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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FloQast

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    FloQast offers their financial close software to streamline accounting month end close, simply providing automation around reconciliation and eliminating human error, and visibility via a close status dashboard, as well as providing a complete audit trail.N/A

    Vanta

    Score1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Vanta is an automated security and compliance platform. Vanta helps businesses get and stay compliant by continuously monitoring people, systems and tools to improve security posture.N/A
    Pricing
    FloQastVanta
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FloQastVanta
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Features
    FloQastVanta
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of FloQast and Vanta
    Feature
    FloQast
    7.6
    128 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Vanta
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation7.277 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports7.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management4.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails9.793 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Workflows8.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Governance, Risk & Compliance
    Comparison of Governance, Risk & Compliance features of FloQast and Vanta
    Feature
    FloQast
    -
    Ratings
    Vanta
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    152% below category average
    Common repository of GRC items00 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Risk management00 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    Integration with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    GRC policy management00 Ratings1.06 Ratings
    Incident management00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
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    FloQastVanta
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    BlackLine
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    BlackLine
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FloQastVanta
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (155 ratings)
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    5.6
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FloQastVanta
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FloQast
    I used another vendor for close management before, and comparing the two, FloQast is easier to use and the site navigation is much easier. The looks and feels of the site are more engaging and pleasant. As mentioned before in the previous question, their Journal Entry posting functionality is not suited for a company with multiple entities since it only allows you to book an entry when debits and credits are hitting the same entity
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    Vanta
    Vanta seems excellent for startups, but I expect that they would be even more useful at bigger companies. I think it really helps people that haven't done SOC2 before. I also think it would help in monitoring compliance across teams with many users. If the budget is extremely tight, I think it would be possible to save money by not using it.
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    Pros
    FloQast
    • Provides a clear status of the month end close.
    • Allows us to analyze tasks by team member and reassign as needed.
    • It syncs with our ERP Netsuite to ensure balance sheet reconciliations can be tied out directly.
    • It also connects with Slack to notify users of key deadlines and changes in review status for team tasks.
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    Vanta
    • API driven capabilities offer a very easy way to connect your systems to their application.
    • It was mostly intuitive to figure out what needed to be configured.
    • I like how responsive they have been and how they have been able to outline the entire process for us from the start to the end.
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    Cons
    FloQast
    • A setting to allow for attachments to automatically be opened within the app (Adobe, Excel, etc.) rather than as a separate tab in the browser
    • Some of our tasks are quarterly or annual so assigning a very specific date would be helpful
    • Eliminate the need of "closing" review notes. Once we change the status to Resolved, that should be sufficient. Make Resolved and Closed one and the same
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    Vanta
    • In my opinion, they make it very hard to contact them when you need something.
    • In my experience, they write their contracts to make it difficult to cancel service.
    • In my experience, they have no policy for refunds in addition to their [...] contacts.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    FloQast
    It has proven to enhance our procedures with closing. It is an effective tool that I would recommend to create a more efficient closing procedure and get the team more aligned. It increases the accountability among the staff and helps to keep us on task and on time. It is easy to sign into and has reminder emails for tasks that are coming up or late.
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    Vanta
    Great to maintain for our SOC2 compliance and further compliance evolutions
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    Usability
    FloQast
    FloQast is incredibly intuitive and easy to use. The only reason I don't give it a 10 is that the Flux Analysis feature is not great in terms of getting the information into the system. Once it's in, fantastic! But some work is needed
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    Vanta
    In my experience, the sheer volume of tasks and to do items is a bit inundating.
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    Reliability and Availability
    FloQast
    We have only noticed a slight slow down in accessing FloQast on a couple of occasions (near the beginning of a month when many people were likely trying to get online to close their books). The issue has always resolved itself with three to five minutes, so it's never been a hinderance.
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    Vanta
    Always available
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    Performance
    FloQast
    FloQast's performance is great. The pages always load quickly, and reports are completed fast! I've never noticed any slowdown in our ERP from the interface with FloQast.
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    Vanta
    Fast although the agent may take some time to reping on checks
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    Support Rating
    FloQast
    They are rapid in their response. If they can't immediately offer a solution, they continue to keep in contact with you to let you know where they are in resolving your issues. The staff is friendly & speaks to you in layman's terms, not so high-tech that you can't understand
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    Vanta
    Direct support and replies in a timely manner to tickets submitted
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    In-Person Training
    FloQast
    The FloQast team members are just so personable. FloQast has clearly done a great job hiring people who are not just good at what they do, but are also fun to work with! They have placed people in the right roles and the customer benefits from this. I have enjoyed every opportunity I've had to work with a FloQast team member on training.
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    Vanta
    Pretty straight forward
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    Online Training
    FloQast
    The online training is good. But like all online, pre-recorded training, it is never quite as good as in-person or live training where one can ask questions or get clarification. That said, FloQast has an extensive training library and most of the time, if one finds they need help on a topic, it can be answered by going to the online training and watching appropriate recording.
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    Vanta
    Straight Forward
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    Implementation Rating
    FloQast
    Implementation occured before I started with the company (but despite the instruction to skip the question if I did not participate, the site required I put in a rating in order to move on to the next page)
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    Vanta
    Pretty seemless and did it almost entirely myself
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    Alternatives Considered
    FloQast
    At the time we picked FloQast, they were the most cost effective and easiest tool to use. Fast forward a little bit, and Numeric has come to market. I really lie Numeric to be honest and feel that their pricing is better and for that lower pricing, they include more functions. However, we continued with FloQast for ease of continuity and my team is time strapped. What that said, FloQast is great - nothing wrong with it other than it could be cheaper.
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    Vanta
    Vanta's reporting was far superior, the price was competitive but my engineers running the project said that working with vanta would save them significant amount of time. Secondly vanta had more integrations so they could plug directly into the systems we use!
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    FloQast
    I had no control over the contract
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    Vanta
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    FloQast
    We started using it with one client/customer and now use it with fourteen entities and plan to add two more in the next couple of months. It has made it possible to grow our business without hiring additional personnel. We can do more work with the same number of people
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    Vanta
    Works as intended
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    FloQast
    • Floqast has reduced our closing schedule by roughly 15-20% of the time it took us beforehand.
    • The product has been very beneficial for us during audit time when we can easily demonstrate our control workflows on reconciliation and task approvals.
    • I can update our CFO at any point in time how we are trending towards close and can coordinate with finance as to the moment journal entries have been completed
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    Vanta
    • We were able to close contracts because we had our SOCII compliance in place
    • SOCII certification process was reduced by at least 80%
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    ScreenShots

    FloQast Screenshots

    Screenshot of the analytics that displays progress throughout the closeScreenshot of flux analysisScreenshot of reconciliations

    Vanta Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vanta's task management, used to monitor a control system and take action on outstanding configuration issues, security issues, and required compliance tasks.Screenshot of the results of a risk assessment and identified risks to a business.Screenshot of policy that can be generated from templates or by uploading a company's existing policies that describe the business' internal and external commitments to security and compliance.Screenshot of vendor assessments.Screenshot of employee and contractor task completion status monitoring. Take action to flag ex-employee accounts to be deprovisioned or service accounts that are not included in onboarding processes.Screenshot of Vanta's monitoring, used to take action to remediate package vulnerabilities that have been detected on a company servers.