PlaidCloud

PlaidCloud, developed by Tartan Solutions Inc., is a data analytics platform designed to assist businesses in analyzing, integrating, and visualizing their data. According to the vendor, PlaidCloud offers solutions for intercompany and transfer pricing, enterprise profitability, supply chain management, and data wrangling. The platform is suitable for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. It is aimed at professionals such as financial analysts, business analysts, data scientists, supply chain managers, and finance managers across various industries.

Key Features

Connect: According to the vendor, PlaidCloud allows users to rapidly assemble and integrate datasets from different sources, including flat files, internal databases, and publicly available data. The platform offers quick configuration of connectors with minimal setup.

Collaborate: PlaidCloud is designed to facilitate collaboration among global teams in a secure and controlled workspace, enabling rapid development and knowledge sharing. The vendor claims that team members can be onboarded without incurring incremental license costs.

Enrich: PlaidCloud enables users to create repeatable workflows for performing data transformations on datasets of any size. The platform provides low-code data transforms specifically designed for finance and supply chain operations. According to the vendor, PlaidCloud also offers native support for multi-dimensional data and the ability to build sophisticated analytics models using Python data science libraries.

Deploy: Users of PlaidCloud can schedule workflows to run on a routine basis or conditionally. The platform also offers the capability to automatically pull data from ERP and other source systems.

Visualize: PlaidCloud allows users to build and share dashboards, with the ability to drag and drop configuration of charts, dashboards, and filters. The platform integrates directly with Excel and can be shared with other enterprise business intelligence tools. According to the vendor, PlaidCloud provides access to live data in reports and dashboards without the need to export to alternate business intelligence systems.

Scale: PlaidCloud is designed to handle massive data volumes efficiently. The vendor claims that the platform's AI-managed infrastructure automatically adjusts resources for optimal performance.

Intercompany & Transfer Pricing: According to the vendor, PlaidCloud enables users to generate and post invoicing across multiple systems. The platform provides functionality to define, monitor, and analyze transfer pricing transactions with greater efficiency.

Enterprise Profitability: PlaidCloud is said to assist businesses in unveiling the total cost for a competitive pricing advantage. The platform enables users to calculate net margin by customer, channel, and product, providing cost transparency and visibility into fully delivered cost. The vendor claims that PlaidCloud also offers the ability to optimize margins with stacked margin analysis.

Supply Chain: PlaidCloud offers seamless monitoring for even the most complex supply chains. The platform aims to achieve cost transparency and optimize supply chain operations. It provides functionality such as bill of materials (BOM) costing for manufacturing and product development, as well as supplier spend management for managing spending on goods and services.

Data Wrangling: PlaidCloud allows users to import data from various sources, including CSV, fixed width, SAS7BDAT, Quandl, HTML, JSON, SQL, and more. The platform also provides the capability to export data to different formats, such as CSV, Excel, PDF, and more. According to the vendor, PlaidCloud offers table-based data transformations and the ability to automate data wrangling workflows.