Procure-to-pay applications
What is SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing?
SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing is a set of procure-to-pay applications that help you drive increased visibility, cost control, and compliance across your procurement processes through better user experience, improved supplier collaboration, and greater spend coverage.
Explore a cloud-based, consumer-grade purchasing application for policy-compliant business buying while ensuring supplier collaboration.
· Guide users to the right purchasing choices using embedded AI capabilities
· Ensure trading partner collaboration using the world’s largest business network
· Improve accounts payable compliance through automated invoicing
· Ensure orchestration through federated processes even when using multiple ERPs
SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing Demo
See how the SAP Ariba solution benefits can help you improve your procure-to-pay process.
Key benefits
Achieve sustainable savings
Realize negotiated savings with every purchase through compliance with contracts, processes, regulations, and supplier strategies.
Increase spend coverage
Manage spending with category- and persona-specific buying channel configuration, access to rich catalog content, and real-time user guidance on purchasing policies.
Improve procurement efficiency
Implement touchless collaboration with your trading partners for faster order fulfillments and status updates, invoice processing, discounts optimization, and payment visibility.
Key features
This solution includes guided buying, catalogs, invoice management, and network-based collaboration for a comprehensive procure-to-pay experience.
Guided buying capability
Smart guidance for purchasers
Purchasing policies for compliance
AI-generated recommendations
Risk-aware guidance
Network-based collaboration
Self-service portal for suppliers
Real-time order and payment processing
Touchless transactions
Process compliance
Catalog content
Buyer- and supplier-managed catalogs
Contract-compliance enforcement
Milestones tracking
Spot buy and Marketplace connectivity
Mobility
Rich mobile experience
Requisition monitoring and approval on the go
Invoice management
Touchless invoice reconciliation
Country-specific tax invoicing
Automated invoice processing
Built-in exception management library
ERP and third-party integration
Multiple ERP integration
Real-time tax, budget, and inventory checks
Open APIs framework for process extensibility
Integration with third-party data providers
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If you’re already using the SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing solution, you can download and start using SAP Ariba mobile apps today.
SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app
SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app
Portfolio recognition and awards
SAP Ariba solutions are recognized for their multi-faceted industry leadership based on verified user reviews, ratings, and in-depth customer insights.
Technical and security information
Discover how our cloud solutions fuel your spend strategy with SAP Business Technology Platform and protect your enterprise with built-in security.
Visibility
Unlock spend data with solutions that deliver total spend visibility, aid in planning and forecasting, and connect critical data from SAP and third-party sources.
Extensibility
Customize and extend the value of spend management solutions by eliminating inefficiencies, building new apps, enhancing existing apps, and providing personalized experiences.
Integration
Centralize data, remove silos, and create a connected enterprise with integration solutions from SAP, streaming your source-to-pay process with prebuilt connections.
Data security
Help protect confidentiality and data integrity.
Business process security
Support compliance with regularity requirements.
Risk and threat mitigation
Drive continuous improvement across your operations.
Cloud delivery operations
Enable a smooth transformation while meeting security and compliance requirements.
See what analysts are saying
SAP Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Source-to-Pay Suites
Find out why SAP has been recognized as a Leader for our ability to execute and completeness of vision in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites.
The Hackett Group’s 2025 Procurement Agenda and Key Issues Study Results
This research reveals how procurement success can be achieved through advanced analytics and real-time data visibility; AI technology; and the right balance of integration by ERP and suite solutions.
SAP a leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Accounts Payable Automation Software 2024 Vendor Assessment
Learn why SAP is the only company named a Leader in all three IDC MarketScape reports for Worldwide Accounts Payable Automation Software.
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Discover how guided buying simplifies procurement
Try your hand at two simple scenarios:
- Basic navigation and simple procurement with auto-approval
- Simple procurement with approval using the SAP Ariba Mobile app
Experience guided buying from placing an order through receipt of goods.