Expensify's Collect plan, at $5 a member a month against Everlance's Starter at $10.99. They track different things though: Everlance logs mileage automatically, and Expensify photographs and files receipts, so many freelancers end up wanting both rather than picking one.

Do I need to pay for either one?

Not necessarily. Expensify's receipt scanning and payments stay free with no cap on SmartScans, and Everlance's free plan detects 30 automatic trips a month with unlimited manual entries. Both free tiers work fine for someone with light needs.

Which one tracks mileage for a tax deduction?

Everlance. It runs in the background on a phone, logs drives automatically, and exports the year in the shape a tax return wants. Expensify has no mileage feature; it scans receipts and files expense reports instead.

When does Everlance's free plan stop being enough?

At 30 automatic trips a month, which a working week of driving can use up fast. Two client visits a week is enough to hit the cap, and a partially tracked year is worth less at tax time than a full one.

Everlance vs Expensify Comparison 2026

Everlance tracks mileage automatically in the background and turns a year of drives into a deduction, free for 30 automatic trips a month and $10.99 a month on Starter for unlimited tracking. Expensify photographs a receipt and files it into an expense report, with scanning and payments free and no cap, then $5 a member a month once categorisation and approvals matter. One solves driving for work. The other solves the shoebox of receipts, and plenty of freelancers need both.

Everlance

Mileage and expenses tracked for freelancers

Expensify

Receipt scanning and expense reports

At a glance

Expensify starts cheaper, at $5.
Both have a genuinely free tier.

Side by side

	Everlance	Expensify
Starting price (they differ)	From $10.99	From $5
Pricing model	Free plan, paid tiers	Free plan, paid tiers
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Billing	Monthly or annual	Monthly or annual
Free trial	7 days	Not stated
API	Not stated

Everlance

Mileage and expenses tracked for freelancers

Everlance runs in the background on a phone and logs drives automatically, which is the part of a mileage deduction nobody does by hand for long. Swiping classifies a trip as work or personal, and the year's log exports in the shape a tax return wants. The free plan caps automatic detection at 30 trips a month, and a working week eats that.

Our note

The free tier's 30 trips is the number to check yourself against. Two client visits a week uses it up, and a partially tracked year is worth less at tax time than a fully tracked one.

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Expensify

Receipt scanning and expense reports

Expensify photographs a receipt and reads the merchant, date and amount off it, then files the result into a report that somebody can approve. Scanning receipts and sending money stay free, and paying is about what happens after the scan: categorisation, approval rules and the accounting handoff. It pushes to QuickBooks and Xero, which is usually why a bookkeeper asks for it.

Why people weigh these two

Expensify instead of Everlance: Expensify scans receipts and builds expense reports from $5 with a free tier, covering the expense half of what Everlance does without the mileage log.
Everlance instead of Expensify: Everlance tracks mileage as well as expenses from $11 with a free tier, which matters if driving is the deduction you are chasing.

Which one should you pick

Pick Everlance if your work involves driving and you are currently reconstructing mileage from memory every April. The free plan detects 30 trips a month automatically; check that against your own week before assuming it is enough.

Pick Expensify once receipts pile up and somebody other than you, a bookkeeper or a second person on a card, needs to see them. Scanning and payments stay free indefinitely for one person, and Collect at $5 a member a month adds the categorisation and approval flow a small team needs.

Common questions

Which is cheaper?: Expensify's Collect plan, at $5 a member a month against Everlance's Starter at $10.99. They track different things though: Everlance logs mileage automatically, and Expensify photographs and files receipts, so many freelancers end up wanting both rather than picking one.
Do I need to pay for either one?: Not necessarily. Expensify's receipt scanning and payments stay free with no cap on SmartScans, and Everlance's free plan detects 30 automatic trips a month with unlimited manual entries. Both free tiers work fine for someone with light needs.
Which one tracks mileage for a tax deduction?: Everlance. It runs in the background on a phone, logs drives automatically, and exports the year in the shape a tax return wants. Expensify has no mileage feature; it scans receipts and files expense reports instead.
When does Everlance's free plan stop being enough?: At 30 automatic trips a month, which a working week of driving can use up fast. Two client visits a week is enough to hit the cap, and a partially tracked year is worth less at tax time than a full one.

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