Comparing the tier one platforms
Adaco (Fourth) and Procure Wizard (The Access Group) are the two hospitality procurement platforms most often shortlisted alongside PurchasePlus in the UK and Australia. Here is what actually separates them, and what to ask all three of us.
Where Adaco and Procure Wizard is genuinely strong.
Adaco, part of Fourth
Adaco sits inside Fourth's broader hospitality suite, which spans workforce management and back-of-house operations. If you already run Fourth for labour and want procurement in the same estate, that consolidation is a genuine argument and a real one to weigh.
Procure Wizard, part of The Access Group
Procure Wizard sits inside The Access Group, a large UK business software company, and has a well-established UK hospitality presence. If your portfolio is UK-centric and already uses Access products, the same consolidation argument applies.
Both are credible hospitality procurement platforms. Neither is a general-purpose tool being stretched to fit, which is more than can be said for most of what gets shortlisted.
Last verified 15 September 2026. Product capabilities change, and this page describes each vendor by its own public positioning rather than by any test we have run against it. Confirm anything decision-critical directly with the vendor.
Where PurchasePlus is the better answer.
The consolidation argument is the strongest thing either of them has, and it is worth taking seriously. It is also worth testing rather than assuming: being in the same suite is not the same as being genuinely integrated, and the question to ask is what specifically passes between the procurement module and the rest of the estate, automatically, today.
Procurement as the product, not a module in a suite
Procurement is what we build. That shows up in the parts that only matter once you are live: live supplier catalogues, dock-level receiving on a phone, three-way matching where the exception path is the designed path, and recipes costed from current prices.
The supplier network
30,000 suppliers, over 40 million invoices a year. Suppliers already on the network connect fast, and that is what determines your go-live date. Ask all three vendors for the count against your real supplier list.
Asia Pacific, properly
Both of these platforms are strongest in the UK. If your portfolio spans Asia Pacific, or your growth is there, ask how many of your suppliers in those markets they already transact with.
Priced per room, not per user
Unlimited users at the property. See how our pricing works.
Ask both of us the same questions.
The fastest way to tell two procurement platforms apart is to put identical questions to both and compare the answers rather than the demos.
- How do supplier prices get into the system, and how often? If the answer involves a person uploading a file, ask what happens when they are on leave.
- How many of my suppliers already transact on your network? Ask for the count against your real list, by name. This single number predicts your go-live date better than anything in the proposal.
- Can a receiver record a short delivery from the dock, on their own phone? Loading docks have poor signal and receivers do not carry laptops.
- What happens to an invoice that does not match? The interesting half of three-way matching is the exception path.
- Are recipes costed from live supplier pricing? If margin only appears at month end, it is reporting, not control.
- What is the total first-year cost, including implementation and every integration? Ask for it in writing, itemised.
- Who do we call at 6pm on a Friday, and in which time zone?
- If procurement is part of a wider suite, what specifically passes between the modules automatically, today? Ask for the list, not the architecture diagram.
Run your own supplier list through both. It is the single most revealing test there is, and it takes an afternoon.
Switching, honestly.
We already use Fourth or Access for something else. Is staying in the suite the right call?
It might be, and it is a fair argument. Test it rather than assume it: ask what data moves between the procurement module and the rest of the suite automatically today, and what still needs exporting. Suites vary enormously on this, and the answer usually decides the question either way.
How long does a migration actually take?
The platform side is rarely the long pole. Supplier onboarding is. Suppliers already transacting on the PurchasePlus network connect quickly, so ask us for the count against your actual supplier list before you plan anything. We will give you a week-by-week plan rather than a phase diagram.
Can we run both during a transition?
Yes, and for a multi-property group that is usually the sensible route. Move one property, run it properly for a quarter, then roll out with evidence rather than optimism.
What happens to our historical data?
Purchase history, supplier records and pricing can be migrated. What is worth migrating is a real conversation rather than a default, because carrying across years of inconsistent data tends to import the problem you are trying to leave.
See it against your supplier list.
Thirty minutes with a hospitality procurement specialist. Bring your supplier list and your outlet structure and we will show you what it looks like for your properties, not a generic tour.