Tropic
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- Category
- Finance
- Primary Subcategory
- Corporate Spend, Expense & Procurement
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Description
Software + AI pricing isn't public, so searching the internet won't tell you if you're overpaying. Tropic will. Connect Tropic to ChatGPT to benchmark your pricing against $18B+ in verified technology spend, access negotiation playbooks from 100,000+ real deals, and get supplier intelligence on competitors and contract terms. Upload a proposal, ask if you're getting a good price, and go into your next negotiation with real leverage. Your existing Tropic permissions apply. You only see data you're authorized to access in the Tropic app.
- Integration type
- Plugin
- Verification status
- Not applicable
- Platform
- ChatGPT
- Primary Subcategory
- Corporate Spend, Expense & Procurement
- Secondary Subcategories
- None listed
- Brand
- Tropic
- Access
- Account required
- First tracked
- 2026-05-20
- Tool count
- 15
- Geography
- US
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Retrieve detailed information for a specific price benchmark, including line items, pricing data, savings analysis, and recommendations. Benchmark types: - Instant: Automated analysis with market percentiles, price ranges, and savings calculations - Custom-Structured: Expert analysis organized into sections (executive summary, quote summary, pricing analysis, terms & conditions, negotiation strategy) - Custom-Full: Expert analysis with SKU-level pricing tables comparing quote vs market data - Custom-Brief: Expert summary with overall savings assessment and recommendations - Not Available: Status when benchmark cannot be provided, with explanation Input: Provide either price_check_id or supplier_name (returns most recent benchmark).
get_price_benchmark
Analyze redundant and overlapping spend for a supplier, identifying where the supplier's products and SKUs overlap with competing suppliers the organization already pays for. Use this tool when you need to: - Quantify potential redundant spend (consolidation savings) for a supplier - See which competing suppliers overlap with this supplier and how strongly - Review the SKU-level overlap matrix (which products map to competitor products) - List the contracted SKUs for the supplier and its overlapping competitors Optionally pass a contract_id to focus on the overlap report covering that specific contract. If omitted, the latest overlapping report for the supplier is used. Returns the same information shown on the supplier's Overlap Report page: Overlap Insights, SKU Matrix, and SKU List. Examples: - "How much redundant spend do we have with Salesforce?" - "Show me the SKU overlap between Zoom and our other tools" - "Which suppliers overlap with Microsoft and where can we consolidate?"
get_redundant_spend
List your organization's contracts stored in Tropic with optional filtering and pagination. This tool returns contract metadata (name, status, dates, supplier) — it does NOT read or search the content of contract documents. Do not use this tool when the user is asking about what is inside a contract — for example, clauses, terms, termination conditions, obligations, SLAs, or any question about contract language or content. Use `query_contract_documents` for those questions instead. Use this tool when you need to: - Browse, list, look up, pull up, or retrieve contracts - Find contracts for a specific supplier or vendor (use the supplier_name filter) - Filter contracts by status, dates, department, or other criteria - Page through large result sets IMPORTANT: When a user mentions a supplier, vendor, or company name alongside contracts (e.g., "my Salesforce contracts", "pull up 1Password contracts"), you MUST pass it inside the `filters` object as `supplier_name` on the first call, e.g. `{"filters": {"supplier_name": "Salesforce"}}`. Do NOT pass supplier_name as a top-level parameter. Do NOT call this tool without the filter and then search through the results — the server performs the filtering far more efficiently. Results default to ACTIVE contracts. Set the `status` filter only when the user names a status, e.g. `{"filters": {"status": ["inactive"]}}`; list every value to include all statuses.
