Centage vs. SAP Profitability and Performance Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Centage
Score 9.6 out of 10
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Centage (Planning Maestro) offers a way to plan, budget, forecast and report financial performance by enabling finance teams to see into the future, and test the impact of different scenarios, in order to make faster decisions with confidence. The software streamlines the entire planning process, delivering sophisticated financial intelligence to empowers users to make faster, more informed decisions, so they can react quickly to market changes, take intelligent risks and capitalize on new…N/A
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
Score 6.0 out of 10
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SAP Profitability and Performance Management promises to help optimize business performance and improve the bottom line. The vendor says key capabilities include: Build, maintain, and utilize sophisticated business and financial models that support multiple allocation methods for costs and revenue, for superior profitability modelling and optimization. Empower finance and business teams with actionable insights from sophisticated models such as profitability and cost…N/A
Pricing
CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
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CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
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Features
CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Centage
4.6
3 Ratings
54% below category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.7
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Customizable dashboards4.63 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Centage
7.0
9 Ratings
17% below category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.5
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.09 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.47 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.66 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Centage
7.4
5 Ratings
10% below category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.3
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Publish to Web5.51 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.33 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning8.65 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.31 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Centage
8.1
4 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.7
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Predictive Analytics8.14 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Centage
9.0
10 Ratings
3% above category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.7
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.110 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.210 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.210 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.44 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Centage
8.8
11 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.8
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Long-term financial planning8.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.811 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Forecasting8.910 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Scenario modeling8.49 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Management reporting8.611 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Centage
8.5
7 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.7
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Financial data consolidation8.66 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.37 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Centage
8.2
11 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.4
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting8.09 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Management Reporting8.410 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting8.910 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting7.66 Ratings10.01 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Centage
7.7
4 Ratings
4% below category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.7
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Personalized dashboards7.63 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis7.94 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting7.63 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Centage
8.0
9 Ratings
4% below category average
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.7
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Flat file integration7.86 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Excel data integration8.97 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.15 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Centage
-
Ratings
SAP Profitability and Performance Management
9.8
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
Small Businesses
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cube
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Centage
Centage
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(12 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(3 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CentageSAP Profitability and Performance Management
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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SAP
SAP Profitability and Performance is well suited in an organization/scenario where it aims to grow their profitability and optimize their business performance. It will offer strong financial analytics that are applicable in modern organizations and it will assure improved performance and enable purposeful marketing of your goods/services at prevailing profitable rate.
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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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SAP
  • Data enrichment (complex joins, lookups, and derivations).
  • Complex allocations and calculations.
  • Operates at a very high speed without disrupting the host HANA environment.
  • Connectivity to BW HANA and BPC.
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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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SAP
  • We were forced to train some of our staff a bit as they faced various hurdles before getting familiar with the platform and using it efficiently.
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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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SAP
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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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SAP
We did get excellent support from SAP during our implementation project. We will see about the SAP support over the long term.
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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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SAP
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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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SAP
  • Helps us make sound decisions that positively impact our future.
  • Has simplified our financial planning process in our organization.
  • Our portfolio has doubled and grown immensely.
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Screenshot of SAP Profitability and Performance Management offers a user-friendly environment for modeling, analysis and reporting.Screenshot of SAP Profitability and Performance Management Modeling Environment: Allocating Products and Service Costs to Customers.Screenshot of SAP Profitability and Performance Management Modeling Environment: Cost Allocation Flow Diagram.Screenshot of Reporting and Simulation in SAP Profitability and Performance Management: Profitability and Cost Management Report.Screenshot of Reporting dashboard in SAP Profitability and Performance Management.Screenshot of Value and Cost Flow Trace Visualization in SAP Profitability and Performance Management: Value Flow Diagram.