# Manzas > AI-powered platform for structured vendor evaluation and RFP automation. Website: https://manzas.io Email: contact@manzas.io Book a demo: https://calendar.app.google/nWrudAZSvwcePiP19 ## Founder François-Xavier Bacourt — Founder & CEO LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fxbacourt/ --- ## Pages - Homepage (Buyer-focused): https://manzas.io/ - For Vendors (Sales Teams): https://manzas.io/vendor - e-Invoicing Consulting: https://manzas.io/e-invoicing - Pricing: https://manzas.io/pricing - Blog: https://manzas.io/blog - About: https://manzas.io/about --- ## Homepage — For Buyers / Procurement Teams ### Hero Evaluating vendors manually slows decisions and increases risk. Manzas structures vendor responses so teams can evaluate solutions faster and make aligned, fact-based decisions. CTA: Try it now — Start a vendor evaluation in minutes. Free to start. No credit card required. ### The Problem Manual vendor evaluation delays decisions and introduces risk. Teams spend days reading proposals, normalizing data, and chasing stakeholder input. The longer it takes, the more risk creeps in. - Manual Copy-Pasting: Vendors submit PDFs, Word docs, and spreadsheets. Your team spends days copying answers into Excel just to compare them. - Weeks Lost to Formatting: Different pricing structures, different response formats. You spend more time normalizing data than actually evaluating vendors. - Decisions You Can't Defend: Stakeholder scores live in scattered emails. When leadership asks why you picked Vendor B, there's no clear trail. Slower decisions mean missed opportunities. Structure your evaluation and move faster. ### The Platform — Five Modules Run them sequentially as a full workflow, or pick any module independently — whatever fits your process. 1. Define Scope of Work — AI-assisted brief creation. Gather stakeholder input and define the problem you're solving. Generate a clear Scope of Work everyone validates before talking to vendors. 2. Smart Questionnaires — Build structured questionnaires for vendor evaluation. 3. Centralized Vendor Collaboration — Invite vendors, collect responses in one place. 4. Evaluate Responses — Structured scoring and side-by-side comparison. 5. Decision Trail — Defensible decisions with a clear audit trail. ### The Outcome — Faster decisions, less risk Structured scoring, side-by-side comparison, and a clear decision trail. Aligned teams make better, faster vendor decisions. - Days, not weeks - Defensible decisions - Live in 5 minutes ### "We already have Ariba / Coupa / Jaggaer..." Great. They manage POs and contracts. But when vendor proposals land on your desk, your team still opens Excel. - Your procurement suite = System of Record. Logs the decision after it's made. - Manzas = System of Evaluation. Where the decision actually gets made. ### Security Enterprise-grade protection designed for compliance-first organizations: - No AI Training — Your data is never used to train AI models - 100% Data Ownership — Complete data control with instant deletion and export - AES-256 Encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit - EU Data Residency — All data stored in Frankfurt, Germany with full GDPR compliance - Zero-Trust Architecture — Multi-tenant isolation - 24/7 Monitoring — Continuous threat detection ### FAQ Topics - How does Manzas use AI, and is my data safe? - What makes Manzas different from other RFP solutions? - Does Manzas replace our existing procurement suite? - Why can't we just use the RFP module in our current system? - Our team is already overwhelmed with tools. Why add another? - Does this require a complex integration with our ERP? - Can we use Manzas if we don't have a formal procurement system yet? - Who is Manzas built for? - How does the platform work for both buyers and vendors? - How quickly can we get started? - Is our data secure? - Do you support languages other than English? (Yes, 40+ languages) - What documents and formats can you handle? - How much does it cost? - Is there really no credit card required for the trial? --- ## Vendor Page — For Sales Teams ### Hero Win more RFPs, faster. Get smarter every time. Generate high-quality responses in minutes, align stakeholders in one place, and turn every submission into reusable knowledge and insights. CTA: Try it now — Upload an RFP and get a draft in minutes. ### Testimonials - "Manzas helped us complete RFPs in hours instead of days. About 78% of the AI-generated answers were approved as-is." — Dolf Kars, Storecove - "The structured approach to RFP responses has transformed how we engage with potential clients." — Laura Martinez, Magpay ### The Problem — Another RFP lands in your inbox It's 200 questions. Due in two weeks. Your sales team is excited — it's a big deal. But you've been here before. 1. The Hunt Begins — Digging through old responses, SharePoint folders, and Slack threads. 2. The Chase — Pinging SMEs who are "too busy right now." Half the responses are still missing 3 days before deadline. 3. The Scramble — Late nights formatting. Version control nightmares. 