SolutionMap provides objective insight to help buyers evaluate AI-era technology decisions while enabling providers to demonstrate differentiated value

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT), an ROI-led AI transformation firm, today announced the release of Fall 2026 SolutionMap and TechMatch℠ procurement technology assessments, spotlighting 122 procurement technology vendors.

Recognized as the industry’s most rigorous capability assessment of procurement technologies, SolutionMap evaluates vendors against 500+ detailed functional and capability assessments across 16 source-to-pay (S2P) categories, mandatory demos and impartial, anonymized, verified customer value ratings.

As procurement and finance leaders navigate a rapidly evolving technology landscape shaped by AI, the stakes of selecting the right technology continue to rise. SolutionMap’s methodology delivers unmatched transparency and comparability, helping buyers shortlist providers faster, evaluate trade-offs more effectively and validate vendor claims, while enabling technology providers to validate capabilities, demonstrate differentiation and better align their offerings to market needs. This approach is increasingly critical as organizations evaluate whether to build, buy or optimize within their existing technology stacks.

"In today’s market, the traditional full platform ‘build vs. buy’ decision model is being challenged by new AI-first/AI-only technologies – making it increasingly difficult to quantify the potential benefits and risks of these solutions. SolutionMap insights, combined with the trusted guidance of our Solution Intelligence technology advisors, give buyers the confidence needed to shortlist options faster, de-risk selections, and separate real capability from marketing narrative," said Bryan DeGraw, Solution Intelligence Principal at The Hackett Group^®, "That’s why SolutionMap sets the bar for build/buy/hybrid decisions – not just feature comparisons of the past."

This cycle introduces six new vendors to SolutionMap: Anvil Analytical, IntelAgree, Softco, Suppeco, Synertrade and Vertice. These vendors were evaluated across the following capability categories:

AP Automation/Invoice-to-Pay: Softco, Synertrade
Contract Lifecycle Management: IntelAgree, Synertrade
e-Procurement: Synertrade
Intake & Orchestration: Vertice
Procure-to-Pay: Synertrade
Sourcing: Synertrade
Source-to-Contract: Synertrade
Source-to-Pay: Synertrade
Spend Analytics: Anvil Analytical, Synertrade
Supplier Management: Suppeco, Synertrade

Four existing vendors expanded into additional SolutionMap capability categories: ISPNext, Mercanis, Scanmarket by Unit4 and Spendflo. Their expanded coverage includes the following categories:

AP Automation/Invoice-to-Pay: Mercanis, Spendflo
e-Procurement: Mercanis
Procure-to-Pay: Mercanis
Sourcing: Scanmarket by Unit4
Source-to-Contract: ISPNext, Scanmarket by Unit4
Source-to-Pay: ISPNext, Mercanis
Spend Analytics: Scanmarket by Unit4
Supplier Management: Scanmarket by Unit4

Launched in 2017 and updated every six months, SolutionMap has become the gold standard for procurement technology evaluation (see methodology), ensuring transparent, evidence-based comparisons. Thousands of procurement leaders, consultants and investors rely on SolutionMap and TechMatch℠ for deeper data insights and sharper vendor intelligence to make defensible technology choices as AI changes what ‘best fit’ really means.

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About The Hackett Group^®

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT) is an ROI-led, AI enterprise transformation firm that helps clients enable AI world-class performance. Its experts and engineers leverage proprietary AI delivery platforms – Hackett AI XPLR™, ZBrain™, XT™, AIXelerator™ and AskHackett™ – to accelerate and enhance the delivery of the company’s solutions and services.

The AI platforms are powered by the company’s domain-specific Hackett Solution Language Model informed by Hackett Process and Performance Intelligence – including Digital World Class® benchmark metrics, best-practice process flows and service delivery model solution frameworks, which accelerate and enhance the delivery of its services. The Hackett Group’s proprietary insights are based on benchmarking results from leading global organizations, including 98% of Dow Jones Global Titans, 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials and 90% of the Fortune 100. Visit www.thehackettgroup.com.

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