Compare: Navan
Navan pricing, explained
What Navan publishes about its plans, how its free tier is paid for, and what to ask for in writing if your company has more than 300 employees. Every statement about Navan links to Navan's own pricing page or its SEC filing.
Navan's plans
The two plans, as Navan publishes them
Summarized in our own words from Navan's pricing page, checked Oct 21, 2026. Navan may have changed it since.
Navan Business
- Navan Business is for companies with up to 300 employees, and its price is listed as free. Source
- At 300 employees or fewer, Navan says there's no limit on how many trips can be booked with Navan Travel. Source
- The plan lists policy and approval workflows without a stated limit, self-serve changes, 24/7 travel support agents, customizable reports and the Navan Rewards program. Source
- Navan Expense is free for the first 5 monthly expensing users, then $15 per user per month. An expensing user is anyone who submits a transaction, by hand or through Navan Connect. Source
Navan Enterprise
- Navan Enterprise is described as for large-scale organizations. No price is shown: the plan reads “Let’s talk” with a button to get a price quote. Source
- It includes everything in Business, plus unlimited travelers and expensing users, a designated account executive, a dedicated customer success manager, custom implementation, corporate negotiated rates and “enterprise-grade travel support”. Source
- Navan's FAQ says both plans have the same travel and expense features, and Enterprise adds support for implementing and scaling the platform. Source
How it's paid for
Where the free tier's money comes from
Each statement links to Navan's own page, checked Oct 21, 2026.
- Asked why Business is free for companies of up to 300 employees, Navan's pricing FAQ answers that Navan is powered by commission fees from travel providers, so the company gets access to its travel inventory without paying for it. Source
- Navan's 10-Q (quarter ended July 31, 2026) says it earns commissions from suppliers such as airlines, hotels, rental car companies and rail carriers, based on the dollar volume of bookings made on its platform. The filing doesn't break this down by plan. Source
Paying through supplier commissions and paying fees on an invoice are both common in business travel. Either way, ask who pays the travel company, and how much, in writing.
Above 300 employees
What Navan says about larger companies
For a company of 100 to 1,000 people, the 300-employee line decides which of Navan's two models applies.
Each statement links to Navan's own page, checked Oct 21, 2026.
- Companies with more than 300 employees are asked to request a demo to learn more. Source
- The 10-Q says contracted customers typically sign annual or multi-year contracts and pay a per-trip or per-transaction fee for Travel, and an annual subscription fee for Expense. Source
- The same per-trip or per-transaction model covers what the filing calls on-demand travel management offerings: VIP, Meetings and Events, and Bleisure. Source
- Neither the 10-Q nor the pricing page gives the amounts of these fees. Source
- The pricing page, including its full feature list, names no change or cancellation fee, contract term or minimum spend. Source
If you're above the line and getting quotes anyway, alternatives to Navan for 300 to 1,000 employees sets out how four other providers and silentVIP charge.
For a buyer
Questions to ask Navan for a written quote
A quote you can compare needs every fee on one page. These are our suggestions; the same questions work for any travel management company, including us.
The fee itself
- What is the per-trip or per-transaction fee for our headcount, and what counts as one trip: a round trip, each ticket, each hotel stay?
- Is the fee the same for flights, hotels, rail and cars, and for trips booked through an agent instead of the app?
- Is there a minimum annual commitment or a minimum number of trips?
Changes and support
- Does a change, cancellation or rebooking count as a new transaction?
- Which support tier is included, who answers after hours, and is there a response-time commitment in the contract?
- Are VIP, meetings and events, or group travel priced separately?
Contract and set-up
- How long is the contract, how does it renew, and what notice ends it?
- Is implementation included, and what does it cover?
- How many expensing users are we likely to have, and what will Expense cost at that number?
How the money flows
- Which of our bookings earn Navan a commission from the supplier, and is that shown anywhere we can see?
- Do corporate negotiated rates we already have carry over, and who keeps any supplier incentives?
- What happens to unused ticket credits and refunds, and how are they reported to finance?
Total cost, not just the booking fee: add up booking or trip fees, change and cancellation fees, after-hours support, implementation, expense users and any minimum commitment over 12 months, and set them against the same trips. Fares and room rates should be compared separately, on the same itinerary.
silentVIP's fees
silentVIP's published fees, side by side
The same numbers as on our pricing page, so you can set them against a written Navan quote.
| What | Essentials | Managed |
|---|---|---|
| Platform access | $8 per active traveler per month | $14 per active traveler per month |
| Flight booking | $22 per flight booking | $30 per flight booking |
| Hotel or rail booking | $12 per hotel or rail booking | $15 per hotel or rail booking |
| Change or cancellation | $15 per change or cancellation | Included |
| Monthly minimum | $600 a month minimum | $2,000 a month minimum |
- After-hours calls cost $45 each on Essentials and are included on Managed and Enterprise.
- Implementation: Included up to 500 travelers; $3,500 fixed fee above that.
- Integrations: File-based exports included; custom formats $750 one-off.
- Agreement: 12-month agreement, monthly billing, 60 days' notice.
- Enterprise: by quote. Usually above 1,000 travelers, several entities or a custom service model.
- Clients pay our published fees. We don't take commissions from airlines or hotels. Where a preferred-partner hotel program adds benefits such as breakfast or upgrades, those benefits go to the traveler, and any program fee paid to us is disclosed on your invoice.
A worked example: 150 people traveling in a month on Managed
120 flight bookings, 100 hotel or rail bookings and 20 changes, calculated from the fees above. Fares and room rates are billed at cost on top.
| Item | Calculation | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Platform access | 150 × $14 | $2,100 |
| Flight bookings | 120 × $30 | $3,600 |
| Hotel and rail bookings | 100 × $15 | $1,500 |
| Changes and cancellations | 20 included | $0 |
| Fees for the month, before travel costs | $7,200 | |
| The same month, every month for a year | $86,400 | |
More worked examples are on the pricing page. For your own headcount and trips, get a 12-month quote.
Fit
Which model fits which company
Navan is likely the better fit if…
- You're under 300 people and would rather pay no booking fees, funded by supplier commissions
- Employees should search and book instantly without waiting
- You want corporate cards and expense management from the same vendor
- You need live API connections to your HR and finance systems
When silentVIP is the better fit is set out, area by area, in our full comparison of silentVIP and Navan.
Sources
Where this comes from
- navan.com/pricing: plan cards, full feature list and FAQ (checked Oct 21, 2026).
- Navan, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2026, on sec.gov (checked Oct 21, 2026).
Last reviewed: Oct 21, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email support@silentvip.com.
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