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Best free procurement software for small business (2026)

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oboloo free-forever plan with four free modules: sourcing, supplier management, contract management and savings tracking
Best free procurement software for small business (2026)

Yes, there is free procurement software for small businesses (SMBs), but only a few tools have a true free plan rather than a trial. oboloo is free forever for sourcing (RFQs and RFPs), supplier management, contract management and savings tracking, with unlimited users and no card. Odoo's "One App Free" plan lets you run one app, such as Odoo Purchase, free with unlimited users. Precoro, Procurify, Tradogram and ProcureDesk are purchasing tools for purchase orders and invoices, and none of them lists a free plan on its pricing page. So the first question is which kind of procurement software you need.

Full disclosure: oboloo is our product. We checked every price below on the vendor's own site on 16 October 2026.

Two kinds of procurement software

"Procurement software" covers two different jobs.

  • Sourcing and supplier software helps you choose suppliers and manage them: RFQs and RFPs, supplier records and documents, contracts and renewal dates, and the savings you negotiate. oboloo sits here.
  • Purchasing software (also called procure-to-pay or P2P) controls day-to-day buying: purchase requests, approvals, purchase orders, receiving and invoice matching. Precoro, Procurify, Tradogram, ProcureDesk and Odoo Purchase sit here.

Many small businesses need the first kind before the second. If your problem is "we never get three quotes" or "a contract renewed and nobody noticed", you need sourcing and supplier software. If your problem is "people buy without approval" or "invoices don't match orders", you need P2P.

Free procurement software compared

ToolFree planPriceBest for
obolooYes, free forever, unlimited users, no cardPlus plans from $10 per user a month, billed annually, 14-day free trialSourcing, supplier, contract and savings management
Odoo PurchaseYes, "One App Free": one app, unlimited usersStandard plan (all apps) charged per user a month; prices shown in local currencyPurchase orders and RFQs to vendors, if Purchase is the only app you need
TradogramNo free plan or trial listedEssentials $99 a month, or $950.40 a year billed yearly, plus an extra user feeSmall teams that want POs and invoices, with sourcing as an add-on
PrecoroNo free plan or trial listedCore from $499 a month, billed annuallyMid-sized companies that need requests, POs and invoice matching
ProcureDeskNo free plan or trial; 30-day money-back guaranteeStartup $830 a month, billed annually ($9,960 a year), 10 usersCompanies under 100 people on QuickBooks or Xero
ProcurifyNo free plan or trial listedQuote onlyPurchasing with unlimited Basic users who request and receive

The tools in more detail

oboloo

oboloo is free-forever procurement software for SMEs and charities. The free plan includes all four core modules, unlimited users and unlimited suppliers, with no card and no expiry.

  • Sourcing: build RFQs, RFPs and RFIs your way. Suppliers answer through a link to a portal without creating an account, you compare responses side by side, and a ranked leaderboard shows who won and why. See our guide to free RFQ software.
  • Supplier management (also called vendor management): unlimited suppliers on the free plan.
  • Contracts: one repository, with alerts before renewals, expiries and notice windows close. More in supplier contract management for small business.
  • Savings: unlimited savings initiatives, validated by procurement or finance before they count. See savings tracking software.

Plus plans add extra controls per module, billed annually per user a month: Contract Plus $10 (contract approvals, custom notifications), Savings Plus $20 (savings approvals, unlimited milestones), Sourcing Plus $25 (reusable templates, weighted scoring), and Supplier Plus $28 (supplier onboarding, compliance and scorecards). Each has a 14-day free trial. Registered charities and non-profits get 50% off paid plans, forever.

Where it fits less well: oboloo does not do purchase requests, purchase orders or invoices. If you need PO and invoice approval, one of the P2P tools below is built for that; oboloo is not.

