Board vs. Excel4apps

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Board
Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
BOARD is a business decision-making platform for organizations of any size. BOARD hosts several business modeling, planning, and analysis all in one cloud-based platform.N/A
Excel4apps
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Excel4apps is a business intelligence software offering from Excel4apps.N/A
Pricing
BoardExcel4apps
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BoardExcel4apps
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
BoardExcel4apps
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.7
94 Ratings
19% below category average
Excel4apps
6.3
4 Ratings
26% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports6.781 Ratings5.43 Ratings
Customizable dashboards6.794 Ratings6.13 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.787 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.7
99 Ratings
22% below category average
Excel4apps
7.6
4 Ratings
6% below category average
Drill-down analysis6.797 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Formatting capabilities5.995 Ratings9.24 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.767 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.490 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.1
91 Ratings
14% below category average
Excel4apps
6.4
3 Ratings
26% below category average
Publish to Web6.780 Ratings6.73 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.588 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Report Versioning6.781 Ratings5.83 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.579 Ratings6.23 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.2
74 Ratings
6% below category average
Excel4apps
6.7
2 Ratings
19% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.773 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.467 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.565 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.4
75 Ratings
17% below category average
Excel4apps
8.1
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.573 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.470 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.773 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.270 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.7
78 Ratings
18% below category average
Excel4apps
7.8
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access5.973 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Application5.858 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.969 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.4
80 Ratings
12% below category average
Excel4apps
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning7.375 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting7.579 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting6.776 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling8.272 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting7.578 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.2
75 Ratings
12% below category average
Excel4apps
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation8.171 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports6.572 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.462 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.463 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.457 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting6.769 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails6.666 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.0
78 Ratings
17% below category average
Excel4apps
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting7.473 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting6.777 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting6.774 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting7.471 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing6.651 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.3
80 Ratings
10% below category average
Excel4apps
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards7.579 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards7.475 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs6.777 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis7.473 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting7.572 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data7.463 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.4
78 Ratings
12% below category average
Excel4apps
-
Ratings
Flat file integration7.477 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration7.476 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.472 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Board
-
Ratings
Excel4apps
3.4
2 Ratings
80% below category average
REST API00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings5.72 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings5.92 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BoardExcel4apps
Small Businesses
IBM Planning Analytics
IBM Planning Analytics
Score 8.4 out of 10
BrightGauge
BrightGauge
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Centage
Centage
Score 9.6 out of 10
Reveal
Reveal
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Score 8.2 out of 10
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
BoardExcel4apps
Likelihood to Recommend
6.7
(100 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(5 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
6.9
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BoardExcel4apps
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Excel4apps
We have to calculate most all Lab / Pilot / Proposals sizing and results. The automated calculations in [Excel4apps] is awesome, as once you are familiar with them, it is easy to quickly implement them when needed.
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Pros
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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Excel4apps
  • Easy to install and maintain. After the initial installation, there is little involvement by the technical administrators.
  • Cloning production to a test environment does not require any additional setups unlike Oracle EBS which does.
  • Loading data and reporting on this data is handled via EXCEL spreadsheets which is the "language" of our financial users.
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Cons
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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Excel4apps
  • It is possible but difficult to retrieve data or set criteria from different module into a single report or retrieve. If it is more user friendly instead of having to create a complex formula to retrieve the data, this function will be utilized more often.
  • It will be nice to have visual (graphs, etc.) report template available
  • It is helpful if we can retrieve data for a range of date, instead of just YTD, PTD etc. and multi-year data all at once for comparison too.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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Excel4apps
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Usability
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.
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Excel4apps
I am not a power user of Excel. So I find Exel4apps a friendlier version of the things that I could do on Excel and making it easier with a magic wand.
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Performance
Board International
very fast and no integration problems
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Excel4apps
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Support Rating
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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Excel4apps
I have not needed support yet
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In-Person Training
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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Excel4apps
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Implementation Rating
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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Excel4apps
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Alternatives Considered
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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Excel4apps
Excel4apps is more user friendly and can retrieve data much easier and in a nicer format than Jaspersoft. Qlik Sense is useful and have more visual reporting and dashboard. However, it is usually used for higher level of analyses and review. Yardi is used for specific purpose, which is different than Excel4apps. Excel4apps can pull all the financial data from Oracle, including billing and collections.
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Return on Investment
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.
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Excel4apps
  • Increase team transparency
  • Increased reporting
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ScreenShots

Board Screenshots

Screenshot of PlanningScreenshot of Sales PlanningScreenshot of ProfitabilityScreenshot of GeomapScreenshot of ForecastScreenshot of Financial Plan