# ESM Purchase Reviews **Vendor:** ESM Solutions **Category:** [Purchasing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/purchasing-software) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 ## About ESM Purchase ESM Solutions delivers a customized spend management suite that manages sourcing, procurement, invoicing, reporting, and contract management. ## ESM Purchase Reviews ### 1. ESM is useful for tracking purchases **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amanda S. | Assistant Telecommunications and A/V Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2022 **What do you like best about ESM Purchase?** We use ESM to track purchases made by various departments to the available vendors we have. It is helpful for knowing which vendors are being used most and keeps spending on the up and up since there is oversight on purchases. **What do you dislike about ESM Purchase?** It is one extra step made before a purchases but also understandable so **What problems is ESM Purchase solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tracking purchases and being able to quickly see most used vendors ### 2. Exemplary Software. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Annhildah N. | Procurement Officer, International Affairs, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2019 **What do you like best about ESM Purchase?** It is easy to use,implement and very easy on your budget It has a user friendly portal that gives you access to commodities you need and making references to already purchased goods. Therefore ordering and purchasing is done in no time. The **What do you dislike about ESM Purchase?** There are many features of the software that require enough time to learn,understand and use them though once understood, is the best software for your business. **Recommendations to others considering ESM Purchase:** This is an exemplary software for all your purchases. **What problems is ESM Purchase solving and how is that benefiting you?** Requisition ,purchase order,spend,sourcing and inventory management have been made easy and fast without much efforts. ### 3. Very easy to use, excellent new update makes things look clean **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2019 **What do you like best about ESM Purchase?** I enjoy using ESM because it is very user friendly. I like that I can see my past purchases and reorder them again easily. I also like that I don't have to enter a lot of information again on Amazon or Staples when using it through ESM. I like that I can see all the stores that are accessible to me in one page. **What do you dislike about ESM Purchase?** The only thing I dislike is sometimes it takes time to receive the emails from ESM that the order has been approved. However, sometimes it has also been a bit glitchy but calling customer service has always been a breeze and they are very helpful. I do wish checking out was a bit easier, there seems to be quite a few steps to check out when using ESM as opposed to if you went directly to the actual website and did it yourself. **Recommendations to others considering ESM Purchase:** Excellent procurement site for all your pcard purchases **What problems is ESM Purchase solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use ESM as a user friendly quick way to access all of our vendors that we can use with our purchasing card. The benefits are that it is easy to log-on yourself and make purchases without having to wait for someones authorization. ## ESM Purchase Discussions - [What is ESM Purchase used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-esm-purchase-used-for) - [Director of Finance](https://www.g2.com/discussions/46569-director-of-finance) - 1 upvote - [View ESM Purchase pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/esm-purchase/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+19%3A15%3A35+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ace54cf3-b580-4d3c-8811-1d72626252cf&secure%5Btoken%5D=0c603f7dbfe06ce9dd3c220faa28aa74e6a568ee352afc0c62000620c654e4d4&format=llm_user) ## ESM Purchase Features **Management** - Approval - Communication - Documents - Receipt of Goods **Planning** - Processses - Contracts - Content - Requisition **Invoice Management** - Capture - Supplier Portal - Repository **Supplier Management** - Evaluation - Selection - Risk Management **Execution** - Sourcing - Purchasing - Invoicing **Invoice Processing** - Matching - Payments - Workflows - Tax Compliance - Submittal **Supplier Information** - Profiles - Qualifications - History **Analytics** - Visibility - Performance - Spend - Due Dates - KPIs **Integration** - Accounting - Payments - ERP - Procurement **Agentic AI - Purchasing** - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top ESM Purchase Alternatives - [Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify Expense)](https://www.g2.com/products/emburse-expense-professional-formerly-certify-expense/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (2,324 reviews) - [SAP Ariba](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-ariba/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (725 reviews) - [Paylocity](https://www.g2.com/products/paylocity/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (5,216 reviews)