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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Centage

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ACentage delivers FP&A software that helps finance teams automate budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. Offered to teams that have outgrown Excel, Centage aims to replace fragile spreadsheets and version chaos with a faster, more reliable planning process. Centage’s built-in financial and business logic allows users to create and update their budgets and forecasts and never worry about formulas, functions, links, or any custom programming. It offers synchronized P&L, balance sheet,…

    $1,750

    per month

    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
    CentageLimelight Software
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    1,750
    per month
    Performance
    2,500
    per month
    Strategic
    3,500
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CentageLimelight Software
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
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    Community Pulse
    CentageLimelight Software
    Considered Both Products
    Centage
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    Limelight Software
    Chose Limelight Software
    Felt modern. Liked how it was similar to Excel. Liked the flexibility.
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    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    Features
    CentageLimelight Software
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    4.4
    3 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Limelight Software
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    Ratings
    Customizable dashboards4.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    6.9
    9 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    7.4
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting9.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling7.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    8.5
    7 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Limelight Software
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    Financial data consolidation8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    8.1
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
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    Financial Statement Reporting7.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
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    Personalized dashboards7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Centage and Limelight Software
    Feature
    Centage
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Limelight Software
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CentageLimelight Software
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CentageLimelight Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CentageLimelight Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Centage
    Centage is suited for all types of business. This is what makes this tool so great. It requires some expertise in setting it up and depending on how complex the business is, it may take longer than expected. It's a complex system and if you are not involved in the implementtion it might be hard to learn what is does.
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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
    Centage
    • Planning personnel with all the related benefit expenses is very accurate and we are able to forecast increases as well.
    • Storing separate versions of the budget allows us to finalize for the year and have access to the data while we update the default plan with any changes.
    • I ilke the way you can add intelligence see the detail of calculations below th eline item.
    • I like writing Planning Maestro reports to see drill downs of any item and tie them to our ERP Budget
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    Limelight Software
    • Agile reporting
    • Collaborative forecasting and budgeting
    • Up to date reporting with GL integration
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    Cons
    Centage
    • Head count is a bit strange as each period is considered one Headcount for a total of 12 per year, so we have to adjust when running reports
    • would love to be able to attach related expenses in payroll to a kind of employee instead of doing each individually. It's time consuming.
    • Have the help more available instead of having to log into separate place
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    Limelight Software
    • Complex template speed
    • Customer service response - was good initially, but has become worse recently
    • Formatting options in charts
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    Usability
    Centage
    I've lived through the changes over the years, and I have found that most financially-minded professionals should have no problems using this system.
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    Limelight Software
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    Support Rating
    Centage
    The team makes sure that you get what you need out of the software. They will do whatever is in their power to make sure you're happy and are getting back your investment (time and money).
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    Limelight Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Centage
    I used to use an older consolidating product call FRX or something like that, very manual where accounts were adding line the reporting lines one by one.... Centage is far superior, the ability to create custom Dimension hierarchies as improved our reporting 100 fold
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    Limelight Software
    Felt modern. Liked how it was similar to Excel. Liked the flexibility.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Centage
    • We were a very small company growing by acquisition so it worked well during these phases of our company growth.
    • The return for our cost was tremendous especially in comparison to peers in the market.
    • Analytics Maestro allowed us to grow without adding headcount by building efficient reports that can easily be mass-produced for all branches within our organization.
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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

    Centage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Centage DashboardScreenshot of ReportingScreenshot of Operating expensesScreenshot of Revenue Planning

    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.