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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cision PRWeb

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACision PRWeb aims to impact customer behavior by providing efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels including search, social media and with industry-specific partner websites, bloggers and influencers.

    $99

    per news release

    Workday Adaptive Planning

    Score7.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Workday Adaptive Planning streamlines planning workflows, using AI and real-time data integration to improve collaboration and provide predictive forecasts for better strategic analysis.N/A
    Pricing
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $99
    per news release
    Standard
    $205
    per news release
    Advanced
    $305
    per news release
    Premium
    $405
    per news release
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Considered Both Products
    Cision
    No answer on this topic
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    56 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    57 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    Features
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.8
    196 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.8182 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.6193 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.0188 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings7.0177 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings7.7193 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.5
    161 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.0121 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.995 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.273 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings6.6108 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.6134 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.1
    184 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.3162 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.8177 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings7.4177 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.1154 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.733 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.6
    153 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.0135 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings7.1126 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings6.8127 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.1109 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Cision PRWeb and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.1
    174 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings6.8137 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings8.2167 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings6.5124 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Small Businesses
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Meltwater
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (14 ratings)
    7.3
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (46 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (34 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (27 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (17 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cision PRWebWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cision
    Wire press release distribution is often a luxury purchase, especially at the price point. In my experience Cision acts as if it's destined to win everyone's business just because of its name. Too often we've found ourselves being turned off by the arrogance and taking our business (and our clients' business) to alternative companies that are happy to have us.
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    Workday
    It's well suited to any business where you have defined inputs, a layer of structured calculations and a defined output. In other words, any business situation! We use it in a law firm setting where it enables us to import staff plans, assign targets to each individual, thereby generating a revenue forecast linked to business capacity. From there, global assumptions determine staff and direct costs, with the user overlaying discretionary costs to arrive at a final P&L forecast. This is then summarised using the reporting and dashboarding layer to provide outputs to senior leaders for sign off.
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    Pros
    Cision
    • PRWeb is fairly easy to use to issue press releases. They have a review process that will look over your release before submission although this review is not going to catch spelling and grammatical errors.
    • I've seen our press releases posted on industry relevant websites thanks to the reach that PRWeb provided us.
    • Although I never used it because we subscribed to a different service, PRWeb allows you to create and send email blasts within their OutMarket marketing platform.
    • I enjoy the ability to add a quote call out in the release.
    • I also like that images or videos can be added to the release.
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    Workday
    • It helps create dynamic plans for finances, operations and various functional units in an organization all under one platform
    • It helps in scenario modeling to help analyze various business events and report by any number of business dimensions including channel, customer or product
    • It can be integrated with any system including ERP, BI or CRM
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    Cons
    Cision
    • Increasing the volume of media that can receive communication would help - going from 5,000 to 7,500 or 10,000 would be a massive help.
    • Providing a social media platform in which to send out either X posts, LinkedIn, and Facebook posts to media as an alternative communication would help
    • Increasing the number of podcasters and there contact details would help.
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    Workday
    • Budgeting either isn't included or an extra fee.
    • Expense reporting aspects are repetitive and hard to fully optimize.
    • Finance tracking is limited to basic reports with multiple levels or drill-down...hard to fully grasp without exporting data and massaging in something else (like Excel).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cision
    We are unlikely to renew PRWeb because I feel that the costs outweigh the benefits of the service. For a company like ours (small business with about 60 employees) we don't have enough press that warrants monthly coverage. We may look at using PRWeb on an as needed basis, 3-4 times a year for single submissions, but that would be the extent of it. I could see PRWeb being much more beneficial for large companies that are constantly needing to issue press.
