Certa
Procure to pay software
Enterprise risk management (ERM) software
Third party & supplier risk management software
Risk-based vulnerability management software
Vulnerability management software
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What is Certa
Certa is a cloud-based platform for third-party and supplier lifecycle management, focused on onboarding, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring of vendor risk. It supports workflows for collecting supplier information, distributing questionnaires, managing approvals, and maintaining an auditable record of risk decisions. The product is typically used by procurement, compliance, security, and risk teams that need to standardize third-party assessments across business units. It differentiates through configurable workflows and integrations intended to connect risk controls with supplier onboarding and management processes.
Configurable third-party workflows
Certa provides configurable intake, onboarding, and review workflows that can be adapted to different third-party types (e.g., suppliers, contractors, partners) and risk tiers. This helps organizations standardize how they request information, route approvals, and document decisions. The configuration focus can reduce reliance on custom development for common process variations across regions or business units.
Centralized due diligence records
The platform centralizes third-party profiles, documentation, questionnaires, and review history in a single system of record. This supports audit readiness by keeping evidence of assessments, approvals, and exceptions tied to each third party. Centralization also helps teams avoid duplicative assessments when multiple stakeholders engage the same vendor.
Integrations for supplier lifecycle
Certa is designed to integrate with upstream and downstream systems used in procurement and vendor management (e.g., intake portals, contract repositories, and purchasing/ERP environments). These integrations can help align risk checks with onboarding gates and ongoing changes such as renewals or scope updates. For organizations that already run separate procurement and risk tools, this can reduce manual handoffs and spreadsheet-based tracking.
Not a full P2P suite
While it supports supplier onboarding and risk controls, Certa is not positioned as an end-to-end procure-to-pay system with native requisitioning, invoicing, and payment automation. Organizations typically need to integrate it with existing procurement and finance platforms for transactional purchasing. This can add implementation effort and ongoing integration maintenance.
Vulnerability management scope limited
Despite overlap with security and risk use cases, Certa is not a dedicated vulnerability management platform for asset discovery, scanning, patch prioritization, and remediation tracking. Security teams that need technical vulnerability workflows usually require separate tools and then map outcomes back to third-party records. This can limit its fit for programs where vulnerability management is the primary requirement.
Data quality depends on inputs
Third-party risk outcomes depend heavily on the completeness and accuracy of supplier-provided information and internal reviewer diligence. Questionnaire-based processes can create follow-up cycles and delays when vendors respond slowly or provide inconsistent evidence. Organizations often need governance, templates, and escalation rules to keep assessments timely and comparable across suppliers.
