We know that access to essential & premium software for your students & academic staff is critical. We want to help you overcome this challenges in a simple and efficient way.
That's why asknet Academics offers online portals & high quality distribution services specifically tailored to the software procurement processes of universities, schools & research institutions.
Discover the variety of products at best price in our public software shops
Our software shop for Academic & Research Institutions |
Software for students at special academic rates |
Affordable software for everyone |
asknet procurement portals are tailored to academic requirements and processes
Extensive range of products & manufacturers |
Efficient procurement, distribution & billing of software |
Precise access & rights management |
Automatic user authentication |
Management of campus & country licenses |
Integration of hardware master agreements |
Mapping of workflows & purchasing guidelines |
High level of automation & comprehensive back-end integration |
Audit-proof procurement history |
Web statistics on the entire & current procurement situation |
Hardware is staged with software from the portals |
Custom invoice & payment options |
50+ procurement portals in the DACH region
We are the market leader in the DACH region and supply 80% of all German universities with software.
We operate more than 50 procurement portals where a wide variety of software downloads are available for staff, students, teachers and pupils from research & teaching institutions throughout the DACH region.
Seamlessly integrated into your system environment
Thanks to a range of interfaces, our portals can be seamlessly integrated into your systems and processes
ERP systemsOur portals can be easily integrated into ordering systems such as SAP. This allows your buyers to jump directly from your sourcing system to the asknet procurement portal and use all the functions there without leaving the procurement process. |
SAM systemsWith the Transceiver, asknet provides a data export that allows you to conveniently import the data of your software assets from the asknet Procurement Portal into your SAM system. |
Identity providersasknet procurement portals can be connected to various identity providers such as Shibboleth and can thus be integrated with existing authentication systems. |
Our procurement principle
We’re experts in academic software procurement
As a spin-off from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and 25+ years of field experience, we’re experts in academic software procurement processes.
Would you like an expert consultation on your software procurement processes?
Get in touch with us for a free consultation