Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Melio
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Melio is a small business-oriented Accounts Payable tool, presented as a service that helps small businesses keep up with business. A B2B payments experience and payment workflow designed to be simple, and to enable businesses to pay domestic and international vendors, expedite payments, or pay by card.N/A
SAP Ariba
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
With advanced tools to automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers, SAP Ariba helps streamline source-to-pay processes across organizations.N/A
Pricing
MelioSAP Ariba
Editions & Modules
Card processing fee
2.9%
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MelioSAP Ariba
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
MelioSAP Ariba
Considered Both Products
Melio
Chose Melio
1. One thing I like about Melio is the free version for small businesses or individuals or soleprenuels .
2. Melio offers free bank to bank payments on all plans, even the free version unlike other competitors.
3. You can pay vendors with credit cards even if they don't accept …
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I have used Bill, Mercury and Novo. They all meet my requirements' for my business and do similar services. However, I have been sticking with Melio over the other products as it meets all the needs for my business. Melio is a turn key solution for me. Melio is all I am using …
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Melio has much better customer service and lower fees than the competitors I've tried!
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Melio stacked up well against other solutions. The workflow and reporting were simple and the payment options were less expensive, without a monthly subscription. The ability to pay multiple invoicing in a few short clicks was appealing. The updated payment workflow was …
Chose Melio
I love Melio compared to bill.com, which seems to be full of fees and annoying ads that Melio does not have.
Chose Melio
Melio is 100% free if you just use ACH, and that by itself would be reason enough for me to stick with the platform, it boats a ton of other useful features that add to the experience.
Chose Melio
Melio tested to be much easier to use than BILL.
Additionally, Melio is free for bill payment; others charge quite a bit. Being able to recommend a free app to our clients makes standardizing on a single solution very easy for us.
Chose Melio
Less features than Ramp, but a solid option for free use for ACH. If you need International wires, fees may be higher than other options. However, you can issue paper checks, ACH, wires or use a linked credit card to pay bills.
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I prefer Melio due to its simplistic interface.
Chose Melio
I prefer Melio over Bill.com. I prefer Melio because it is easier to cancel or correct a payment on the platform. I like the way that Melio lets you track vendor requests for payment information. I like that it is easy to follow the payment all the way through the process to …
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It is pretty good, but clients call frustrated with it when they have to fix things. I cannot offer it to advanced clients, since the system is too simple.
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Bill.com is more expensive and more difficult to use than Melio. While it has a greater range of functionality and apparently has better integration into QuickBooks, we didn't need the greater functionality and I had just as much trouble integrating into Bill.com as I have with …
SAP Ariba
Chose SAP Ariba
Reputation, ease of use, known commodity
Chose SAP Ariba
SAP Ariba offers the most out of the box features that fit our needs compared to others. No solution offers this much. while still lacking, it is the best option. We've reached that conclusion many times and its been verified by several different groups.
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SAP Ariba faciltates the procurmemntprocess enabling businesses to source and purchase goods from suppliers through Purchase requisitions and integration with ERP systems. It automates the entire procurement process froy identifying suppliers to paying supplies and is very …
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Reporting, customization, tasks lists.
Chose SAP Ariba
For PR and PO process, we do in SAP ECC and we want after completion of RFP request PR will be generate automatically. So we find a tool which is compatible with SAP ECC to automate PR activity. In Oracle Procurement tool, it is not possible. So we don't have another option …
Chose SAP Ariba
Since we adopted S/4HANA it's a great match in interfaces and user experience + we're an implementation partner itself so the entire project was a bit of a learning ground for us as well
Chose SAP Ariba
SAP Ariba is the most established. However, I think the others are more easy to use and agile
Chose SAP Ariba
CMS system has less functionalities for the contract management and is not so flexible and user friendy.
No SAP Solution, which is in contradiction of our company IT strategy.
Full compliance with Internal company security requirements.
Chose SAP Ariba
I don't have experience on any similar product.
Chose SAP Ariba
Coupa is more for small volumes and SAP Ariba Procurement is the perfect solution fo larger enterprises.
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SAP procurement solutions provide tools, services, and expertise to reduce financial and operational disruptions, meet workforce and customer needs, and lower supplier risk and market uncertainty.
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It's important to note that user experiences may vary, and the perceived areas for improvement depend on the specific needs and expectations of each organization. Frequent updates and feedback from users often guide software developers in addressing these areas to enhance the …
Chose SAP Ariba
It improves over all vendor management system of an organization by providing less costly ways of procurement and making business simple. AribaSAP Ariba digitally transforms your supply chain, procurement and contract management process. acts as supply chain, procurement …
Chose SAP Ariba
The main purpose to select Ariba as main tool is to centralize the procurement database as one procurement.
Features
MelioSAP Ariba
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
Melio
8.8
Ratings
16% above category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts Payable
Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Product A and Product B
Melio
8.7
Ratings
27% above category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Automated Accounts Payable Processes8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Vendor Management8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Form Preparation8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
MelioSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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7.0
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Usability
-
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7.9
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Support Rating
-
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5.5
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Implementation Rating
-
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7.3
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User Testimonials
MelioSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
Melio is particularly well suited for small businesses above $100K in revenue whose owners want to save time and simplify bill payments. It is helpful to bookkeepers so that they don't have to ask the owners, over and over again, "what was that check for?" and "can you send me the bill?"
