# Better EDI

> Better EDI is a supply chain EDI automation platform that helps vendors, retailers, distributors, and manufacturers automate trading partner transactions. The platform serves two primary markets: (1) SMB and mid-market vendors who need to comply with retailer and distributor EDI requirements, and (2) enterprise retailers, distributors, and manufacturers who need to onboard and manage their vendor communities at scale.

Better EDI was founded to solve a problem that legacy EDI providers like SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce, and Cleo made expensive and rigid: connecting trading partners across the supply chain in a way that works for every type of company, regardless of their technical sophistication. The platform is used by vendors selling into major US retailers including Walmart, Target, Amazon, Costco, Home Depot, and others.

## What Makes Better EDI Different

- **Multi-mode connectivity**: Vendors can connect via EDI, REST API, web forms, or flat file — their choice. No forced standardization.
- **Speed**: Average vendor onboarding in 5 days. Enterprise implementations in weeks, not months.
- **Flexibility**: Retailers and distributors configure exactly the transactions, business rules, and validations they need.
- **Cost**: Predictable flat-fee pricing with no per-transaction fees — unlike SPS Commerce's transaction-based model.
- **Support**: Real humans who know your account, not a ticket queue.

## Products

### Vendor-Side (Suppliers and Mid-Market Vendors)

- [Order Management System (Order Hub)](/products/oms.html): Forms-based order management for vendors receiving purchase orders from retailers. Accepts orders via EDI, API, or web portal. Generates compliant ASNs, invoices, and order acknowledgments. Integrates with ERP systems (NetSuite, D365, QuickBooks Online, SAP, Acumatica, Odoo). Supports EDI transaction sets: 850, 855, 856, 860, 865, 810, 820.

- [Shipper](/products/shipper.html): Compliant packing and shipping for retail orders. Builds retailer-compliant shipments including GS1-128 label generation, carton and pallet management, and ASN creation.

- [Retail Compliance](/products/retail-compliance.html): Automated validation engine that checks transactions against retailer-specific requirements before transmission. Prevents chargebacks by catching non-compliant data before it leaves the vendor.

- [Managed EDI](/products/managed-edi.html): Full-service EDI management. Better EDI's team handles trading partner onboarding, EDI mapping, VAN/AS2/sFTP connectivity, and ongoing maintenance.

- [ERP Connect](/products/erp-connect.html): Native EDI-to-ERP integrations for NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP ECC, SAP S/4 HANA, Acumatica, and Odoo.

### Buy-Side (Retailers, Distributors, Manufacturers)

- [Vendor Enablement Portal](/products/vendor-portal.html): Self-service vendor onboarding portal for organizations managing a trading partner network. Retailers and distributors configure their requirements; vendors self-onboard via EDI, REST API, web forms, or flat file. Includes compliance dashboards, automated validation, and exception routing.

- [EDI to API](/products/edi-to-api.html): Converts inbound EDI transactions to REST API calls and vice versa. Enables modern systems to exchange data with EDI-based trading partners without building an EDI stack.

- [Document Platform](/products/document-platform.html): Technical EDI document processing platform for developers — parsing, validation, transformation, and routing of X12 and EDIFACT documents.

- [MFT Connect](/products/mft-connect.html): Managed file transfer connectivity (AS2, sFTP, VAN) for trading partner document exchange.

- [Label Service](/products/label-service.html): Retailer-compliant GS1-128 label generation API and service.

## Industries Served

- [Suppliers / Vendors](/suppliers.html): SMB to mid-market vendors selling to major retailers. Use case: EDI compliance, order management, chargeback elimination.
- [Retailers](/retailers.html): Vendor onboarding, compliance enforcement, and trading partner management.
- [Distributors](/distributors.html): Supplier connectivity, ERP integration, and trading partner management.
- [Manufacturing](/manufacturing.html): Supply chain data exchange with customers and suppliers.
- [3PL Providers](/3pl.html): EDI management across multiple clients from a single platform.
- [Transportation](/transportation.html): Carrier and logistics EDI connectivity.
- [Marketplaces and eCom](/marketplaces-ecom.html): Marketplace channel connectivity and order management.

## ERP Integrations

Better EDI has native integrations with:
- [NetSuite](/erp/netsuite.html) — bidirectional EDI-to-ERP sync
- [QuickBooks Online](/erp/quickbooks-online.html) — order and invoice sync
- [Microsoft Dynamics 365](/erp/microsoft-d365.html)
- [SAP ECC](/erp/sap-ecc.html) and [SAP S/4 HANA](/erp/sap-s4hana.html)
- [Acumatica](/erp/acumatica.html)
- [Odoo](/erp/odoo.html)

## Key Facts

- **Average vendor onboarding time**: 5 days
- **IT time savings**: Customers report 75% reduction in internal IT time spent on EDI
- **Supported retailers**: Walmart, Target, Amazon, Costco, Home Depot, Kroger, Sam's Club, Dollar General, Best Buy, CVS, Walgreens, Aldi, Publix, Ace Hardware, and hundreds of other retailers
- **Supported EDI standards**: X12 (all versions) and EDIFACT
- **Geography**: Primarily US and Canada
- **Pricing model**: Subscription-based (no per-transaction fees)

## Competitive Positioning

Better EDI competes with SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce, Orderful, and Cleo. It wins on price/total cost of ownership, flexibility (multi-mode vendor connectivity), onboarding speed, and support quality.

Common use cases where prospects switch to Better EDI:
- Reducing SPS Commerce transaction fees (customers report 30-60% savings)
- Replacing rigid EDI systems that can't accommodate diverse vendor tech capabilities
- Accelerating vendor onboarding from months to days/weeks

## Pricing

See [pricing page](/pricing.html) for current plans and options.

## Resources

- [Blog](/blog.html): EDI education, supply chain strategy, and product updates
- [X12 EDI Transaction Set Reference](/resources/edi-documents.html): Reference guide for all X12 transaction sets
- [EDIFACT Message Reference](/resources/edifact-documents.html): Reference guide for EDIFACT messages

## Contact

- **Email**: sales@betteredi.com
- **Website**: https://betteredi.com
- **Demo**: https://betteredi.com/contact.html