Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions vs. Microsoft Power BI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
Score 7.9 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
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
Chose Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
Vena was a strong product, but only our department within the University used it for budgeting. The entire university chose Axiom for the increased scale and capacity. The loading and saving performance of Axiom is slightly better than Vena. Also, Axiom provides more …
Microsoft Power BI
Chose Microsoft Power BI
First of all, Power BI is a fraction of the price of Tableau. Secondly, I found Tableau to be much less user-friendly than Power BI. Tableau is great if your organization wants to completely control BI and centralize it in the hands of highly skilled data analysts and IT …
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Features
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Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
5.9
6 Ratings
32% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Ratings
Long-term financial planning5.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting5.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling3.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting6.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
4.4
5 Ratings
56% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Ratings
Financial data consolidation2.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting5.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails4.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
5.1
6 Ratings
43% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting6.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting5.65 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting5.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting3.94 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing4.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
3.8
5 Ratings
72% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Personalized dashboards3.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards4.84 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting4.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data3.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
6.0
5 Ratings
31% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Ratings
Flat file integration5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources4.54 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.3
192 Ratings
2% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.3163 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.8191 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.0174 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Microsoft Power BI
7.9
190 Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.2187 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.7187 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.3139 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.5185 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.1
183 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.3173 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.2168 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.7140 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.2143 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.9106 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Microsoft Power BI
7.8
183 Ratings
1% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.2177 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.1162 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.4132 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
Access Control and Security
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
174 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.8164 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.5142 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.4154 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.443 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.7136 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
156 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.8146 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.7127 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.0149 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
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Axiom Software by Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.8
112 Ratings
0% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.2100 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.681 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.966 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.587 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
5.6
(6 ratings)
8.5
(194 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(110 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.7
(52 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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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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Microsoft
Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
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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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Microsoft
  • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
  • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
  • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
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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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Microsoft
  • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
  • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
  • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
  • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
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Likelihood to Renew
Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
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Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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Usability
Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
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Microsoft
Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
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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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Microsoft
It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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Implementation Rating
Syntellis Performance Solutions (formerly Kaufman Hall Software)
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Microsoft
It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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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.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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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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Microsoft
  • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
  • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
  • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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