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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Sheets

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Sheets is the spreadsheet app available on Google Workspace, or standalone, with a free plan for personal use and accessible via mobile apps for iOS and Android.N/A

    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATagetik is a corporate performance management solution that unifies budgeting, financial planning, consolidation and management reporting. Tagetik is offered as SaaS, on a private cloud, or on-premise, and can migrate between deployments as needed.N/A
    Pricing
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    Chose Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    CCH Tagetik is way more user friendly and the online help is understandable by non-IT people.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    90 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    89 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    49 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    60 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.1
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    7.4
    24 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.623 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.123 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.4
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.910 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.8
    23 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.216 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    6.1
    9 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.235 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.143 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.8
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.940 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings8.337 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings8.630 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.944 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.236 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.947 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.150 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.2
    31 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.426 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.624 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Google Sheets and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Feature
    Google Sheets
    -
    Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.2
    47 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings9.339 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings9.145 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings9.131 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Small Businesses
    Stackby
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Excel
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Excel
    Score9 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (93 ratings)
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (55 ratings)
    8.7
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google SheetsWolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Sheets is well suited in two main areas: is free to use and you don't need to buy a license to use it, comparing to the most direct competitors ; collaboration is in my opinion the best advantage, with multiple people working together and seeing others working in real time. It's less appropriate in low connectivity environments (offline capabilities)
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    Wolters Kluwer
    Scenarios where CCH Tagetik is suitable is when a company have large amounts of data and want to transform, consolidate, store and produce reporting in different year, period etc with complex calculations and allocation. Tagetik is the tool for you in this case and it's very flexible in terms of creating your own business rule, calculation and reporting options with a user friendly interface. I have not thought about scenarios where it is not appropriate to use tagetik yet as the tool covers small and large business financial needs
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    Pros
    Google
    • Collaborative planning : In the initial phase of project, Team leads and architects create a permission matrix along with the naming convention simultaneously, seeing who is editing / adding the details in real-time.
    • Cost tracking : We use this tool to track cloud resource usage monthly costs, so that we can analyse it and send out comms for high cost based resources. By storing cost data here, it's easy for use to store data of last couple of years.
    • Flexible documentation : For change logging of different scenarios we would need different / ad-hoc columns to be added on the fly, which makes using this tool much simpler then reputed third party tools.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Processes are clearly described in CCH Tagetik ; users can easily find where they are and which action they have to make
    • Interaction with Excel is really fluid ; the Excel add-in is easy to deploy and to updgrade, in the hand of users. It is reliable provided the internet connection is fast.
    • Managing hierachies is obvious in CCH Tagetik. Hierarchies are fundamental for a good reporting ; CCH Tagetik has obviously a deep experience of this feature.
    • SaaS : our experience with CCH Tagetik is of only 1 year, but it technically performs well, the system is reponsive, no shut-down, and updates (every quarter) do not disturb production.
    • AIH seems to be able to manage very large quantity of data, and to provide advanced analysis functionalities. We did not have time to explore them.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Ease of use - I collaborate with a lot of folks on these and a lot of them have trouble using it.
    • Would love more live features; for example, being able to have cells react to other inputs (checkboxes, etc) with reactive formatting
    • More cross-usability with other Google products; it's hard to think of drawbacks honestly, this is a pretty seamless software.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Online help and manual is a bonus but could be improved e.g. the clarity of English explanations.
    • Improved Excel compatibility e.g. formula driven reporting and dash boarding.
    • Mobile phone connectivity e.g. launching a consolidation from a Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik app.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I am not involved in the purchase/selection process, but my organization is a Google shop, and Sheets meets most of our spreadsheet needs and works seamlessly with our other tools. I don't anticipate our switching anytime soon.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    Because in my oppinion Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik is one of the most usable tools for consolidation, planning (controlling) and reporting. Its usability is quite easy and innovative. I like the data entry method for the customers with its workflow and tasks, quite easy way to implement a co pilot. And i like the reporting tool, with a lot of customization opportunities.
