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Supplier management

Asked as “supplier management software”, and as “vendor onboarding and information management platform”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Procurify

Contested

26% of first choices, contested.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

Precoro40%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

Procurify26%ContestedThis page Enterprise

SAP Ariba40%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Procurify9%23accepted challenger

Precoro9%34accepted challenger

Gatekeeper11%19accepted challenger

Tradogram0%11accepted challenger

Kodiak Hub0%21accepted challenger

Coupa52%46criticized challenger

Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

SAP Ariba62%40criticized challenger

Ivalua26%19criticized challenger

GEP SMART23%13accepted challenger

Jaggaer22%18accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Procurify vs Precoro Procurify vs Gatekeeper Precoro vs Gatekeeper

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%

Key

Procurify26%

Precoro23%

Gatekeeper6%

Tradogram6%

Kodiak Hub2%

Coupa2%

Jaggaer0%

GEP SMART0%

Ivalua0%

SAP Ariba0%

02What they warned about

Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Coupa

52%

24 of 46 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 7 hard negative

“**Coupa** (especially the supplier portal) ... Suppliers frequently complain that the Coupa Supplier Portal is confusing and difficult to navigate” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt

SAP Ariba

62%

25 of 40 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 7 hard negative

“Enterprise tools like SAP Ariba or Coupa are overkill (complex, pricey); avoid if you're not global-scale.” Grok 4.1 Fast, paraphrase prompt

Jaggaer

22%

4 of 18 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Significant Concerns - Technical issues: Data loss, system crashes, transaction delays causing financial strain” Kimi K2, negative prompt

Ivalua

26%

5 of 19 labels negative · 4 of 12 models

“Often dinged for "enterprise-scale complexity," deteriorating supplier onboarding, UX friction, and long implementation” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 923 links across 242 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

mindsprint.com

27 answers · 36 citations · 10 models

worldmetrics.org

21 answers · 29 citations · 9 models

gartner.com

20 answers · 33 citations · 10 models

learn.g2.com

20 answers · 24 citations · 9 models

supplychaindesk.com

20 answers · 21 citations · 9 models

softwareconnect.com

18 answers · 22 citations · 9 models

g2.com

17 answers · 49 citations · 7 models

procurify.com

vendor site · Procurify15 answers · 25 citations · 7 models

kodiakhub.com

vendor site · Kodiak Hub15 answers · 21 citations · 9 models

softwareadvice.com

15 answers · 16 citations · 7 models

tradebeyond.com

vendor site · TradeBeyond14 answers · 15 citations · 8 models

zapro.ai

vendor site · Zapro14 answers · 15 citations · 8 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

mindsprint.com/resources/blogs/vendor-management-software

21 answers · 9 models

supplychaindesk.com/blog/best-supplier-management-software

20 answers · 9 models

gartner.com/reviews/market/supplier-onboarding-software

17 answers · 10 models

softwareconnect.com/roundups/best-supplier-relationship-management-software

16 answers · 8 models

mindsprint.com/resources/blogs/supplier-relationship-management-software

13 answers · 9 models

learn.g2.com/best-supplier-relationship-management-software

12 answers · 8 models

zapro.ai/vendor-management/best-vendor-management-software-for-smes

12 answers · 8 models

procurify.com/blog/best-vendor-management-software

11 answers · 7 models

softwareadvice.com/scm/supplier-relationship-management-software-comparison

11 answers · 7 models

blog.softexpert.com/en/supplier-management-software

10 answers · 7 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best supplier management software for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which vendor onboarding and information management platform would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top supplier management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best supplier management software for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a supplier management software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which supplier management platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Gatekeeper

Three alternatives

Ivalua, Payhawk, Precoro

no first choiceChangedno first choiceRamp, VendorCore

Two alternatives

Precoro, Zoho Inventory

no first choicenothing named

GPT-5.4 miniProcurify

One alternative

SAP Ariba

against: VantaGraphite Connect, TipaltiChanged

One alternative

HICX

against: CoupaSAP Ariba

Five alternatives

Coupa, HICX, Jaggaer, Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement, Zycus

Spendwise

Two alternatives

ProcurementExpress.com, Tradogram

against: Procurifyno first choiceagainst: GEP SMART, Graphite Connect, Infor Nexus Supplier Management, Jaggaer, Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement

Gemini 3.5 FlashZip

Five alternatives

Gatekeeper, Graphite Connect, Kodiak Hub, Procurify, Tipalti

against: Coupa, SAP AribaGraphite ConnectChanged

Three alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Procurify

against: Coupa, SAP Aribano first choiceagainst: SAP AribaAuraVMS, oboloo

Three alternatives

Dolibarr, Softr + Airtable / Google Sheets, Tradogram

against: Coupa, Precoro, Procurify, SAP Aribano first choiceagainst: Coupa, SAP Aribaagainst: Coupa, GEP SMART, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle, SAP Ariba

Perplexity SonarProcurify

Three alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro

CoupaChanged

Four alternatives

Graphite Connect, Paylocity, Precoro, Zip

no first choicePrecoro

One alternative

Tradogram

against: Rampno first choicenothing named

Grok 4.1 FastPrecoro, Procurify

Two alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub

against: Coupa, Ivalua, SAP AribaProcurifyChanged

Three alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro

against: Coupa, SAP AribaCoupa, SAP Ariba

Two alternatives

Ivalua, Jaggaer

against: Gatekeeper, PrecoroOdoo, oboloo

Two alternatives

Spendwise, Tradogram

against: Precorono first choiceagainst: Coupa, GEP SMART, Ivalua, SAP Ariba

Mistral SmallProcurify

Three alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro

PrecoroChanged

Two alternatives

Coupa, HighRadius

SAP Ariba

Seven alternatives

Avetta, Coupa, GEP SMART, Jaggaer, Kodiak Hub, Medius, Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement

