Key takeaways
- Invoice and purchasing approvals: Partly. Approvals are built into specific modules: PO approval by per-employee 'Approve up to' dollar limits (a reviewer is picked when a PO is over the limit, with configurable notifications), the Expenses Queue, and the Review Bills Queue for vendor-portal bills. However, the general Workflows feature only sends emails and texts and creates tasks, so it cannot route approvals.
- Expense claim approvals: Yes. Employee Expenses: employees submit expenses (single or multiple) from their profile using configured Expense Types.
- Vergo approvals are optional and run before coded spend posts into Striven.
Where should you go next?
- Striven AP and expense features: what's included and what to add
- Vergo's Striven integration
- Get started with Vergo
What Striven includes
Invoice and purchasing approvals
Partly. Approvals are built into specific modules: PO approval by per-employee 'Approve up to' dollar limits (a reviewer is picked when a PO is over the limit, with configurable notifications), the Expenses Queue, and the Review Bills Queue for vendor-portal bills. However, the general Workflows feature only sends emails and texts and creates tasks, so it cannot route approvals.
Expense claim approvals
Yes. Employee Expenses: employees submit expenses (single or multiple) from their profile using configured Expense Types. Managers approve in the Expenses Queue, with optional manager notification. Approved expenses are paid by reimbursement check (Create Checks) or through a payroll file, and billable expenses can be invoiced to customers.
What teams add alongside it
- AP automation / invoice capture
- Corporate card and expense management app with receipt OCR
Where Vergo fits with Striven
Vergo adds approvals on the spend before it reaches Striven. Approval workflows are optional and fit how you already control spend: route by GL account or by amount — or skip approval flows entirely and let policy flags catch only what breaks a rule. Approved card spend posts into Striven, coded to your GL account and class.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it depend on the Striven edition or add-ons?
Approved expenses are paid by reimbursement check (Create Checks) or through a payroll file, and billable expenses can be invoiced to customers.
How does Vergo route approvals?
By GL account or by amount, or skip approval flows entirely and let policy flags catch only what breaks a rule.
What happens after approval in Vergo?
The coded card spend posts into Striven, with its receipt.
