Basware vs Precisely Automate Studio

Basware6.9Visit Precisely Automate Studio6.3Visit

Higher score Basware #6 in SAP Store Software 6.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Basware

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Precisely Automate Studio #8 in SAP Store Software 6.3/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Precisely

• Basware fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise procurement teams

• Precisely Automate Studio fits best

  SAP data operations in Excel-centric teams

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Side by side

Feature	Basware 6.9/10 Visit ↗	Precisely Automate Studio 6.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	6.9	6.3
Ranking	#6 in SAP Store Software	#8 in SAP Store Software
Best for	Mid-market and enterprise procurement teams	SAP data operations in Excel-centric teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Desktop
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Windows
Support	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7	Docs
Integrations	250+ integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Basware 0/2 · Precisely Automate Studio 2/2
SAP certified	Not published	✓ (best)
Trial available	Not published	✓ (best)
Specs
SAP products supported	Not published	SAP ECC; SAP S/4HANA; SAP GUI; SAP Fiori; SAP GUI for HTML
Deployment	Not published	Hybrid
Pricing model	Not published	Quote
Integration method	Not published	Connector
Our review
Pros	Guided buying, catalogs, approvals, and purchase orders in one platform Invoice capture, matching, routing, and exception handling ERP connections, supplier portal, and spend analytics	Build and run SAP data workflows through an Excel add-in Supports SAP GUI, Fiori and SAP GUI for HTML workflows Validate and correct data before posting; chain and schedule tasks
Cons	Pricing is tailored and requires contacting sales Designed for complex finance and procurement operations, not simple purchasing No stated maximum number of approval levels	Desktop-only deployment limits teams seeking browser-based access Pricing is quote-based and requires contacting sales The 30-day trial requires a request
Our verdict	Basware brings procurement and accounts payable workflows together in a cloud platform for finance and procurement teams. Its intended fit includes mid-market and enterprise organizations, globally operating companies, finance shared… Read the review →	Precisely Automate Studio brings SAP ERP data work into Microsoft Excel for business and SAP teams that need to create, update, validate, extract or migrate data. Its record-map-run workflow lets users create automation scripts from the… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Basware — where it wins

  • Guided buying, catalogs, approvals, and purchase orders in one platform
  • Invoice capture, matching, routing, and exception handling
  • ERP connections, supplier portal, and spend analytics

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is tailored and requires contacting sales
  • Designed for complex finance and procurement operations, not simple purchasing
  • No stated maximum number of approval levels

• Precisely Automate Studio — where it wins

  • Build and run SAP data workflows through an Excel add-in
  • Supports SAP GUI, Fiori and SAP GUI for HTML workflows
  • Validate and correct data before posting; chain and schedule tasks

  Where it doesn't

  • Desktop-only deployment limits teams seeking browser-based access
  • Pricing is quote-based and requires contacting sales
  • The 30-day trial requires a request

• Basware6.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad procurement and invoice platform for organizations with complex purchasing operations.

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• Precisely Automate Studio6.3/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A desktop Excel add-in for SAP data uploads, extracts, validation and scripted workflows.

  Visit PreciselyFull verdict →