9 Spokes vs. Kepion Planning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
9 Spokes
Score 10.0 out of 10
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9 Spokes is a smart dashboard that is designed to help companies see their business more clearly. Key metrics across essential areas of the user’s business are displayed in one place, revealing exactly how it's performing. The vendor’s value proposition is that 9 Spokes makes it easier for companies to make the right calls to manage or grow their business. According to the vendor, key benefits for SMEs include: One smart dashboard for your cloud business apps…N/A
Kepion Planning
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Kepion is a cloud planning & analytics software company that connects all organizations' teams under a single view of their business performance. We enable more intelligent decisions to be made by companies about their financial and operational future. Kepion global offices and partners deliver rapid solutions for mid-size and enterprise customers. We make it possible for businesses to be empowered with real-time analytics, what-if scenario modeling, and the ability to model complex…
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Pricing
9 SpokesKepion Planning
Editions & Modules
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On premise Install
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
9 SpokesKepion Planning
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details9 Spokes is free to use - that’s joining, using the smart dashboard and connecting your apps to it. You'll only pay for any new apps you decide to purchase, but you can trial most of the app recommendations for free! If you want to purchase an app, we'll direct you to the app's website so you can sign up with them. If you sign up to a plan, you'll pay the apps directly and then you can connect the app to your dashboard.Please contact us at sales@kepion.com for more details.
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Features
9 SpokesKepion Planning
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Kepion Planning
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Customizable dashboards9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
7.0
1 Ratings
15% below category average
Kepion Planning
-
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Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Kepion Planning
-
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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
9.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Kepion Planning
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
8.0
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Kepion Planning
-
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Responsive Design for Web Access6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
-
Ratings
Kepion Planning
7.9
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
-
Ratings
Kepion Planning
7.5
2 Ratings
8% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
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Ratings
Kepion Planning
7.0
2 Ratings
17% below category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings6.82 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
-
Ratings
Kepion Planning
6.6
2 Ratings
20% below category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings6.22 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings6.22 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings6.22 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
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Ratings
Kepion Planning
8.9
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
9 SpokesKepion Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
9 SpokesKepion Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
9 Spokes International Limited
Good for letting your investors, employees and others know at a glance how your company is doing. The interface is clean and organized well. I just wish more of the app's functionality was available for testing and implementation. "Coming soon" is not really encouraging when we already have been waiting for a year or more.
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Kepion Inc.
The solution works extremely well for companies in complicated operations or with the ambition to forecast their operations on a driver based way or wanting to have the ability to create different scenarios based on external or internal drivers. It is a perfect piece of an existing analytical infrastructure (DWH/BI) lacking a planning solution on top.
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Pros
9 Spokes International Limited
  • Grouping several apps in one place for easy viewing.
  • Clean dashboard interface that looks uncluttered when viewing several apps at once.
  • Setting up the apps is a breeze when the platform supports them.
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Kepion Inc.
  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Kepion provides all budgeting, forecasting and actuals information in one, collaborative environment.
  • Analysis: It is easy to traverse across your entire budgeting and forecasting spectrum in Kepion, unearthing insights that would be hidden from you in other tools.
  • Workflow: Kepion's workflow management is simple and clear.
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Cons
9 Spokes International Limited
  • Integration with apps that are listed. Some of them are not supported yet and it seems the wait is taking longer than I'd like.
  • iPhone support. It would be nice to have this in the app store. Not available as of 04/25/2018.
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Kepion Inc.
  • Silverlight functionality is outdated which makes the front end solution a little bit old compared to latest UI. They will be tackling it in Q2 2018, but it leaves users wanting for more.
  • Reporting functionalities: Are not state of the art, we recommend users creating official reports within Kepion, but focusing on Tableau or PowerBI for reporting purposes as this is not and will never be Kepion strengths compared to the likes of Tableau.
  • Being customizable is great, however, the solution is not an out-of-the-box solution and does require a little integration to work. For smaller companies (under 5M USD) I would still recommend Excel.
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Support Rating
9 Spokes International Limited
Support was helpful in the beginning but no longer needed because I didn't use the software as much. The experience that I did have with support was very friendly but not enough to give a good review. If the support team was called for initial setup, video chat or messenger app was used.
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Kepion Inc.
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Alternatives Considered
9 Spokes International Limited
I actually chose QuickBooks (currently using) and Method (used for a month) before deciding that 9 Spokes is just good for looking at a few apps in one place. I'll keep checking back with them to see if they have improved. I wouldn't be surprised if 9 Spokes improves their product within the next 6-12 months.
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Kepion Inc.
Kepion is in a unique position in that it has all of the enterprise-grade functionality and scalability of a tool like Cognos, but it is available at a lower price point, with much more engaged support.
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