Overview
Welcome to Brex! Let’s get you set up for success. This hub has everything you need to move through the implementation process quickly and address any questions you may have.
On the left, navigate to the most relevant section for you, or scroll down to flow through the onboarding process step by step.
Getting started
We’ll introduce you to the Brex dashboard and help you start adding your employees to Brex.
Essential setup
Learn how to set up your Brex account with foundational features.
Next: Learn about budgets
Helpful links
Questions? Check out our Help Center.
Where can I find my Brex cards?
What are accounting fields?
Can I use a personal bank account for reimbursements and repayments?
What are global reimbursements?
How do employee repayments work?
How can I create and manage policies?
How can I set up a new accounting field?
What are expense comments?
What are auto-generated receipts?
Who will approve my expenses?
Budgets
Set up pre-approved budgets for travel, stipends, and more with auto-enforced rules and blocks. Budgets make it easy to allocate spend limits for every need — and keep everyone compliant automatically.
Budgets best practices
Download the relevant guide below to review best practices for setting up budgets, including example frameworks for different company types.
Companies with <500 employees:
Download PDF
Companies with >500 employees:
Download PDF
Global companies with >1 country of operation:
Download PDF
Automated policy settings
Use budget templates to embed your company spend policies in every budget, empowering employees to request spend limits for certain core purposes like business travel, stipends, and procurement — with the appropriate policy already built in.
Download guide for budget templates
Accounting
Automate manual processes by integrating your ERP with Brex. We also offer a robust set of automatic classifications, customizations, and export options to fit your accounting needs.
How to set up the accounting tab
Set up account mapping
Learn how to map accounting fields from Brex to your ERP to automatically categorize expenses and use custom fields to automate mapping based on multiple fields.
Download PDF for account mapping implementation guide
Questions? Check out our Help Center
Accounting tab guide
What are accounting fields?
How do I disable my existing integration and set up a new one?
Which accounting softwares does Brex integrate with?
Why is the export button grayed out for my integration?
How do I set up mapping rules to auto-categorize my transactions?
How do I create a custom rule?
Why are some of my GL accounts missing?
How do I refresh updated categories within Brex?
How do I create a merchant rule?
What is category mapping?
How can I set up reimbursement syncing for my integration?
How do I recategorize a transaction before exporting?
Why am I receiving an error after exporting transactions?
Universal CSV integration guide
Integrate with NetSuite
Sync Brex data with the ERP platform NetSuite to help you close your books faster.
Download PDF for NetSuite integration guide
Download PDF for NetSuite integration technical guide
NetSuite helpful links
Is the NetSuite integration right for me?
I need help troubleshooting my NetSuite integration
How do I sync bills with NetSuite?
How do I set up NetSuite default fields?
Can I set up multiple entities from NetSuite?
How can I export receipts and memos to NetSuite?
How do I export a transaction to a journal entry in NetSuite?
Where will I see my Brex transactions on NetSuite?
How do I map to NetSuite vendors?
How do I set up custom fields for NetSuite?
How do I set up the NetSuite integration?
Integrate with QuickBooks Online
Sync Brex data with the ERP platform QuickBooks Online to help you close your books faster.
Download PDF for QuickBooks Online integration guide
Download PDF for QuickBooks Online integration technical guide
QuickBooks Online helpful links
I need help troubleshooting my QuickBooks Online integration
How does Brex integrate with QuickBooks Desktop?
How do I set up the QuickBooks integration?
How do I tag a transaction with customer code?
How does Brex integrate with QuickBooks Online?
Can I mark expenses as billable before exporting into QBO?
How do I add Brex to my QuickBooks Online bank feed?
How can I export receipts and memos to QuickBooks Online?
Integrate with Xero
Sync Brex data with the ERP platform Xero to help you close your books faster.
Download PDF for Xero integration guide
Download PDF for Xero integration technical guide
Xero helpful links
I need help troubleshooting my Xero integration
How do I disconnect my Brex account from Xero?
How do I connect my Brex account to the correct Xero Organization?
Where will I see my Brex transactions on Xero?
How does Brex integrate with Xero?
How do I add Brex to my Xero bank feed?
Integrate with Sage Intacct
Sync Brex data with the ERP platform Sage Intacct to help you close your books faster.
Download PDF for Sage Intacct integration guide
Download PDF for Sage Intacct integration technical guide
Sage Intacct helpful links
How does Brex integrate with Sage Intacct?
How do I set up the Sage Intacct integration?
Integrate with Universal CSV
Sync Brex data with a Universal CSV to help you close your books faster.
Download PDF for Universal CSV integration guide
Download PDF for Universal CSV integration technical guide
Universal CSV helpful links
Can I customize my CSV exports?
How do I add new users in bulk via CSV?
How to set up the accounting tab
Brex combines workflows, automation, and insights to unblock accounting teams from daily preparing, reviewing, and exporting expenses. In this video, we’ll help you set up the Accounting tab so your team can streamline workflows, automate manual tasks, and close the books faster.
Integrations
Automate user management and provide an easier, safer employee experience by integrating Brex with your HRIS and identity provider.
HRIS integration guide
Integrate your HR platform for faster user onboarding, management, and deactivation. Alternatively, use our CSV upload to reduce manual work.
Download HRIS implementation guide
Download CSV guide
For technical details about the integration, review our HRIS integration technical guide.
Download HRIS integration technical guide
Questions about HRIS integration? Check out our Help Center.
How do I connect my HRIS to Brex?
How do I connect Brex to Deel?
How do I set up the Workday integration?
Do I need to update my account details with Gusto?
How does Brex integrate with Rippling?
How do I invite new users in bulk via CSV?
SSO integration
Set up SSO (Single Sign-On) for your employees to sign in to Brex more securely and efficiently.
Read our SSO integration guide
Questions about SSO integration? Check out our Help Center.
How do I enable Security Assertion Makeup Language (SAML) SSO?
How do I enable OpenID Connect (OIDC) SSO?
Multi-entity management
If you are currently enrolled in Brex’s multi-entity pilot program or would like to learn more about enabling multi-entity capabilities for your company, please review the guide below.
Multi-entity management guide
Download our multi-entity management implementation guide to learn more about how Brex lets you easily manage your spend by adding entities and employees to Brex, and configuring separate billing.
Download PDF
Multi-entity management helpful links
Questions? Check out our Help Center.
Can I set up multiple entities from NetSuite?
How do I create, assign, and delete legal entities?
Team access
Invite your team to Brex and share these guides to help them start using and benefiting from the Empower platform, Brex cards, and reimbursements.
Invite users
Learn how to integrate your HR platform with Brex or use our CSV upload process for faster use onboarding, management, and deactivation.
Jump to HRIS integration page
Employee guides
Share these guides with employees to answer all their questions and get them started with cards, reimbursements, and expense management.
Managers
Download PDF for cards only
Download PDF for reimbursement only
Download PDF for cards + reimbursement
Employees
Download PDF for cards only
Download PDF for reimbursement only
Download PDF for cards + reimbursement
Travel
When your company has Brex travel enabled, these guides for managers and employees will help them book their first trip, manage trip details and expenses, and get the support they need whenever and wherever they travel.
Travel guides
Please share these guides with your team to quickly introduce them to everything they need to know about Brex travel.