Achilles

Achilles is a supplier risk and engagement platform for buying organisations, hiring clients, suppliers, and contractors. It helps buyers manage supplier and third-party risks while giving suppliers tools to maintain accreditation and credentials and improve performance. Covered risks include ESG, financial stability, health and safety, human rights, adverse media, sanctions, and carbon emissions. Achilles combines verified data, structured assessments, ongoing monitoring, and supplier engagement. Its shared network lets buyers reuse supplier assessments and gives suppliers feedback and improvement pathways across customers. Suppliers can join Achilles Network for free; the plan includes one questionnaire and searchable membership, and Achilles says registered suppliers may become visible to over 200 buyers in less than 24 hours. Enterprise offers tailored data collection and analysis, configurable scoring and alerts, and a private network. The mobile app provides sustainability scores, alerts, and profile details, including questionnaires and documents. It is available in English and Spanish for iOS and Android; some capabilities, including non-conformance management and document scanning, were described as upcoming. Achilles says it operates in more than 140 countries and supports more than 30 languages.

Achilles combines risk monitoring and supplier engagement with a shared assessment network. Its free supplier membership and mobile app offer specific entry points, while enterprise buyers can request tailored options.

It suits organisations managing supplier risk and performance, as well as suppliers and contractors maintaining credentials. Suppliers seeking searchable membership can join the free Achilles Network.

Achilles is a supplier risk and engagement platform for buying organisations, hiring clients, suppliers and contractors. It is best suited to teams that want risk oversight tied to supplier accreditation and improvement. Its shared assessment network is a strong reason to consider it; enterprise buyers can request a tailored setup.

Overview

Established in Norway in 1990, Achilles began by helping the offshore oil and gas industry meet health and safety requirements. Today, it serves organisations managing supplier and third-party risk, alongside suppliers maintaining credentials for buyers. Its reach across more than 140 countries and support for more than 30 languages suit programmes with international supplier bases.

The platform combines verified data, structured assessments, continuous monitoring and supplier engagement. That breadth can help buyers track varied risks while giving suppliers a way to respond and improve. Achilles also describes its service as pairing digital tools with expert support.

Key features

Risk coverage includes ESG, financial stability, health and safety, human rights, adverse media, sanctions and carbon emissions. Supplier assessments and continuous monitoring make Achilles relevant to buyers who need an ongoing view of supplier risk, rather than a one-time assessment.

Its shared network lets buyers reuse supplier assessments across customer relationships. This can reduce repeated information requests, while feedback and improvement pathways give suppliers a reason to maintain accreditation and address gaps. Achilles says registered suppliers can become visible to more than 200 buyers in less than 24 hours, making free membership a useful route to buyer visibility.

Achilles Enterprise offers tailored data collection and analysis, configurable scoring and alerts, and a private network. Those options suit buyers with specific oversight requirements, though the private network may be less useful to organisations that value assessment reuse across a shared network.

The Achilles mobile app provides access to sustainability scores, alerts and supplier profile information, including questionnaires, certificates and documents. It is available in English and Spanish for iOS and Android. Non-conformance management, improvement actions, detailed audit reports and document scanning were described as upcoming features, so teams that rely on those workflows should not count on the app for them yet.

Achilles states that it holds ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 14064-1 certifications. That gives security-conscious buyers concrete certification credentials to consider as part of their supplier platform evaluation.

Pricing

Achilles is a paid platform with custom pricing for tailored buyer programmes. The free Achilles Network membership is aimed at suppliers: it includes a supplier marketplace membership, one questionnaire and searchability by buying organisations. Its single-questionnaire scope is a limited entry point for suppliers who need broader accreditation or buyer-specific coverage.

Buyers evaluating a tailored programme should expect to discuss scope and pricing directly. The free membership is not a free buyer plan, and the custom-priced enterprise option is the more relevant route for organisations seeking tailored data, analysis, scoring, alerts or a private network.

Platforms

Achilles is available on web, Android and iOS. The mobile app's English and Spanish support and access to scores, alerts and profile documents make it useful for checking supplier information away from a desktop, while its stated upcoming capabilities leave some audit and improvement work outside the current app scope.

Who it's for

Achilles is a strong fit for buying organisations and hiring clients managing supplier risk across multiple domains, especially when suppliers also need accreditation and a path to improve. Suppliers and contractors can use the free network membership to maintain credentials and seek visibility among buyers. Organisations looking for a standalone risk report or a buyer programme with a published fixed price may prefer another approach.

Pros and cons

• Pro: The shared network allows buyers to reuse supplier assessments, while suppliers can receive feedback and improvement pathways across customers.
• Pro: Broad risk coverage and continuous monitoring support ongoing oversight across varied supplier concerns.
• Pro: Free supplier membership includes a questionnaire and buyer search visibility, with the maker saying registration can lead to visibility among over 200 buyers in less than 24 hours.
• Con: The free membership includes only one questionnaire, limiting its usefulness for suppliers facing broader assessment needs.
• Con: Several mobile workflows, including improvement actions and detailed audit reports, were described as upcoming rather than current app capabilities.
• Con: Buyer pricing is custom, so organisations cannot compare a standard buyer plan against a fixed published price.

Alternatives

For a broader shortlist, see Supplier Risk Management Software.

Choose SpheraCloud if its Health & Safety Management module fits your needs and your organisation can meet the minimum of 250 named users per module; pricing above 1,000 users is by quote, and setup fees depend on configuration. Consider Resilinc as another paid supplier risk option with web and mobile platforms.

Qeluntra offers a free plan for one entity and one power user, with paid tiers for up to three or eight power users, making it a fit for teams comparing entity and seat limits. TeRoc has a free web plan capped at five suppliers and one user, with a newsfeed, monthly market report, basic supplier profiles and email support; it may suit smaller teams starting with a narrow supplier list.

apexanalytix Conductor offers a free web plan with a Business Risk Index, cyber, compliance and resilience breakdowns, and critical business alerts refreshed every 90 days, a fit for readers prioritising those risk signals. Scrioo provides a free one-time AI-powered five-year risk report delivered within 24 hours, so it may suit a reader seeking an initial report rather than a shared supplier assessment network.

Supplira offers a Starter plan at €99 a month for up to 25 suppliers and five users, with executive reports, residual risk tracking and CSV export; that may suit teams whose needs align with those explicit supplier and user limits. Craft is another paid option available on web and API.

Verdict

Achilles is a compelling choice for buying organisations that need broad supplier risk monitoring and want assessments to travel across a shared buyer-supplier network. Suppliers also get a defined free entry point for maintaining credentials and pursuing buyer visibility. Look elsewhere if you need a published buyer price or mobile access to the audit and improvement workflows described as upcoming.