Spend analytics software

Faster decisions with even greater certainty. Made possible by the unprecedented clarity of the SAP Spend Control Tower solution.

What is SAP Spend Control Tower?

SAP Spend Control Tower brings together payment and supplier data no matter where it’s located into a single source of truth. AI-enabled spend classification and supplier enrichment on one dataset helps you more effectively reduce procurement costs and supplier risk.

SAP Spend Control Tower replaces the SAP Ariba Spend Analysis solution, taking its powerful analytics and reporting capabilities even further.

 

  • Intuitive, preconfigured spend performance
    dashboards with relevant KPIs

  • Spend categories analysed and optimised by
    machine learning models

  • SAP and non-SAP source data captured and merged
    into a single source

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One view: One Source of Spend Truth

Find out how SAP Spend Control Tower can show you all of your spend.

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Key benefits of spend analytics software

Analyse and reduce procurement costs

Uncover the hidden linkages between suppliers as well as price inconsistences to leverage better volume deals and maximise discount opportunities.

Identify and minimise supplier risk

Identify sourcing vulnerabilities across your entire supply base including single-source suppliers that can leave you open to supply chain disruptions.

Track diversity and sustainability spend

Stay on top of your diversity and sustainability goals by identifying and qualifying the right suppliers using classification codes and information from Dun & Bradstreet.

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Frequently asked questions

SAP Spend Control Tower is SAP’s new, next-generation analytics solution designed to give companies faster, better visibility into enterprise-wide spend data. Built on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) – providing a strong foundation for rapid innovation – the new solution quickly captures and transforms data from multiple source systems into relevant information you can see all in one place.

Like SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, SAP Spend Control Tower addresses the problem of visibility into total spend across the enterprise yet goes well beyond that in myriad ways. The solution’s advanced, versatile platform supports accelerated innovation across business functions, giving you quick access to the latest developments and functionality. It provides a highly intuitive and engaging user interface driven by SAP Analytics Cloud as well as new AI/ML models based on advanced algorithms for spend classified to UNSPSC version 25 taxonomy.

Yes. SAP Spend Control Tower currently supports analytics on diversity and green data in a way similar to what is available in SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, with the data available for you to add to custom reports. Preconfigured dashboards for these areas along with additional related data are planned for a later release.

Yes. Customers with current contracts for SAP Ariba Spend Analysis are gradually being transitioned to the new SAP Spend Control Tower. The transition process is organised in waves with sequencing based on various considerations, including the customer’s number of source systems, number of invoice and purchase order transactions, data access rules, number of users in the system, and spend category taxonomy used (custom vs. UNSPSC). If your company currently uses SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, SAP will send communications about what to expect, your transition dates, and any actions you need to take prior to and during your transition period.

You can find plenty of additional information by downloading this PDF.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites, Micky Keck, Kaitlynn Sommers, Balaji Abbabatulla, Cian Curtin, Lynne Phelan, Chaithanya Paradarami, Martin Shreffler, 24 March 2025

 

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