Navan (formerly TripActions) is well-regarded in the corporate travel space for combining travel booking, expense management, and analytics in one platform. Many users appreciate its unified approach and real-time spending visibility.
However, several sources point out limitations when it comes to travel agencies, OTAs or travel management companies that require a high degree of brand control, supplier/commission flexibility and white-label capability. For example:
For travel agencies, OTAs and travel management companies, key priorities often include:
If any of these are critical for your business, then it may make sense to explore alternatives to Navan—with ORX Travel as a leading option.
Here’s why ORX Travel stands out as the number one alternative for travel agencies and TMCs.
Unlike many corporate travel-first platforms, ORX Travel has been developed specifically with agencies and travel management companies in mind. Agency owners, independent agents and OTAs can use the platform to power their own branded portals, customise workflows, and manage supplier relationships—all under their own brand.
With ORX Travel your agency operates under your own branding—not a generic corporate portal. You have full control over look-and-feel, domain, user experience, and brand messaging. This means you can create a seamless customer experience that aligns with your marketing strategy and helps you stand out in the travel marketplace.
The platform supports global inventory (GDS, OTA, direct suppliers), dynamic packaging, multi-supplier flows, and agent-commission models. It enables you to manage bookings, commissions, mark-ups, post-sales support—all inside one unified system. Whereas Navan focuses more on corporate spend and expense automation, ORX Travel focuses on delivering a powerful booking-first, agency-friendly platform.
ORX Travel integrates with accounting systems, CRM, supplier feeds, payment gateways and more. The implementation is streamlined for agencies ready to scale. Pricing is transparent and aligned with agency models (rather than purely seat-based corporate pricing). And you receive expert onboarding, support and access to best-practice agency networks.
In short: if you’re an agency, OTA or TMC wanting to grow your business with your own brand, flexible supplier flows and customer-facing booking portals, ORX Travel offers the tailored solution. If you’re purely focused on large corporate travel/expense workflow, Navan remains strong—but it may not serve agency-growth models as directly.
While ORX Travel is a targeted match for agencies, there are other competitors you may come across. Here’s a quick overview:
When you evaluate these, always ask: “Does this support **my agency’s brand, inventory model and growth path?” If brand-control, direct supplier flows and agency scaling are key, ORX Travel will likely be the best fit.
Are you running a retail agency, a corporate travel programme, an OTA or hybrid model? Your choice needs to align with whether you’re selling to consumers, corporate clients or B2B partners.
Check if the platform allows you to use your own branding, customise the interface, connect to your preferred suppliers, accommodate commissions/mark-ups, and scale with your business. Ask about APIs, CRM, payment gateways and supplier feeds.
Smaller agencies in growth mode often need more than just software—they need onboarding, best-practice guidance, partner networks, training and responsive support. Ensure the vendor is agency-friendly.
Look for transparent pricing aligned to your revenue model (not purely seat-licensed) and ensure you don’t get locked into rigid contracts without agency-growth flexibility.
If you’re a travel agency, TMC or OTA looking for a powerful white-label travel booking platform that gives you full control, branding, supplier-flexibility and growth potential—then it’s time to explore ORX Travel.
Call to Action:
Ready to see how ORX Travel can power your agency’s growth? Schedule a demo with our team today and discover how we help travel agencies deliver branded booking experiences, manage suppliers, scale easily—and outperform generic corporate-travel platforms.
