Head-to-head comparison

Pleo vs Soldo

Pleo

8.7 / 10

Europe's most widely adopted team expense card. Free plan for up to 3 users, fast setup, and the most employee-friendly interface in this category.

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Soldo

8.2 / 10

Best-in-class spend control: custom card-level limits, department budgets, and instant card freezing. Trusted by over 60,000 businesses across Europe.

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Quick answer

Pleo: Best if you want the fastest setup and the most polished employee app, especially under about 30 people.

Soldo: Best if spend control matters more than convenience: card-level rules, department budgets, and instant freezing.

Side-by-side comparison

Feature Pleo Soldo
Starting priceFree (3 users)Free plan
Free planYesYes
Physical cardsYesYes
Virtual cardsYesYes
Invoice managementLimitedNo
ReimbursementsYesYes
Accounting syncYesYes
Best forTeams wanting card-first simplicityTight department spend control

Why choose Pleo

  • Free plan covers up to 3 users with no time limit
  • Fastest onboarding of the five platforms reviewed
  • Employee mobile app is the most polished in this category
  • Automatic receipt matching cuts manual expense admin

Why choose Soldo

  • Granular, card-level spend rules (category, merchant, time window)
  • Department and project-level budgets with real-time tracking
  • Instant card freeze/unfreeze from the app
  • Free plan is genuinely usable, not just a trial

Our verdict

Bottom line

Both platforms offer a genuinely usable free plan, so the decision comes down to what you are optimizing for. Pleo is built around convenience: get cards issued and receipts captured with minimal setup. Soldo is built around control: granular spend rules, department budgets, and instant card freezing. Teams that want simplicity tend to prefer Pleo. Finance teams that want to enforce spend policy before it happens tend to prefer Soldo.

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