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9.1
Editor’s Rating:
Best Overall
Procurify
  • For mid-sized companies
  • Cloud-based
  • Integrates with accounting systems
8.9
Editor’s Rating:
Most User-Friendly Interface
Fraxion
  • Automated procurement
  • User-friendly mobile app
  • Reduce approval bottlenecks
9.4
Editor’s Rating:
Best ERP Integrations
Tipalti Approve
  • Integrates with ERP systems
  • Secure AWS cloud infrastructure
  • SOC2 compliant

1 Procurify - Best Overall

Procurify is a procurement software that works hard to reduce approval bottlenecks in the procurement process. Features include approval routing, three-way matching, user role controls, expense tracking, cost allocation, and web and mobile access. Procurify is built for companies with 20-500 employees and has a set-up time as little as two weeks.

Best Overall:
Procurify
★★★★★
★★★★★
(1)

Requests Approved
Budget Control
Order Approvals
Add Unbilled Item
Receive Details
Purchase Orders
What We Like
For mid-sized companies
Cloud-based
Integrates with accounting systems
Overview
Price Range: $$$
Starting Price: $499/month
Client OS: Web, iOS, Android

2 Fraxion - Most User-Friendly Interface

Fraxion is a procure-to-pay software that eliminates manual and paper-based processes with efficient automated tools. Requisitions, purchase orders, expense management, AP Workflow, spend analysis, and reporting can all be done through Fraxion's mobile application. Fraxion seamlessly integrates with ERP and accounting systems.

Most User-Friendly Interface:
Fraxion
★★★★★
★★★★★
(14)

Dashboard
Requisitions
Multi-Level Workflows
Budget Impact
Digital Purchasing Records
Insights
Vendor Management
Mobile Dashboard
Purchase Requisition
Expense Requests
Approvals
Real-Time Budget Insight
What We Like
Automated procurement
User-friendly mobile app
Reduce approval bottlenecks
Overview
Price Range: $$$
Starting Price: $20/user/month
Client OS: Web, iOS, Android

3 Tipalti Approve - Best ERP Integrations

Tipalti Approve (formerly known as Approve.com) is a cloud-based solution that helps procurement and finance teams get visibility and control over the procurement process. Tipalti Approve creates a seamless flow of data between the software and your ERP system. It also boasts self-serve onboarding portals and a unified vendor database to simplify operations with vendors.

Best ERP Integrations:
Tipalti Approve
★★★★★
★★★★★
(4)

Purchases
New Purchase
Approvals
Vendor Details
Purchase Details
Purchases
What We Like
Integrates with ERP systems
Secure AWS cloud infrastructure
SOC2 compliant
Overview
Price Range: $$$$
Starting Price: $2,000/month
Client OS: Web

What Is Procurement Software?

Procurement software allows you to issue purchase orders (POs) for services and products by tracking all key order info in real-time including: the vendor, purchase quantities, item or service purchased, delivery timeframes, payment terms, and costs.

Also known as e-procurement or purchase order software, you can ensure every order your company makes is legitimate, authorized, and trackable. And by linking your procurement solution to inventory control, you can access exact real-time stock quantities, movement history, seasonal trends, and supplier lead times.

The most popular, cloud-based e-procurements platforms are made up of varying functionalities to improve your purchasing workflow, such as:

  • Purchase to Pay
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Supplier Management
  • Contract Management
  • Spend Analysis
  • Order Management
Vroozi PO Status Procurement Software
Monitor the status of your purchase requisitions in Vroozi.

Features of Procurement Software

Feature Functionality
PO creation and tracking Use templates to create purchasing documentation for both internal tracking purposes and communication with suppliers; use reporting data for order management
Requisitions and approvals management Requisition systems improve cost control efforts by formalizing a purchase review process
PO/invoice processing Automated tools assist in the matching of vendor issued invoices to the corresponding procurement order provide an important cost control safeguard
Receiving management Receiving management functionality provides tools for verifying that goods have been properly resolved and puts in place workflows that allow for the timely resolution of instances where items are not received on time, in proper condition, or at all
Supplier management Vendor database functionalities allow for the tracking of payment and service terms alongside vendor order histories
Automatic or recurring purchase orders Support for recurring purchases enables the creation of procurement orders in the future when particular conditions have been met and provides a means of significantly decreasing the labor associated with authorizing purchasing events
Fraxion Approve Invoices Procurement Software
Approve purchase requisitions in Fraxion.

