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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    IBM Planning Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIBM Planning Analytics, powered by IBM TM1®, is an integrated planning solution designed to promote collaboration across the organization and help keep pace with the speed of modern business. With its calculation engine, this enterprise performance management solution is designed to help users move beyond the limits of spreadsheets, automating the planning process to drive faster, more accurate results. Use it to unify data sources into one single repository, enabling users to build…

    $825

    per month 5 users

    Pricing
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $825
    per month 5 users
    Standard
    $1,650
    per month 10 users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Board International
    Chose Board
    Board tools are well arranged and very accessible by the user. Board capabilities that enable effective Cloud marketing of various business or products are effective and also its data analytics is the best. Board allows reports creation and easy reports distribution among …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    140 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    125 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    137 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    116 Answers
    Features
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    6.8
    91 Ratings
    10% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    6.8
    127 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.778 Ratings6.8111 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.991 Ratings6.8127 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.984 Ratings6.7120 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    6.9
    96 Ratings
    11% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    7.7
    134 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Drill-down analysis6.994 Ratings8.2131 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.292 Ratings7.3132 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.964 Ratings7.9102 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.687 Ratings7.4129 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.2
    88 Ratings
    10% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    7.9
    126 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Publish to Web6.977 Ratings7.3118 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.285 Ratings8.5119 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.978 Ratings7.8115 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.676 Ratings8.1105 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.3
    71 Ratings
    0% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    7.6
    129 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.970 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.664 Ratings7.7118 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.662 Ratings7.8116 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.31 Ratings6.848 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.5
    72 Ratings
    11% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    8.5
    134 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.671 Ratings8.5132 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.467 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.970 Ratings8.4133 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.367 Ratings8.7125 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.760 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    6.9
    75 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    7.5
    113 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.270 Ratings7.5110 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.256 Ratings7.670 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.267 Ratings6.783 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.5
    77 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    8.3
    146 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Long-term financial planning7.672 Ratings8.0142 Ratings
    Financial budgeting7.676 Ratings8.3144 Ratings
    Forecasting6.773 Ratings8.7142 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.369 Ratings8.6141 Ratings
    Management reporting7.675 Ratings7.9141 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.3
    72 Ratings
    6% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    8.3
    135 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Financial data consolidation8.368 Ratings9.0128 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.869 Ratings9.1117 Ratings
    Multi-currency management7.659 Ratings8.4122 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.660 Ratings8.5117 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.654 Ratings7.5110 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting6.766 Ratings7.4126 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails6.963 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.2
    75 Ratings
    12% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    8.2
    136 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting7.670 Ratings7.6131 Ratings
    Management Reporting6.974 Ratings8.0132 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting6.971 Ratings8.6135 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting7.668 Ratings8.2123 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing6.948 Ratings8.588 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.4
    77 Ratings
    2% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    8.1
    138 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Personalized dashboards7.676 Ratings8.2136 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards7.672 Ratings7.9131 Ratings
    KPIs6.974 Ratings7.7134 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis7.670 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting7.669 Ratings8.3131 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.460 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
    Feature
    Board
    7.4
    75 Ratings
    9% below category average
    IBM Planning Analytics
    9.0
    136 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Flat file integration7.474 Ratings8.9133 Ratings
    Excel data integration7.473 Ratings9.2133 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.369 Ratings8.8125 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    Small Businesses
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Centage
    Score9.4 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
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.2
    (97 ratings)
    8.0
    (147 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (70 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (93 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)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.3
    (87 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    6.3
    (95 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BoardIBM Planning Analytics
    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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    IBM
    Overall, I rate IBM Planning Analytics 8/10 because it provides substantial value for complex, repeatable enterprise Finance planning and analysis. I would rate it even higher with a simpler business-user experience, easier model maintenance and troubleshooting, stronger data integration, and more AI-driven capabilities to automatically identify and explain financial variances.
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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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    • Certain accounts (Sales (incl. Sales Reductions), SG&A) are loaded centrally based on ERP data, reducing manual input and potential errors
    • While some accounts (mainly resources, PCOS, variances and OOIE) will continue to be filled manually into IBM Planning Analytics. This shift will allow for a more integrated approach to data management
    • The central sales tool for all scenarios (ACT, CF, CFM, and BP), offering both a consolidated overview as well as detailed data for non‑consolidated entities or total entity sales (including internal sales). The system provides all key sales KPIs, including growth rates
    • Web-based workflow to support controllers with the MBR (Monthly Business Report) creation and submission
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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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    • sometimes it is hard to produce pixel perfect reports from the Web UI. I know it is not made for this, but still, it'll be great
    • getting in e.g. an Excel file just by drag and drop, and the AI should "understand" what the data is all around
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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
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Since IBM Cognos Express is suitable only for medium data warehouse environment, we are not sure if this tool solves the long term need as the business keeps growing rapidly. So its a 50/50 ratio to renew Express license. But having said that, the components of IBM Cognos Express are also available in other Cognos BI suites like Cognos 10.x version. So we will probably upgrade our environment to IBM Cognos 10.x which comes with more new features.
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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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    IBM
    IBM Planning Analytics is generally good in terms of functionalities. It can be used reduce time for budget planning, resource planning, demand forecasting, etc. The performance of IBM Planning Analytics is acceptable, but user interface can be improved. It would be good to see new features that allow users to customise the dashboard.
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    Performance
    Board International
    very fast and no integration problems
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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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    IBM
    IBM support has been very quick to respond and handle the very few issues we've had. We've had a third-party who partners with IBM to be our consulting team which has helped greatly reduce the need for us to contact IBM directly. I highly recommend researching and selecting a well-respected partner to help with an implementation as well as ongoing support as needed.
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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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    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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    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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    IBM
    For strong technical teams and flexibility IBM Planning Analytics is the way to go. For quicker adoption and less technical teams Anaplan is the best option. If consolidation, financials, and moving from legacy tools are main focus than OneStream will be a really good choice. If deeply invested into SAP already than the SAP BPC will be the best fit to maintain the investment.
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    Scalability
    Board International
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    IBM
    it's built for large enterprise rollouts to many users, with on-premises, cloud and hybrid options. The query service is mature and uses caching, and governance and security hold up at scale.
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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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    IBM
    • Automate direct data connections to multiple data sources
    • One secured version of the the truth (for data and formulas)
    • Ability to scale to much more detailed planning with option to create predictive forecasts at detail
    • Business user friendly with powerful Excel integration
    • Very flexible and powerful modeling, can handle custom modeling needs at scale
    • Can make the same data available across finance and ops, but at the level of details and timeline that makes sense for them
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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.

    IBM Planning Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workflow managementScreenshot of Income statementScreenshot of Margin analysisScreenshot of Metrics managementScreenshot of Income statementScreenshot of Expense analysis