Seamless integration
Flexible options (punchout and API) for purchasing governance, control and efficiency from customer core systems.
Smart, simple IT procurement with eCAT
Fast, 24/7 access to the IT products and services you need.
A faster, simpler way to buy IT
eCAT is Softcat’s online procurement platform that lets you quickly find, compare and purchase IT products from a continuously updated catalogue, with seamless integration into your existing procurement systems.
Whether you’re a growing organisation or a large enterprise, we’ll support your IT procurement every step of the way - eCAT adapts to your business needs.
Streamlined, stress‑free IT procurement
Real‑time accuracy
Live pricing, stock updates and order tracking ensuring transparency and reducing delays.
Comprehensive marketplace
An ever-evolving blend of hardware, software and cloud, available for purchase at your fingertips.
Full visibility of spend
Track and report global spend; monitor budgets, manage renewals with 24/7 visibility
Persona based purchasing
An experience which can be completely tailored to teams, departments right down to roles and individual users.
Tailored workflows
Approval workflows to match your business rules, ensuring you control all aspects of procurement.
Local to global
From small business buying in single countries, to enterprises buying across regions, our platform has you covered.
Sustainability
Reporting on your emissions across hardware, software, services and more.
A platform built on consistent excellence
With 25 years of eProcurement expertise, our platform empowers thousands of organisations with exceptional choice, reliability and seamless integration.
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FAQ's
What is the typical onboarding/setup time?
Typically in less than 1-hour with your Softcat Account Manager on-hand to walk you through this process.
Do you offer identity federation for my users?
Yes, we offer support for EntraID federation
Do you offer integration with 3rd party purchasing, ITSM and/or ERP platforms?
eCAT supports cXML / OCI punchout as well as GraphQL API forms of integration with hundreds of customers, allowing the exchange of dedicated order data. If you’re also consuming services with Softcat then we have additional ITSM API integration options as well.
Can I bring my own renewals to be managed by the platform?
Yes, with your aligned Softcat Account Manager on-hand to help with this.
Can I manage global spend in multiple currencies?
Yes, all from one central dashboard with downloadable reports as well. This includes detailed transactional reports, software renewal reporting, back-order summaries and bonded stock inventory reports.
How do you help my business manage budget?
eCAT offers built-in budgets and approval workflows, which are tailored to your business rules/logic, ensuring users can only purchased approved products and within agreed budget limits.
Does eCAT allow centralised and/or tailored procurement approval for orders placed by users in my organisation?
Yes, eCAT offers a very comprehensive approval, requisition process, allowing multi-levels, approval flows and financial rules. This ensures only orders you approve are purchased.
Can we control what permissions/functionality individual users, teams and departments can access within eCAT?
Yes, eCAT offers role based/persona based access control down to individual user configuration, ensuring each can only access / perform functions you approve.
Can the eCAT catalogue be tailored to only show products approved by my organisation?
Yes, eCAT can be configured to show each customer their own specific products, services and software, all controlled by your Account Manager and the eCAT Team.
Does eCAT support international access, ordering and delivery?
Yes, as of Q2 2026, eCAT is available in UK, Ireland, Europe (Netherlands, Germany), Singapore, Australia and the USA. eCAT can be used locally by users in these countries as well as centrally for users to order into these countries. Softcat’s Multinational Team can assist customers who wish to procure for other parts of the world and advise on delivery and logistics.