COUPA
Capability
Legacy " Bolt-on " Approach
Modern SI & O Platform
Focus
Capture: front-end form
Execution: connective tissue
Experience
Frictionless start, clunky finish
Frictionless from Intake to Pay
Integration Surface-level APIs
Native synchronisation
Intelligence Isolated AI
$ 9.5T Community AI
Visibility
Siloed after submission
Central hub for monitoring
Compliance Reactive checks
Agentic automation
Scalability
Limited, application fatigue
Exponential growth with AI
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