Popularity

Our take on popularity demonstrates the general trends in data regarding the volume of customer reviews of software in the Purchasing industry. While our popularity page does not explore user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, and language support - we will have pages for those topics as well.

Overall Popularity

Purchasing at the moment ranks as the 256th most popular product category according to our numbers with 151 reviews last year. Year over year, Purchasing's popularity grew 9.42%. Purchasing reached its best popularity ranking in 2016 coming in 76th place with 68 ratings. But, it is currently seeing its worst relative popularity ranking. As far back as our data goes, Purchasing has amassed 660 total ratings. Ranking as the 256th most reviewed software category globally, Purchasing is an extremely niche category.

Oldest and Newest Products in the Market

The oldest Purchasing product on our list is SAP Ariba with its first tracked customer review turning up in 2012. The newest Purchasing product in the market is Tradeshift with its first tracked review cropping up in 2015.

Around the World

The United States uses Purchasing software more than any other nation and currently boasts 256 ratings. The United States is trailed by India, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Philippines with a collective average of 66 reviews. Over this last year Purchasing category lost popularity in the United States to become the nation's 305th most reviewed category this last year. The most regularly used Purchasing product is SAP Ariba with an impressive 388 reviews.

Big and Small

Many businesses using Purchasing software products are large businesses, making up 43% of all reviews. They are followed by small businesses (35%), and bringing up the rear, medium business customers (22%). The influence of Purchasing software for large businesses appears to be shrinking currently, shrinking to 85% of the prior year's value. Purchasing software solutions for medium businesses are experiencing an increase this year, swelling by 38% over the past year.

Industry Makes All Things Easy

The top industries for Purchasing are information technology and services, oil and energy, computer software, retail, and marketing and advertising.