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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

    Limelight Software

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Limelight is a cloud-based FP&A platform designed to increase collaboration, productivity and time spent making intelligent, data-driven business decisions. The software integrates with ERP systems to centralize and leverage data to provide real-time insights for budgeting, forecasting and reporting. Budget managers can use Limelight to plan and forecast by designing and managing their own budget sheets with its interface. They collaborate across departments in real-time and…N/A
    Pricing
    BoardLimelight Software
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoardLimelight Software
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    BoardLimelight Software
    Considered Both Products
    Board International
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    Limelight Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BoardLimelight Software
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    6.8
    91 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.778 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.991 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.984 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    6.9
    96 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.994 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.292 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.964 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.687 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.2
    88 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web6.977 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.285 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.978 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.3
    71 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.664 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.662 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.5
    72 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.671 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.467 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.367 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    6.9
    75 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.270 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.256 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.5
    77 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning7.572 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting6.773 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.369 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting7.675 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.3
    72 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation8.368 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.869 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management7.659 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.660 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.654 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting6.766 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails6.963 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.2
    75 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting7.670 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting6.974 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting6.971 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting7.668 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing6.948 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.4
    77 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Personalized dashboards7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards7.672 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs6.974 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis7.670 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting7.669 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.460 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Board and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Board
    7.4
    75 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
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    Flat file integration7.474 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration7.473 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.369 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BoardLimelight Software
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BoardLimelight Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.2
    (97 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    6.3
    (95 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
    BoardLimelight Software
    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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    Limelight Software
    Limelight is well suited for reporting, especially if you're GL is integrated with it. I've been able to create many different types of reports for a wide user base. It's easy to copy reports and change them based on different scenarios. Limelight has been great as a replacement for Excel for forecasting and budgeting. We have many users updating their individual forecasts, which then get consolidated. Previously, we would have to manually consolidated many Excel workbooks. Now this is done automatically by Limelight. Limelight struggles with processing speed if you create more complex reports/templates. I've asked how to speed up reports and most of the response is to make them less complex or have less people using the templates, neither of which work well for us as a solution. The help desk response use to be much better in the past. They have struggled in this area recently.
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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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    Limelight Software
    • Agile reporting
    • Collaborative forecasting and budgeting
    • Up to date reporting with GL integration
    Incentivized
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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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    Limelight Software
    • Complex template speed
    • Customer service response - was good initially, but has become worse recently
    • Formatting options in charts
    Incentivized
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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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    Limelight Software
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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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    Limelight Software
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    Performance
    Board International
    very fast and no integration problems
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    Limelight Software
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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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    Limelight Software
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Limelight Software
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Limelight Software
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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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    Limelight Software
    Felt modern. Liked how it was similar to Excel. Liked the flexibility.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Limelight Software
    • Limelight has helped us increase the speed of our forecasting, budgeting, and reporting
    • Limelight has helped us create models to look at many years in the future.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Board Screenshots

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

    Limelight Software Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example visualization, used to show an audience the story behind the data in an elegant and compelling way.Screenshot of the workspace that brings Excel and the Web together, automatically consolidating financial and operational data for immediate analysis.Screenshot of dashboards that provide a central location for users to access, interact and analyze up-to-date information through interactive reports so they can make data-driven decisions.Screenshot of Limelight's self-service reporting, which allows users to create their own reports, dashboards and ad-hoc queries, which in turn allows for decision making that is based on key figures and trends.Screenshot of Limelight Workforce Planning's direct integrations with Payroll and HR systems, giving users up-to-date headcount data and automatically calculating taxes, benefits & bonuses.