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Operating · ecliptic · Manage Supply Chain for Physical Products 4.2

Procure materials and services

Source suppliers, negotiate contracts, and run procurement and invoice settlement — the source-to-pay span for materials and services.

Ranked software · 6 tools · snapshot 2026-Q3

Strategic Sourcing (Source-to-Pay)

Coupa

Coupa Software Incorporated Spend Management & Source-to-Pay

2025 Gartner Source-to-Pay Suites Leader (Thoma Bravo-owned).

Privately held under Thoma Bravo (taken private 2023); product unchanged.

RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

SAP Ariba

SAP SE Spend Management & Source-to-Pay

SAP's source-to-pay suite; a 2025 S2P Leader.

RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

GEP SMART

GEP Spend Management & Source-to-Pay

S2P Leader replacing the draft's JAGGAER, which fell out of the Leaders quadrant.

RANK #3 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

Procurement (Procure-to-Pay)

SAP Ariba

SAP SE Spend Management & Source-to-Pay

Top procure-to-pay suite and S2P Leader.

RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

Coupa

Coupa Software Incorporated Spend Management & Source-to-Pay

Leading P2P and spend-management suite.

Privately held under Thoma Bravo (taken private 2023); product unchanged.

RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

AP & Invoice Automation

Basware

Basware Accounts Payable Automation

Gartner Accounts Payable Applications Leader.

RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

Medius

Medius Accounts Payable Automation

AP Applications Leader (interchangeable with Esker); replaces the draft's Tipalti.

RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

Coupa

Coupa Software Incorporated Spend Management & Source-to-Pay

AP Applications Leader — the AP suite itself, not the draft's Coupa Pay payments module.

Privately held under Thoma Bravo (taken private 2023); product unchanged.

RANK #3 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis

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