Forrester Wave™: Supplier Value Management Platforms Q4 2026

If you’re building a source-to-pay shortlist for 2027, this is the scorecard your CFO and IT team will ask about.

Forrester evaluated the 10 most significant SVM platform providers, and gave Zip the highest possible scores in criteria including intake management, procurement orchestration, and embedded AI.

What’s inside

• Scores for all 10 providers across 30 current offering criteria and 6 strategy criteria
• How each platform scored in criteria including intake, procurement orchestration, and embedded AI 
• Forrester’s guidance for testing whether AI agents can run procurement workflows at scale while your team keeps control
• The type of organization each platform fits best, and where Forrester says each one falls short
• Why Forrester gave Zip the highest possible scores in criteria including innovation and adoption

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