list_contracts
List Tropic Expert Insights — advisory alerts written by Tropic's procurement experts about suppliers relevant to your organization. Each insight flags an important development with a supplier (such as a price increase, pricing model change, contract term change, acquisition, plan restructure, or compliance requirement) and includes the key changes, supporting justifications, and recommended action items. Use this tool when the user wants to: - See the latest expert insights, supplier alerts, or advisory updates - Review what Tropic experts are saying about a specific supplier or vendor - Find insights about price increases, acquisitions, or contract/pricing changes - Filter the insights feed by supplier or insight type IMPORTANT: When the user mentions a supplier, vendor, or company name (e.g., "expert insights for Salesforce", "any alerts about Datadog"), you MUST pass it inside the `filters` object as `supplier_name`, e.g. `{"filters": {"supplier_name": "Salesforce"}}`. Do NOT pass supplier_name as a top-level parameter, and do NOT list every insight and search through the results — the server filters far more efficiently. By default this tool returns published, unexpired insights for suppliers your organization has contracts or requests with. When the user asks about a specific supplier (by name, domain, or id), the tool returns published, unexpired insights for that supplier regardless of whether your organization already has an engagement with them — so you can surface intelligence about suppliers the user is evaluating or considering. Examples: - "What are the latest expert insights?" → scoped to your suppliers - "Show me supplier alerts for Salesforce" → returns Salesforce insights even without a contract - "Are there any expert insights about price increases?" → scoped to your suppliers
list_expert_insights
List Tropic Market Insights — AI-generated intelligence alerts about suppliers relevant to your organization, sourced from verified public sources. Each insight covers an important development (such as a merger or acquisition, security incident, price increase, or pricing model change) and includes an overview, source link, and recommended action items. Use this tool when the user wants to: - See the latest market insights, supplier news, or security alerts from public sources - Review recent M&A activity, pricing changes, or security incidents for a supplier - Find AI-generated intelligence about supplier developments - Filter the market insights feed by supplier or insight type IMPORTANT: When the user mentions a supplier, vendor, or company name (e.g., "market insights for Salesforce", "any news about Datadog"), you MUST pass it inside the `filters` object as `supplier_name`, e.g. `{"filters": {"supplier_name": "Salesforce"}}`. Do NOT pass supplier_name as a top-level parameter, and do NOT list every insight and search through the results — the server filters far more efficiently. By default this tool returns published insights for suppliers your organization has contracts or requests with. When the user asks about a specific supplier (by name, domain, or id), the tool returns published insights for that supplier regardless of whether your organization already has an engagement with them — so you can surface news about suppliers the user is evaluating or considering. Examples: - "What are the latest market insights?" → scoped to your suppliers - "Any security incidents for my suppliers?" → scoped to your suppliers - "Show me M&A activity for Salesforce" → returns Salesforce news even without a contract - "Are there any pricing changes recently?" → scoped to your suppliers
list_market_insights
Retrieve all price benchmarks for a specific supplier, including both completed benchmarks and those currently being processed. Use this tool when you need to: - View all benchmark history for a supplier - Check the status of pending benchmark requests - Identify the most recent benchmark for a supplier - See savings opportunities across completed benchmarks Returns a summary table including: - Benchmark type (Instant, Custom - Structured, Custom - Full, Custom - Brief, Not Available, Pending) - Status (Completed, Processing) - Creation date and requester - Overall savings opportunity (for completed benchmarks) - Line item count (for completed benchmarks) Examples: - "Show me all price benchmarks for Salesforce" - "What benchmarks exist for Microsoft?" - "List Zoom's benchmark history"
list_price_benchmarks
