Precoro vs. Zip Intake-to-Procure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Precoro
Score 2.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Precoro is a cloud-based solution for procurement process optimization. It aims to eliminate time-consuming manual procedures and human factor errors, and instead automates operations and centralizes purchasing processes. It enables users to: - Approve documents from any device using email or Slack notifications. Users can streamline approval workflow by adding as many steps as needed and assigning specific roles for colleagues. - To save money from the purchasing budget,…
$499
per month (billed annually)
Zip Intake-to-Procure
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Zip provides a place for employees to initiate a purchase or vendor request. Each request is routed for approval across procurement, finance, IT, data security, legal, and other teams, and Zip integrates into ERP and P2P solutions to create a PR or draft PO. The vendor states Zip works with Canva, Checkr, Hopin, Zapier, CM Group, and other companies both public and private.N/A
Pricing
PrecoroZip Intake-to-Procure
Editions & Modules
Core
$499
per month (billed annually)
Automation
$999
per month (billed annually)
Suite
Individually Tailored Pricing
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PrecoroZip Intake-to-Procure
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PrecoroZip Intake-to-Procure
User Ratings
PrecoroZip Intake-to-Procure
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
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7.7
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Usability
7.3
(0 ratings)
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Support Rating
9.1
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9.1
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User Testimonials
PrecoroZip Intake-to-Procure
Likelihood to Recommend
Budget tracking on expenditure by departments - Precoro assists with budget tracking on the total budget which is allocated to each department. If the budget has been exhausted an alert is made for exceptional approval to the budget.
Duplication of invoices. When a supplier bills us the same invoice twice, Precoro makes a notification that an invoice with the same number was already uploaded for payment.
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Zip is a newer product in the P2P space, and as such there are still some areas for improvement. They don't have all the "bells and whistles" products and configurations that some of the other players in this space have, but the products they do offer are best in class. Zip is an ideal tool for tactical procurement.
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Pros
  • Easy tracking of purchase orders with real-time status updates
  • 3-way matching of POs, invoices, and receipts to avoid errors
  • Built-in commenting to discuss requests and approvals right in the system
  • Responsive customer support with live chat — always helpful
  • Visual budgeting tools to track spending by department or project
  • Product catalog to standardize items across the company
  • Mobile-friendly approvals — approve requests from anywhere
  • Timely email and in-app notifications to avoid delays
  • Easy-to-use interface — no steep learning curve
  • Smooth onboarding and quick team adoption
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  • No coding - Ability for the administrator to make changes without development resources helps us be agile as a procurement org.
  • Visibility to the user in a great user interface
  • Accountability (helps us track SLAs on response time), Audit trails keeping track of everything
  • The implementation team was incredible, as is ongoing support. They want you to succeed in your goals vs. just implement their tool
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Cons
  • The "bundles" in Precoro are not actually bundles. I would like to connect 2 of our catalog items together so that when 1 is selected for purchasing, the other item is required
  • Sometimes the comments wont properly tag a person that we're trying to tag
  • More options to customize the approval workflow based on location
  • Ability to edit where we're buying an item from without having to deny the request
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  • Missing the ability to proxy as another user. Currently, if one approver did not set up their delegation, an admin or the approver of that step must reassign each of the approvals to another person.
  • Bulk upload options for admins to update queues and subqueues.
  • Missing ability to schedule reports or the option to share a saved view with another user. It would be easier if certain filtered views can be shared with others to avoid each user having to create their own views.
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Usability
At first glance it seemed to be rather difficult in use, but actually it turned out to be much easier [than] we thought. Thanks to the Precoro team we could go through the procurement workflow. Now with [the] right, user-friendly software partner, we are absolutely ready to meet all [our] company's needs.
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Support Rating
Precoro is a company, which makes great products for businesses. What is more, it is a team of professionals, who are always keep[ing] in touch with you. Thanks [to] Precoro, we easily go through procurement workflow and manage all of our POs in a couple of minutes. We had a great experience with the Precoro team which helped us with installation of the software.
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Incredibly responsive and helpful.
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Alternatives Considered
Precoro is unique because it can be customizable from start to finish without needing to build in API. It is extremely easy to use and understand, so we did not need to give our employees extensive training as we did with Tradogram. Precoro also allowed us to communicate about orders right within the order itself, where the other software did not.
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Truth be told, we haven’t seen any other similar products. The alternative was manually tracking in Google Sheets, ticketing systems, and in NetSuite. Coupa was probably the closest in terms of what we were looking for but they were not willing to fit it to our needs like Zip was able to.
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Return on Investment
  • Our problem before implementing Precoro was a lot of manual tasks, from managing catalogs to creating reports. Now all related processes are in one place, and it's faster to create a purchase order, track it, and get products in time. Also, the overall visibility increased. We can see all purchases and their impacts on our budget. Reports is the most customizable module, so we can get the data we need. Thanks to our CSM for fast onboarding and help!
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  • Zip Intake-to-Procure has helped clean up forecasting for us - we've improved accuracy by over 30% since now we're forcing folks to make sure spend is captured accurately and checking submitted PO amounts against the bottoms up forecast
  • We've also been able to leverage the SLA insights provided by Zip Intake-to-Procure to increase operational efficiencies. We're identified orgs that are slowing down the overall approval process and putting more pressure with shorter SLA times.
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ScreenShots

Precoro Screenshots

Screenshot of AI-powered OCRScreenshot of the view of the Purchase Order: approval information, live budget information, and Supplier infoScreenshot of the configuration interfaceScreenshot of a view of the dashboardScreenshot of budgetsScreenshot of the item catalog

Zip Intake-to-Procure Screenshots

Screenshot of Screenshot of Zip supports ultra-configurable, parallel workflows with our no-code configuration.Screenshot of Zip also integrates with all major ticketing, CLM, GRC, and ERP/P2P solutions. Here's an example integration card for JIRA.Screenshot of Zip has an optional vendor-facing portal for the vendor to provide diligence materials, including documents, surveys, and even bank settlement information.Screenshot of Zip's vendor-facing portal includes an optional bank settlement form with an attestation.