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Mike D.
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What do you like best about Varis?

The dashboard helps to keep all your actions visible. There are even alerts sent to your email that allow you to take action, even from your mobile device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

Sometimes there isn't enough description of products. This may be due to our sourcing partners, but it would be better to require a more detailed description along with photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

BuyerQuest keeps you up to date with your spending and budgeting as well as requests and invoices all just a click away. My team no longer has to email, text or call me about approvals or requests. I get notifications directly from BuyerQuest and can complete tasks directly from the email. It even works well on my iPhone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Varis Overview

What is Varis?

Varis (formerly BuyerQuest) is consumer-like procurement technology with a marketplace of trusted suppliers, driving hard cost-savings and employee productivity. Partners and customers can create curated marketplaces that include their existing contracts as well as pre-negotiated contracts across complementary categories that aren’t currently being managed. Users have a one-stop shopping experience with one search and one shopping cart to find everything they need. Varis also helps organizations digitize and automate processes to increase finance and procurement efficiency. Despite this robust functionality, Varis can be implemented in a matter of weeks with little IT overhead or ongoing administration.

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Varis (formerly BuyerQuest) is consumer-like procurement technology with a marketplace of trusted suppliers, driving hard cost-savings and employee productivity. Partners and customers can create curated marketplaces that include their existing contracts as well as pre-negotiated contracts across complementary categories that aren’t currently being managed. Users have a one-stop shopping experience with one search and one shopping cart to find everything they need. Varis also helps organizations digitize and automate processes to increase finance and procurement efficiency. Despite this robust functionality, Varis can be implemented in a matter of weeks with little IT overhead or ongoing administration.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Varis is reimagining procurement to change the way buyers and sellers connect, contract, and transact, making it simpler, less expensive, and more relationship based. It is easier to use and easier to implement than typical enterprise-class procurement solutions. Our technology not only enables individual organizations, but also empowers our partner community to build marketplaces to serve the needs of complementary technology users, association members, and customers.

Varis helps organizations manage a broader range of indirect spending categories by offering pre-negotiated contracts with nationally accredited high-quality vendors. These vendors are carefully selected to provide category coverage, meet SLAs for customer service, and provide options for diverse suppliers. Public sector organizations can also easily access sharable contracts competitively bid by lead public agencies.


Seller Details
Year Founded
2011
HQ Location
Cleveland, Ohio
Twitter
@BuyerQuest
1,271 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
10 employees on LinkedIn®

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5.0 out of 5
"Great service!"
The variety of materials and supplies offered.
Mike D.
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Mike D.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great way to stay organized"
The dashboard helps to keep all your actions visible. There are even alerts sent to your email that allow you to take action, even from your mobil...
Christopher S.
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"Amazing place to get the items you need!"
That fast shipping and great support that they have
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A one-stop curated marketplace to search all suppliers by keyword, category, or supplier. It contains your existing suppliers, complementary pre-negotiated suppliers, and sharable contracts for public sector organizations.
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Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
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What do you like best about Varis?

The variety of materials and supplies offered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

Sometimes the quality of the items offered vary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am solving the problem of searching multiple trusted websites and vendors, everything is available in one place. The benefit is that it is less time-consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jason S.
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Corporate Procurement Manager
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Varis?

Its simple to search across the different suppliers and find exactly what I need - because everything is loaded in the same shopping experience, I don't have to jump to other supplier websites to compare pricing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

We are still integrated to Ariba, so getting approvals is still an issue because our managers hate working within Ariba. Hoping that they will rollout BuyerQuest completely and eliminate our need to start the requisition within Ariba. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have gotten rid of a bunch of punch out connections for suppliers, making it much easier to compare prices across different vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christopher S.
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Information Technology Support Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Varis?

That fast shipping and great support that they have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

Nothing to dislike possibly an app in the future to order simple and fast and easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting new equipment resturants need and the accuracy of these orders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bryce T.
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What do you like best about Varis?

How easy and user friendly the site is. Along with all the options for different stores and things to buy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

The only down sides to some of the marketplace uses are not knowing what some of the sites have on their site before entering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Varis:

Use BuyerQuest, it is user friendly and a great online store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using BuyerQuest and the marketplace is so much easier than going to the store and having to submit all of my receipts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Linda L.
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What do you like best about Varis?

I can find the items that I need for my classroom quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

Sometimes the description of the item that I need is difficult to find. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

I don't have to go to multiple locations to find my supplies. It arrives at my school quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Varis?

I can shop for almost anything I need for teaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

If I just want to browse it can be difficult to find interesting products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm saving money over retail prices on products I use at work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joyah S.
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Varis?

The ability to specific shop, If I am looking for book racks...type that in and it brings up all manufacturers who sell "Book racks" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

There is nothing that I dislike about the site Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Varis:

Ease of placing orders is paramount in searching for needed products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am finding products that I need to help facilitate a learning environment for my students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daquia M.
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Teacher
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What do you like best about Varis?

The platform was easy to use and not cumbersome. The array of products were plentiful and allowed me to make informed choices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

Some products I expected more choices, such as Ziploc bags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

No problems to solve. The benefits I have realized is that BQ offers very competitive pricing from various vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospitality
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What do you like best about Varis?

I like having a record of my purchases easily at hand. Support is excellent when issues arise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

Sometimes wish I had more time to take advantage of the opportunities offered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

Get what I need when I need it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CH
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What do you like best about Varis?

With all the different suppliers there is an ease of ordering parts in one website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varis?

You have to be very specific with the name of the item that you are looking for. With technology equipment orders they seem to automatically get sent to NCR and they won't ship anything without a credit card, I prefer to use PAR. We have many McDonalds and it is too easy to order for a wrong store and address. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varis solving and how is that benefiting you?

Often times the specific parts are separated unintentionally to different supplies so any money saved cost more for shipping costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.