Briefly list the suppliers that have redundant/overlapping spend, one row per supplier's latest overlap report. Each row summarizes the supplier, its potential redundant spend range, overlap level, and the competing suppliers it overlaps with — enough to decide where to dig in. Use this tool when you need to: - See which suppliers have overlapping/redundant spend across the organization - Find the biggest consolidation opportunities (results are sorted by potential redundant spend) - Pick a supplier to analyze in depth This is a summary only. To get the full report for one supplier — the SKU-level overlap matrix and the contracted SKU list — call `get_redundant_spend` with that supplier. Results are paginated and sorted by potential redundant spend (highest first). Examples: - "Where do we have redundant spend?" - "Which suppliers overlap with others we already pay for?" - "Show me our biggest consolidation opportunities." - "Where do we have redundant spend in the Marketing department?" (use the department_names filter)
list_redundant_spend
List all products and pricing plans available for a specific supplier that can be benchmarked using Tropic's pricing database. Use this tool when you need to: - See what products Tropic can benchmark for a supplier - Get the exact product names required for run_price_benchmark - Check if a supplier is configured for price benchmarking - Explore available plans/tiers for a vendor - See what price drivers (e.g., Users, Seats, API Calls) are available for each product - Find out whether a product is consumption/usage-priced and which rate schedules it has IMPORTANT: Always use this tool BEFORE using run_price_benchmark to ensure you have the correct product name that matches Tropic's catalog. Returns a list of products with their IDs, names, available price drivers, and — for consumption/usage-priced products — their rate schedules with each schedule's billing unit, rendered as "Rate schedules: API Calls (per call)". For products with multiple price drivers, use the exact driver names shown when providing price_driver_quantities to run_price_benchmark for more accurate benchmarking. For products with rate schedules, use the exact schedule name shown when providing rate_schedule_name to run_price_benchmark, and express effective_rate in the unit shown for that schedule. Examples: - "What Salesforce products can I benchmark?" - "List all Microsoft products available for pricing" - "Show me Zoom's pricing plans in the system" - "Is Snowflake's Cortex product usage-priced?"
list_supplier_products
Get comprehensive negotiation playbook data for any vendor in your organization's database. This includes negotiation insights, levers, strategies, and pricing model information needed to prepare for supplier negotiations. ALWAYS use this tool (not get_supplier_intelligence) when a user wants help with negotiation, deal preparation, renewal strategies, or understanding how a supplier prices their product or structures their contracts. When in doubt between this tool and get_supplier_intelligence, prefer this one. Use this tool when you need to: - Prepare for upcoming vendor negotiations or renewal meetings - Review negotiation strategies and recommended levers - Understand what leverage or tactics to use with a supplier - Get advice on how to approach a supplier conversation or get a better deal - Understand how a supplier prices their product or structures their contracts - Understand negotiation willingness for new business vs renewals - Access expert negotiation insights and recommendations Returns YAML-formatted data with complete negotiation intelligence including sensitive strategy data that should be used internally for preparation purposes. Examples: - "Help me negotiate with Salesforce" - "What leverage do we have with Microsoft?" - "I have a renewal meeting with Zoom next week, how should I prepare?" - "How can I get a better deal from AWS?" - "How does Salesforce price their product?" - "What is the pricing model for Datadog?" - "Show me negotiation strategies for Salesforce"
get_negotiation_playbook
Analyze contracts and procurement documents against your organization's policies to identify compliance issues and required changes. Use this tool when you need to: - Review a contract for policy compliance before signing - Identify problematic terms in vendor agreements - Get specific policy violations and required changes - Ensure procurement follows company guidelines Returns detailed compliance scores (1-4) and specific changes needed for each policy area. Examples: - "Check if this Salesforce contract meets our policies" - "Review this NDA for compliance issues"
policy_check
