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    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions

    Score4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Syntellis Performance Solutions provides enterprise performance management software, data and analytics solution for healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and higher education institutions. Axiom arms finance teams and executives with tools for budgeting, forecasting, planning, and reporting, so they can analyze results, model the future, and make more strategic decisions. Their solutions include enterprise planning, cost and decision support, and financial and clinical…N/A

    Board

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Board is presented as an enterprise planning platform, offered as a solution to accelerate business performance and enable continuous planning with greater forecast accuracy to drive confident, aligned decisions.N/A
    Pricing
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Considered Both Products
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    No answer on this topic
    Board International
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    60%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    5.9
    6 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Board
    7.5
    77 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Long-term financial planning5.74 Ratings7.672 Ratings
    Financial budgeting7.76 Ratings7.676 Ratings
    Forecasting5.75 Ratings6.773 Ratings
    Scenario modeling3.85 Ratings8.369 Ratings
    Management reporting6.45 Ratings7.675 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    4.4
    5 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Board
    7.3
    72 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Financial data consolidation2.93 Ratings8.368 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting5.45 Ratings6.766 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails4.85 Ratings6.963 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.869 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.659 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.660 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.654 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    5.1
    6 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Board
    7.2
    75 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting6.85 Ratings7.670 Ratings
    Management Reporting5.65 Ratings6.974 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting5.15 Ratings6.971 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting3.94 Ratings7.668 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing4.22 Ratings6.948 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    3.8
    5 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Board
    7.4
    77 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Personalized dashboards3.85 Ratings7.676 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards4.84 Ratings7.672 Ratings
    KPIs5.14 Ratings6.974 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis1.03 Ratings7.670 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting4.63 Ratings7.669 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data3.53 Ratings7.460 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    6.0
    5 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Board
    7.4
    75 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Flat file integration5.05 Ratings7.474 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.44 Ratings7.473 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources4.54 Ratings7.369 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Board
    6.8
    91 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.778 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings6.991 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.984 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Board
    6.9
    96 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.994 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.292 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.964 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.687 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Board
    7.2
    88 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings6.977 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.285 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings6.978 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.676 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Board
    7.3
    71 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.970 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.664 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.662 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Board
    7.5
    72 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.671 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.467 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings6.970 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.367 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions and Board
    Feature
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Board
    6.9
    75 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.270 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings6.256 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.267 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Small Businesses
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (6 ratings)
    6.2
    (97 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (87 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (95 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance SolutionsBoard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    Axiom is extremely well suited to optimize the Budget process. Using Axiom, we have cut our overall budget cycle time in half and have a much higher level of accuracy in all facets of the Budget including Fee Income, Expense, and Margin. Axiom is also well suited for advanced data users as you have the ability to create your own custom database tables which allows you to join to the existing Axiom tables and has allowed us to create custom reporting that we could not even think about on our previous system. The other big benefit of Axiom is that it sits on top of Microsoft Excel and inherits all of its functionality, which most people have experience with.
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    Board International
    Board is a useful tool with a great set of features. We migrated from human apps to board and we find it relatively fast in search results and better-managed threads and forums. There are some areas, such as UI and interactions which could be improved but overall a great product. The learning section is also pretty good.
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    Pros
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    • Compared to a previous EPM we used, Axiom's template load and saving performance has been much better even for large plan files.
    • Axiom consultants can create completely customized reports for any of the collected data. Super users within your organization can then fairly easily modify their work to create additional reports without Axiom's help (and invoices)
    • Setting up user security is a fairly easy one-time task and very easy to maintain when people change departments, leave the organization, etc. I would recommend you use role-based security settings.
