Board vs. Xactly AlignStar

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Board
Score 7.8 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
Xactly AlignStar
Score 5.9 out of 10
N/A
Xactly AlignStar® utilizes a map-based interface to enable territory planning that equips sales organizations to build and optimize balanced territories that align with company goals.N/A
Pricing
BoardXactly AlignStar
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BoardXactly AlignStar
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
BoardXactly AlignStar
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.4
93 Ratings
20% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports6.380 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards6.493 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.486 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.4
98 Ratings
25% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Drill-down analysis6.496 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities5.594 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.466 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.289 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.8
90 Ratings
18% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Publish to Web6.479 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.287 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning6.480 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.378 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.0
73 Ratings
9% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.472 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.366 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.364 Ratings00 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
7.2
74 Ratings
19% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)7.372 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.472 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.169 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.4
77 Ratings
19% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access5.572 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application5.557 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.568 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.2
79 Ratings
14% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Long-term financial planning7.274 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting7.278 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting6.475 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling8.171 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting7.377 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.0
74 Ratings
13% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation8.070 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports6.371 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.261 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.256 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting6.468 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails6.365 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.7
77 Ratings
20% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting7.272 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting6.476 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting6.373 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting7.270 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing6.350 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.1
79 Ratings
12% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Personalized dashboards7.378 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards7.274 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs6.476 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis7.272 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting7.371 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data7.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.2
77 Ratings
14% below category average
Xactly AlignStar
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Ratings
Flat file integration7.276 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration7.275 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.271 Ratings00 Ratings
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BoardXactly AlignStar
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Score 8.2 out of 10

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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
BoardXactly AlignStar
Likelihood to Recommend
6.3
(99 ratings)
6.0
(9 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)
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
BoardXactly AlignStar
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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Xactly Corp
If you have reps and need territories assigned geographically then AlignStar is a great option. While we do not have reps in the field, I can see how powerful it can be in aligning territories not only based on estimated revenue or some other metric but also with rep location and driving in mind.
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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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Xactly Corp
  • Detailed label options by ZIP code. I know the immediate impact of moving a single ZIP code.
  • Territory Optimizer. If we are having trouble figuring out the correct configuration for a particular area, its helpful to see what the program suggests. It may come up with something we hadn't thought of yet.
  • Custom layers. I am able to mark the previous territory boundaries, so if we want to undo a change, I know exactly where we started from.
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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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Xactly Corp
  • Easier functionality to label the territories. We currently still use the desktop app and labels for any feature are rather small and not intuitive.
  • Speed of the application. The desktop version we currently use tends to be a bit slower and runs into the "application not responding" issue quite often.
  • Ability for the desktop version to automatically update Salesforce. It would be nice if I could have Alignstar update a field on an account record in Salesforce when I make updates in Alignstar.
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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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Xactly Corp
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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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Xactly Corp
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Performance
Board International
very fast and no integration problems
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Xactly Corp
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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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Xactly Corp
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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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Xactly Corp
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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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Xactly Corp
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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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Xactly Corp
Javelin is another tool that we have used to assist us with territory alignment. Great tool. AlignStar is on par with Javelin.
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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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Xactly Corp
  • Easy to continuously plan forward for any potential changes by playing around with the optimization software. Able to more easily adapt our sales team and plan forward
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ScreenShots

Board Screenshots

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

Xactly AlignStar Screenshots

Screenshot of Optimizer and "What If" Analysis
Visualize optimal sales territory alignment, leveraging securely uploaded data and "what if" scenarios.Screenshot of Alignment Report Card
View a grade of current sales territory alignment based on set metrics to see if current alignment is optimized for company goals.Screenshot of Interactive Map-Based Interface
Visualize customer and prospect potential in order to place sales reps in the highest concentration locations.