Compare ESM Purchase vs. Zahara

Facilitating access to essential resources for enhancing education is at the heart of our mission. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional service while managing expenditure intelligently. ESM Purchase creates a vibrant purchasing ecosystem that thrives on community insights, enabling you to offer a seamless and compliant shopping experience, monitor and control spending, and prioritize diverse suppliers for a more sustainable supply chain. It’s crucial to strike a balance between convenience and the necessary checks and validations to adhere to institutional policies, ensuring that every member of your educational community is well served. Our unified marketplace allows buyers to effortlessly explore various catalogs and categories, procuring items from designated suppliers and utilizing established contracts. With automated workflows, the journey from purchase to approval and receipt is streamlined, making the buying process smoother. By emphasizing supplier prioritization, we simplify the purchasing experience and enhance compliance, ultimately assisting you in allocating your budget more effectively. In addition, we encourage the promotion of diverse suppliers, support local businesses, advocate for sustainability, and focus on achieving cost efficiencies. This comprehensive approach not only meets immediate needs but also fosters a responsible and inclusive procurement environment for the future.

Zahara's cloud-based platform automates budget management and suppliers. It also allows for multi-level purchase approvals, delivery approvals, and invoice reconciliation and approvals. Zahara integrates seamlessly with the most popular accounting software, such as QuickBooks Online or Xero, to provide expanding SME's with real-time visibility and central control over their purchasing. Zahara can be used for controlling spend within an organization. We can take the initial request to purchase something and automate the approval and sending the PO to the Vendor. Deliveries can be received, invoices from vendors matched and processed before being exported to finance. Zahara increases control and speeds up processing.