Procurement Intake Software
Ivalua: features, pricing and who it fits
Ivalua offers an enterprise suite where intake runs into sourcing, contracts, supplier management and the full procure-to-pay chain. Reviewers praise its configurability, though setup is difficult. G2 puts a typical implementation near 8 months, and quotes are the only route to pricing.
Who Ivalua is for
Best for
- Large enterprises replacing several procurement tools with one source-to-pay platform
- Teams needing configurable sourcing events, auctions and supplier management
- Organizations that can fund a long implementation
Look elsewhere if
- Small and mid-size companies (G2 shows top cost tier and an 8 month typical implementation)
- Buyers wanting published pricing or a quick start
Fit by company size
| Category | 1-10 people | 11-50 people | 51-500 people | 500+ people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement Intake Software | Poor fit | Poor fit | Poor fit | Strong fit |
| Vendor Management Software | Poor fit | Poor fit | Poor fit | Strong fit |
| RFP and Sourcing Software (Buyer Side) | Poor fit | Poor fit | Poor fit | Strong fit |
Strong fitWorkablePoor fitNo data from the vendor
Ivalua features
- Request forms
- Intake module pitched as an AI-powered conversational hub for all requests
- Workflow orchestration
- Intake feeds source-to-contract and procure-to-pay modules on one platform
- AI triage
- AI-powered conversational intake (vendor description)
- Implementation time
- G2 pricing insights: about 8 months
- Pricing transparency
- Quote only
- Vendor repository
- Supplier management consolidating onboarding, risk, performance, collaboration and master data
- Onboarding and documents
- Supplier onboarding in supplier management module (vendor description)
- Performance scorecards
- Supplier performance in supplier management module (vendor description)
- Contract linkage
- Source-to-contract module
- Risk assessment
- Supplier risk in supplier management module
- Pricing
- Quote only
- RFx events
- Sourcing projects and RFx (third-party listing)
- Reverse auctions
- Auctions listed under sourcing (third-party listing)
Pros and cons
What users like
- User-friendly interface
- Highly configurable to fit business processes
Common complaints
- Setup and configuration can be difficult
- Mixed feedback on how intuitive the setup is
Worth knowing before you buy
- G2 pricing insights put typical implementation at about 8 months and cost at the highest tier
- One G2 reviewer says pricing is by object rather than by volume
- Intake, sourcing, supplier management and P2P are modules of a single platform, unlike intake-first startups that hand off to an ERP
- Founded in 2000 and PE-backed since 2017 and 2019 rounds, so it is an established enterprise vendor, not a startup
