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Highlight Summary

• Looking for a Tendos alternative? For distributors and manufacturers that want bills of quantities (BoQs), orders and supplier price requests handled in one system and written into the ERP, Mercura is the better fit.

• Distributors: Tendos positions itself for manufacturers, per its own website (“100% manufacturer focus”). Mercura serves distributors and manufacturers.

• IT: Mercura documents ISO/IEC 27001 (Mercura itself), Entra ID SSO with SCIM, a REST API and SFTP; Tendos names ISO 27001 for its server infrastructure and does not mention a REST API or SFTP.

• For manufacturers that want public tender search, sales insights such as hit rates, or configuration parameters for CPQ or SAP KMAT, Tendos is the better fit.

What is Mercura, what is Tendos?

Mercura is AI software for quote and order automation in technical sales, for distributors and manufacturers. Its AI agents read requests, BoQs and orders (email, PDF incl. scans, Excel, Word, photos, drawings, handwritten notes, GAEB), match every line to your own item master, send supplier price requests and write the approved quote or order into your ERP. Uncertain lines are flagged, not guessed. Our guide to the GAEB file format explains the German BoQ exchange standard.

Tendos describes itself as an “AI Platform for Manufacturers in the Construction Industry”. Six modules cover the sales workflow: tenders, inbox, quotes, orders, integrations and insights. Tendos processes BoQs as PDF, GAEB, Excel, email or free text and reads orders from email and PDF. It is run by Tendos GmbH, Munich.

Mercura vs. Tendos comparison at a glance

Legend: ✅ documented = described on the vendor’s website. ◐ partly = described in part (reason in brackets). – not mentioned = not mentioned on Tendos’ website, as of October 27, 2026; this does not mean it is missing. ✗ not offered, per vendor = the vendor’s own pages say so (quote in the source). Mercura column: standard features, as of October 2026; “configurable” = available, set up per customer.

Is Tendos built for distributors too?

Tendos’ website says: “100% manufacturer focus. Every feature exists because manufacturers need it.” Mercura is built for distributors and manufacturers.

Distributors also need features Tendos’ website does not mention: stock vs. order items per location, and branches with their own legal entities and roles. At Mercura, branches, legal entities and roles are standard. Stock per location is configurable, as described for plumbing and HVAC wholesale.

Example (illustrative): A distributor gets a 140-line bill of quantities for radiators and valves. Mercura matches every line to the item master. With stock data set up, the rep sees which lines are in stock at her branch and which are order items.

Can Tendos create supplier price requests straight from a BoQ?

Tendos’ website does not mention supplier price requests or sending them from your own mailbox. Mercura handles this for lines outside your range. It creates the price request straight from the BoQ as GAEB P93 or Excel, sends it from the rep’s own mailbox and files the replies automatically. Manufacturers need this too when a partner supplies some lines. More on quotes and tenders.

Example (illustrative): Mercura matches 78 lines of a 90-line BoQ; the other 12, such as insulation, go out as one Excel request to two partners. Replies land on the record.

Which interfaces and security credentials does Tendos document?

Tendos states that all data resides “exclusively on ISO 27001 certified server infrastructure in Europe”. Its website does not mention a certification of Tendos itself. SSO is named; Microsoft Entra ID and SCIM are not. Its website does not mention a public REST API, webhooks or SFTP.

Mercura itself is ISO/IEC 27001 certified. It also offers Entra ID SSO with SCIM, a public REST API, webhooks and SFTP. Both separate customer data. Tendos says every customer instance is “logically and architecturally completely separated”. Mercura runs a separate tenant per customer, hosted in Europe. See all integrations.

Example (illustrative): IT asks for the vendor’s ISO 27001 certificate, Entra ID user management and a nightly SFTP handover. With Mercura, you check these in the documentation; with Tendos, in a call.

How do Tendos and Mercura handle ETIM, branches and roles?

Tendos’ website does not mention ETIM attributes in matching, or branches, legal entities and roles. Tendos documents that it reads every email and recognizes inquiries, orders and follow-up questions. Routing to a branch or owner is not mentioned. Mercura uses ETIM classes and attributes in matching, supports branches, legal entities and roles, and routes inbound email. More on Mercura for building-services manufacturers.

Example (illustrative): For a ball valve DN 50, PN 40, stainless steel, Mercura compares size, pressure rating and material from the ETIM attributes with the long text and routes the request to the responsible region.

Choose Tendos if …

• you are a manufacturer and want public tenders and project data searched automatically for your portfolio.

• you want sales insights from your own cases: “Inquiry volume, hit rates, and competitive activity”.

• you sell parametric products and want configuration parameters from the tender prepared “for transfer to configurators, CPQs, and SAP KMAT”.

• you want data to “flow bidirectionally between Tendos and your CRM/ERP”.

• you also receive orders via EDI.

Choose Mercura if …

• you are a distributor, or need distributor and manufacturer workflows in one system.

• you want supplier price requests created from the BoQ, sent from your own mailbox and filed back automatically.

• you need stock vs. order items per location, branches and ETIM attributes in matching.

• your IT requires ISO/IEC 27001 for the vendor itself, Entra ID SSO with SCIM, a public REST API or SFTP.

• you want to test on your own data, usually within 2 working days, including order processing.

At the building-technology manufacturer REHAU, Mercura delivers product suggestions for up to 98% of BoQ lines, with a hit rate of up to 90% and up to 60% time saved on quotes. Read the full REHAU story. Mercura’s average match rate is 92%; it varies by customer and catalog.

Methodology

Sources: Tendos’ public website (all sitemap pages plus the English text file the site loads), retrieved October 27, 2026, without login or demo. Status legend: see the table. Mercura information: standard features, as of October 2026. We review this page quarterly. Corrections via /contact, reviewed within 5 business days. All comparisons are listed under Mercura vs. competitors.

FAQ

Is Mercura a Tendos alternative?

Yes, for BoQs, quotes and orders at manufacturers; both match lines to your catalog and enter orders. Mercura also serves distributors and creates supplier price requests from the BoQ. Our overview of Tendos and Scalera alternatives covers further options.

What do Tendos and Mercura cost?

Neither publishes prices. Mercura pricing on request via /contact.

Which ERP systems do Tendos and Mercura connect to?

Tendos names SAP, Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce, plus other common ERP systems, without SAP editions. Mercura: SAP S/4HANA, ECC and Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, proALPHA and UniTrade, others via REST API, webhooks or SFTP.

Who is Tendos a better fit for?

Construction-industry manufacturers that want tender search and sales analytics alongside quotes and orders. For a comparison with Scalera, see Mercura vs. Scalera.

Sources

• Tendos website, homepage with FAQ (German): information on positioning, the six modules, security, hosting and SSO, and connected systems. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

• Tendos website, page “Angebotserstellung” (quotes, Platform section): information on BoQ import, line matching and configurators. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

• Tendos website, page “Auftragserfassung” (orders, Platform section): information on order intake via email, PDF and EDI and the handover to the ERP. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

• Tendos website, English version of the website text: English wording of the homepage, used for the English quotes. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

• Tendos website, Impressum (legal notice): information on the operator, Tendos GmbH, Munich. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

• Tendos website, all pages listed in the site’s sitemap (checked for the “not mentioned” rows). Retrieved October 27, 2026.

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