Scanmarket: What Makes It Great (Sourcing SolutionMap Analysis)

The e-sourcing software market refuses to succumb to consolidation, providing significant choice to procurement organizations of all stripes, sizes, industries and operating geographies. Among these vendors, one of the most experienced in building technology to support both basic and complex RFX, negotiation and auctioning processes is Scanmarket. The closely held company today counts more than 300 global customers and delivers a broad set of capabilities, including integrated spend analytics, supplier management and contract management.

For customers, Scanmarket is a reasonably priced, best kept procurement secret that does not compromise on the e-sourcing fundamentals. But how does the provider stack up in this highly competitive technology market? On the surface, Scanmarket is one of the top performers in the Q3 2018 Sourcing SolutionMap for the Nimble buying persona, as well as a recommended fit across all five Sourcing SolutionMap buying personas. To understand where Scanmarket stands out — and why this matters for sourcing and category teams — let’s dive into the more than 100 fields that comprise the Sourcing benchmark and explore what makes Scanmarket great.

“What Makes It Great” is a recurring column that shares insights from each quarterly SolutionMap report for SolutionMap Insider subscribers. Based on both our rigorous evaluation process and customer reference reviews, each brief offers quick facts on the provider, describes where it excels, provides hard data on where it beats the SolutionMap benchmark and concludes with a checklist for ideal customer scenarios in which procurement, finance and supply chain organizations should consider it.