Benefits of Procurement Software

Is your supply chain as efficient and accurate as you'd like? Without procurement software, you may be missing an opportunity to ensure faster delivery times, economies of scale, better efficiency, and lower overall costs. Critical supply chain benefits enabled by e-procurement software include:

  • Improved cost control via authorizations and approvals
  • Reduced supply costs by comparing vendor options and building supplier relationships
  • Increased customer satisfaction through timely fulfillment of purchase orders
  • Reduction in the time-consuming administrative labor associated with purchasing activities

Provide Critical Documentation with Procurement Systems

Most people wouldn't enter into a legal agreement without a contract to protect their interests. Utilizing procurement software allows you to identify instances where your purchase orders haven't been properly fulfilled. In addition to promoting organization and efficiency, accurate procurement records provide the documentation you need for recourse if your expectations as a buyer are not met.

SMART by GEP Command Center Procurement Software
Monitor bid totals and savings percentages in SMART by GEP.

Automate the Purchasing Process Online

Cloud-based procurement solutions allow you to effectively and consistently manage your purchasing processes. Each order you create is automatically added to the database for future reference. Automation also allows you to streamline the task of creating orders. It's easy to overlook how much time this can save you. Setting up required fields lets you know that each order contains trackable information on the vendor, items purchased, quantities, delivery instructions, terms, originating buyer, and costs.

Coupa Procurement Software Purchase Orders
Get a quick view of the procurement process in Coupa Procurement.

Accountability in Procurement Software

Procurement software adds security and accountability to your ordering processes. Rules can be created authorizing who on your procurement team can make purchases. Centralized purchasing records with spend analysis tools let you track any purchase your company has made. You can ensure that each order is legitimate, accurate, and authorized. Comparing vendor invoices to your own documentation enables you to eliminate vendor payment errors before cutting the check.

SAP Ariba Buying and Invoice Procurement Software
SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing gives full details of orders, releases, confirmations, and ship notices.

Meet Customer Demands Quicker

Automating purchase order creation is also an effective way to meet customer demands along the supply chain. Integrating a user-friendly module with inventory management allows you to do away with the inexact and error-prone practice of "eyeballing the shelves." By linking your purchase order application to your inventory control application, you will have real-time access to your exact stock quantities, movement history, seasonal trends, and supplier lead times.

ProcureWare Bids Procurement Software
Monitor bids in ProcureWare so your customers get what they need in a quick timespan.

Procurement Software Pricing Guide

The cost of e-procurement software starts between $11 to $35 per month per user. This is for cloud-based solutions with SaaS or subscription-based pricing models. Generally included in the monthly costs are services offered by the vendor, such as ongoing support.

The total price for software will depend on how many users need access and what level of access they need. For example, an administrative user will receive the purchase requests from employees, create and send the purchase orders to the vendors, and coordinate the accounting involved with tracking these expenses in the budget. A "simple user" may be a staff member who just needs the ability to submit a purchase request. This could include an employee on the inventory floor who notices the company running low on a commonly used item.

There are on-premise options as well, with one-time perpetual licenses ranging between $3,000 and $500,000. These procurement management solutions will be owned by the company purchasing them, and thus have no ongoing subscription-costs. As such, purchasing software directly can actually save your company money over time. There may be ongoing costs for support or annual updates to the software.

Bellwether purchase and inventory procurement software
Bellwether Purchasing and Inventory is one of the least expensive procurement systems, starting at $11/month/user.

Types of Procurement Software

Procurement often overlaps with other business elements, such as budgeting. In fact, many companies rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) or supply chain management solutions to simplify their procurement. Each offers many ways to streamline business processes, yet do not fully focus on the complexities of purchasing.

