What is Coupa used for?

Coupa is a business spend management platform covering procurement, invoicing and payments for mid-sized and large organizations. It is a good fit for enterprise procurement teams and finance teams controlling company-wide spend.

How much does Coupa cost?

Coupa doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.

Is Coupa open source?

No. Coupa is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Coupa include ERPNext, Odoo and iDempiere.

What are some alternatives to Coupa?

Coupa competes with SAP Concur, Tipalti and BILL. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Coupa alternatives.

Coupa: features, pricing and alternatives

About Coupa

Coupa is a commercial business spend management (BSM) platform. It brings procurement, supplier management, invoicing and payments together so that finance and procurement teams can see and control what the organization buys and how it pays for it.

Typical workflows in this category include purchase requests and approvals, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, invoice processing and payment. The vendor site blocked automated access when this entry was written, so confirm the current module list on the Coupa website.

Coupa is proprietary software delivered as a cloud service and sold through a sales process, which fits larger organizations with formal procurement policies. It is often evaluated alongside other source-to-pay and spend management suites.

Key features

Procurement requests and approvals
Supplier management
Invoice processing
Payment workflows
Spend visibility and controls

Good fit for

→Enterprise procurement teams
→Finance teams controlling company-wide spend

Tags: procurement; spend-management; invoicing; payments; supplier-management; enterprise; source-to-pay

Coupa: questions and answers

What is Coupa used for?: Coupa is a business spend management platform covering procurement, invoicing and payments for mid-sized and large organizations. It is a good fit for enterprise procurement teams and finance teams controlling company-wide spend.
How much does Coupa cost?: Coupa doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
Is Coupa open source?: No. Coupa is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Coupa include ERPNext, Odoo and iDempiere.
What are some alternatives to Coupa?: Coupa competes with SAP Concur, Tipalti and BILL. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Coupa alternatives.