Is Jaggaer or Striven better?

Neither clearly leads. Jaggaer starts at On request and Striven at $35/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Jaggaer or Striven?

Jaggaer starts at On request and Striven at $35/month.

Does Jaggaer or Striven run on more platforms?

Jaggaer runs on Web. Striven runs on Web, Mobile, API.

What is Jaggaer best used for?

Jaggaer is most often used for a university or research institution that must enforce restricted fund and grant rules at the point of requisition rather than at audit, a multi site organisation trying to consolidate fragmented purchasing onto negotiated contracts it already has but does not use, a regulated manufacturer that must document supplier qualification and keep an auditable record of the sourcing decision, a finance team that can report what was spent but cannot say what it was spent on or with whom by category. Of those, a university or research institution that must enforce restricted fund and grant rules at the point of requisition rather than at audit and a multi site organisation trying to consolidate fragmented purchasing onto negotiated contracts it already has but does not use are not what Striven is typically brought in for.

What can Jaggaer do that Striven cannot?

Jaggaer covers Supplier management, Sourcing, Contract lifecycle, Guided buying and catalogues. Striven covers CRM, Project management, Accounting, HR management.

ERP · head to head

Jaggaer vs Striven

Jaggaer

ERP

Source to pay procurement suite that sits on top of an existing ERP

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Striven

ERP

All-in-one business management for growing companies

From: $35/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Jaggaer this is a spend layer and not an ERP, so it must integrate with the finance system for vendor master, cost centres, budgets and invoice posting, and that integration is a build with ongoing maintenance rather than a configuration setting.; Striven occasional performance issues with slow load times in some modules
They diverge on capability: Jaggaer covers Supplier management, Striven covers CRM.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Jaggaer and Striven actually diverge.

Attributes where Jaggaer and Striven differ
Attribute	Jaggaer	Striven
Starting price	On request	$35/month
Pricing model	quote	Unknown
Platforms	Web	Web, Mobile, API
Founded	Unknown	2008

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (ERP).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Jaggaer

Supplier management
Sourcing
Contract lifecycle
Guided buying and catalogues
Requisition and purchase order processing
Invoicing and matching
Spend analytics
Supplier network

Only in Striven

CRM
Project management
Accounting
HR management
Inventory
QuickBooks
Outlook
Google Workspace

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Jaggaer

A university or research institution that must enforce restricted fund and grant rules at the point of requisition rather than at auditnot Striven
A multi site organisation trying to consolidate fragmented purchasing onto negotiated contracts it already has but does not usenot Striven
A regulated manufacturer that must document supplier qualification and keep an auditable record of the sourcing decisionnot Striven
A finance team that can report what was spent but cannot say what it was spent on or with whom by categorynot Striven

Striven

Software consolidationnot Jaggaer
Business operationsnot Jaggaer
Project-based businessesnot Jaggaer

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Jaggaer

This is a spend layer and not an ERP, so it must integrate with the finance system for vendor master, cost centres, budgets and invoice posting, and that integration is a build with ongoing maintenance rather than a configuration setting.
The suite is licensed by module, so a demonstration that shows sourcing, contracts, analytics and invoicing working together may represent four separate purchases and a quote for one module tells you little about the cost of the working system.
Savings depend on buyer compliance rather than on software, so an organisation without the authority to stop off system purchasing ends up paying a subscription for a reporting tool that describes the leakage it was bought to prevent.
Supplier enablement is slow and unglamorous work, because every supplier you want transacting electronically has to be contacted, configured and tested, and low enablement rates leave you running two processes at once.
Spend analytics is only as good as the classification behind it, so historic data with inconsistent supplier names and missing category codes needs a cleansing exercise before any report from it can be shown to a board.

Striven

Occasional performance issues with slow load times in some modules
Dated UI in places with clunky mobile app experience
Very limited customization options compared to enterprise ERP solutions
No Zapier or third-party app marketplace integration

Pricing, plan by plan

Jaggaer

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Jaggaer review.

Striven

$35/month

Standard$35/month
- Accounting
- CRM and sales
- Project management
Enterprise$70/month
- All Standard features
- Advanced customization
- Priority support

Which should you pick?

Choose Jaggaer if

You need supplier management.
You also want sourcing.

Jaggaer review

Choose Striven if

You need crm.
You work on Web, Mobile, API.
You also want project management.

Striven review

Questions people ask

Is Jaggaer or Striven better?: Neither clearly leads. Jaggaer starts at On request and Striven at $35/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Jaggaer or Striven?: Jaggaer starts at On request and Striven at $35/month.
Does Jaggaer or Striven run on more platforms?: Jaggaer runs on Web. Striven runs on Web, Mobile, API.
What is Jaggaer best used for?: Jaggaer is most often used for a university or research institution that must enforce restricted fund and grant rules at the point of requisition rather than at audit, a multi site organisation trying to consolidate fragmented purchasing onto negotiated contracts it already has but does not use, a regulated manufacturer that must document supplier qualification and keep an auditable record of the sourcing decision, a finance team that can report what was spent but cannot say what it was spent on or with whom by category. Of those, a university or research institution that must enforce restricted fund and grant rules at the point of requisition rather than at audit and a multi site organisation trying to consolidate fragmented purchasing onto negotiated contracts it already has but does not use are not what Striven is typically brought in for.
What can Jaggaer do that Striven cannot?: Jaggaer covers Supplier management, Sourcing, Contract lifecycle, Guided buying and catalogues. Striven covers CRM, Project management, Accounting, HR management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Jaggaer: Do I need this if my ERP already has a purchasing module?

ERP purchasing records transactions well and influences them poorly. If your problem is that buyers ignore negotiated contracts, or that you cannot analyse spend by category, a dedicated suite adds something. If your problem is purchase order processing, your ERP module is cheaper and already integrated.

Striven: What is Striven's pricing model?

Striven uses user-based pricing: Standard plan at $35/user/month and Enterprise plan at $70/user/month. For accounts with fewer than 5 users, an additional $25 per user applies.

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Jaggaer: How does it compare with SAP Ariba or Coupa?

All three cover the same ground. The differences that matter in practice are which one your ERP integrates with most cheaply, which has real depth in your sector, and which suppliers are already transacting on the network. JAGGAER has an unusually deep footprint in higher education and research purchasing.

Striven: Does Striven offer a free trial or free tier?

Yes, Striven offers a 7-day free test drive with no credit card required. However, there is no permanent free version or free tier for production use.

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Jaggaer: What does implementation actually involve?

Supplier data cleansing, category taxonomy design, approval workflow design, ERP integration and supplier enablement. The software configuration is the smallest of those. Expect the services engagement to be comparable to the first year of subscription.

Striven: What modules does Striven include?

Striven includes accounting, CRM and sales management, project management, task management, inventory, HR, OKRs, and workflow automation across all plans.

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Jaggaer: Is it sold direct or through partners?

JAGGAER sells direct and also works with implementation partners on larger programmes. Whichever route you take, ask specifically who will hold the integration work and whether that team has connected to your ERP version before.

Striven: Does Striven offer optional add-ons like customer portals?

Yes, Striven offers optional monthly portal plans: free tier for up to 100 customers/vendors/applications per month, $99/month for 500, and $499/month for unlimited access.

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Jaggaer vs Striven

Jaggaer

Striven

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Jaggaer

Only in Striven

What people use each for

Jaggaer

Striven

Where each one falls short

Jaggaer

Striven

Pricing, plan by plan

Jaggaer

Striven

Which should you pick?

Choose Jaggaer if

Choose Striven if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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