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Coupa vs Octave Loop Core

Put any two products side by side: specification, the six criteria and the EPC Index needle.

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Coupa

Coupa · Procurement & Materials

02040608010071EPC INDEX

A user-friendly spend management platform for corporate procurement. It does not replace project materials management on EPC work.

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Octave Loop Core

Octave · Procurement & Materials

02040608010078EPC INDEX

The benchmark for EPC materials management, now named Octave Loop Core. Nothing else in the catalogue covers design-to-site material control as deeply.

  1. 5Capability25%9
  2. 8Interoperability20%7
  3. 8Scale15%9
  4. 8Usability15%6
  5. 8Deployment10%7
  6. 7Ecosystem15%8
AttributeCoupaOctave Loop Core
VendorCoupaOctave
CategoryProcurement & MaterialsProcurement & Materials
StatusActiveActive
DeploymentSaaSSaaS · On-premises
Licensingn/an/a
Standardsn/an/a
Strengths
  • Easy adoption
  • Spend analytics
  • ERP integration
  • Bill-of-materials-driven procurement
  • Expediting and site material control
  • Supplier portal
Considerations
  • No engineering materials control
  • Indirect-spend focus
  • Project workflows need other tools
  • Process-heavy implementation
  • Rebrand period
  • Requires disciplined material data from design

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