Likelihood to Recommend Esker On Demand is great for Sales Order Processing order creation. We use it with web services. It can make table read calls, test order creations (simulate order), and help with order creation. They are also working on change order management, but if you have multiple order entry methods or touch points, this feature may not be usable for your company.
Read full review SAP Supplier Relationship Manager is well suited wherever SAP ERP (like ECC , S/4HANA) is in use. It might not work well when ERP is not from SAP (mostly ERP for small customers like NETSUITE, APPTIO, CORTEX etc.). for smaller customers procurement software like
Coupa would better fit compared to SAP Supplier Relationship Manager. For large customers (like fortune 500 companies) SAP-SRM would fit very well.
Read full review Pros Esker makes automated invoice sending very easy Esker tracks the sending of documents & records whether or not the message was successful Esker offers various reports that can be very helpful Esker stores all of our customers' contact info on the cloud, and it can be accessed from anywhere Read full review Bid Invitation contract management Live Auction Invoicing Shopping Cart Read full review Cons We can't enter credit memos in Esker. Need to enter in SAP and then link. PO invoices that were trained to go into the PO bucket, route into the non-PO buckets. Freight invoices that have had hundreds going into the non-PO bucket have a tendency to route to the PO-bucket because a PO number is referenced on page 7. Read full review Integration with ERP other than SAP Analytics Languages support Automation Read full review Usability Esker does everything that it promises to do, but it is very hard to figure out. I am a very tech-savvy person, but I needed extensive training to be able to use the basic functions of Esker. Once you know what you're doing, it's not too hard, but I don't understand why they couldn't make it easier to use.
Read full review Support Rating They have been very helpful and the online support site is awesome. They keep the site up to date with the latest changes and present challenges to keep learning the new updates to keep things entertaining. They are overall a great crew to work with
Read full review Alternatives Considered I have listed a few that we considered but there were many more in the initial assessment, Esker was priced well and had the best user interface. Was really easy to use and the implementation process was well designed. It was a system that could handle a two tiered delegations of authority for project expenditure and operational expenditure.
Read full review Coupa is better suited for smaller organizations and can integrate well with non-SAP ERPs. It has more languages supported and good mobile interface.
Coupa has good Analytics and ca integrate well with ERPs like netsuite, octa, salesforce, cortex etc. It can also well integrate with other software like Docusign and support multiple languages with easier custom development.
Read full review Return on Investment We now have reporting available down to the individual field level (changes, errors, etc) and can calculate cost to serve. It replaced on-premise hardware with cloud SaaS that is more cost effective and risk adverse. It is more intuitive; we can put new hires on order entry and experience less user errors. As a solution owner who fixes problems and answers questions, I don't find myself having to "think" about Esker and it has become a smaller part of my job now that end-users are more self-sufficient. Read full review efficiency in procurement function resulting lower TCO Better relationship with suppliers compliance management Read full review ScreenShots