Sedex review

Sedex is a supply chain due diligence and risk management platform. It helps companies map suppliers across tiers, assess supplier and site risks, manage audits and corrective actions, and report on due diligence. The product description says risk assessments use country, sector, site and verified audit data.

Audits are a core part of the offer. Sedex supports SMETA and other social audits to capture evidence about working conditions. Teams can track non-compliances and corrective actions, share improvement guidance with suppliers, and export reports and evidence for regulators, customers or boards. Sedex also says its data can be integrated into other systems.

The platform serves both sides of a supply chain: suppliers can share data with customers, while buyers use Sedex to assess supply chains. That distinction matters when comparing costs. Supplier memberships have listed annual prices; buyer memberships require a custom quote.

Sedex covers a connected due diligence workflow rather than just audit scheduling: supply chain mapping, risk assessment, audit evidence, corrective actions and stakeholder reporting sit within the same offer. Its stated risk inputs include country, sector, site and verified audit data, while its mapping aims to show visibility from direct suppliers through to raw materials. That gives buyers a basis for identifying where to focus audits and follow-up.

For suppliers, the listed membership terms are unusually clear about sharing access. The pricing information we reviewed lists Standard Supplier Membership at £224 per site per year, or £18.67 per site per month when expressed as a monthly equivalent. It includes unlimited customer connections, unlimited users, multi-customer data sharing and Supplier Benchmarking. Supplier Plus costs £374 per site per year, equivalent to £31.17 per site per month, and adds priority directory listing and ESG e-learning modules.

Those per-site prices make supplier costs easier to estimate than buyer costs. Standard members can also add Supplier Plus for £150 per year. Sedex’s reporting and system-integration features may help teams distribute audit evidence beyond the platform, though the published information does not specify integration options or technical limits.

The main buying obstacle is the buyer price. Sedex lists Buyer Membership and Buyer/Supplier Membership at custom annual prices based on annual sales turnover, with a one-off setup fee. Seat limits are not published, so a buyer cannot calculate the full cost from the public information alone. Get a quote before comparing Sedex with another platform.

Supplier pricing is more transparent, but it is charged per site and billed annually; monthly prices are not published. A supplier with many sites should calculate the annual total rather than rely on the monthly equivalent. Standard does not include Supplier Plus features unless the supplier pays an additional £150 per year.

Audit costs add another layer. The listed platform fee is £199 per SMETA audit or £250 per non-SMETA audit, and third-party audit fees are billed separately. UK-based companies may also owe VAT. The pricing information gives no free plan, and a free trial is not published. Finally, the published details do not state specific integration names, seat allowances for buyers, or mapping and reporting caps, so those points need confirming during a demo or quote.

Sedex’s Standard Supplier Membership is £224 per site per year, equivalent to £18.67 per site per month. Supplier Plus costs £374 per site per year, or £31.17 per month on the same annual basis—a £150, roughly 67%, increase. Both list unlimited users and customer connections; Plus adds priority directory listing and ESG e-learning modules. Prices are billed annually, and monthly billing prices are not published.

Standard suppliers can add Supplier Plus for £150 per year, bringing the listed annual cost to £374 per site—the same as the Plus membership price. Audit platform fees are extra: £199 per SMETA audit or £250 per non-SMETA audit. Third-party audit fees are billed separately, and UK companies may owe VAT.

Buyer and Buyer/Supplier memberships have custom annual prices based on annual sales turnover, plus a one-off setup fee. Seat limits are not published. Ask Sedex for a quote before comparing buyer plans; the supplier rates do not tell you what buyer access will cost.

Plan the move around supplier and site records, risk assessments, audit evidence, and corrective actions. Those are central to Sedex’s mapping and due-diligence workflows, but the published information does not describe an import process or migration service. Before switching in, ask Sedex what it can import and what your team must recreate; integration options are listed, but supported systems and setup details are not published.

If you switch out, Sedex lists report and evidence exports. That does not establish whether you can export every underlying record, in what format, or how audit and corrective-action histories transfer. Confirm those points before signing, and retain copies of evidence you need for customers or regulators.

We don’t have Reddit posts in the published material, so we can’t verify common user-reported reasons for leaving. Treat claims about lock-in or recurring complaints as unverified until you check current user discussions.