Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite review
January 06, 2026

Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Ariba

We currently use SAP Ariba Sourcing, Contracting and Guided Buying.

The product addresses the ability to manage sourcing project, collect and negotiate offers along with ability to convert award decision to Contract Workspace, manage the contract review followed by signature and operationalizing contract with Ariba Guided Buying OR S/4 HANA via CLID.

Pros

  • Collecting offers Via RFI, RFP to shortlist from long list of suppliers
  • Ability to run eAuctions to get the best competitive results
  • Ability to manage activities through task checklist, guiding the end user to complete

Cons

  • Ability to automatically push the data to external system when the contract is published, reduces manual checks and intervention.
  • Ability to revert the contract version types
  • Easier ways to reduce the transmission errors to S/4 from Ariba when CLID data is sent to S/4 HANA
  • Make the sourcing request form smarter including rules and policies and ability to collate the requirements/demand
  • Sourcing events
  • Management of forms
  • Storage of Signed contract documents
  • Reduced manual effort in collecting offers via system than by email
  • Simplified process to integrate sourcing and contracting via award decision
  • Ability to move the negotiated lines to contract reducing time and effort
Guided Sourcing is more intuitive however it comes up with learning,
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use

Do you think SAP Ariba delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with SAP Ariba's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Ariba live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Ariba go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Ariba again?

Yes

Ariba is well suited to manage activities within the workspace especially managing RFP and collecting offers, attaching documents etc..

Scenarios where it is less appropriate is in the area of authoring, clause negotiation. When the contract to be operationalized with system other Ariba, Intake tool and demand aggregation.

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