BizAway vs Lanes & Planes

BizAway and Lanes & Planes are both European booking tools, but they meter the cost differently and publish different amounts. BizAway is a pay-per-booking service with no subscription, an Advanced plan at a fixed fee per booking and a custom Enterprise quote. Lanes & Planes shows no fixed prices on the page we read and points to a calculator that depends on annual travel volume and services booked. BizAway states Italian legal details, while Lanes & Planes leaves its entity unstated and gives German-language cues instead. Neither shows a hosting model.

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Both are reviewed in full in our travel management ranking: BizAway and Lanes & Planes.

1. 01

   Fixed fee against a calculator

   BizAway describes pay-per-booking with no subscription fees, and its Advanced plan carries a fixed fee per booking, though the page shows no amount or currency. Lanes & Planes lists no prices or plans at all and says cost depends on annual travel volume and the services booked, worked out in a three-step Preiskalkulator. Its /pricing address returned an error. BizAway gives the clearer shape of the bill, even without a figure. That matters when finance wants a forecast.

   Edge: BizAway

2. 02

   The 30,000 euro threshold

   Lanes & Planes states that its solution typically suits companies from an annual travel volume of 30,000 euros. That is a useful filter for a buyer, because it tells small teams early that they may be too small. BizAway states no minimum volume on the pricing page we read, and a per-booking model has no obvious floor. A company that books only occasionally has fewer reasons to be turned away at BizAway. Buyers below that line should ask first.

   Edge: BizAway

3. 03

   Policy, approvals and risk cover

   BizAway lists supplier agreements management, custom fields, travel policy and approval workflows, several payment systems and travel risk management through ISOS and Crisis24. Lanes & Planes lists travel policy and approval management as well, plus a traveller mobile app. Only BizAway names a risk-management partner on the page we read. For duty-of-care questions, that gives BizAway the more concrete answer. The comparison turns on what the page actually states. That is useful when a traveller is stranded abroad.

   Edge: BizAway

4. 04

   Receipts, expenses and the ledger

   Lanes & Planes lists expense and receipt management and ERP and accounting integration next to booking of flights, trains, hotels and rental cars. BizAway's Enterprise plan mentions integration with finance and HR systems, but only as a custom, quoted item. If the accounting handoff is the reason to buy, Lanes & Planes states it as part of the main offer, where BizAway keeps it in the top tier. That difference is small but real for finance teams.

   Edge: Lanes & Planes

5. 05

   Trial and demo route

   No free plan or free trial turns up on either site. Lanes & Planes offers a free personalised web demo, and BizAway's Enterprise plan sends you to a quote form with the words Get your quote. Both therefore begin with a conversation, though only Lanes & Planes calls its first step free. BizAway lets you start from a published Advanced plan without a sales call, which some buyers prefer.

   Depends on the buyer

6. 06

   Legal entity and hosting

   BizAway names BizAway S.r.l. Benefit Corporation, with a registration number and EUR 442,945.47 of paid-up share capital, as an Innovative SME under Italian law. Lanes & Planes states no entity on the page we read, only a German-language site and +49 phone numbers. Neither page states a hosting model or a parent company. BizAway is the one that documents who stands behind the service. Both are sparse on hosting. Hosting is a gap for both.

   Edge: BizAway

Does BizAway charge a monthly subscription for approvals?

The pricing page says pay-per-booking with no subscription fees. The Advanced plan is described as only a fixed fee per booking, and the amount is not shown. Enterprise is quoted individually.

Is there a published price list for Lanes & Planes?

Not that we found. It says cost depends on annual travel volume and services booked, and sends you to a calculator in three steps. The /pricing address returned an HTTP 404.

Which of the two is documented as a German company?

Neither states a country outright on the pages we read. Lanes & Planes has a German-language site and +49 phone numbers, which suggest Germany. BizAway shows an Italian legal form without naming the country in words.

• BizAway pricing: per-booking model, Enterprise quote, risk management partners, and the Italian legal entity details.
• Lanes & Planes home page: the volume-based calculator, the 30,000 euro guide figure, receipt management and the free web demo.