Does Procurement VMS integrate with Ramp?
Procurement VMS has not yet confirmed its Ramp integration, so treat this page as a draft. A Ramp integration reconciles card and bill spend against approved purchase orders and passes approved purchases to Ramp for payment. Ramp also sells its own procurement product 1, so one system has to be the approval authority.confirm
Card spend and bill pay are quick to approve and slow to reconcile. When a purchase order exists in a separate system, someone has to match it to the transaction by hand.
With the integration, approved purchases flow to Ramp, and transactions come back to be matched to the order they belong to.
What syncs between Ramp and Procurement VMS?
Procurement VMS owns requests and approvals, and Ramp owns cards and payment. The table shows the data most Ramp procurement integrations touch and the usual direction.
| Data | Ramp record | Direction | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved purchasesconfirm | purchase orders or bills | Procurement VMS → Ramp | When the last approval clears | Gives Ramp an approved record to pay or match against. |
| Card transactionsconfirm | transactions | Ramp → Procurement VMS | As transactions post | Matched to the approved order they belong to, which exposes unplanned spend. |
| Vendorsconfirm | vendors | Two-way | On change and on a schedule | Decide which system is the vendor master. |
| Accounting codesconfirm | accounts, departments | Ramp → Procurement VMS | On a schedule | Drives coding on each line. |
How the Ramp connection works, step by step
Setup is split between a Ramp administrator and the Procurement VMS team. Ramp's own procurement product is part of the first decision 12.
- Decide whether Ramp Procurement is in useRamp sells a procurement product with intake, approvals, purchase orders and invoice matching 12. If it is in use, pick one system for approval.Finance and procurement
- Create API accessverify sourceCreate the integration with the scopes it needs.Ramp administrator
- Match vendorsverify sourceDecide how vendors are matched between the two systems.Procurement admin
- Map accounting codesMatch the accounts and departments that transactions will carry.Finance
- Decide how transactions are matchedDefine the rule that ties a card transaction to an approved order.Finance
- Trace one purchase end to endverify sourceFollow a purchase from approval to a matched transaction in a test setup first.Everyone above
Who this fits
Ramp is common in small and mid-sized companies, and whether you use its procurement product is the main design question.
SMB · fits
Ramp cards and bill pay, with approvals currently by chat or email. Keep approval in one place and use Ramp for spend.
Mid-market · fits
Several departments and card programs. Match transactions to approved orders so unplanned spend shows up.
Enterprise
Large organizations usually pay through their ERP. See the ERP pages.
Who does what
What to plan for in Ramp
Only the first item cites Ramp's own pages. Verify the rest against Ramp's developer documentation.
Ramp has its own procurement product
Ramp's procurement product covers intake, approvals, purchase order generation and invoice matching, and syncs to ERPs 12. Running two approval systems means every purchase is approved twice.
Matching is the hard partverify source
A card transaction rarely has the purchase order number on it. Decide the rule that ties it to an approved order.
Card spend can precede approvalverify source
Cards can be used before an order is approved. Decide how that exception is treated.
One vendor masterverify source
Vendor details edited in two systems will diverge. Decide which owns them.
Scopes are narrow on purposeverify source
Request only the API scopes the sync needs.
Security and access
Ramp moves money, so access to its API should be narrow and well controlled.
- Request only the API scopes the sync needs and store credentials as secrets.verify source
- Prefer read access for transactions and write access only for approved purchases.verify source
- Procurement VMS describes its own security posture as SOC 2 Type II aligned and CCPA compliant, with role-based access control 3. Ask for current security documentation during scoping.
Related integrations and guides
Other systems in the same category, and the workflow guides that explain the processes this connection touches.
Ramp integration FAQ
Procurement VMS has not yet confirmed its Ramp integration, so there is no published support to point to. Use the form on this page and we'll tell you the current status for your setup.
Through Ramp's developer API, authorized with OAuth 2.0 and scoped access. The integration passes approved purchases to Ramp and reads transactions to match them.
Typically approved purchases, card transactions, vendors and accounting codes. Direction is set per record type. The table above shows the proposed split.
Scope sets the timeline: what moves, whether it moves one way or both, and how much mapping your Ramp setup needs. Procurement VMS states that the platform as a whole typically goes live in 4 to 8 weeks 3. The Ramp connection is scoped within that timeline.
Yes, with a rule that ties a transaction to an approved order, because the order number is rarely on the transaction itself.
Sources and how this page was verified
Facts about Ramp on this page were checked against Ramp's documentation on the date shown. Where only third-party integration documentation covers a behavior, the source is labelled third-party. Statements about Procurement VMS come from the company's published integration list; anything beyond that is confirmed with the product team before publishing. The Ramp integration has not been confirmed for publication, so this page is a review draft.
- Ramp: Procurementvendor documentation
- Ramp Help Center: Ramp Procurement quick start guidevendor documentation
- Procurement VMS: platform overview and integration listProcurement VMS
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