One buying group, one setup — not a bill per vendor.
Across Affiliated Distributors and similar buying groups, member vendors often share common EDI maps. When your group’s vendors share a map, Comparatio treats it as one setup — not a separate line item for every vendor in the group.
- Shared maps, one setup
- 5,000+ trading-partner maps
- 2–4 week go-live for new vendors
How pricing works
A shared map is one setup, not a bill per vendor
Vendors across Affiliated Distributors and similar buying groups often share common EDI maps. Comparatio prices to match: a shared map is billed once, not once per vendor using it.
One map, one setup
When your buying group’s vendors share a common EDI map — the way Affiliated Distributors and similar groups structure their vendor networks — Comparatio treats that map as a single setup, not a separate connection billed per vendor.
Likely already covered
With 5,000+ trading-partner maps already in production — and adjacent networks like LBMX already in Comparatio’s integration footprint — there’s a good chance some of your group’s vendors are already connected.
Fast for what isn’t
Any vendor in the group without an existing map goes live in the standard 2–4 weeks, and once connected, map updates ship same-day — so the group’s shared setup keeps pace with its own vendor changes.
FAQ
Buying-group pricing, in practice
How does Comparatio price a buying group’s shared vendors?
When vendors inside a buying group — Affiliated Distributors, for example — share the same EDI map, Comparatio treats that shared map as one setup. You’re not billed per vendor for what is functionally one connection.
Is this specific to Affiliated Distributors?
No — Affiliated Distributors is the named example, but the same treatment applies to similar buying groups whose member vendors share EDI maps.
What about vendors in our group that aren’t connected yet?
A new trading-partner go-live typically runs 2–4 weeks, and with 5,000+ trading-partner maps already in production, there’s a good chance some of your group’s vendors are already connected. Once live, map updates ship same-day.
Know which vendors your buying group shares?
Tell us who’s in your group’s vendor network — we’ll tell you which maps already exist and what a shared setup looks like for the rest.