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Levelpath vs Unanet

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Levelpath

ERP

AI-native procurement built around intake, from the founders who previously built Scout RFP

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Unanet logo

Unanet

ERP

Project ERP and CRM built for government contractors and architecture and engineering firms

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Levelpath it is a young platform competing with suites that have two decades of accumulated edge cases, and gaps tend to appear in tax handling, direct materials and unusual ERP configurations.; Unanet no pricing is published for any Unanet product; every line is quoted per user per month with separate implementation fees, so a small contractor cannot budget the first year without a full sales cycle.
  • They diverge on capability: Levelpath covers Conversational intake, Unanet covers DCAA-oriented timekeeping.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Levelpath and Unanet actually diverge.

Attributes where Levelpath and Unanet differ
AttributeLevelpathUnanet
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Cloud, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 Levelpath

  • Conversational intake
  • AI agents
  • Sourcing events
  • Contract management
  • Supplier risk
  • Mobile first

Only in Unanet

  • DCAA-oriented timekeeping
  • Indirect rate management
  • Contract type support
  • Project accounting
  • Resource planning
  • Unanet CRM
  • Compliant invoicing
  • Unanet ERP AE

What people use each for

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

Levelpath

  • A company where employees bypass the procurement system entirely and spend under management has stallednot Unanet
  • Replacing an enterprise suite whose rollout took two years and still has low requisition adoptionnot Unanet
  • A finance team wanting every purchase request routed through policy without hiring more procurement staffnot Unanet
  • A mid-market company implementing procurement software for the first time and unwilling to fund a systems integratornot Unanet

Unanet

  • A federal contractor moving from QuickBooks and spreadsheets because it has won its first cost-reimbursable contract and needs an accounting system that survives a DCAA adequacy reviewnot Levelpath
  • A services firm that must calculate and true up provisional indirect rates each year and cannot do it credibly in Excel any longernot Levelpath
  • An architecture and engineering practice tracking utilisation and project profitability across dozens of concurrent jobsnot Levelpath
  • A government contractor consolidating a separate CRM, timekeeping tool and accounting package into one system so pipeline and backlog reconcilenot Levelpath

Where each one falls short

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

Levelpath

  • It is a young platform competing with suites that have two decades of accumulated edge cases, and gaps tend to appear in tax handling, direct materials and unusual ERP configurations.
  • No pricing is published at any tier, so buyers cannot judge whether the AI-native positioning carries a premium over established competitors.
  • AI agents that classify and route requests are only as good as the policy configuration behind them, and a company with ambiguous procurement policy gets ambiguous automation.
  • Venture funding at this scale implies growth expectations, which historically produces price increases at renewal once a customer base is captured.
  • The intake-first design assumes procurement problems are adoption problems, which is not true for organisations whose real issue is category strategy or supplier consolidation.

Unanet

  • No pricing is published for any Unanet product; every line is quoted per user per month with separate implementation fees, so a small contractor cannot budget the first year without a full sales cycle.
  • Implementation is a project rather than a signup, involving chart of accounts design, indirect pool structure and data migration, and third parties report implementation fees reaching five figures for mid-sized deployments, an amount easily missed when comparing per-user rates.
  • The interface is dated compared with modern SaaS finance products, which raises training time for staff who only touch it to enter a timesheet and increases the support burden on the finance team.
  • ERP and CRM are separate products with separate contracts, so a firm that wants pipeline, backlog and actuals in one place pays twice and still deals with an integration boundary between them.
  • Its value is concentrated in United States federal and state contracting compliance, so a firm that does no public-sector work is paying for indirect rate machinery and DCAA audit behaviour it will never use, and a non-US firm gets almost nothing from the product’s main differentiator.

Pricing, plan by plan

Levelpath

On request
  • Levelpath$undefined/year
    • Intake, sourcing, contracts and supplier management
    • Priced by company size and modules, quoted directly
    • AI agent capability included rather than sold as an add-on

Unanet

On request
  • Unanet ERP GovCon$undefined/year
    • Project accounting with indirect rate pools
    • DCAA-oriented daily timekeeping and audit trail
    • Cost-plus, T&M and fixed price contract billing
  • Unanet ERP AE$undefined/year
    • Project accounting configured for architecture and engineering firms
    • Resource planning and utilisation reporting
    • Priced per user per month, quoted
  • Unanet CRM$undefined/year
    • Pursuit and opportunity tracking
    • Proposal content library and reuse
    • Sold separately from ERP; quoted

Which should you pick?

Choose Levelpath if

  • You need conversational intake.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want ai agents.
Levelpath review

Choose Unanet if

  • You need dcaa-oriented timekeeping.
  • You work on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
  • You also want indirect rate management.
Unanet review

Questions people ask

Is Levelpath or Unanet better?
Neither clearly leads. Levelpath starts at On request and Unanet at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Levelpath or Unanet?
Levelpath starts at On request and Unanet at On request.
Does Levelpath or Unanet run on more platforms?
Levelpath runs on Web, iOS, Android. Unanet runs on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
What is Levelpath best used for?
Levelpath is most often used for a company where employees bypass the procurement system entirely and spend under management has stalled, replacing an enterprise suite whose rollout took two years and still has low requisition adoption, a finance team wanting every purchase request routed through policy without hiring more procurement staff, a mid-market company implementing procurement software for the first time and unwilling to fund a systems integrator. Of those, a company where employees bypass the procurement system entirely and spend under management has stalled and replacing an enterprise suite whose rollout took two years and still has low requisition adoption are not what Unanet is typically brought in for.
What can Levelpath do that Unanet cannot?
Levelpath covers Conversational intake, AI agents, Sourcing events, Contract management. Unanet covers DCAA-oriented timekeeping, Indirect rate management, Contract type support, Project accounting.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Levelpath: Who is behind Levelpath?

Stan Garber and Alex Yakubovich, who previously founded Scout RFP and sold it to Workday.

Unanet: What does Unanet cost?

Nothing is published. Pricing is per user per month and quoted, with implementation fees charged separately on top of the subscription.

Levelpath: Is pricing published?

No. Pricing is quoted by company size and module selection.

Unanet: Does Unanet make you DCAA compliant?

No software does. Unanet provides the timekeeping controls, audit trail and indirect rate accounting that an adequacy review looks for; the policies and their enforcement are still yours.

Levelpath: How long is implementation?

Levelpath positions implementation in weeks rather than the quarters typical of enterprise source-to-pay, which is the main practical claim to test in a reference call.

Unanet: Is Unanet CRM included with the ERP?

No. Unanet CRM, built on the acquired Cosential platform, is a separate product with its own contract.

Levelpath: Does it handle direct materials?

It is built primarily for indirect spend. Manufacturers with bill of materials sourcing should look at established direct-capable suites.

Unanet: How does it compare with Deltek?

Unanet typically targets smaller contractors than Deltek Costpoint and is quicker to implement, but has less depth for very large multi-segment organisations.

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