Ramp is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001:2022.
Best for: Mid-sized and larger companies with travel and per diems across several European countries
Mobilexpense SA is at Koning Albert II Laan 19 in Brussels (register entry 0472.505.509). Its imprint page also lists a branch in Amsterdam and Declaree BV in Rotterdam, and its footer says "Mobilexpense is now part of Visma".
Its pricing page lists Mobilexpense Declaree at €8 per user a month with a minimum of 20 users, and Mobilexpense credit cards from €4 per user a month. Features include mileage tracking, per diems, policy enforcement, CO2 tracking and country-specific VAT rules.
The page also describes a separate MXP product for mid-sized and enterprise organisations. The terms of the Visma group were not checked.
What Mobilexpense does better than Ramp
- Published euro prices for both expenses and cards
- Mileage, per diems and VAT rules built for European countries
- Belgian company with a register number
- Credit cards from €4 per user a month
Where Mobilexpense is a step down from Ramp
- 20-user minimum on the published Declaree price
- Now part of a larger group, so independence is limited
- No free plan or trial named on the page
- Narrower on procurement and bill pay than Ramp
Standout against Ramp. It prices cards per user, from €4, next to a separately priced expense app.
What actually breaks when you switch
Cards are the hardest part to move. Each physical card is issued by a regulated institution and cannot be transferred, so every employee needs a new card and every recurring subscription needs a new card number. Use virtual cards for subscriptions in the new tool, and keep the old Ramp cards active until the last vendor has switched.
Check credit and funding rules before you commit. Pleo, Moss and Pliant state that credit limits or credit funding depend on eligibility, and Pliant expects a minimum card spend of €10,000 a month.
Expect a sales call. Spendesk, Moss, Pliant, Mooncard and most of Payhawk do not publish prices, so the cheapest way to compare is to give each the same card count, user count and monthly spend and ask for a written quote.
Which of these is closest to Ramp?
Pleo, Moss, Spendesk and Payhawk each combine cards, expense reports, reimbursements and bill payment on one platform, which is the same shape as Ramp. Spendesk and Moss also sell procurement or advanced controlling as an add-on.
None of them is a copy. Ramp's tax filing features, such as 1099 filings, are US specific, and its reach in the EEA is not described on pages that could be read, so check the country list of whichever tool you pick.
What if I only need cards, not a full platform?
Pliant sells corporate Visa credit cards with cashback, aimed at companies that spend over €10,000 a month on cards. Qonto is a business account with payment cards and expense tools, and Bezala has its own Visa company card next to its expense app. Mooncard sells cards at a published €10 issue fee with expense software on top.
Credit cards add a lender to the contract. Read who issues the card and who extends credit, which each vendor states on its own legal pages.
Which of these publish prices I can check today?
Bezala shows €11 per active user a month, Mobilexpense shows Declaree at €8 and credit cards from €4 per user, Candis shows Base from €389 a month with unlimited users and cards from €149, and Mooncard shows a €10 card issue fee with 0% loading fees. Qonto shows three plans on its English page. Pleo and Soldo show pound prices on the UK pages that were read, so no amount is quoted here.
Moss, Spendesk, Pliant and most of Payhawk are by quote or demo. Always check the price for your country and billing period.
Does a European contract matter for a card programme?
It matters for who holds the licence. A card is issued by a regulated institution, and the platform company is often only its agent. Moss GmbH is a BaFin-supervised e-money institution, Pliant Oy is a licensed issuer in Finland, Payhawk names a separate issuer for the EEA, and Mooncard says it acts as agent of licensed institutions. Ramp does the same with Stripe Technology Europe Limited.
So the useful question is not "is the vendor European" in the abstract, but who issues the card, who holds the money and which supervisor you would complain to.
Which one to pick
If you want the nearest thing to Ramp's one-platform model, start with Pleo or Moss, both of which have a trial or a free start, then Spendesk if you want unlimited cards and users in the base package and Payhawk if bills and travel matter. Payhawk and Pleo have UK entities in their legal chain, so confirm the contract for your country.
If you only need part of what Ramp does, pick for the part. Qonto for a business account with cards, Pliant for credit cards with cashback if you spend over €10,000 a month on cards, Candis if supplier invoices are the pain, Bezala or Mobilexpense if expense claims and travel rules are the pain, and Mooncard if you want a card per employee in French.
Be realistic about the gap. Ramp offers a permanent $0 plan with unlimited cards, a long set of integrations and US tax features, and none of the European tools matches all three. Switch if you want a European supplier, euro pricing and a card issuer in your own region, and stay with Ramp if the free plan and its US features are what you rely on.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the job. Pleo and Moss are the closest all-round platforms with a free trial or free start, Spendesk is the one with unlimited cards and users in the base package, and Payhawk adds bills and travel. If you mainly want a bank account with cards, Qonto is simpler. If you want corporate credit cards with cashback, look at Pliant.
No. Ramp Business Corporation is at 28 West 23rd Street in New York. For customers domiciled in the EEA, the contracting company is Ramp Platform Europe Ltd, registered in Ireland, and the agreement is governed by Irish law.
Its pricing page lists Free at $0 per user a month, Plus at $15 per user a month plus a platform fee based on team size, with 20% off on annual billing, and Enterprise on request. Prices on the page are in US dollars and may differ for EEA customers.
Ramp has a Europe Regional Schedule for the EEA and its footer names Stripe Technology Europe Limited as the card issuer there. Which EEA countries and which features are available could not be checked on pages that were read, so ask Ramp for the list for your country.
Moss is run by Nufin GmbH in Berlin, with Moss GmbH as BaFin-supervised e-money institution and card issuer. Pleo is Pleo Technologies A/S in Copenhagen, with Pleo Financial Services UK Ltd authorised by the FCA. Spendesk is Spendesk SAS in Paris, registered at the Paris Trade and Companies Register under 821 893 286.
Payhawk says its cards are issued by Payhawk Financial Services UAB in the EEA, Payhawk Financial Services Limited in the UK and Cross River Bank in the US. Pliant says its cards in the EU are issued by Pliant Oy in Helsinki, under a licence from Visa Europe, while Pliant GmbH in Berlin is the parent company.
No European tool here matches Ramp's permanent $0 plan. Moss says you can start free with its cards or accounts payable product, Pleo offers a free trial on its two lower plans, Soldo and Candis offer 30-day trials, and Qonto offers one month free. Bezala bills only active users, which keeps the cost low if few people claim expenses.
Partly. Candis is an invoice-first platform from Berlin whose Base plan starts at €389 a month with unlimited users and companies. It also sells Visa corporate credit cards from €149 a month as an add-on, with an optional 0.5% cashback for eligible companies. It fits teams whose main pain is supplier invoices rather than staff cards.
Its own imprint page says Mobilexpense is now part of Visma, and Mobilexpense SA in Brussels remains the company named on the page. Credit cards are listed from €4 per user a month and Declaree from €8 per user, with a 20-user minimum.
The cards are the slow part. Each physical card has to be reissued by the new provider and every recurring subscription updated. Expense data and approvals can usually be exported to your accounting system first, so run both in parallel for a close cycle before you cancel Ramp.
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