Bellwether Purchasing Software 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Bellwether Purchasing Software

4.7

(78)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Bellwether Purchasing Software

Bellwether Purchasing Software is an easy-to-use, cloud-based purchasing and inventory management solution ideal for SMB customers in all industries who create 50-1000 POs a month.

Primary features include requisitions, approval routing, purchase order management, receiving, invoice matching, inventory management and self-service order status.

The requisition module allows users to select items and add them to the shopping cart, customize fields in the order line and view budget spend by percentage on GL Account, Project, Job or other budgets.

The approval module provides conditional approval routing based on order dollar amount, item types, department or other custom conditions. Users can approve/ reject whole order or line items.

The purchasing module provides purchase order creation in a single or multiple POs. The receiving module allows users to match shipment quantities, details, track partial shipments and rejections.

Bellwether Purchasing software is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating system. Mobile web app for tablets and smartphones is also offered. Support is provided via email and over the phone.

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Bellwether Purchasing Software Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Connect with an advisor for pricing

Free Trial

Free Version

Enterprise

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Cloud Based
Integration with Quickbooks + APIs
Automated Workflows
Requisitions + Purchasing + Receiving + Invoicing
PunchOuts
2-way and 3-way Matching
Inventory Management
Full Support and Training
System Help Docs and Videos
Multi-Corps/Entities

Professional

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Cloud Based
Integration with Quickbooks + APIs
Automated Workflows
Requisitions + Purchasing + Receiving + Invoicing
PunchOuts
2-way and 3-way Matching
Inventory Management
Full Support and Training
System Help Docs and Videos
Multi-Corps/Entities

Essential

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Cloud-Based
Integration with Quickbooks + APIs
Automated Workflows
Requisitions + Purchasing + Receiving + Invoicing
PunchOuts
2-way and 3-way Matching
Inventory Management
Full Support and Training
System Help Docs and Videos

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Bellwether Purchasing Software Features

Popular features found in Purchasing
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Compliance Management
Inventory Management
Order Management
Purchasing Reports
Reporting & Statistics
Sourcing Management
Supplier Management
Workflow Management
More features of Bellwether Purchasing Software
Accounting Integration
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Escalation
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Approval Workflow
Audit Trail
Barcode Printing
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Bid Management
Budget Control
Budgeting/Forecasting
Catalog Management
Configurable Workflow
Contract/License Management
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Expense Tracking
Expiration Date Management
Fixed Asset Management
Forecasting
For Medical Purposes
Historical Reporting
Inventory Control
Inventory Optimization
Inventory Tracking
Invoice Management
Invoice Processing
Kitting
Mobile Access
Multi-Location
Order Processing
Order Tracking
Procurement Management
Product Identification
Purchase Order Management
Purchasing & Receiving
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Receipt Management
Receiving
Reorder Management
Reporting/Analytics
Requisition Management
Rules-Based Workflow
Search/Filter
Serial Number Tracking
Spend Analysis
Spend Control
Spend Management
Status Tracking
Stock Management
Supply Management
Transaction History
Usage Tracking/Analytics
User Management
Vendor Management
Warehouse Management

Bellwether Purchasing Software Integrations

Sage Intacct

Sage Accounting

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

QuickBooks Online Advanced

NetSuite

Bellwether Purchasing Software User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

73%

24%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.6

Angel F.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Reviewed October 2018

Bellwether rings my bell!

We love Bellwether!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The navigation throughout the program and it's ease of use is extremely beneficial when preparing a requisition.

Cons:

The only "con" that I've experience is the time out feature. If it takes me longer than 10 minutes to prepare a requisition it will not submit and I must start over. This is very rare and I have made sure to promptly enter my items as to not encounter this set back.

Vendor Response

Angel, Thank you for the positive endorsement. You may want to ask your admin to extend the time out duration in the system. Thank you, Kevin CEO

Replied November 2018

Kimbery N.

Verified reviewer

Textiles

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2022

Bellwether makes our purchasing process easier.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Creating requisitions and purchase orders are intuitive and easy to explain to new users. I have trained many people in Bellwether and find that the help center is great for them and a wonderful tool.

Cons:

I feel that the reporting process could be made much more user-friendly. Once I find the correct set up, the reporting is great, but it takes a lot of work to figure out how to get the data that I'm looking for.

MiKayla H.

Biotechnology

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Bellwether has streamlined our entire purchasing process

Previously 5

Overall it has streamlined our purchasing procedures.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

Easy to keep things organized from requistion to approval to ordering. When we can use punchouts, they are awesome.

Cons:

It would be nice to be able to upload a packing list/recipt after an item as been received in the system. Sometimes the "Receive" button gets pushed and there's no way to add a packing slip later. It's also a bit confusing at first to have the REQ numbers not match up with PO numbers - they should be different formats or something, otherwise a requisiton of 010530 might become a PO number of 010555 while a prior requisition becomes PO number 010530. It would also be handy to be able to search the list of POs for a certain vendor or item - as it is, you can sort the columns by vendor and find it that way but a search feature would be great.

Annessa A.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2022

We love Bellwether

We have loved our Bellwether experience. Customer service has been great and quickly responds if I've had an issue or question. This is our favorite product we use at the church.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We have loved the approval process and also the customization of the product. We use the product for more than just Purchases. We also use the product for reimbursements, credit card approvals, Check requests and petty cash requests. It has been great at holding people accountable with making purchases and getting the proper approvals before making purchases. It also has helped out tremendously with communication between departments when it comes to purchasing.

Cons:

I have no complaints we love Bellwether!

Melody H.

Verified reviewer

Design

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2022

Bellwether Purchase Order Review

No inventory tracking from my end

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

User Friendly easy to navigate. Easy to understand how to follow and track your purchases.

Cons:

Auto population of email address upon send & save

Reasons for choosing Bellwether Purchasing Software

the digital format

Leanne K.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Fabulous Program

I love this program!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of the use of the program and the assistance of the employees of Bellwether

Cons:

I have not found any cons to this program

Vendor Response

Hi Leanne, Thank you so much for taking the time to do a review and sharing your feedback. It's great to hear Bellwether staff are supporting your business well as our goal is to have the best support team in the industry!

Replied August 2023

Reid T.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed September 2022

Great tool for vendor payment management

Overall experience is great.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

-Simple receiving platform with drag and drop attachment capability -browser and mobile browser friendly interfaces - full approval matrix rules so the right people are approving the right spend.

Cons:

- When receiving, the rate of the purchase invoice /packing slip received is not presented on the receiving lines for confirmation before receiving - post invoicing and received credits cannot be applied to an existing PO since it locks as completed.

Reasons for choosing Bellwether Purchasing Software

Capability to easily cut purchase orders and customize field entries. Better reporting on purchase order fields.

Jordan B.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2022

Fit perfectly into our workflow

Overall it works very well and brings a lot of tracking and reporting that we did not have before.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We needed software that could serve as the bridge between our rental software and our purchasing department. Not only do we purchase a lot of assets for rental but our warehouse inventory needed a more convenient way to be processed. BPM serves us in both capacities.

Cons:

There is a little bit of a learning curve when using "filters" to hone in on finding items (this is a newer way of doing it that people with less technical prowess has probably never seen before).

Susan Q.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Good Bang for your Buck

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the ease of using this program. I

Cons:

I do not like not being able to upload my own spreadsheets into the system and the inability to update codes without deleting the old ones. I sometimes get the same code or product in the system a couple times.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review Susan. We appreciate your feedback!

Replied August 2023

Michael M.

Verified reviewer

Law Enforcement

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed August 2023

Great Product and Great Customer Service