Cost of contract management system?

[Fishface]

any idea of what it costs per year to run a contract management system like Ariba or Bravo Solution or Emptoris or something similar - they all appear to do the same.


And implementation costs - any idea?

[Antman]

Bringing this back up because I'm going direct and client wants to pay me through Ariba.

the Ariba guy on the presentation I've just watched was talking about how it's a great networking tool too
If that works then great but from memory, it seems that there are 2 costs (network transmission and annual subscription)

less $50 grand - free + free
>$50 grand - 0.155% + $50
>$1M - can't remember (not going to apply to me)

Anybody used it for networking at all?