Upland Cimpl

Upland Cimpl centralizes technology and telecom spending, assets, and projects in a dashboard for organizations to track and manage. It supports invoice, contract, and usage tracking, along with billing and payment automation. Procurement workflows handle approvals and expenditure tracking, while built-in analytics and dashboards provide real-time views of usage and costs for IT and finance teams. Cimpl lists integrations with Oracle, SAP, Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Coupa, TELUS, Rogers, and Bell. Its ServiceNow integration uses APIs for service requests, inventory updates, and supporting data requests. Inventory management covers technology assets and services including wireless, telecom, IT, IoT, and cloud. Organizations can also use managed services for order processing, inventory support, reporting and analysis, dispute management, and invoice loading. The product page describes guidance from technology expense specialists, one-on-one training, and monthly webinars. Cimpl is available through web and API platforms. Its site provides a way to request a demo, but does not display a price or state a trial duration.

Cimpl brings technology expense tracking, procurement, and reporting into one platform for organizational use. Visitors need to request a demo to learn more; no price is displayed.

Cimpl suits organizations managing technology expenses, particularly IT and finance teams tracking telecom spend, assets, and projects. Its managed services may also suit organizations needing operational support for orders, inventory, reporting, or invoices.

Upland Cimpl is a technology expense management platform for organizations coordinating IT and telecom costs, assets, and services. It is best suited to IT and finance teams managing spend across many systems and suppliers. Its broad tracking and automation make it a specialist option, though custom pricing and a demo-led buying process limit upfront comparison.

Overview

Cimpl brings technology spend, assets, and projects into a central dashboard, with tools for expense tracking, procurement, and reporting. That joined-up view can help teams connect invoices and usage to the technology they manage. It is a more focused fit for organizational IT and telecom operations than for individuals or small businesses looking for a basic expense tracker.

Key features

Expense, billing, and procurement

The platform tracks invoices, contracts, and usage, and supports invoice processing, payment automation, contract audits, and billing dispute management. Automated invoice ingestion and validation are intended to reduce processing time by up to 50%, which could be valuable for teams handling large volumes of technology bills; it is a potential reduction, not a guaranteed result. Procurement workflows automate approvals and track expenditures, while ordering and billing processes can also be automated.

Inventory, integrations, and cloud visibility

Cimpl manages wireless, telecom, IT, IoT, and cloud assets and services. It advertises more than 250 integration and communication points, including Oracle, SAP, Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Coupa, TELUS, Rogers, and Bell. Its ServiceNow integration can use APIs to collect service requests, create work orders, and update tasks, making it relevant to organizations that coordinate service operations in that system.

Cimpl Cloud helps teams identify idle, unused, and underused cloud services to support cost optimization. Built-in analytics and dashboards provide real-time usage and cost reporting. Managed services extend the offer to order processing, inventory support, reporting and analysis, dispute management, and invoice loading. Strategic guidance from technology expense specialists, one-on-one training, and monthly webinars add support for teams that need help adopting the workflows.

Pricing

Cimpl is paid software with custom pricing. The Upland Cimpl plan has no displayed price, and prospective customers are directed to request a demo. No trial duration is stated, so teams cannot compare a published subscription rate or trial period before engaging with the vendor. This buying process may suit organizations evaluating a broad operational platform, but is less convenient for buyers who need to screen options against a fixed budget first.

Platforms

Cimpl supports web access and an API. That combination suits organizations that want a dashboard alongside programmatic connections to service and business systems.

Who it's for

Cimpl is aimed at organizations managing technology expenses, especially IT and finance teams that need to coordinate invoices, contracts, assets, usage, and procurement. Its inventory scope and managed services are most relevant where technology operations span several categories or suppliers. Teams seeking budget planning, resource planning, marketing asset management, or campaign planning should look elsewhere; those are not Cimpl capabilities.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Expense, inventory, procurement, and reporting functions share a central view, which can reduce fragmentation for IT and finance teams.
• Pros: Broad integrations and a ServiceNow API workflow support connections between technology expense work and operational systems.
• Pros: Managed services, specialist guidance, training, and webinars give organizations options beyond self-directed software use.
• Cons: Custom pricing and a demo request make it difficult to assess cost or trial the product before speaking with the vendor.
• Cons: The platform is specialized for technology expenses and does not cover planning or marketing operations needs such as campaign planning.

Alternatives

For campaign and marketing resource management, Cohiva Campaign is a paid web option with a free trial and a Campaign plan at $149 a month; it is a more suitable starting point for buyers who want a published monthly price and trial for that category. Screendragon is another paid web and API option with custom pricing, including a once-off setup and training fee, so it may suit buyers seeking a tailored quote and willing to account for implementation costs.

Sesimi offers custom licensing with core and selected module licenses, preset volumes, and optional add-ons and usage-based charges for integrations, asset hosting, and compliance checks. Annum has a free trial and a Starter plan at $99 a month billed annually at $1,188, with monthly subscriptions at $116 per month; its stated plan includes 10 users, which may help a small team evaluate a defined subscription. Simple Asset Manager is positioned for small creative teams, agencies, SMEs, and enterprise buyers. Aprimo offers digital asset management, search and metadata management, and asset organization, retrieval, and sharing in its Standard Package. IntelligenceBank Marketing Operations uses custom quotes based on package, user mix, storage, usage, and add-ons, and includes digital asset management. Proof MRM offers SMB pricing at $29 a month per seat and Enterprise pricing at $49 a month per seat, each under an annual contract. For a broader category shortlist, see Marketing Resource Management Software.

Verdict

Choose Upland Cimpl if your organization needs one platform to coordinate technology and telecom expenses, inventory, procurement, and cost reporting across IT and finance. Its strongest case is the breadth of expense workflows, integrations, and optional managed support. Look elsewhere if you need a straightforward, price-transparent expense app or planning tools outside technology spend management.