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    Kepion Planning

    Score7 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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    NMI Merchant Central

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ANMI Merchant Central, formerly IRIS CRM, is a payments-focused Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform for independent sales organizations, banks, payment facilitators, and software providers. It manages the merchant lifecycle from prospecting and onboarding through underwriting, boarding, support, residuals, reporting, and portfolio management.N/A
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    Kepion PlanningNMI Merchant Central
    Editions & Modules
    On premise Install
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    Cloud Planning
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kepion PlanningNMI Merchant Central
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlease contact us at sales@kepion.com for more details.
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    Features
    Kepion PlanningNMI Merchant Central
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Kepion Planning and NMI Merchant Central
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    NMI Merchant Central
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Kepion Planning and NMI Merchant Central
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    NMI Merchant Central
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Kepion Planning and NMI Merchant Central
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    NMI Merchant Central
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    Financial Statement Reporting6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Kepion Planning and NMI Merchant Central
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    13% below category average
    NMI Merchant Central
    -
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    Personalized dashboards6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Kepion Planning and NMI Merchant Central
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    NMI Merchant Central
    -
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    Flat file integration9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kepion PlanningNMI Merchant Central
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Kepion PlanningNMI Merchant Central
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kepion
    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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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    It’s been 2 years since IRIS CRM is supporting me by supporting my business and I have seen enormous progress in my business so far which is a really good sign and is enough for me to be satisfied with it. According to me and as I have observed it is fully loaded with many useful tools that can help in uplifting a business. Removes the manual cycle from me entering every people's hours exclusively. We really evaluated Bullhorn cover and tab it was not awful by any means.
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    Pros
    Kepion
    • 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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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    • the new clients can be onboarded within minutes and this stands out among other competitive applications
    • has ROI calculator within the website making it hassle free
    • Shows up risk flags of clients with special monitorX
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    Cons
    Kepion
    • 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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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    • Some minor design issues in the record communication interface. For example, replying to an existing email thread within the record set does not capture the entire communication or signatures.
    • Workflow customization is not easy for all users and can require some coding skills on the back end.
    • Linking forms from external websites is one feature that isn't very intuitive. Some leads are better inputted manually.
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    Usability
    Kepion
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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    It is a wonderful software with an automated messaging service. It has helped us in having a better knowledge of our customer’s needs, preferences, and habits, and by knowing all these we have improved our business. Security is my basic concern and the fact that it has a disabled human element from the business equation are the things that I don’t really like in it.
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    Support Rating
    Kepion
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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    It has enabled us to keep a record of the demographics of our clients and eventually we can develop a better understanding of our clients that will lead us to uplift our business. With its amazing sales tool, we have developed a strong relationship with our clients, and helped us in creating a good brand image. We really adore the convenience of managing and reporting data. It is quite easy to handle and all our business is depended on it and it helped us in gaining more loyal customers.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kepion
    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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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    The one thing I loved about the agreement express over AuditGenius was the organization of loans to be audited, it is very organised as per the client and his portfolio and shows up flags while the AuditGenius has the list and seems very odd. But also in customer usage, I found many of my business partners using agreement express for the quick onboarding and also for ROI which indeed gave me a strong feeling about the application.
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    Return on Investment
    Kepion
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    Network Merchants, LLC (NMI)
    • The cost is a bit higher than other options (~$1300/mo), which can be seen as a negative in an absolute sense.
    • The improvement in workflow management has been significant, and has saved at least 50 man-hours per week across our organization.
    • Accurate rolling sales data reporting has been critical in defining quality metrics. This benefit is more indirect, but it has allowed us to better respond to changes in customer complaint trending.
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