SAP
Coupa vs. SAP
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/03/20/coupa-raises-40m-for-cloud-procurement-software-takes-on-sap/
I had never actually heard of Coupa before I found this article from March of this year. Reading this, it seems like, if Coupa really is as all-encompassing as it sounds, there’s a great, untapped market just made for them. There are tons of companies that want total integration – or as close as they can get – but can’t afford the prices SAP wants to charge. Up to now, their only choice has been to cobble a bunch of different applications together to get functionality without inegration. Coupa provides an alternative to both SAP and “Frankenstein’s monster” as it says in the article.
Questions:
1) What are the advantages/disadvantages of choosing Coupa over SAP?
2) Does the newness of Coupa as an ERP make the option more or less attractive to prospective customers?
3) Does Coupa pose a serious threat to SAP’s market-share in your opinion?