4. The Aftermath — You hit submit. Then silence. Win or lose, you'll do it all over again next month. Nothing gets better. ### How It Works — 5 Steps 1. Build Your Knowledge Base — Upload past RFPs, product docs, security questionnaires, and links. AI learns from your content. 2. Qualify Fast — Quickly assess whether an RFP is worth pursuing. 3. Draft Together — AI generates draft responses from your knowledge base. Comment, edit, and approve with stakeholders. 4. Submit on Time — No more last-minute scrambles. 5. Learn & Improve — Turn every submission into reusable knowledge. ### Everyone Benefits - Sales & Pre-Sales: Stop chasing answers and keep the deal moving. Eliminate admin work so you spend more time selling. - Leadership: Visibility into pipeline and performance. - Product: Understand what customers are asking for. - Support: Contribute expertise without context-switching. ### Vendor FAQ Topics - What is included in the cost of an RFP? - What if my own clients start using Manzas? - How is Manzas different from other RFP tools? - What visibility and analytics will I actually get? - My team already has a workflow. Will this disrupt it? - How do you prevent hallucinations? - Can we learn from lost deals? --- ## e-Invoicing Consulting ### Hero e-Invoicing is everyone's problem and nobody's expertise. Avoid the delays, cost overruns, and compliance mistakes that come with getting this wrong. Get the clarity to defend every decision you make. CTA: Let's talk — 30 mins discovery. No cost, no commitment. ### Why Most Projects Fail 01 — The mandate has no owner. It touches every team, belongs to none of them, and stalls the moment a decision needs to be made. 02 — Every team has requirements. Nobody has turned them into a coherent scope vendors can actually respond to. 03 — Vendors all claim to do everything. Comparing them without deep expertise is a coin flip. 04 — Implementation always surfaces gaps. The cost of getting it wrong is a price tag most companies never anticipated. > The vendor will deliver what you asked for. The problem is nobody knew exactly what to ask. ### How I Help I bridge the gap between knowing what to do and getting it done. At every stage you get clear outputs your team, IT, and leadership can align on and sign off. A decision trail that's easy to communicate internally. My specialty is bringing clarity to complex projects. Four phases: 1. Strategy & Scope (AI-powered) — Clear mapping of data, requirements, and preferences across Tax, IT, Operations, and Finance. 2. Vendor Selection (AI-powered) — Structured sourcing: asking the right questions, evaluating vendors on what matters. 3. Implementation Management (AI-powered) — Own the workstream between tax team, IT, and vendor. Manage internal friction, keep scope/timeline/budget on track. 4. Go-Live & Handover — Validate compliance, run parallel testing, hand over a solution your team fully owns. AI-powered tools built specifically for e-Invoicing: scoping, vendor comparison, and implementation tracking. Faster and more consistent than traditional consulting. ### Why Me — François-Xavier Bacourt - 25+ Countries, 4 Continents, 3 Perspectives (buyer, vendor, builder) - At Fonoa, built and scaled a global e-Invoicing solution across 20+ countries for some of the world's largest tech companies. - Experience across AR, AP, domestic and cross-border, B2G, B2B, B2C. - Fixed price. You pay for the outcome, not the hours. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fxbacourt/ ### CTA This is a solvable problem. If someone owns it. New mandates go live every quarter. Internal alignment rarely moves that fast. Let's make sure yours doesn't fall through the gap. Book a 30-minute call: https://calendar.app.google/Kut897Z3r6Sf2reC7 --- ## Pricing Simple, transparent pricing. Pay per project with volume discounts. No hidden fees, no per-user charges. Same pricing whether you're issuing or responding to RFPs. Volume discounts: - Standard: full price - 25+ projects: 10% off - 50+ projects: 20% off - 100+ projects: 30% off Example: 25 projects/year at €428/project = €10,700 (save €1,175). ### For Buyers (Sourcing Teams) - Pay per sourcing project you manage - Send to unlimited vendors - Compare responses side-by-side ### For Vendors (Sales Teams) - Pay per RFP you respond to - Collaborate with your entire team - Reuse content across responses ### Included in all plans - AI-powered drafting - Unlimited users - 40+ languages - Content library - Advanced analytics - Priority support ### Value Props - Unlimited Users: No per-seat pricing. Add your entire team at no extra cost. - No Hidden Fees: What you see is what you pay. - Start Free: First project free. No credit card required. ROI Calculator available at: https://manzas.io/pricing#roi-calculator --- ## Use Cases - Enterprise software RFP responses - Vendor evaluation and structured comparison - e-Invoicing mandate compliance and vendor selection - Security questionnaire automation - Compliance documentation - Procurement process modernization --- ## Contact - Website: https://manzas.io - Email: contact@manzas.io - Support: support@manzas.io - Book a demo: https://calendar.app.google/nWrudAZSvwcePiP19 - Blog: https://manzas.io/blog