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Circula

Circula

Software for expense management, travel expenses, employee benefits, and corporate credit cards

Circula is a German SaaS platform for expense management, travel expenses, and corporate credit cards. Founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, the company serves small and medium-sized businesses, among others. Its web and mobile apps support the management of employee expenses, travel expenses, and benefits, including digital receipt capture and approval workflows. According to the Help Center, data is transmitted in encrypted form and hosted on AWS servers in Germany. LinkedIn lists the company size as 51–200 employees.

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Use Case

Circula consolidates expense, travel, and corporate card reporting, as well as employee benefits, into a single platform. Companies use it to digitize expense and travel cost processes (recording receipts, approvals, policies, reimbursements), automate pre-accounting and export to financial accounting, reconcile corporate card transactions, and offer benefits such as meal allowances, mobility budgets, or internet allowances. The goal is to reduce manual effort, speed up reimbursements, improve compliance with travel expense policies and tax-compliant benefits, and ensure transparent cost control.

Target Audience

SMEs and mid-sized companies, as well as growing businesses in the DACH region—particularly teams that travel frequently for business, handle a high volume of expense reports and corporate card transactions, and require tax-compliant employee benefits; finance, HR, and operations teams.

Data Residency

de

Target Segments

StartupSMBKMULarge

Source URLs

  • https://www.circula.com/de
  • https://www.circula.com/en/ai?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/preise?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/en/integrations?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/en/integrations/way2vat?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/expenses
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/279603-automated-receipt-matching?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/304423-transaction-receipt-detection?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/279506-suppliers-feature?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/279542-the-calendar-integration?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/279462-pliant-credit-card-integration?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/expenses/reisekosten
  • https://www.circula.com/de/expenses/reisekosten?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/de/articles/279519-reisekosten-und-spesenrichtlinien?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/kmu?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/integrationen/datev?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/ki?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/de/articles/279460-barrierefreie-reisekostenerstattung?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/integrationen/personio?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/expenses/kreditkarte
  • https://www.circula.com/de/expenses/kreditkarte?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/de/articles/279462-pliant-kreditkarten-integration?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/expenses?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/integrationen?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/compliance
  • https://www.circula.com/en/compliance?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/6362286-circula-benefits?utm_source=openai
  • https://help.circula.com/en/articles/279518-erp-customisations?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com
  • https://www.circula.com/de/integrationen
  • https://platform.softwareone.com/product/circula-expenses/PCP-2488-6282?utm_source=openai
  • https://apibit.com/product/circula/?utm_source=openai
  • https://subscribed.fyi/circula/pricing/?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/en/expenses?utm_source=openai
  • https://www.circula.com/de/preise
  • https://www.circula.com/en/integrations/lanes-planes?utm_source=openai

policies_and_controls

  • Ausgabelimits je Kategorie (z. B. Taxi, Flüge) – pro Ausgabe oder pro Kalenderjahr
  • Richtlinien gelten unternehmensweit oder für ausgewählte Personen/Gruppen
  • Automatische Hinweise/Warnings bei Erreichen oder Überschreiten von Limits
  • Genehmiger:innen und Buchhaltende können Ausgaben im Prüf-/Freigabeprozess ablehnen

unique_selling_points

  • Automated corporate card expense drafts reduce manual entry and accelerate month-end close
  • AI-based detection flags non-compliant terminal/payment slips for VAT compliance (Professional plan)
  • Supplier assignment enables creditor-level cost attribution in exports
  • Calendar-based attendee suggestions streamline compliant hospitality submissions
  • Bulk approval and filter views for efficient review of card expenses
  • Export gating ensures accuracy by only allowing submitted expenses to be booked

export

Submitted expenses can be exported for further processing in accounting.

plan_notes

AI Transaction Receipt Detection available only in Professional plan; Suppliers feature requires activation by Circula.

governance_controls

Budgets/limits per card or employee; visibility of status/IDs in the UI for prepaid accounts.

accessibility_wcag_2_1

  • Orientierung an WCAG 2.1
  • Screenreader-Optimierung und Alternativtexte
  • Klare Seitenstruktur und konsistente Navigation/Bezeichnungen
  • Tastaturbedienbarkeit
  • 200% Zoom ohne Funktionsverlust
  • Hohe Kontraste

submission_and_roles

  • Digitale Einreichung über die Circula Web-App
  • Rollen: Admin (Konfiguration), Mitarbeitende (Einreichung), Genehmigende und Buchhaltung (Prüfung/Freigabe)

sources

  • https://help.circula.com/de/articles/279462-pliant-kreditkarten-integration

limitations_or_unknowns

No explicit information on SSO, SCIM, MFA, API availability, data residency, or certifications on the referenced pages.

deployment

Accessible via web and mobile apps; calendar integration is configured in the mobile app.

plans

  • Circula Professional
  • Circula Professional Plus

source_urls

  • https://help.circula.com/de/articles/279519-reisekosten-und-spesenrichtlinien
  • https://help.circula.com/de/articles/279460-barrierefreie-reisekostenerstattung
  • https://www.circula.com/de/integrationen/datev
  • https://www.circula.com/de/integrationen/personio