# Strategic sourcing: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "strategic sourcing software" and as "e-sourcing and RFP tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/spend/strategic-sourcing/2026-11

**Standing:** oboloo leads with 14% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [oboloo](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/oboloo/index.md) | 14% | 0% | 11 |
| 2 | [Prokuria](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/prokuria/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 20 |
| 3 | [Market Dojo](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/market-dojo/index.md) | 7% | 0% | 16 |
| 4 | [GEP SMART](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/gep-smart/index.md) | 7% | 16% | 19 |
| 5 | [Procurify](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/procurify/index.md) | 7% | 8% | 13 |
| 7 | [Ivalua](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ivalua/index.md) | 7% | 38% | 24 |
| 8 | [Precoro](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/precoro/index.md) | 5% | 12% | 17 |
| 9 | [Coupa](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/coupa/index.md) | 5% | 40% | 35 |
| 10 | [Loopio](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/loopio/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 11 |
| 24 | [SAP Ariba](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/sap-ariba/index.md) | 2% | 63% | 30 |
| 25 | [LinkedIn Recruiter](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/linkedin-recruiter/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 13 |
| 26 | [SeekOut](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/seekout/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 14 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 142 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Corcentric Sourcing, Coupa, Zycus; alternatives Ivalua, Market Dojo, Proactis Sourcing
- GPT-5.4 mini: Workday Strategic Sourcing; alternatives GEP SMART, Ivalua, SAP Ariba Sourcing Suite
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Workday Strategic Sourcing; alternatives Archlet, Market Dojo, Scanmarket, Tropic
- Perplexity Sonar: GEP SMART; alternatives Jaggaer, Proactis, Procurify
- Grok 4.20: Procurify; alternatives Coupa, GEP SMART
- Mistral Small: Ivalua, SAP Ariba; alternatives P3Source, Team Procure
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Procurify; alternatives GEP SMART, Market Dojo, Precoro, Prokuria
- Llama 4 Maverick: GEP SMART; alternatives Jaggaer, Oxalys, Proactis
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Coupa Business Buying; alternatives GEP SMART, Ivalua, Jaggaer
- Kimi K2: Procurify; alternatives Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, Prokuria
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: no first choice; alternatives Market Dojo, Precoro, Procurify, Prokuria
- MiniMax M2.5: Prokuria; alternatives Coupa, TYASuite Procurement
- GPT-6 Luna: Workday Strategic Sourcing; alternatives Coupa, GEP Quantum Intelligence, GEP SMART, Market Dojo
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Prokuria; alternatives Precoro, Procol, Procurify, cusoso Target

## Sources the answers cite

69 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- g2.com: 34 answers, 46 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 31 answers, 49 citations
- sourceforge.net: 26 answers, 46 citations
- softwaresuggest.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- getapp.com: 19 answers, 26 citations
- guideflow.com: 15 answers, 17 citations
- mindsprint.com: 13 answers, 13 citations
- softwareadvice.co.uk: 12 answers, 12 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://softwaresuggest.com/strategic-sourcing-software (21 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/strategic-sourcing (17 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/strategic-sourcing-software (12 answers)
- https://mindsprint.com/resources/blogs/b2b-procurement-platform (11 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/strategic-sourcing/small-business (10 answers)
- https://sourceforge.net/software/sourcing/for-mid-size-business (10 answers)
- https://ivalua.com/blog/best-strategic-sourcing-software (9 answers)
- https://rfp.wiki/enterprise-software-enterprise-application-software-eas-enterprise-service-management-esm/e-sourcing-strategic-sourcing-procurement-and-source-to-contract-s2c (9 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/scm/strategic-sourcing-software-comparison/small-business (9 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/250/strategic-sourcing-software/software?page=3 (8 answers)

## Warned against

- SAP Ariba: 19 of 30 labels negative. "explicitly advise against these for SMBs due to their steep learning curves, high costs, and overkill for smaller operations" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Coupa: 14 of 35 labels negative. "explicitly advise against these for SMBs due to their steep learning curves, high costs, and overkill for smaller operations" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Jaggaer: 9 of 21 labels negative. "has received a significant number of negative labels in expert reviews, with concerns about its complexity and suitability for smaller organizations" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Ivalua: 9 of 24 labels negative. "Skip enterprise tools — Coupa, SAP Ariba, Jaggaer, and Ivalua" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: oboloo at 14%.

- Tradogram: 13% to 0%, −13. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 3 → 29 of 142.
- Prokuria: 0% to 9%, +9. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 60 → 2 of 142.
- Precoro: 13% to 5%, −8. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 2 → 8 of 142.
- Procurify: 13% to 7%, −6. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 4 → 5 of 142.
- GEP SMART: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 9 → 4 of 142.
- Ivalua: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 8 → 7 of 142.
- SAP Ariba: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 128 → 24 of 142.
- Jaggaer: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 13 → 142 of 142.
- oboloo: 15% to 14%, −1. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 1 of 142, unchanged.
- Market Dojo: 6% to 7%, +1. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 3 of 142.
- Coupa: 4% to 5%, +1. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 11 → 9 of 142.
- Loopio: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 10 of 142, unchanged.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.