Read and search the actual content of contract documents to answer questions about what a contract says. Returns the most relevant excerpts from contract PDFs and attachments. ALWAYS use this tool (not a tool that only lists contract metadata) when the user asks about clauses, terms, conditions, obligations, termination, renewal language, SLAs, liability, payment terms, or anything about what is written in a contract. Even if the user mentions a specific supplier name, if they are asking about contract content, call this tool directly — do not look up the contract list first. You can pass the supplier name via supplier_name or let the system resolve it. When in doubt between this tool and a contract-listing tool, prefer this one. IMPORTANT: Use SHORT, FOCUSED queries of 2-5 words targeting a single topic. For multiple topics, make separate tool calls rather than combining into one query. Use this tool when you need to: - Answer questions about what a contract says or contains - Find specific clauses in a contract (termination, renewal, auto-renewal, SLA) - Locate obligations, liability limits, or payment terms in a contract - Search for pricing information within contract documents - Extract specific language from contract PDFs - Search across ALL accessible contracts when no specific contract or supplier is provided When no contract_id, supplier_id, or supplier_name is provided, this tool searches across all contracts the user has access to. Results will indicate which contract each excerpt comes from, with its status, stage, category and end date. When the user scopes the question by contract status ("active contracts"), category ("software contracts") or renewal window ("contracts ending next quarter"), pass status, category_names or end_date_from/end_date_to so only those contracts are searched. Good query examples: - "What are the termination clauses in my Vexed contract?" - "renewal terms" (with contract_id) - "pricing details" (with supplier_name) - "termination clause" - "service level agreements" - "special terms" - "marketing rights" (without identifiers — searches all accessible contracts) - "data processing agreement" (without identifiers — cross-contract search) Bad query examples (too verbose, will produce poor results): - "contract term clause, renewal clause, payment terms, termination rights, pricing schedule" - "find all information about pricing and renewal and termination and obligations"
query_contract_documents
Request a human-in-the-loop (HITL) price benchmark for suppliers whose pricing is best analyzed at the contract level rather than by line item and per unit. A Tropic expert reviews the pricing and delivers results within 1-2 business days. Use this tool only when run_price_benchmark indicates instant benchmarking is unavailable for the supplier. First ask the user if they have a pricing document (quote, proposal, contract) to share, OR if they'd prefer to enter pricing details manually. Both options work.
create_manual_benchmark_request
Benchmark pricing for a supplier product against Tropic's database of similar contracts. This tool can be called with just the product name when the customer has not yet received a quote. quoted_price and number_of_units are optional. The tool works in two modes: - Without quoted_price/number_of_units: returns market price ranges (low, Q1, median, Q3, high) so users can explore typical pricing even before they have a quote. - With both quoted_price and number_of_units: returns a personalized benchmark. If you provided a price, it will be benchmarked against hundreds of similar contracts to provide: - Your percentile ranking (lower is better) - Median market price for comparison - Specific savings amount and percentage - Actionable recommendations Use this tool when you need to: - Validate if a vendor's quote is competitive - Calculate potential savings on a renewal - Get data-driven negotiation leverage - Understand market pricing for SaaS products - Explore what a product typically costs before receiving a quote When a product has multiple price drivers: - we should prompt the user to provide price driver name and quantities - if the user chooses not to provide, we should leave out price driver information - if the user provides price driver data, we should ONLY include information for the specified price drivers Note: First use list_supplier_products to get the exact product name for a supplier. IMPORTANT: quoted_price must always be the TOTAL annual price for ALL units combined, NOT the per-unit price. When a user says "50 licenses for $80,000" or "100 users at $50,000", the dollar amount is the TOTAL unless they explicitly say "per user", "per license", "per seat", "each", or similar per-unit language. If a vendor quotes monthly pricing, convert to annual before submitting. If a vendor quotes per-unit pricing, multiply by the number of units to get the total. Examples: - "What does SalesCloud Enterprise typically cost?" (no quote yet) → omit quoted_price and number_of_units; call with just the product name - "50 licenses of SalesCloud Enterprise for $80,000" → number_of_units = "50", quoted_price = "80000" ($80,000 is the total) - "100 users at $50,000/year" → number_of_units = "100", quoted_price = "50000" ($50,000 is the