Depending on what functionality needs your business has, you may be looking for:

  • Purchase order software
  • Procurement software
  • Procure to pay software
  • Spend management software

What is the difference between procurement software and the rest? Many software vendors may interchange the names, or consider their software to fall under two or more types. While similar in functionality, they all can serve a distinct purpose, which makes it important to know what your business needs. If you're not sure, ask for a free software recommendation from our experts.

Purchase Order Software

Purchase orders are the financial documents issued to vendors when you're buying suppliers or services. Purchase orders are the core of every procurement software and procure-to-pay software. Purchase order (PO) software helps automate the creation of these documents.

While it's true that every procurement software can create purchase orders, every purchase order software will not have a procurement process built right in. Due to this, PO solutions may be considered more simplistic in nature than a procurement system.

Some PO software will have an approval and requisition process, which in turn includes procurement processes. This is why people and businesses may commonly interchange the names together.

iPurchase Purchase Order Software
iPurchase is an example of a purchase order software that includes an approval workflow.

Procure-to-Pay Software

A procure to pay software manages all aspects of the procurement process for a business, which includes requisitions, purchasing, receiving, paying, and proper accounting for received goods and services. There is little difference between a procurement software and this software, as they both provide the necessary functionalities needed to manage a procurement process.

It can be argued a procure to pay software is more of an "end to end" solution that goes a step further than an e-procurement software, as it manages supply chain management practices company-wide. This is because procure to pay software is known as the link between the purchasing department and the accounts payable department. This link can provide spend analysis on the buying habits of your company, which will lead to improved cash-flow.

Basware invoice summary procure to pay software
The invoice summary in Basware, a procure-to-pay software, shows analytics of your company's spend.

Does QuickBooks Handle Procurement?

While QuickBooks products (such as QuickBooks Online) are popular for handling most accounting tasks a business needs, purchase requisition and purchase approval workflow functionality are not built into the base package. It also does not include vendor catalogs, supplier performance tracking, and budgets and spending plans related to the purchasing of a company.

For some businesses, the PO functionality offered by QuickBooks will meet their needs. For others, third-party add-ons are available, which let you continue to use QuickBooks as your primary accounting software, while enjoying added tools for procurement and spend management.

QuickBooks Pro Send Email Purchase Order Software
QuickBooks Pro lets you send purchase orders via email.

All Products

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Precoro

★★★★★
★★★★★
(9)
Precoro is a cloud-based solution for procurement process optimization. No more time-consuming manual procedures and human factor errors. Automated operations and centralized purchasing processes only. Approve documents 2.5x faster from any device using…
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$35/user/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Bellwether Purchasing and Inventory

★★★★★
★★★★★
(3)
Bellwether Purchasing and Inventory Software is a complete end-to-end procurement system that operates in a purely paperless mode. It is available in the Express Version and the SQL Version. PMX’s SQL version requires Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or higher to…
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$11/user/month
Client OS
Windows, iOS, Android
Deployment
Cloud or On-Premises
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Fraxion

★★★★★
★★★★★
(14)
Fraxion is top-rated by users and trusted worldwide to proactively manage purchasing processes and operational spend. Replace manual, paper, email, and spreadsheet-based processes with automated procurement efficiency. Achieve time and cost savings using…
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$20/user/month
Client OS
Web, iOS, Android
Deployment
Cloud or On-Premises
Coupa Procurement Screenshot

Coupa Procurement

★★★★★
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(1)
Coupa eProcurement is a world-class purchasing system that is simple to use and affordable to buy. It allows organizations to automate manual procedures as well as maintain an electronic record of all purchases. @youtube The Coupa eProcurement product…
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$11/user/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Tipalti Approve

★★★★★
★★★★★
(4)
Tipalti Approve (formerly known as Approve.com) helps companies take control of business spend by simplifying purchase requests, streamlining approvals, and providing data-driven insights. Tipalti Approve has a robust integration layer that assists…
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Starting Price
$2,000/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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TRADOGRAM

★★★★★
★★★★★
(14)
Tradogram is a business spend management solution used to help companies streamline their purchasing process. Tradogram allows managers to control spend comfortably and gain 100% visibility into their spending. The software is built to automate purchasing…
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$10/user/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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PLANERGY

