GEP SMART Contract Management vs Pleo

GEP SMART Contract Management helps organizations create, negotiate, execute, and manage contracts within procurement work. Authoring tools use approved templates and clause libraries, can create drafts from playbooks using natural language processing, and support automated approvals. Its centralized web repository keeps versions, metadata tags, and an end-to-end audit trail. Teams can configure alerts and event reminders, track compliance, and manage obligations and milestones. Analytics cover contract utilization, supplier performance against contract terms, links to spend, and custom reports and dashboards. The product connects contract management to sourcing and procurement, including transferring negotiated terms into catalogs and workflows. Other listed capabilities include purchase orders, supplier management and onboarding, qualification workflows, performance scorecards, a supplier portal, guided request intake, and punchout catalogs. GEP lists Android, iOS, and web access, plus REST and Bulk APIs and an SAP adapter for data exchange with SAP ERP. It states that data at rest uses AES 256-bit encryption and data in transit uses TLS 1.2/1.3. Access controls include SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect SSO, role-based permissions, and configurable multi-factor authentication. Pricing is on request.

Pleo combines company spending cards with tools for managing business expenses and payments. It supports expense management, reimbursements, cash management, accounts payable, and multi-currency use, with real-time expense tracking and automated expense reports. Depending on the plan, businesses can set card limits, approval workflows, and AI-powered spending guidelines. Pleo lists integrations including Xero, NetSuite, QuickBooks, SAP SuccessFactors, FreeAgent, Xledger, Twinfield, and BambooHR. It runs on the web, Android, and iOS, and provides an API. Pleo says it encrypts data in transit using TLS 1.2 with AES256 and SHA384 and stores and processes customer data in AWS data centers in Ireland. Its listed compliance information includes PCI-DSS, GDPR adherence, Google's Cloud Application Security Assessment, and a Cloud Security Alliance CAIQ self-assessment. Plans start at £8 a month, billed monthly; Build is £14 a month per user, billed yearly, and Optimise is £18 a month per user, billed yearly. A free trial is offered for Start and Build.