Compare Prokuria vs Scanmarket
Prokuria runs the same event range as Scanmarket, drafts the RFx from your spec, scores responses with AI, and carries the purchase orders and approvals that follow, in one platform where you configure fields and flows yourself. Scanmarket, now part of Unit4, is a source-to-contract suite covering multi-stage RFx events, lotting and sub-lotting, forward and reverse auctions, and a supplier portal for certificates.
- Sourcing events and supplier management - Scanmarket's core ground, with a deep, configurable bid-collection toolkit behind it. Prokuria runs the same event range in one workflow, with the AI drafting the RFx from your spec before it goes out.
- Suppliers without accounts - Scanmarket's own FAQ says suppliers get a unique login to take part in an event, where Prokuria's suppliers respond without creating one.
- Past the contract - Prokuria adds AI-scored evaluation, purchase orders, approvals and catalogs in the same platform, where Scanmarket's procure-to-pay ground sits in the wider Unit4 suite.
How does Prokuria compare with Scanmarket?
Both run serious sourcing events. The difference starts at what it takes to build one and who can change it, and carries through how suppliers get in, how bids get scored, and how far the platform follows the award.
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Scanmarket
Sourcing events: RFI, RFP, RFQ
Full workflow, all event types, with lots and line items
A core strength, with multi-stage events, lotting and sub-lotting
e-Auctions, reverse auctions, sealed bids, tenders
All four, including sealed bids and tenders, in one workflow
Forward and reverse auctions, including Dutch and Japanese formats
AI RFx generation (draft from a spec)
Not described on its sourcing pages
AI-scored bid evaluation
Standardized and scored
Automated post-bid analysis; AI scoring not described
Suppliers respond without a login
Suppliers respond without creating an account
Suppliers get a unique login to take part in an event, per Scanmarket's own FAQ
Supplier management
Supplier records and onboarding in the platform
A core strength: self-registration, supplier profiles, certificate expiry prompts
Setup and changes
No-code, you configure fields and flows yourself
Reviewers have reported that some changes, such as adding new fields, go through the vendor
Purchase orders, approvals and catalogs
In the same platform
Covered in the wider Unit4 suite, not in Scanmarket
Packaging
One platform
A sourcing suite, with procure-to-pay on the parent platform
Pricing
At a fraction of the cost vs. other solutions
On request; no published starting point
Prokuria adapts to almost any procurement flow, no code, no IT project.
What our customers say about us
Trusted globally by top procurement teams
What makes Prokuria different?
Scanmarket puts the event behind a supplier account. Prokuria opens it, drafts it for you, and keeps going after the award.
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Suppliers answer without an account
No credentials to issue and no password resets to field. Suppliers respond to your event directly, and you see who opened it, who started a response and who submitted.
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AI from brief to bid
Give Prokuria the spec and it drafts the RFx, so the event is built rather than retyped from the last one. When the responses land, it scores them into one standardized comparison across lots, line items and scenarios, so a long event stays easy to decide. The same engine runs your RFIs, RFPs and RFQs end to end.
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One platform, and you configure it
Sourcing events, supplier records and onboarding, AI evaluation, purchase orders, approvals and catalogs sit together, with two-way sync to your ERP. When your process is different, Prokuria adapts to it with no code and no IT project.
FAQs about Prokuria vs Scanmarket
01 Is Prokuria hard to learn after my team used Scanmarket?
Prokuria is not hard to learn after Scanmarket, because it is no-code and easily configurable, so your team changes fields and flows itself instead of raising a ticket. 84% of Prokuria users launch their first RFQ within a week.
02 Does Prokuria cover contracts the way a source-to-contract suite does?
Prokuria covers contracts inside its Supplier Management module, which keeps signed agreements next to supplier certifications and compliance checklists. Contracts can be searched by keyword, date or contract number, and e-signature runs through the DocuSign integration, a premium add-on.
03 We only want to replace sourcing. Do we have to take the whole platform?
You do not have to take the whole platform, because every Prokuria customer starts with one core module, either Sourcing, Supplier Management or Purchasing. A team replacing only the sourcing side of Scanmarket can run Prokuria Sourcing on its own and add the other two later.
04 Which should I choose, Prokuria or Scanmarket?
Choose Prokuria if you want the full event range, AI-scored evaluation, purchase orders and approvals in one platform, configured without code and at a fraction of the cost. Choose Scanmarket if your sourcing already runs inside a wider Unit4 estate and you want to keep that stack.
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