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    Usability
    Google
    It can easily handle most uses and functions. It is only for very large datasets or advanced analysis that it either lacks the proper functions or performance begins to slow. Most employees who continue to use competitors' products do so out of preference, familiarity with the user interface, or other surface-level reasons.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    Surprisingly, this platform is a powerhouse ERP system. However, given time, when more and more organization is able to identify how powerful this tool can be, CCH Tagetik is able to stand as a competitive advantage to many of the Financial industry of today. Although, it needs time to understand the logic behind how CCH Tagetik is formed and setup, once it is known to the user, it is an easy day to day operations with minimal maintenance.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    Like most Google products, Google Sheets rarely has outages or slowness, and when it does, connection is always momentarily restored. I can't recall a time when I've been unable to access Google Sheets but able to access other sites just fine. That said, errors aren't uncommon when handling large data volume. You know what they say about using spreadsheets as databases, but sometimes it's just the most convenient option, especially for smaller or one-off projects, and not being able to store large amounts of data hampers our ability to move quickly with scrappy prototypes or full solutions. It would be great if we could better integrate our data manipulation (Apps Script) with big data in the sheet.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    CCH Tagetik has alwyas been there in case we need help. In almost 20 years of commercial relationship, I have no evidence of times in which they were not available to answer a question or to solve an issue linked to their products, timely and efficiently.
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    Performance
    Google
    Again, Google Sheets is no exception to Google's general high speed and reliability, but load times can be slow for larger amounts of data. I've used Sheets with Zapier and have used the Python API, and speed has never been an issue.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    As you can see, speed depends on the applications but also on the hardware that runs them. As far as CCH Tagetik improved, we saw the benefit of a cloud-based solution which could solve many speed performance issues.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    I have never contacted Google Sheets support, but Google Sheets makes it very easy to report an issue or suggest a feature from Sheets itself (Help > Help Sheets improve), and I've had mostly good experiences with support for other Google products.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    I got very quick respons. After very little mail iterations, they decided to have online meeting to look together with me to the issue. They tried to solve it during the meeting. I had the impression that the customer care person really knew the system and was able to ask help from other colleagues when needed
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    At the official deployment of the original product Controlling and Accounting teams went to Lucca and were walked through the product, Excel usage, Design, ETL run
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    several times since the deployment of the product in 2013 we got on-line training on new functions or on very specific questions/issues (e.g. ETL customisation), followed by the usage of the Learning Hub since 2025
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Wolters Kluwer
    we did it in a coaching model. This allowed us to have 2 key advantages: we got to know the system very well and managed to save on the implementation cost. This worked well, was maybe a bit slower since we had to do this in our spare time. Nevertheless I strongly recommand
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    I have found that I can do almost everything I could have done in Microsoft Excel faster and easier in Google Sheets. We recommend Google Sheets in 99.9% of our use cases and feel it meets the needs of our workers very well. I am sure there are other spreadsheet creation programs out there, but because we are already in the Google environment, adopting Google Sheets in very easy.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    I found the Excel piece of IBM Cognos TM1 to be easier to use than CCH Tagetik. It was much easier to customize the data being pulled and the feel of the reports because of that. Other than that, CCH Tagetik has been more user friendly than IBM Cognos TM1. Navigating within the application is much easier. IBM Cognos TM1 had a lot of issues with certain modules that could not be open concurrently; this would often lead to phantom data being entered in the system. I have not had these issues with CCH Tagetik.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    I'm not involved with the purchase, but I assume everything goes smoothly and that the pricing structure is predictable and reasonable. We do not get surprise fees.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Google
    Google Sheets works very well with multiple users. It's convenient to see in real-time who is collaborating in a sheet, down to the specific cell that they're viewing/editing. Linking Sheets across departments is convenient with the IMPORTRANGE function.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    A good and performing scalability both on a geographical and a legal entity scale. The link with MS Office suite allows an easy deployment of the application, especially for contributors.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Don't need to pay for windows 365 license as it is free
    • Has a positive impact since I am not cursing excel for annoying problems(I don't want the new Pivot table format, I want to use Classic and I don't want to expand/collapse arrows. "x$#%")
    • [Haven't] looked at return on investment on work, but has "simplified" for basic and medium spreadsheets.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Gave us a tool that can absolutely grow with us to help multi phase implementations.
    • A significant time savings in terms of the amount of time we used to spend running reports vs. the time we spend now. Unbelievable improvement.
    • Gives us the option to use CCH Tagetik to solve business problems that perhaps we didn't have when we implemented CCH Tagetik. It gives us options without the possibility of implementing a whole other software package.
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