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SAP Business Network

7.5 /10

What is SAP Business Network?

Ariba Network is now SAP Business Network. Making your business part of a dynamic, digital marketplace where millions of buyers and suppliers operating all around the world transact trillions of dollars in business commerce every year

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Awards & Recognition

SAP Business Network won the following awards in the Contract Lifecycle Management category

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1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

SAP Business Network Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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84 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SAP Business Network?

3% Negative

9% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Transparent
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Contract Authoring

Contract Approval

Reporting Analytics

Workflow

E-Signature

Searchable Repository

Obligation Management

Integration

OCR Support

Redlining

Clause Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Score 6.9

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SAP Business Network Reviews

Andrew T.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jul 2022

Very frustrating to use if your client has Ariba

Likeliness to Recommend

1 /10

What differentiates SAP Business Network from other similar products?

3 of our client currently use SAP Ariba and I have used it previously within another organisation. It is an unnecessary extra addition to invoicing, in a world where we should be automating SAP Ariba adds a step for customers. So wasting time would be a differentiater

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I assume it would help its clients track PO's well

What do you dislike most about this product?

The extra work that it caused for customers of the clients that have adopted SAP Ariba

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Push the platform to be more automatic, it shouldn't add extra work for the customers of its clients

Pros

Respectful

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Performance Enhancing
Less Effective Service

Jeremy C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Communications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Hugely powerful, massively comprehensive. Amazing!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP Business Network from other similar products?

The sheer breadth of functionality of this kit. It is feature-rich, laden with very well thought-out functions and workflow. Everything you could possibly want is in this suite in bucket loads.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It comes as an extremely comprehensive piece of kit right off the shelf, but the sheer customisation options to help your individual business are exceptional. There is nothing this software can't do for your applications, and frankly it'll likely do things you hadn't even thought of!

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is intuitive, and the interface makes navigating and deployment as easy as it could possibly be, but this is so laden with features, functions and menus that at first the learning curve for adoption may seem extremely steep and overwhelming. Persevere, it is well worth it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It has everything and more you could possibly need. So is this overkill for your individual needs? Consider carefully to make sure yo uhit that sweet spot balance of functionality vs usability.

Pros

Effective Service
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Nicolas R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Fantastic product for buyers

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates SAP Business Network from other similar products?

Easy product to implement and easy to use. Lot of features from basic to complex. Integration with the application landscape.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Userfriendly and not lot of change management to perform

What do you dislike most about this product?

Integration with S/A Hana ERP.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sur of your need of integration with the SAP back end if required.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies
Vendor's Interest First
Less Generous

SAP Business Network

What is SAP Business Network?

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

SAP Business Network Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SAP Business Network?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Contract Authoring Creation of the contract with legal controls such as contract structure, required information, drafting parameters. Integration with MSFT Word is high value.

Contract Approval Automated and hierarchical approval process from one or many approvers of a contract(s) within the CLM system.

Reporting Analytics Perform analysis of contract portfolio and provide insights into the contract portfolio.

Workflow Solution allows business to automate approval and action routines for easy fast processing through the lifecycle.

E-Signature Native e-signature capabilities and/or integrations to 3rd party e-signature solutions.

Searchable Repository Storage and indexing of contracts by various criteria, including meta-tagging capabilities. Online access to all personnel that need access to them

Obligation Management Obligations, deliveries, SLA status, key event tracking of contract events through the CLM system

Integration Linkage from CLM to transactional systems such as order management systems, accounts payable systems, CRM, P2P/S2S, Legal Matter solutions, and risk management

OCR Support Automated import of 3rd party and legacy agreements

Redlining Ability to redline agreements, with version control, and across various document formats.

Clause Management Presence of a clause library, ability to build clause libraries, AI overlay for review and analysis of contract clauses via Machine Learning

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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SAP Business Network Reviews

Andrew T.

Very frustrating to use if your client has Ariba

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Jeremy C.

Hugely powerful, massively comprehensive. Amazing!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nicolas R.

Fantastic product for buyers

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Contract Authoring

Contract Approval

Reporting Analytics

Workflow

E-Signature

Searchable Repository

Obligation Management

Integration

OCR Support

Redlining

Clause Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

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