Stop Buying Tools You Already Own - Build a Vendor Evaluation Agent in Minutes
A tool request comes in: "I need a CRM for my field sales team." Most companies start a new buying process. Your CFO wants a different answer first — do we already pay a vendor who does this?
In a company with thousands of vendors in the ERP, that question takes days to answer manually. Usually nobody asks it.
In 45 minutes, you'll build an agent that answers it in seconds. It reads your existing vendor and contract data, tells you which incumbents already fit the use case, where you already have coverage, and what alternatives look like if you still want to shop.
What you'll learn
Incumbent-first vendor evaluation. Enter a requirement, get a ranked list of vendors already in your stack that cover it.
Coverage context that holds up in a review. Contract terms, current spend, and renewal timing pulled from your live systems, not a spreadsheet snapshot.
One agent, three workflows. Vendor evaluation, competitive analysis, and alternative analysis — same setup, different prompts.
Connected data via MCP. Spendflo, your CLM, and ERP systems like NetSuite feeding the same decision.
Why it matters
Every net-new vendor you avoid is a buying cycle you don't run, a security review you don't queue, and a contract you don't negotiate from zero. Consolidating that spend with a vendor already in your stack gives you a better position at their next renewal. This one is cost avoidance, not productivity.
Who this is for
Procurement teams doing day-to-day vendor evaluation, and the stakeholders who file tool requests. Built for larger organizations where nobody can hold the full vendor list in their head.
Practitioner & Builder
Kalyan Tripathy - Procurement Engineer, Spendflo