★★★★★
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(3)
Streamline your procure-to-pay process with PLANERGY. Formerly known as PurchaseControl, this procurement management system will help you create POs, manage approvals, and understanding spending. The SaaS-based spend management tool has been designed to…
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Starting Price
$15/user/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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GEP SMART

★★★★★
★★★★★
(2)
GEP SMART is the complete procurement solution with: Full spend analysis and opportunity assessments; Planning and project management; Auctions and sourcing; Contracts and lifecycle management; Supplier management; Purchasing; Invoice handling; and…
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Starting Price
$500,000 (perpetual license)
Client OS
Web, iOS, Android
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Ivalua

★★★★★
★★★★★
(2)
Ivalua is a complete procurement platform that provides a unified source-to-pay suite of solutions and functionalities to digitize all processes, manage all spend categories, and improve transparency and data quality. There are a number of solutions…
Client OS
Mac, Windows
Deployment
Cloud or On-Premises
Basware Screenshot

Basware

★★★★★
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(2)
Basware is a full source to pay automation software that delivers 100% spend visibility. Basware will streamline your financial processes and help your organization: Cut costs; Increase efficiency; and Reduce risk. Basware will collect and aggregate…
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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ProcureWare

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(2)
ProcureWare is an integrated procurement system that provides supplier management, sourcing, contract management. The software gives increased visibility and collaboaration for supplier management and online bidding. ProjectWise ProcureWare can be used by…
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$12,500/year
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
Nexonia Purchase Orders Screenshot

Nexonia Purchase Orders

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(2)
Want to see exactly what’s been ordered from suppliers, the cost, and where and when it should be delivered with a few clicks of a mouse? Welcome to Purchase Orders! If you currently use Intacct or Netsuite to manage your business’ financial information…
Client OS
Web, iOS, Android
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Vroozi

★★★★★
★★★★★
(1)
Vroozi is a procurement software for B2B purchasing. Vroozi is accessible at anytime and on any device. The software lets you shop, request, approve, order, receive, and analyze your spending. Vroozi has many versions available to fit your specific needs…
Client OS
Web, iOS, Android
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
Procurify Screenshot

Procurify

★★★★★
★★★★★
(1)
Procurify is the go-to spend management solution for mid-sized companies. Across the world, hundreds of companies use Procurify to track, control and analyze their spending. With its comprehensive workflow and user-friendly interface, Purchasing…
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Starting Price
$499/month
Client OS
Web, iOS, Android
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Xelix

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(1)
Xelix is an AI-powered P2P platform that layers on top of ERP system(s) to safeguard businesses against overpayment errors and fraudulent attacks. This helps finance teams detect errors that would be missed by internal controls, whilst reducing the…
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
JAGGAER ONE Screenshot

JAGGAER ONE

★★★★★
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(1)
JAGGAER ONE is a spend management system that helps you source your entire procurement process. The software easily integrates with your existing ERP systems and accounting software to help you quickly understand your spend. This will lead to better…
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Starting Price
$45,000/year
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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BuyerQuest

★★★★★
★★★★★
(2)
BuyerQuest’s user-friendly, cloud-based P2P procurement software streamlines electronic procurement to make purchasing at work as easy as buying at home. Procurement is the final, essential step in the supply chain process on which your business…
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
Kissflow Procurement Cloud Screenshot

Kissflow Procurement Cloud

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(3)
Kissflow Procurement Cloud is a flexible procure-to-pay software that enables businesses of all sizes to streamline their procurement processes. Its modules include purchase orders, purchase requisition, vendor management, purchase invoicing, analytics…
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Starting Price
$1,990/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP Traverse Edition Screenshot

Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP Traverse Edition

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(4)
Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP Traverse Edition is an ERP system from Aptean offering enterprise accounting financial, operations, and sales functionality. Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP Traverse Edition provides comprehensive integration for…
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Starting Price
$100/user/month
Client OS
Web, Windows
Deployment
Cloud or On-Premises
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NetSuite ERP

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(18)
NetSuite ERP is a cloud-based, developer-hosted, cloud ERP software platform offered on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis. NetSuite advertises its ERP solution as “the world’s most deployed cloud ERP” solution. NetSuite ERP is used by over 40,000…
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$99/user/month
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted

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