GEP SWAP

The Competition's Announcement

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A complete AI-native rebuild of the platform that promises deeper integration, a more intuitive customer experience, and end-to-end agentic orchestration.

— The legacy vendor, Next-Gen Platform Announcement
What this actually signals

The announcement confirms a capability gap the legacy vendor can no longer conceal: its current architecture cannot natively support agentic AI. As of late 2025, only one AI use case existed in the platform. The rest are on your vendor's roadmap for later quarters of 2026 — meaning enterprises evaluating your current platform's AI story today are evaluating a promise, not a working product. GEP Qi is that working product.

The Gap

GEP Qi is operational. Your current vendor's Next-Gen is promised.
That gap is costing you now.

 Roadmap
The Legacy Vendor's Next-Gen
Platform AI — Coming 2026
One AI use case live in the platform as of late 2025
Remaining AI use cases on roadmap for later 2026
Full capability requires their full proprietary stack
1
AI use case in the platform, late 2025
 Available Today
GEP Qi
Agentic AI — Available Now
Initiates, routes, approves, closes workflows autonomously
Runs across any ERP, including hybrid environments
Live for global enterprises — full source-to-pay coverage
 Why NOW Wins

FOUR GAPS
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Four reasons procurement leaders are making the SwAP now — not after the next roadmap update.

01AI Capability — Assistant vs. Orchestrator
The Competition Today

An AI assistant. One use case.

Surfaces data. Summarizes. Answers questions. One live use case as of late 2025 — the rest is roadmap.

GEP Qi Today

An AI orchestrator.

GEP Qi initiates, routes, approves, and closes — across your full source-to-pay lifecycle. It acts. Not advises.

✕  Your current vendor's tool tells your team what's happening.
✓  GEP Qi acts on it.
02ERP Dependency — Stack Requirements
The Legacy Vendor's Dependency

Requires their full stack.

Full AI capability requires their proprietary integration platform and a specific ERP version. Intake management? Outsourced to a third party — different company, different platform.

GEP's Approach

Works with what you have.

Any ERP. Hybrid environments. No transformation required. Just procurement AI — running.

✕  Works only if you've built the whole stack.
✓  GEP works with what you have.
03Commercial Model — What AI Actually Costs
Your Legacy Vendor's Pricing

"Free upgrade." Check the add-on bill.

Advanced AI is metered separately — billed per unit, above a minimum threshold, on top of existing licensing. The cost of AI scales with usage. That bill arrives after you've already committed.

GEP's Commercial Model

No meter. No surprises.

You know what you're paying before you sign. No consumption meter. No compounding invoice.

✕  Consumption-based add-on pricing. Your vendor's sales team is pushing it with every deal today.
✓  No surprises. No meter running.
04Strategic Focus — Platform First or Procurement First
The Legacy Vendor's Priority

Optimizes for their ecosystem.

Every architecture decision serves platform coherence first. Your procurement outcomes are filtered through what's best for the vendor.

GEP's Priority

Optimizes for you.

One platform. One purpose: better procurement outcomes. There's only one lens in the room.

✕  The competition is marketing AI.
✓  GEP is delivering total agentic orchestration.
 Reality Check

NEXTvsNOW

 
The Legacy Vendor + AI Add-on
GEP + GEP Qi
AI
Assistant
Surfaces, summarizes, answers within the legacy vendor's modules
Orchestrator
Initiates, routes, approves, closes across full S2P
ERP
Locked In
Full AI requires their proprietary integration platform and a specific ERP version. Intake managed by a third-party partner — a separate company on a separate platform
Any ERP
Works across ERP environments, including hybrid — no transformation needed
Status
Roadmap
One AI use case in the platform as of late 2025. Remaining use cases planned for later quarters of 2026
Available Now
Available and running today — for global enterprises
Price
Metered
Advanced agentic AI billed via consumption-based add-on pricing. Your vendor's sales team is actively upselling this alongside every new deal today
Transparent
Predictable pricing — no consumption meter, no surprises
Focus
Ecosystem
Architecture optimized for the vendor's own ecosystem, not your procurement outcomes
Procurement
Optimized for procurement outcomes — full stop
 
Make the SwAP

30 MINUTES.

Before your roadmap locks in.

We'll show you GEP Qi working live — not a roadmap slide, a live working demo — then build an honest 3-year comparison side by side. If GEP isn't the right answer, you'll know in 30 minutes.

No pitch. No obligation. Just a working session.