Wanna / AI agents for distributors
AI agents for distributors: 6 compared
Written by Wanna AI. Updated 17 Oct 2026. Checked on 17 Oct 2026, refreshed every 30 days. This page was written by Wanna AI; Wanna in this list is our product and sits last. The other five are alphabetical, not scored. We ran none of them. Every line is what the vendor's own page said that day, and the match rates are the vendors' own claims. Open each link before you decide.
Short answer. For a distributor, an "agent" is software that reads a customer's email, PDF or spreadsheet, finds the items in your catalog, applies the customer's pricing and drafts a quote or order for your ERP. Distro, Mercura, Proton.ai and Workist do that; Hexa adds purchasing, invoice matching and customer-service agents. Distro, Hexa, Mercura, Proton.ai and Workist each say in some form that a person reviews or approves the work, from reviewing every draft (Proton.ai) to handling only the exceptions (Distro, Hexa). No vendor printed a price.
How we chose
- The vendor's own page says its agents work for distributors, or for technical and industrial ones.
- We wrote down the jobs it names, the ERPs it names, whether a person reviews the output, and the price. "Not shown" means the page did not say.
- Vendors also publish "best of" lists that rank themselves first. We did not use any ranking, only each vendor's own page.
The six
| Agent | What it does | ERPs it names | Does a person review? | Honest minuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distro | Quotes and order entry from RFQs, bid lists and POs; a sales chat agent; a support agent for web stores; spec takeoff; accounts payable | Epicor Prophet 21 and Eclipse, Infor CSD, SX and FACTS, NetSuite, Acumatica, DDI, SAP | Yes, in part: "your team reviews the exceptions instead of every transaction"; "Your team approves" | No price; "92%+ item match accuracy" is its own claim |
| Hexa | Four agents: sales (quotes from emails, PDFs and calls), procurement (shortage flags, vendor comparison, RFQs, POs), finance (invoice matching, collections), customer (order status, returns) | SAP, NetSuite, Dynamics, Epicor, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive | Partly: the page says your team "only sees what actually needs a human" and handles exceptions | No price; says quotes go out without the team touching the ERP, which you may not want |
| Mercura | Reads emails, attachments, bills of quantities and tenders, matches items, prices them and prepares quotes and orders | SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, proALPHA, Infor, Oracle NetSuite and Salesforce (on its integrations page) | Yes, in part: quotes are "checked for inconsistencies" and come back "ready-to-review" | No price; built for technical distributors such as HVAC, electrical, building materials and industrial supplies |
| Proton.ai | Turns emails, PDFs, spreadsheets and handwritten notes into draft quotes and orders with contract pricing | Epicor Prophet 21 and Eclipse, Infor SX.e, SAP S/4HANA and ECC, NetSuite, IBM AS/400, "20+ others" | Yes: reps review each draft; optional auto-approve rules | No price (the page says "Talk to our team"); its "85% first-time match rate" is its own claim |
| Workist | An order agent that reads PDFs, emails, spreadsheets and images, checks them against master data and sends them to the ERP | SAP, Dynamics NAV and Business Central, Sage 100, Oracle, Epicor, PRO ALPHA, abas, NetSuite | Yes: it asks your team for a decision when unsure | No price; "100% accurate" routing is a vendor claim we could not test |
| Wanna | Reads your site and drafts outreach to new buyers: letters, posts and ads, which wait for your OK | None | Yes: it waits for your OK; sending letters is off until you turn it on | Not a distribution agent: no catalog, quotes or orders. Early: 3 companies, 0 paying (live) |
By job
Quotes and orders from messy requests: Distro, Mercura or Proton.ai. Orders into the ERP with a review step: Proton.ai or Workist. Purchasing and invoices as well as sales: Hexa. Finding customers you do not yet sell to: Wanna. Reading orders only: AI order processing software. Rep advice and the ERP itself: AI for wholesale distributors.
What Wanna is and is not
Wanna does not touch your catalog or ERP. It reads your website, proposes who to write to and why, and drafts the letter for your OK (approve or autonomous). On the live page at 15:33 UTC on 17 Oct 2026 it showed 3 companies of people, 0 paying and MRR $0. It is here for the step before the order. Start free with your site link.
What this list does not replace
It does not replace a pilot on your own inbound orders: we read vendor pages and measured no match rate. It does not replace your ERP, your pricing rules, or a person who checks a quote before a large customer sees it. It does not replace a quote from each vendor, since none printed a price.
Sources read on 17 Oct 2026
The vendor pages linked in the table, and for Mercura its integrations page: Distro, Hexa, Mercura, Proton.ai, Workist, and Wanna's own live page.
FAQ
What are AI agents for distributors? Software that reads an inbound request, matches items to your catalog, applies customer pricing and drafts a quote or order for your ERP; some, like Hexa, also cover purchasing and invoices.
What is the best AI agent for a distributor? We do not rank them. The By job section sorts the six by task, and none printed a price or an independent accuracy figure.
Can an AI agent enter orders into my ERP? Distro, Hexa, Mercura, Proton.ai and Workist name ERPs they work with, such as Epicor, Infor, SAP and NetSuite. Proton.ai says a rep reviews each draft before it posts.
Do AI agents replace order entry staff? The pages we read do not say so. Proton.ai says "the human stays in control", Workist says it asks your team when unsure, and Distro and Hexa say your team handles the exceptions.
How much do AI agents for distributors cost? None of the five vendors printed a price. Proton.ai invites you to talk to its team to get pricing and packaging.
Does Wanna quote or take orders for a distributor? No. It drafts outreach to find new buyers, and that minus is in the table.
How often is this list updated? Every 30 days, from the vendors' own pages.
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