    • Compared to our previous EPM, Axiom allows more customization and possibilities for templates. There's very few "the product can't do that" statements.
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    Board International
    • The user interface is intuitive and easy to navigate
    • You don't need programming knowledge to create dashboards which is a great flex for non-technical users
    • You can seamlessly convert large, raw, and complex data to meaningful reports to visualize better and plan to act accordingly
    • The financial forecasting that Board provides post-analysis is truly reliable
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    Cons
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    • Implementation is quite Complex and requires both IT and Financial buy-in
    • Reporting solution has some learning curve for end users
    • Calculation methods within reporting can be opaque and hard to trace
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    Board International
    • Board BI tool has a steep learning curve and can be challenging for a new user to reach to board's full capacity.
    • We have to use a windows scheduler to schedule data import tasks; it would be great if Board could provide its own scheduler.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    No answers on this topic
    Board International
    Board is a fantastic product for swift BI solution delivery when compared with its peers. Ease of use, support and integration with Microsoft Office Addin open a wide horizon of opportunities for further enhancements to solutions. Easy bespoke app development capabilities make it a winner for us. BOARD is just like a white canvas, it lets you explore your creative side while designing and delivering a solution
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    No answers on this topic
    Board International
    From a user perspective, Board is quite simple to use. You
    can evaluate the presentation of the data, the navigation, the configuration of
    the users, the selection of the data etc ... It would have a better rating if
    it were even more intuitive as regards the construction of a project, starting
    from the database, to the info-cubes, to entities, to data acquisition
    procedures from other servers.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    No answers on this topic
    Board International
    very fast and no integration problems
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    Support Rating
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    For the scale of our implementation, Axiom only assigned two consultants who were both completely new to the company. It felt like we were all learning about the product together, when you would expect them to already be experts at their own product. The team also made a good bit of mistakes throughout production and go-live, which then caused more work internally for us. The team lead for our project also just left the company, so we'll see how next year's planning goes
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    Board International
    The only time I needed assistance was due to a problem in
    the prints: the colors of the brochures as they were on the screen were not
    reproduced in the print, but a series of standard colors were reproduced. This
    fact made colored numbers on a colored background illegible. From the
    assistance they confirmed that it was a problem of version 10.2 that occurred
    when leaving the brochures with the default colors proposed by Board. To obtain
    the desired colors, they had to be personalized ... I didn't like the solution
    very much and the technician who recommended it didn't like me either, but they
    would have solved the problem with the following versions. In any case, the
    assistance was quick and effective even if not exactly efficient.
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    In-Person Training
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    No answers on this topic
    Board International
    Board is fairly simple and straight forward. Advance training on workflows and procedures is a good one but the training content only touches through the interesting areas. training content needs to cover a few areas more in-depth
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    Implementation Rating
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    No answers on this topic
    Board International
    The problem of user profiling in our context is certainly
    quite complex. The complexity is given by the fact that the company is divided
    territorially into logistic points of sale, but at the same time they are
    virtually divided into divisions (or specific implementation areas) and points
    of sale of competence. The same operator can have access to data at different
    logistic sales points, sales points of competence and divisions.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    Axiom was selected based on the impression of ease of use and integration. It is capable of holding all of our entities data while giving us an easier more accessible way to deliver monthly Financials and reports to managers. Then in costing we signed up because the impression of budgeting.
    Incentivized
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    Board International
    Board has been more complete when compared to Anaplan. Although I didn't participate in the buying decision of any of those products I have used both and by far Board just has more features. It's more than a CPM, it's BI and CPM put together. If I had to make a choice now it would be Board.
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    Return on Investment
    Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
    • Forecasting has improved
    • Complexity of analysis has improved as well
    • Our main data has been confused as we started using Axiom
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    Board International
    • Board facilitates proactive decision making - it gives all the insights of the company's needs, which includes predictive analytics and manipulation of data to make different types of reports.
    • Easy to use for non-programmer and integration with other software is seamless. It has [the] ability to handle large amounts of data.
    • It facilitates advanced decision-making.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Board Screenshots

    Screenshot of Board allocation impact analysis: Compares profit and loss figures before and after allocations, with an EBITDA bridge and department cost breakdown.Screenshot of Board planning workflow: Shows group, local, and planner steps for drafts, scenarios, account entry, approvals, and publishing.Screenshot of Board management reporting dashboard: Summarises revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, and operating expenses, with performance trends and AI-generated variance analysis from the Board FP&A Agent.Screenshot of Board financial consolidation workflow: Maps the consolidation process from settings and data collection through adjustments, consolidation reporting, and final reporting.Screenshot of Board project forecasting dashboard: Tracks project and task progress against schedule, with status summaries, charts, and a project timeline.Screenshot of Board demand working plan review: Compares forecast and budget revenue, with quarterly variance charts, regional figures, and shows the Board Supply Chain Agent that can be used for risk and opportunity analysis.