- Coupa
Infobox Company
company_name=Coupa
foundation=California
company_type=Private
location=San Mateo, California
industry=eProcurement (Purchasing) Software
products=Premier On-Demand, Standard On-Demand, Basic On-Demand, Coupa Express Open Source
homepage= [http://www.coupa.com/ www.coupa.com]Coupa is a
E-procurement (Purchasing ) Software Solution Provider (eProcurement) solution vendor.History
Origins
Coupa was founded by Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner, e-procurement veterans, who grew the
Oracle Corporation procurement solution to its current success among Fortune 500 companies. Their vision is to simplify purchasing and fulfill the promise of cost-effective, efficient e-procurement for small and mid-sized companies. The company began as an open source project, Coupa Express, onSourceforge . With over 10,000 downloads, the company was named as one of the top 10 enterprise software companies to watch by Network World [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/041107-enterprise-software-companies-to-watch.html?page=2] .The popularity of the project allowed the company to raise money from the venture capital firm [http://www.brv.com BlueRun] . Coupa Express remains one of the most active solutions onSourceforge .Websites
The company operates two web sites, its commercial web site [http://www.Coupa.com Coupa.com] , and it's open source web site [http://www.Coupa.org Coupa.org] .
Products
Versions
Coupa develops eProcurement software in two versions: Coupa Express is Open Source procurement solution. Coupa On Demand is delivered as a SaaS solution in three editions: Premier, Standard, and Basic. Each product is produced from the same code tree with variations depending on customers choice of functionality. The products are all based on open source technologies such as:
MySQL ,Linux ,Ruby on Rails , and Apache. Coupa Express is available free of charge; The other Coupa versions are sold with an annual subscription.Deployment Types
The company offers a
SaaS and open source offerings.See also
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Web application
*E-procurement
*Purchasing
*SaaS External links
* [http://www.Coupa.com Official website]
* [http://www.Coupa.org Open Source Project]
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