Precoro

Four alternatives

MRPeasy, ProcureDesk, Supplycart, Tradogram

no first choicenothing named

DeepSeek V4 FlashPrecoro, Procurify

Two alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub

against: Coupa, SAP AribaProcurifyChanged

Five alternatives

Corcentric, Gatekeeper, Precoro, Venminder, Zip

against: Coupa, SAP Aribano first choice

Five alternatives

Coupa, GEP SMART, Ivalua, Jaggaer, SAP Ariba

Tradogram

Four alternatives

MRPeasy, Precoro, Procurify, QuickBooks Online

against: Kissflow ProcurementPrecoro, Procurify, Zapro AI

One alternative

Jaggaer

against: Coupa, Ivalua, SAP Aribaagainst: Coupa, Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement, SAP Ariba

Llama 4 MaverickPrecorono first choiceChangedGEP SMART

One alternative

Avetta

Tradogram

Two alternatives

ProcureDesk, Supplycart

no first choicenothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashProcurify

Three alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro

against: Coupa, SAP AribaGatekeeperChanged

Two alternatives

Stackpack, Venminder

against: Oracle, SAP Aribano first choiceoboloo

Five alternatives

Dolibarr, Excel/Google Sheets, Precoro, Tradogram, Zoho Creator

no first choiceagainst: Coupa, Jaggaer, Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM, ProcureWare, Promena, SAP Ariba

Kimi K2Precoro, Procurify

Two alternatives

Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub

against: Coupa, SAP AribaGatekeeperChanged

Four alternatives

Precoro, Procurify, SupplierGATEWAY, Venminder

against: Coupa, SAP Aribano first choiceTradogram

Five alternatives

ERPNext, Odoo, Precoro, Procurify, Ramp

no first choiceagainst: Coupa, SAP Aribaagainst: Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, SAP Ariba, Zycus

GLM 4.7 FlashXProcurify

Four alternatives

Coupa, Gatekeeper, Precoro, SAP Ariba

Kodiak HubChanged

Two alternatives

Nuvo, Precoro

against: Coupa, SAP Aribano first choiceERPNext, Odoo

Four alternatives

Cin7, Precoro, ProcureDesk, Tradogram

against: Coupa, Gatekeeper, Ivalua, SAP Aribano first choiceagainst: Coupa, Medius, Oracle, SAP Ariba

MiniMax M2.5Precoro, Procurify

Two alternatives

Gatekeeper, Zip

against: Coupa, SAP AribaPrecoro, VenminderChanged

Two alternatives

AuthBridge, Coupa

no first choicePrecoro

Two alternatives

Coupa, VISCO

no first choiceagainst: Avetta, Coupa, Jaggaer, SAP Ariba, Simpro

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 17:57	yes	9	8 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:06	yes	4	5 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:29	yes	24	26 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:31	yes	20	5 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:11	yes	38	18 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:07	yes	5	5 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:55	yes	18	19 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:29	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:04	yes	5	27 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:05	yes	8	20 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:43	yes	15	99 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:38	yes	8	30 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:21	no	0	3 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:50	yes	3	7 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:46	yes	28	20 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:07	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	41	18 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:23	yes	5	5 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 21:01	yes	17	16 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:58	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:15	yes	8	44 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:03	yes	25	36 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:03	yes	24	40 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:30	yes	25	34 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:21	yes	16	10 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:30	yes	8	15 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 20:15	yes	16	27 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:16	yes	20	7 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:06	yes	25	14 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:52	yes	9	8 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 19:09	yes	29	53 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:13	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	10	27 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 17:53	yes	15	44 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:08	yes	35	63 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:30	yes	9	38 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:27	yes	9	7 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:37	yes	3	6 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:52	yes	26	24 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:00	yes	20	4 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:15	yes	32	17 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:48	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 19:33	yes	10	28 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:08	yes	5	2 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:42	yes	10	28 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 17:54	yes	15	40 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:25	yes	14	19 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:49	yes	5	14 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 17:57	no	0	5 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:08	no	0	9 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:04	no	0	16 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:28	yes	20	13 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:05	yes	13	12 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:56	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:46	yes	26	30 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:25	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:20	no	0	30 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:43	yes	15	26 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:49	yes	14	90 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:28	yes	5	13 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 17:54	yes	19	8 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:31	yes	3	6 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:10	yes	20	26 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:32	yes	20	8 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:21	yes	44	23 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:56	yes	5	6 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:15	yes	24	20 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:24	yes	5	3 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:35	yes	5	28 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:03	yes	25	47 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:30	yes	43	62 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 17:58	yes	15	29 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

Ariba read as SAP Ariba

GEP read as GEP SMART

Graphite read as Graphite Connect

Oracle Coupa read as Coupa

Oracle Procurement Cloud read as Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement

Zapro read as Zapro AI

Unresolved, counted raw

AuthBridge

Deskera

Infor Nexus Supplier Management

Mindsprint

Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM

ProcureWare

Promena

Softr + Airtable / Google Sheets

Stackpack

TLM

VendorCore

iDempiere

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Supplier management

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

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