Emptoris vs. SAP Ariba Contracts

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Emptoris
Score 5.5 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$59
Per User Per Month
SAP Ariba Contracts
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
SAP Ariba Contract Management is software that helps legal, finance, procurement, and sales operations professionals tasked with driving contract management to manage all types of agreements, including procurement, sales, and internal contracts. The vendor says that with SAP Ariba Contract Management, companies can develop best-value agreements by addressing the two major components of the contract lifecycle: • Contract Management from contract request, contract authoring, workflows…N/A
Pricing
EmptorisSAP Ariba Contracts
Editions & Modules
Emptoris
$59.00
Per User Per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EmptorisSAP Ariba Contracts
Free Trial
NoNo
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
EmptorisSAP Ariba Contracts
Considered Both Products
Emptoris
Chose Emptoris
Emptoris is very similar in functionality but more simple than the other tools I have used in the past. Some of its modules have been upgraded very well recently which helps it compete better with its rivals. We recently conducted an exercise to see if we need to move to some …
Chose Emptoris
I would say there are positives and negatives to all. Emptoris seemed to be more advanced in progression of their tool. Others seem to have created a tool to meet a customers need and was not part of their core business model or competency.
Chose Emptoris
I think Emptoris stands up better against peers in terms of point A to Z solution: Better storage of all components related to the contract (contract management) in terms of all legal requirements, all compliance requirements, proper communication trail, various attachments, …
Chose Emptoris
We are in the decision process of either updating our current Emptoris, or will evaluate Ariba as an alternate.
Chose Emptoris
I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs
SAP Ariba Contracts

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
EmptorisSAP Ariba Contracts
Contract Authoring
Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Product A and Product B
Emptoris
8.3
4 Ratings
0% above category average
SAP Ariba Contracts
8.4
9 Ratings
1% above category average
Contract creation9.04 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Contract templates7.84 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Clause library/saved fields8.34 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Guided logic8.02 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Contract Collaboration
Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Emptoris
7.9
4 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP Ariba Contracts
7.7
8 Ratings
8% below category average
Contract sharing8.04 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Contract editing8.74 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Collaborating on contracts7.53 Ratings9.07 Ratings
MS Word plug-in7.52 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Approval process8.24 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Interdepartmental workflows7.84 Ratings5.17 Ratings
Contract Monitoring
Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Emptoris
7.8
5 Ratings
9% below category average
SAP Ariba Contracts
9.1
10 Ratings
7% above category average
Contract database7.75 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Contract search7.55 Ratings9.510 Ratings
Contract milestone reminders & alerts8.53 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Custom contract reports7.44 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Tracking contract status8.44 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Compliance check7.93 Ratings9.07 Ratings
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User Ratings
EmptorisSAP Ariba Contracts
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(15 ratings)
9.9
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(10 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
EmptorisSAP Ariba Contracts
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
If you have a highly bureaucratic organization that is heavily focused on procurement, Emptoris can provide some value. It seemed to be very good at linking the contract information to procurement for better spend control. If you are trying to implement a standalone contract management solution that allows you to easily create contracts and store them in a central location, this isn't the tool for you. There doesn't appear to be a simplified implementation. In general, when a SaaS solution has a complicated and expensive implementation, I am very skeptical. This does not show that the vendor is trying to move customers forward on a single code base. If that many things need to be done during implementation, you are starting to customize the solution for every customer. This hurts the vendor's ability to scale and make improvements in the future.
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SAP
SAP Ariba Contract Management contract management is well suited for complex service engagements as it can adapt to any level of complexity, and it provides flexibility to incorporate different milestones and pricing terms For simple and low-value contracts, it is too advanced as few of the elements cannot be skipped, making it more complex.
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Pros
IBM
  • Document protection - the Check Out contract feature is a great way to allow external parties to make modifications to contract language without the ability to accept those changes. Those redlines can then be imported back into Emptoris and reviewed or further modified as needed.
  • Notifications & reminders - you can trigger an email manually from within the system, or you can configure automated notifications andreminders to alert users when a new task is received or has aged a given amount of days, etc.
  • Interview wizard - there is a lot of value in the interview wizard. Administrators can configure screens with selecting options via check boxes, radio buttons, or typed-in values. Variables and conditions can be used to selectively populate fields within the contract or apply other options, making for a quick and convenient method to generate contracts conforming to corporate standards.
  • Field customization - administrators can customize a list of options for various fields including contract substatus, address type, and user created business term variables.
  • Approvals - many different options are available to configure approvals to trigger automatically upon presenting and/or executing the contract including specific individuals, one or more approver groups, or based upon various criteria including terms within the contract, type of contract, or the contract's owning organization.
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SAP
  • SAP Ariba has Ariba Supply Chain Network that makes Suppliers/Vendors/Buyers onboarding very easy. Ariba Contract Management is very well integrated with Ariba network and hence sharing contractual documents and information are very easy.
  • SAP Ariba provide integration with SAP ERP which takes out the effort needed to integrate Ariba with SAP.
  • Ariba exposes API and ITK to do integration if your ERP is none SAP.
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Cons
IBM
  • Reporting, Emptoris comes with standard reports which can not always can be fit into our business. This needs to be improved. I hope Emptoris is addressing this issue in their latest releases.
  • Though the feature of editing language in MS word is excellent, loading MS word takes time.
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SAP
  • the numbering is limited to contract workspace or CW#, if it is used to RFP, numbers can be RFP# and not CW#
  • for extension, it is nice to have a alphanumeric than numeric only
  • contract term attributes does not need to have an email recipient , the budget owner & issuer are the email recipients
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
There are a lot of new, exciting products coming out in every field and I believe that there is always something better right over the horizon. If it was my choice, I would review my usage of Emptoris and other software periodically to make sure I'm using the most efficient software possible.
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SAP
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Usability
IBM
Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use
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SAP
Based on its stability as a leading procurement solution, SAP Ariba Contract Management's contract management provides enhanced efficiency with the ability to build templates to suit your needs, enhanced contract authoring that provides efficiency in the process with digital signature is a perfect tool, any organization would like to have.
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Support Rating
IBM
The above rating for the overall support from Emptoris is for their product / product support, roll out training and refresher training / ongoing training, which is not only good but superior. There is no major or reconizable bad review that can be given to Emptoris at this point in time, from where is stands.
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SAP
Overall support has been reasonable with SAP Ariba Contract Management, however, I would have preferred localized support as it will have a better connection in the EMEA region.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs
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SAP
This was the program that our vendors selected so we have used this one. I had a client that used Beeline but that felt clunky compared to SAP Ariba Contract Management. You had a lot more hoops to jump through with Beeline. SAP Ariba Contract Management definitely is easier to use
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • We won the 2005 Baseline Magazine Award for best ROI related to a technology implementation with an ROI 5544% (see 2005 Baseline ROI Awards, GlaxoSmithkline).
  • We always felt we could do "two times the work, with half the people and deliver double the savings".
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SAP
  • Easier contract management means less time focused on looking for information and more time negotiating.
  • Alerts on contract expiration which allows you to negotiate on time.
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