Twenty5

Project CPQ and cost estimating software built on SAP BTP

CPQ & Proposals Manufacturing & ERP www.twenty5.com

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Founded

2017

Starting Price

Fixed fee

About Twenty5

Twenty5 iPE (Intelligent Project Pricing & Estimating) is a Project CPQ platform for project-based businesses that runs as an add-on to SAP, built on SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP HANA. It pulls cost history from SAP ERP so proposal teams and cost estimators can build bottom-up estimates, set price-to-win targets, and route large bids through approval with a full basis of estimate. It targets aerospace and defense, engineering and construction, consulting, IT services, and machinery makers that bid projects worth $150K or more.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Built specifically for project-based CPQ, covering labor, materials, and services in one estimate rather than catalog product quoting
Reads SAP cost history directly, so estimates draw on real purchase and production order data instead of spreadsheets
Strong government contracting support: basis-of-estimate traceability for DFARS, TINA, and FAR 15.2, and a launch client that passed DCAA/DCMA review with no findings
Flexible hosting: Twenty5-hosted cloud, FedRAMP-certified SAP NS2, or on-premise, with SOC 2 Type 2 certification since 2023
Handles global, multi-currency proposals with automatic currency and calendar conversion

Cons

Requires an SAP landscape with cost data on SAP HANA (directly or via a sidecar), so it does not suit non-SAP shops
No public price list; Capterra's listed starting price of $6,250/month puts it out of reach for small firms
Implementations typically take 4-9 months to first go-live
Very few public reviews (2 on Capterra), so independent validation is limited
Interface is English-only; other languages are translated during implementation

Key Features

RFP Analysis with AI

Analyzes incoming RFPs with AI to break requirements down into scope that estimators can price.

Bottom-up cost estimating

Estimates labor, materials, equipment, travel, and other direct costs using historical purchase orders, production orders, and booked hours from SAP.

Price-to-win and design-to-cost targets

Combines AI-based price-to-win and top-down design-to-cost targets with bottom-up estimates to set proposal pricing.

Basis of estimate tracking

Records the source and method behind every cost estimate, with comments and change history on manual adjustments, to support DFARS 252.215-7002, TINA, and FAR 15.2 audits.

Supplier quotes

Captures subcontractor and vendor quotations and ties them to cost lines in the proposal.

Approval and submission workflow

Configurable workflows assign preparation, review, and approval of each estimate, with proposal version management.

Multi-currency global proposals

Rolls up inputs from global teams with local rates and currencies, keeping customer, company, and source currency views and supporting exchange-rate freezing and hedging buffers.

Capital project planning and forecasting

Extends estimates into capital project planning, funding, contract award, and forecasting with change tracking after the win.

SAP and CRM integration

Certified integration with SAP S/4HANA private and public cloud, plus SAP PPM and Ariba; Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics integrations are in certification, and REST/SOAP APIs connect other systems.