Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
SAP Concur
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
SAP Concur is a SaaS expense report management product, and handles corporate travel booking, expense report automation, reimbursement, audit, and business intelligence, and corporate card integration.
$9
per report (average price)
Pricing
SAP AribaSAP Concur
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Concur Travel and Expense
$9.00
per report (average price)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP AribaSAP Concur
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SAP AribaSAP Concur
Considered Both Products
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.
Chose SAP Ariba
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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Chose SAP Ariba
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.
SAP Concur
Chose SAP Concur
SAP Concur is much reliable solution compared to peers in the market. In addition to reliability, the capabilities, future roadmap, flexibility and integration with ERP landscape makes it a simpler choice, keeping the architecture clean and following our SAP architecture …
Chose SAP Concur
Concur is not fully integrated into SAP ecosystems. If the users have implemented SAP extensively, we could see a big advantage of Concur against these expense and payroll management systems.
Chose SAP Concur
Better planning activities, but lack of trip concept
Chose SAP Concur
I am an end user, cant choose!
Chose SAP Concur
We use AmTrav for travel booking and SAP Concur for the expense reporting and approvals. SAP Concur may be a better solution for travel booking, however I have not used it.
Chose SAP Concur
Overall SAP Concur was the best because of its inherent integration with our SAP application through ICS.
Chose SAP Concur
we really defaulted to SAP Concur as it is an SAP product and considered best in class. we really did not explore others.
Chose SAP Concur
Its integrated and most robust among others.
Chose SAP Concur
SAP Concur is the best choice if you are already in the SAP ecosystem. Other solutions do not generally provide anything more than SAP Concur and from an integration perspective, it is more seamless to use SAP Concur if your main ERP is SAP S4/HANA. This is why we use SAP Concur.
Chose SAP Concur
SAP Concur is a one-stop shop both for making travel arrangements and submitting expenses.
Chose SAP Concur
AspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM)
Chose SAP Concur
I was not involved in the product evaluation. However, the integration of travel booking, travel expense recording, expense reimbursement payments and status tracking are a high positive for this product. This product allows the employee to set up their own profile, integrates …
Chose SAP Concur
I have previously used HRT and indigenously developed software for this. They are no match to SAP Concur as the procedures are lengthy, cumbersome, error prone and lacks visibility. Not to miss out mentioning that the UX is not friendly, despite regularly upgrading the product …
Features
SAP AribaSAP Concur
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
SAP Concur
8.3
Ratings
3% below category average
Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
SAP Concur
8.1
Ratings
1% below category average
Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Financial Document Management00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Advanced OCR00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
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SAP AribaSAP Concur
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MIP Fund Accounting
MIP Fund Accounting
Score 8.7 out of 10
Dext
Dext
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Precoro
Precoro
Score 2.8 out of 10
Precoro
Precoro
Score 2.8 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
Emburse Chrome River
Emburse Chrome River
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
SAP AribaSAP Concur
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
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5.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP AribaSAP Concur
Likelihood to Recommend
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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SAP Concur is great for large organizations because of it's built in approval process functions. It is great tool for expense reports and any company where employees need to book travel. I imagine that the tool would be more tricky to use for those who are less technically savvy since there are many tabs and it is sometimes tricky to navigate.
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Pros
  • 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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  • SAP Concur has mobile applications for iOS and Android devices.
  • It offers capabilities that automate complex and repetitive accounting processes.
  • In addition, SAP Concur offers invoice, travel, and expense modules in one place.
  • It eradicates errors when paying vendors by matching POs, invoices, and receivables.
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Cons
  • 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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  • Data syncing between the mobile app and the web platform may occasionally experience a little delay. That is not a major problem, but it can cause small inconsistencies in real-time data.
  • Concur's setup features may seem a little complicated to certain administrators.
  • Concur offers a number of powerful reporting services, but some users might want more in-depth options for tailoring reports to their own business requirements.
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Likelihood to Renew
Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation
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Now that we are fully on Concur, switching is not an option. Concur has become ingrained in our expense reporting process. Furthermore, Concur continues to improve its offering. Each month, they release updates and changes, many of which were client requested. Concur's constant evolution means it is adapting with my business
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Usability
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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I think it is very easy to use, especially once you are acquainted with it. I think the UX could be improved so some things, like accessing old reports, are more intuitive once you learn it though it is not difficult to replicate.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
In prior years I would have given them a 9.5 for availability. Unfortunately in 2015 so far this rating has dropped to a 7 overall.
We have experienced far too many interruptions - from admins to employees who rely on it for day to day booking of travel and submission of expense reports. Server errors, slow system response time and spinning wheels are too common place. Those things should be a rare occurrence, not a daily interruption.

While Conur still has great product offerings overall, they are currently not offering world class or best in class product (and customer service) availability. Remaining hopeful they step up and get their A game going again soon.
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Performance
No answers on this topic
Performance-wise, it's good, loads pages quickly, and reports are highly accurate and easy to understand. Also, we can generate custom reports as needed, and we have integrated with a few other apps, and we have not seen any downgrade in performance.
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Support Rating
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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I have never had to use customer support when using Concur Expense - the UX could be a bit nicer on the eyes or easier to understand, but there have never been any problems when using Concur Expense that I have had to ask or reach out to customer support to help me with anything.
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In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
My Seniors were the ones who taught me about Concur. Concur Support team has sent me training links and answered me in their tickets too. Usually they are helpful and knows their stuff. There are times when webex meetings is conducted for reporting training. They were very patient and took down all the details from me.
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
I can use it after that training, so it fits the purpose.
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
There are different implementation teams for each module of the product you purchase, so implementation is not a 'one size fits all' environment. Also, the different implementation teams have different ways of doing things, so Concur could stand some standardization and streamlining in this area. A Project Manager can make or break an implementation so don't be scared to ask for a new one if things are rocky.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Sirion One has very limited functionality. SAP Concur goes seamlessly with SAP. It generates the SAE file, which feeds the GL Posting. SAP Concur has huge network of all the travel partners providing multiple options and range depending on organization strategy. It is easily linked with Outlook calendar, prompting user for all travel related activities and news.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
This program has been very helpful, user friendly and has been a great asset to use to assist with time management. Not only are leadership involved with using this program but all staff as well. This is also a great way to hold each accountable. Easy startup with not many means for hands on training
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • It makes the entire process of expense management crystal clear and thus helps in maintaining the trust of the employees, and thereby having good rapport of the company among the employees.
  • It helps in detecting the duplicate bills, thereby saving lots of money of the company.
  • It also helps in payment audits and thereby it helps in improving the overall process.
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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.

SAP Concur Screenshots

Screenshot of a picture of a receipt snapped from a smartphoneScreenshot of analytics from SAP ConcurScreenshot of the integrated travel and expense applicationScreenshot of the SAP Concur mobile app