Odoo Purchase

Odoo's first app is free, with unlimited users, on Odoo Online. If you pick Purchase, you can send RFQs to vendors, turn them into purchase orders, use purchase agreements and blanket orders, and import supplier price lists. You can create vendor bills, but tracking their payment means connecting the Accounting app, a second app, which needs the paid Standard plan.

Tradogram

Tradogram Essentials includes purchase orders, invoice processing with matching and supplier management. Requisitions, Sourcing RFx and contracts are add-ons on Essentials and included in the quote-only Premium and Scale plans.

Precoro

Precoro Core covers purchase requests, POs, receipts, invoices and matching, plus vendor management and a contract repository. RFPs and supplier onboarding are in Automation, from $999 a month billed annually. It is aimed at mid-sized companies with several locations or departments.

ProcureDesk

ProcureDesk Startup covers requests, POs, receiving and invoices, with $20 a month for each user beyond 10. Contract management is an add-on priced on request, and sourcing is not mentioned.

Procurify

Procurify prices on request. Every customer starts with Purchasing (order requests, POs, vendors), then adds AP, Expense and Card, and a Contracts add-on. Basic users who request and receive are unlimited; you pay for Pro users. Sourcing is not mentioned on the pricing page.

oboloo or Precoro for a small business?

They do different jobs. Choose Precoro if you need purchase requests, POs, budgets and invoice matching, and can budget from $499 a month. Choose oboloo if you need to run RFQs, keep supplier and contract records, track renewals and report savings, and want to start free. Some teams use both: oboloo to pick the supplier and manage the contract, a P2P tool to place the orders.

What free plans usually leave out

A free plan is only useful if it covers the work you do every week. Check these before you commit:

  1. Time limits. A 14-day trial is not a free plan. Ask whether access stops when the trial ends.
  2. User and record caps. Check whether approvers need a paid seat, and look for limits on suppliers, contracts or events.
  3. Approvals and scoring. These are often paid. In oboloo, contract and savings approvals and weighted scoring sit in Plus plans.
  4. Supplier onboarding and compliance. Often a paid tier. In oboloo, it is in Supplier Plus.
  5. Integrations. Ask how the tool connects to your other systems. oboloo connects to thousands of apps through Zapier.
  6. What you pay later. A good vendor makes it clear when you would need to upgrade and what it costs.

How to start with free procurement software

  1. Name the problem. Quotes, suppliers, contracts, savings, or purchase control. That tells you which kind of tool you need.
  2. Add your active suppliers and the contracts you renew each year, with their notice periods.
  3. Run your next purchase as an RFQ, even a small one, so every quote sits in one place.
  4. Log the saving against the supplier when you agree a better price.
  5. Review after three months. Upgrade only the module where you hit a limit.

If you used Spend 365, it is now oboloo: read Spend 365 is now oboloo. Charities can see our guide to procurement software for charities and nonprofits.

FAQs

Is there free procurement software for small businesses?

Yes. oboloo is free forever for sourcing, supplier, contract and savings management with unlimited users. Odoo's "One App Free" plan covers one app, such as Purchase, with unlimited users.

Is there free supplier management software with unlimited users?

Yes. oboloo's free plan includes unlimited users and unlimited suppliers, with no card and no expiry.

What is the best eSourcing software for a small team?

For a small team, look for RFQs and RFPs suppliers can answer without an account, side-by-side comparison and an audit trail. oboloo does this on its free plan. Tradogram offers Sourcing RFx as an add-on, and Precoro includes RFPs from its Automation plan.

Does free procurement software do purchase orders?

Odoo Purchase does, on its one free app. oboloo does not do purchase orders or invoices. Precoro, Procurify, Tradogram and ProcureDesk do, on paid plans.

How much does procurement software cost for a small business?

It can cost nothing. oboloo's paid add-ons start at $10 per user a month, billed annually. Paid P2P plans we checked start at $99 a month (Tradogram, billed monthly), $499 a month (Precoro, billed annually) and $830 a month (ProcureDesk, billed annually).

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