The Best Pana Alternative

Pana was a guest travel platform that bundled travel booking with candidate reimbursements. After being acquired by Coupa in 2021, Pana is no longer available as a standalone product.

As companies return to in-person interviews, many former Pana customers are looking for a reimbursement solution for the first time in years. Reimbi has helped several of them make the switch — and unlike Pana, Reimbi focuses on candidate reimbursements without the overhead of travel booking.

Reimbi has been helping recruiting teams reimburse candidates since 2017 — through the pandemic, through Pana's shutdown, and through the return to in-person hiring. While guest travel platforms group all non-employees into a generic "guest" category, Reimbi is built around the candidate experience. From policy sharing and expense collection through approval routing to same-day payout, every feature is designed with candidates and recruiting teams in mind.

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How Reimbi compares to guest travel solutions

Reimbi

Focus	100% focused on candidate reimbursements. No travel booking, no unused features. Every capability — expense collection, approval routing, payouts — is designed for this one job.
Candidate experience	Candidates submit expenses from any device with no account creation, no training, and no app download. NPS of 87 from surveyed candidates.
Payout speed	90%+ of payouts are sent the same day they're approved. Candidates choose their preferred method — direct deposit, PayPal, Venmo, or check.
Pricing	No per-candidate fees. Invite as many candidates as needed at no incremental cost. Annual plans start at $4,000/year.
Multi-currency payouts	Support for 40+ currencies with direct international payouts. Reimburse candidates anywhere in the world without manual currency conversion.
Setup & onboarding	Fast implementation with dedicated onboarding support. Most teams are live within days, not weeks.
Security & compliance	SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. All data encrypted in transit and at rest. Visit our Trust Center.
Integrations	Integrates with popular ATS platforms and accounting systems to fit directly into your recruiting and finance workflows.

Guest Travel Solutions

Focus	Bundles travel booking with reimbursement. If your candidates book their own travel or your team uses a separate travel tool, you're paying for functionality you don't need.
Candidate experience	Candidates interact with a broader travel platform that may feel unfamiliar or overly complex for a simple expense submission.
Payout speed	Reimbursement timelines vary. Payouts often depend on the platform's travel reconciliation process, which can introduce delays.
Pricing	Pricing often reflects the full travel + reimbursement bundle. You may pay a premium for travel booking capabilities your team doesn't use.
Multi-currency payouts	International reimbursement support varies. Some platforms focus on domestic travel and treat international payouts as an add-on.
Setup & onboarding	Implementing a full travel platform typically requires more configuration, stakeholder coordination, and onboarding time.
Security & compliance	Security standards vary by provider. Evaluate each platform's certifications against your organization's requirements.
Integrations	Integrations tend to center on travel management and corporate booking tools rather than recruiting-specific workflows.

	Reimbi	Guest Travel Solutions
Focus	100% focused on candidate reimbursements. No travel booking, no unused features. Every capability — expense collection, approval routing, payouts — is designed for this one job.	Bundles travel booking with reimbursement. If your candidates book their own travel or your team uses a separate travel tool, you're paying for functionality you don't need.
Candidate experience	Candidates submit expenses from any device with no account creation, no training, and no app download. NPS of 87 from surveyed candidates.	Candidates interact with a broader travel platform that may feel unfamiliar or overly complex for a simple expense submission.
Payout speed	90%+ of payouts are sent the same day they're approved. Candidates choose their preferred method — direct deposit, PayPal, Venmo, or check.	Reimbursement timelines vary. Payouts often depend on the platform's travel reconciliation process, which can introduce delays.
Pricing	No per-candidate fees. Invite as many candidates as needed at no incremental cost. Annual plans start at $4,000/year.	Pricing often reflects the full travel + reimbursement bundle. You may pay a premium for travel booking capabilities your team doesn't use.
Multi-currency payouts	Support for 40+ currencies with direct international payouts. Reimburse candidates anywhere in the world without manual currency conversion.	International reimbursement support varies. Some platforms focus on domestic travel and treat international payouts as an add-on.
Setup & onboarding	Fast implementation with dedicated onboarding support. Most teams are live within days, not weeks.	Implementing a full travel platform typically requires more configuration, stakeholder coordination, and onboarding time.
Security & compliance	SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. All data encrypted in transit and at rest. Visit our Trust Center.	Security standards vary by provider. Evaluate each platform's certifications against your organization's requirements.
Integrations	Integrates with popular ATS platforms and accounting systems to fit directly into your recruiting and finance workflows.	Integrations tend to center on travel management and corporate booking tools rather than recruiting-specific workflows.