total) - "$30/user/month for Zoom Pro for 500 users" → number_of_units = "500", quoted_price = "180000" (30 × 500 × 12 = $180,000 annual total) - "500 licenses at $100 per license per year" → number_of_units = "500", quoted_price = "50000" (100 × 500 = $50,000 total) CONSUMPTION / USAGE-BASED PRODUCTS: some products (e.g. API calls, compute credits, tokens) are priced per unit of usage rather than per seat. list_supplier_products flags these with a rate_schedules list. For these products, use rate_schedule_name + effective_rate + annual_commit instead of quoted_price/number_of_units: - rate_schedule_name is the exact schedule name from list_supplier_products' rate_schedules. - effective_rate is the rate the customer pays for ONE unit of the schedule's own billing unit, in USD, and is often a SUB-CENT amount. list_supplier_products shows that unit in parentheses after each schedule name, e.g. "API Calls (per call)" or "API Calls (per 1,000 calls)" — the rate must be expressed in the unit shown for the schedule, otherwise it is benchmarked against peer rates on a different scale. Never round it to the nearest cent, and never confuse it with quoted_price (a total) or annual_commit (a total). - annual_commit is the customer's TOTAL annual dollar commitment, used to calculate real savings. If the user has not yet provided a rate schedule, effective rate, or annual commit for a consumption product, prompt for them rather than guessing or substituting quoted_price. If the user chooses not to provide them, call this tool with just the product name to get market rate ranges — never fall back to quoted_price/number_of_units for a consumption product. Examples: - "What does Snowflake's Cortex usage typically cost?" (no rate yet, Cortex is consumption-priced) → omit rate_schedule_name/effective_rate/annual_commit; call with just the product name - "We're on the 'Token Consumption' schedule at $0.0024 per token, committed to $500,000/year" → rate_schedule_name = "Token Consumption", effective_rate = "0.0024", annual_commit = "500000" - "$0.002 per 1,000 API calls, $250,000 annual commit" where list_supplier_products shows "API Calls (per call)" → effective_rate = "0.000002" (convert to the schedule's unit: $0.002 / 1,000), annual_commit = "250000" - the same quote where list_supplier_products shows "API Calls (per 1,000 calls)" → effective_rate = "0.002" (already in the schedule's unit; do not divide)
run_price_benchmark
Check the health and operational status of the Tropic MCP server, including uptime, memory usage, database connectivity, and system metrics. Use this tool when you need to: - Verify the MCP server is operational - Check system health before running intensive operations - Debug connectivity or performance issues - Monitor server resource usage - Get server version and environment information Returns JSON with server metrics including status, uptime, memory, and database health. Note: This tool requires admin/staff privileges. Examples: - "Check if the MCP server is healthy" - "Get server uptime and memory usage" - "Verify database connectivity"
get_server_status
Get market benchmarking data about a supplier, including what other companies pay, who the supplier's competitors are, and common billing terms in the market. This tool is strictly for market-level benchmarking data. It does NOT include negotiation strategies, levers, playbooks, or information about how a specific supplier prices or structures their product. For negotiation help or pricing model questions, use `get_negotiation_playbook` instead. Do not use this tool when the user is asking how a specific supplier structures or prices their product — use `get_negotiation_playbook` for that. Use this tool when you need to: - See what other companies typically pay for a supplier - Identify who the supplier's competitors are - Understand common billing terms in the market for a supplier Returns YAML-formatted data with market benchmarking intelligence. Examples: - "What do companies typically pay for Salesforce?" - "Who are the competitors of Datadog?" - "What are common billing terms for AWS in the market?"
get_supplier_intelligence
How do I improve a ChatGPT Plugin's discoverability?
The levers are the listing surface agents actually read: names, descriptions, keywords, tool metadata, and registry health. Which lever matters depends on where discovery breaks, which is what continuous measurement shows.
What are Tropic alternatives on ChatGPT?
As of 2026-09-29, Tropic competes with Allowance, Brex, Expensify, Perk, PuraFi Expenses, Ramp, Ramp Data, Rydoo in ChatGPT Corporate Spend, Expense & Procurement, ranked by public Discoverability Score.
Where is this profile measured?
This profile uses the geography attached to the latest public registry snapshot: US. Locale tags are intentionally omitted.