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SAP Ariba is pivotal for our organization's supply chain requirements. The purchasing department needs it for vendor purchase order issuance and vendor order management. We can check procurement history for the last purchased price, standard price, price breaks, lead time for products, vendor, and alternate vendor details.
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Pros
  • The simplicity it adds to business payments is a great deal. One feature we really value it the ability to pay vendors by check. Melio prints and mails checks for us which saves time and hassle.
  • Payment scheduling tool is another thing we enjoy. This tool lets us plan ahead and manage cash flow more effectively by setting payment dates in advance.
  • Another thing Melio does well is the tracking of payment.
  • There was a time a vendor claimed that they hadn't been paid, but with just a few clicks we could see the check has already been delivered.
  • This kind of transparency gives us confident and keep things professional.
  • The integration with other platform or accounts like QuickBooks is an experience I did love to keep.
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  • Complete Procurement of Inventory step easy through GUI-Ariba integration once Purchase order is created and it is sent to the SAP Ariba Supplier Network. Vendor confirms the order and sends notification of Inbound Delivery to the warehouse through ASN and the Inbound process, Goods Receipt Process, Unloading, Put away process easy.
  • SAP Ariba integrates the different SAP Sourcing platforms, services and their tools in order to optimize operations, saves cost and meeting customer requirements through its easy to use tools. Such as integration with SAP S/4 HANA, SAP EWM using Idocs for End to End sourcing and Procurement coverage.
  • As a part of the SAP Direct Sourcing suite, it helps allow customer manage their direct materials in the single dashboard and helping customer to have view of the comprehensive info about BoM and the structure. Based on requirements, buyers can run materials and/or entire Bill of Materials. When these are sent from ERP to SAP Ariba, managers can manage them in the direct spend dashboard. Can search for desired items in the dashboard and view details of BoM or deeper view of information of the material. Buyers can run sourcing, run details for materials, create material quotes, and create pricing using book quotes.
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Cons
  • There should be an automatic link between vendors added with their Melio link and the same vendors that already exist in QuickBooks. As it is now, a new vendor is created when you do that and is not linked with the one that already is in QuickBooks.
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  • Integration with other tools is not very good. The APIs provided are not scheduled within the Ariba process and must use a middleware to send information back and forth between tools
  • Customer support for configuration questions. The response time can be weeks or months waiting time and the response back is often unhelpful.
  • Flexibility with company entities. With a large company with so many entities it is hard to structure and customize your suppliers into many entities. You often have to duplicate.
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Likelihood to Renew
It has solved almost all the business needs I have and has contributed greatly to my business growth.
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Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation
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Usability
Melio has been a very important tool in the advancement of our business. With great features, it has made payments to vendors seamless and hassle free. In terms of vendor management, account/data tracking, and scheduling of payments in advance. This has formed the base that we are still with Melio till today.
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While its great at usability. I would love ut have it more simplified. I would like to advocate for some personas who are non tech savvy or who have less or no experience in procurement. I sometimes feel that the valley of user learning fir such personas is quite steep and it may take them long time of learning to get adept to the platform.
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Support Rating
They have great customer support system
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Customer support has always been top notch. From small configuration changes to overall process changes, support has the teammates in place with excellent knowledge and is able to provide solutions based on business challenges quickly. Their customer support through their Account teams continues to be hands on and very responsive to needs in a timely fashion.
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In-Person Training
Very educative. It was well detailed, organized and knowledgeable.
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Online Training
Very helpful and we learnt a handful
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Alternatives Considered
Melio is 100% free if you just use ACH, and that by itself would be reason enough for me to stick with the platform, it boats a ton of other useful features that add to the experience.
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It's important to note that user experiences may vary, and the perceived areas for improvement depend on the specific needs and expectations of each organization. Frequent updates and feedback from users often guide software developers in addressing these areas to enhance the overall user satisfaction with the platform
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Return on Investment
  • I have been able to save hours every week now that I am only using Melio as my payment processor
  • I can easily add invoice details which I use to create in another platform and upload to Melio, this saves me time with projects I want to be quicker with
  • The ease of use for my clients is fantastic, and makes for a seamless workflow
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  • We saved nearly 10% of planned costs due to the large database of vendors we created within the company as a whole.
  • Saving in time due to shortening of procurement cycles. Procurement activities were never on the critical path and were accomplished with less Supply Chain resources than originally planned.
  • In the process we created a huge database of Vendors and Pricing which well be beneficial in our future projects.
  • It is an excellent tool and just what are business required and could afford.
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ScreenShots

SAP Ariba Screenshots

Screenshot of the advanced tools that automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers. The SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing solution help streamline procure-to-pay processes across organizations.Screenshot of SAP Ariba's digitalization, which covers processes from contract requests, authoring, and workflows to negotiation, approval, and execution for lower costs and improved relationships.Screenshot of an instance of SAP Ariba's support for industry-specific processes and systems. This helps process manufacturers, retailers, and discrete manufacturers that rely on external manufacturers to capture more savings by improving source-to-contract processes and supplier collaboration.Screenshot of the digitalizing and automating of invoice management over a global business network, in SAP Ariba. This delivers visibility and efficiency to capture more early-payment discounts and optimize working capital.