Birchstreet eProcurement vs. CobbleStone Contract Insight®

It is well suited for large companies with an A/P department for processing electronic and check payments for invoices. I would struggle to find it of much value if the hotel property was cutting the checks itself.

Incentivized

We use Cobblestone for all of our contract types across the company. We had a phased roll-out which helped get us live fast and share experiences with other departments for their implementation. the fact that it can support the different department and contract type scenarios were the biggest selling point. We are confident that it will evolve with us as we grow and acquire.

• It has a purchase order system for supported vendors.
• It allows for quick entry of invoices to submit for payment.
• It has the ability to manage capital purchases.

Incentivized

• The Cobblestone reps are great to work with.
• Cobblestone is easy to use and setup. Our users caught on quick.
• CobbleStone has a nice user-interface.
• CobbleStone's mobile app is a plus.
• Cobblestone integrates with a lot of other systems we use.

• It will periodically be unavailable due to technical difficulties.
• Sometimes invoices will appear twice in the system even though it's supposed to detect and delete duplicates.

Incentivized

• They are great to work with.

Cobblestone has been great for us. I expect that we will work with them for many years.

We were please to see the fast user adoption with Cobblestone. We used their training services and were pleased with the delivery. The system also includes helpful videos and step-by-step guide. Cobblestone has out of the box dashboards that we used and tweaked to meet role-specific needs. The user interface is easy to understand.

Cobblestone's support is responsive and reliable. We use their self-help content and their standard support.

Have no experience with competitors.

Incentivized

CobbleStone is the easiest contract management system to use. The setup took less time than expected and was under budget. The system flexibility was another selling point for us. The other systems seemed OK for one type of contract but didn't seem to support the variety of contracts that we have. It has been great for third-party contracts as well as authoring our contracts from templates and clause libraries.

• It has produced significant time savings allowing properties to forgo the position of property accountant/controller.
• It has streamlined the reporting of expenses on the profit and loss statements.

Incentivized

• Easier contract request process
• Faster legal reviews
• Simpler workflow and approval processes
• Improved contract compliance
• Easier contract authoring and negotiations
• Faster contract signatures
• More secure contract repository with user permissions
• Better contract analytics