Budibase vs. OnPlan

Even though its a solid tool I think for now it is best suited to create some relatively complex apps but not best suited to build very complex apps where you need to manipulate data during runtime. But they are actively developing the produt and push updates on the regular basis which makes me feel optimistic about their future.

Incentivized

OnPlan is well suited for finance teams looking to maintain control of their corporate/financial models. Every model can be exported to Excel. In particular, for early-stage to mid-stage companies, OnPlan provides a powerful and inexpensive solution that allows for automation and customization. Another strong argument for OnPlan is their experienced CSM/IM team that helps to build the first model and acts as a sounding board with insights to improve the models. OnPlan might be less powerful for large organizations operating across multiple divisions, countries, and entities as this requires sophisticated consolidation processes and standardization, which might be difficult to maintain with OnPlan. Implementations depending on complexity can take longer due to the customization options and plethora of options to make models more accurate.

Incentivized

• Can connect REST APIs
• Can define User Roles
• Open Source so you can host it yourself if you prefer
• They have a component called reapeater field which is extreamly useful in cases you want to iterate UI component on you table

Incentivized

• Integration with QBO and SFDC
• Integration with Google sheets and presentations
• User friendly and polished UE
• Easy Excel like syntax for modelling
• Flexibility to create custom formulas
• User roles and permissions
• Handling of fiscal year vs. calendar as well as switching between monthly/quarterly views

Incentivized

• Building UI even though simple, it gets tougher when you want to build a complex one. The way they have implemented data sources in the UI is bit rigid.
• you can not use JS in all the components to manipulate data which makes it less dynamic compared to say AppSmith.

Incentivized

• Chart library or templates to quickly create polished Google charts
• More collaboration features for comments and questions to team members

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Incentivized

OnPlan provided the best tradeoff for customization, integrations, affordability, user controls, and maintenance/control of the financial model.

Incentivized

• made building internal tool easy
• saved good number of man hours compared to building tools from scratch

Incentivized

• More cost control
• More accurate forecasts / reducing of forecasting errors
• More accurate accounting close / detection of erroneous GL entries
• Time savings to update financial model / forecasts
• Time savings to create BvA reports

Incentivized