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    Workday
    For one we're in way too deep to not move forward with Adaptive. We're integrated with Workday, we do a ton of reporting with Adaptive, and it's working very well for planning and forecasting. No reason to look back or change course.
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    Usability
    Cision
    The Cision PRWeb platform is mostly intuitive. It is broken into Monitoring, Social, Insights, and Outreach sections. The way Mention Streams are set up and organized has confused employees who are new to the dashboard. Under Outreach, the Launchpad and Activities tabs are a little bit redundant and could probably be consolidated.
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    Workday
    It is an easy transition for Excel users, with more built-in analytical tools and no need to build formulas. It also has built-in reporting and integration with Microsoft Office products such as Excel and PowerPoint. For non-Finance users, there's an initial learning curve to get used to the tool.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    There haven't been any lately. The only one issue I can think of is when there was an update in Adaptive that altered our reports. Before I realized there was an issue, Adaptive reached out to let me know, so that it could be fixed.
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    Performance
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    All aspects of Adaptive Insights perform well. One area that I wish was quicker was integration. When importing data from Intacct our accounting ERP platform, it can sometimes take 4 hours for the import to process. The earlier imports are done, the quicker they complete. My estimate for a quick upload is about two hours.
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    Support Rating
    Cision
    I have only required support from PRWeb on two separate occasions and they handled my issues without any problems. I was a bit confused at first not sure if they had received my requests but shortly after I received responses and was able to move forward with my press release.
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    Workday
    Whenever we have had any questions, issues, or concerns, the support has been quick and thorough. [This] allow[s] us to be able to fully resolve any issues, or be connected with the right group quickly to attain the result we were after; be it from simple formatting to adding new detailed reporting.
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    In-Person Training
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    This was extremely helpful so that they could walk you through the model and teach you more about the complexity of various areas. It is most helpful when it is specific to your organization's model. The larger in-person trainings were helpful but they tended to be more generic and entry level. The trainings that are more tailored to your specific needs are the most helpful.
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    Online Training
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    They often times tended to be way too generic or entry level. They would also become sales pitches to upgrade or get new Adaptive Planning products. The questions in the training would be very niche and specific to other organizations. They were rarely helpful to the group at large.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cision
    Implementation of PRWeb required very little of Strouse. It was a quick process and we were almost immediately ready to use the platform.
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    Workday
    Trust the expertise of very strong 3rd party implementers. Having deployed Adaptive at a separate company before, I thought I knew it all (hubris, I know). Fortunately, I began to (very quickly) trust the judgment of our Carlson implementation team, and they provided invaluable insights and best-in-class processes that have benefitted me and my team greatly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cision
    It is not an "either-or" situation. If a company really wants to put a release out on the wire, one service might be better suited for it than the other. For when a company wants to target certain countries or vertical markets (e.g. Latin America), PR Newswire would be the proper choice.
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    Workday
    Workday became our choice because it is fully web-based and easily integrates with other systems. The learning curve for Workday was shorter than that of Dynamics. The reporting tools in Workday are more user-friendly than that of Dynamics. However Workday did not have Check Printing tools which are available in Dynamics. The organization started a project to digitize all financial transactions so it was not a priority feature. When it comes to scaling up the functionalities of Workday it was much easier than Dynamics.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    Good read only seat access
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    Scalability
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    We went from 2 users to 70+ users over a 2 year period of time. The application scaled wonderfully. 65 of those users were non-finance users so they were able to quickly learn the software and prepare budgets quickly and efficiently. That is the power of Adaptive and its ability to scale
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    Professional Services
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    Workday
    This is now available in house at Workday which is convenient.
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    Return on Investment
    Cision
    • It was definitely a cost decision for us, but the ability to have access to their media database was by far the most useful and needed tool for us.
    • For tracking media hits, it saved us time tracking the majority of hits. Where it didn't save us time was with smaller, more niche media.
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    Workday
    • It's facilitated a better financial literacy and management by the non-financial managers in the company, giving them a much better ability to see what they're spending, control it, and plan better in the future.
    • It's hard to quantify the ease of model and version management, but we could never do what we're doing now with our current staff. It would take a small army to replicate anything close to what Adaptive pulls off using Excel, if it's even possible.
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