CRM & Sales · head to head
Affinity vs Brex

Affinity
CRM & Sales
Relationship intelligence platform for professionals
- From
- $49/month
- Rated
- -

Brex
Accounting & Finance
The financial stack for growing businesses
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Affinity built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM; Brex the free Essentials tier is limited to two legal entities
- They diverge on capability: Affinity covers Contact management, Brex covers Corporate cards.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Affinity and Brex actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Affinity
- Contact management
- Deal tracking
- Intelligence engine
- Relationship mapping
- Integration aggregation
- Gmail
- Outlook
Only in Brex
- Corporate cards
- Business accounts
- Expense management
- Bill pay
- Travel
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- Xero
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Affinity
- Deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equitynot Brex
- Automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship recordsnot Brex
- Finding warm introductions through existing relationship networksnot Brex
- Investor relations and fundraising trackingnot Brex
- Portfolio company support and reportingnot Brex
Brex
- Corporate cards with spend controls for startupsnot Affinity
- Expense management and reimbursementsnot Affinity
- Travel booking inside the spend platformnot Affinity
- Bill pay and accounting system syncnot Affinity
- Multi-entity spend management on the paid tiersnot Affinity
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Affinity
- Built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM
- Pricing is not published and requires a demo
Brex
- The free Essentials tier is limited to two legal entities
- Premium is $12 per user per month, so cost scales with headcount using the card
- Enterprise and Smart Card pricing is not published
- Eligibility criteria are not stated anywhere on the pricing page, which matters for a product that extends credit
Pricing, plan by plan
Affinity
$49/month- Pro$49/month
- Contact management
- Deal tracking
- Intelligence
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Everything in Pro
- Advanced customization
- Dedicated support
Brex
$29/month- EssentialsFree
- Corporate cards
- Expense management
- Bill pay
- Premium$12/month
- Advanced controls
- Custom approvals
- Travel booking
Which should you pick?
Choose Brex if
- You need corporate cards.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want business accounts.
Questions people ask
- Is Affinity or Brex better?
- Neither clearly leads. Affinity starts at $49/month and Brex at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Affinity or Brex?
- Affinity starts at $49/month and Brex at $29/month.
- Does Affinity or Brex run on more platforms?
- Affinity runs on Web. Brex runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Affinity best used for?
- Affinity is most often used for deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equity, automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship records, finding warm introductions through existing relationship networks, investor relations and fundraising tracking. Of those, deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equity and automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship records are not what Brex is typically brought in for.
- What can Affinity do that Brex cannot?
- Affinity covers Contact management, Deal tracking, Intelligence engine, Relationship mapping. Brex covers Corporate cards, Business accounts, Expense management, Bill pay. Both handle Web support.
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