Coupa + SpendfloBetter together

Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent. Coupa finds the supplier. Flo onboards and checks it.

Coupa's Supplier Discovery Agent finds suppliers from a plain-language description of your need. Flo, Spendflo's AI agent, opens the new supplier, runs the risk and security checks, and builds the record.

  • Works alongside Coupa
  • Requisitions land in Coupa
  • Flo is live in 14 days
Coupa Navi chatWhere it runs
Finds new suppliersWhat it does
0.5–0.75% of spend disruption cost savedCoupa's estimate
Works with SpendfloRequisitions land in Coupa

What the Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent does

Coupa describes the Supplier Discovery Agent as a way to find and evaluate suppliers in natural language, by industry, location or capability.

It combines your Coupa instance, the wider Coupa network and external web sources, and groups results into known local suppliers, trusted network partners and potential new suppliers. Coupa also says it explains how results were generated.

Source: Coupa AI, Supplier Discovery Agent, read 22 October 2026.

Coupa's value estimate
  • 0.5–0.75% of business spend disruption cost saved
Outcomes Coupa tags it with
Address supplier risk & performance

Estimates are Coupa's own figures.

What you can do with the Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent

How Coupa describes the agent at work.

Describe the supplier you need

Search by industry, location or capability. Navi looks across your instance, the Coupa network and the web.

Illustration
Packaging suppliers in Germany, ISO certified
Known local suppliers
From your Coupa instance
2 found
Coupa network partners
With ratings
5 found
Potential new suppliers
From the web
8 found

Compare supplier profiles

Profiles show overview, locations, industries and, where available, certifications and diversity status.

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Supplier C
Packaging · Germany
Network
Certifications
ISO listed where available
Profile
Buyer activity
Ratings, payment preferences
Network
New suppliers held up at intake?

Flo opens a net-new supplier, runs the checks and builds the record for review.

See new supplier intake

How the Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent works

As Coupa describes the flow.

  1. 1

    Describe your need

    Search by industry, location or capability in plain language.

  2. 2

    Search three sources

    Navi checks your Coupa instance, the Coupa network and external web sources.

  3. 3

    Review grouped results

    Results come back as known local suppliers, network partners and potential new suppliers.

  4. 4

    Refine

    See how results were generated and refine the query.

Security reviews done by hand?

Flo runs the security questionnaire and scores the response.

See supplier assessment

Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent features

Plain-language search

Find suppliers by industry, location or capability.

Three data sources

Your instance, the Coupa network and the web.

Grouped results

Local, network and new suppliers kept apart.

Rich profiles

Overview, locations, industries, certifications and diversity status.

Network insight

Prior buyer activity, ratings and payment preferences for network suppliers.

Transparent results

Shows how results were generated.

Want supplier requests to land in Coupa?

Flo creates the requisition in Coupa and syncs its status and PO details back every day.

See Flo with Coupa

Coupa watches the supplier. Flo onboards and checks it.

Keep Coupa for supplier records and risk monitoring. Spendflo opens new suppliers, runs the checks and lands requests in Coupa.

Coupa

Supplier Discovery Agent

  • Finds new suppliers
  • Runs in Coupa Navi chat
  • Coupa estimates 0.5–0.75% of business spend disruption cost saved
Spendflo

Flo, alongside Coupa

  • Opens a net-new supplier, runs the checks and builds the record for review
  • Scores supplier risk from security, compliance and financial signals
  • Runs the security questionnaire and scores the response

Frequently asked questions

Short answers about the Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent, from Coupa's public pages.

What is the Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent?

Coupa describes the Supplier Discovery Agent as a way to find and evaluate suppliers in natural language, by industry, location or capability.

Where does the Supplier Discovery Agent search?

Coupa says it combines data from your Coupa instance, the broader Coupa network and external web sources.

What results does Coupa estimate for the Supplier Discovery Agent?

Coupa's published value estimate: 0.5–0.75% of business spend disruption cost saved. These are Coupa's own figures.

Can I use the Coupa Supplier Discovery Agent alongside Spendflo?

Yes. Spendflo handles requests and approvals before Coupa, creates the purchase requisition in Coupa, and syncs requisition status and PO details back every day.

How does Spendflo connect to Coupa?

A Coupa administrator creates an OAuth2 client in Coupa and enters the credentials in Spendflo. An admin then maps Spendflo request fields to Coupa's requisition fields. Vendors, items and accounts import from Coupa every hour.

Keep Coupa for supplier records. Let Flo onboard and check.

Flo opens suppliers, scores risk and lands requests in Coupa. Flo is live in 14 days.

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Coupa and Coupa Navi are trademarks of Coupa Software Inc. Spendflo is not affiliated with Coupa. Coupa features are described from Coupa's public page as of 22 October 2026.