IBM Planning Analytics vs. Microsoft Dynamics GP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Planning Analytics
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
IBM Planning Analytics, powered by IBM TM1®, is an integrated planning solution designed to promote collaboration across the organization and help keep pace with the speed of modern business. With its calculation engine, this enterprise performance management solution is designed to help users move beyond the limits of spreadsheets, automating the planning process to drive faster, more accurate results. Use it to unify data sources into one single repository, enabling users to build…
$825
per month 5 users
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics GP is an ERP software with accounting capabilities. It includes various packs for customizability and features tailored to specific industries’ needs. GP is offered as a perpetual license or subscription.N/A
Pricing
IBM Planning AnalyticsMicrosoft Dynamics GP
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$825
per month 5 users
Standard
$1,650
per month 10 users
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Planning AnalyticsMicrosoft Dynamics GP
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IBM Planning AnalyticsMicrosoft Dynamics GP
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IBM Planning AnalyticsMicrosoft Dynamics GP
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.9
82 Ratings
10% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.473 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.382 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.977 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.8
87 Ratings
6% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis9.485 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.386 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.566 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.083 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.3
85 Ratings
1% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Publish to Web7.880 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.379 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.379 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.670 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
7.9
85 Ratings
3% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.385 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.180 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
9.1
88 Ratings
4% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.686 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.687 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.688 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.713 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.282 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
7.4
78 Ratings
8% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.577 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application6.941 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.950 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
9.4
92 Ratings
12% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning9.590 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.592 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting9.592 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.591 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting8.891 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.5
86 Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation9.382 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports8.377 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership6.969 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting9.579 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails9.381 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.7
87 Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting9.583 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting8.984 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting9.586 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.976 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing6.955 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
9.1
88 Ratings
12% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards9.487 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.383 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs9.486 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.486 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.485 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data7.958 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.9
88 Ratings
7% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Flat file integration8.985 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration9.586 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.278 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
17 Ratings
11% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.015 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings6.114 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
7.0
25 Ratings
1% below category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.119 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.6
36 Ratings
17% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings6.129 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.136 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
37 Ratings
12% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.125 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.135 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings5.935 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
44 Ratings
10% below category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings6.041 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings6.132 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings6.137 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings7.027 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings6.125 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings7.125 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings6.111 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings7.111 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings6.114 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.114 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings6.112 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.015 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.8
24 Ratings
3% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings6.112 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings6.013 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
22 Ratings
10% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Planning AnalyticsMicrosoft Dynamics GP
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(98 ratings)
7.0
(50 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.9
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(63 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(88 ratings)
6.9
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Planning AnalyticsMicrosoft Dynamics GP
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
I would be likely to recommend IBM Planning Analytics, particularly in scenarios where comprehensive financial and operational planning is essential. For instance, in our construction company, it is awesome for optimizing resource allocation across multiple projects, creating detailed project budgets, and conducting risk analysis to mitigate project uncertainties.
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Microsoft
A large company where users have one function- for instance, where someone only receives or works in payables. That minimizes the number of windows they need. A smaller company where one user does multiple functions will require a lot more training and user knowledge to navigate, and it makes it harder to secure users. You also have to understand that GP started life as Great Plains, designed for accountants. The other modules were added on after Microsoft bought Great Plains, which means that modules like Manufacturing are red-headed step children with much smaller support ecosystems. So, if you're starting fresh, you may want to look at something built for the mobile world. D365 and Business Central are a lot more money, buggy, and hard to customize and essentially still vaporware. Microsoft is heavily investing there, leading to the previously mentioned question about the future of GP. If I was starting today I would be hard pressed to justify jumping into GP in a world where Salesforce ties in with so many programs. GP has MRP but it is limited so it's hard to justify a manufacturer starting with GP today.
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Pros
IBM
  • Forecasting after taking into account seasonal trends and exceptional transactions
  • Unlike spreadsheets, there is no fear of an user making changes to the mastercopy accidentally. Each user gets his or her own workspace to analyze.
  • For entities operating in multiple countries, connects seamlessly with IBM Cognos Controller for taking into account variation in currencies
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Microsoft
  • User friendly interface
  • Able to be extended into multiple areas of your business
  • One feature we have been using for a few years is EFT for payables - it has significantly reduced the time spent paying vendors and reduced our check printing and mailing costs. It is very easy to setup and use.
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Cons
IBM
  • IBM Planning Analytics was an upgrade from an older version of TM1 that is experiencing some growing pains, some functionality is harder to reach than it has been in the past
  • It is easy to learn as a surface user with created reports, but it does require some technical skills to make advanced calculations and reports if there is no reliable consultant available, much like Excel
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Microsoft
  • With respect to the allocations, once the expense is entered into the allocation account, you lose the ability to run any detail on just the total of the expense. It would be nice if you could run a trial balance on the allocation accounts the same way you can with regular accounts.
  • I've always thought security set up could be a bit simpler. It actually has gotten better through the years. Specifically, with eight separate entities, it would be nice to have a "master" setup where you could call up one group entity, assign the users rights, and then be finished. Currently, whenever I have a new user, I have to call up each individual entity and select all of the features I want the user to have. That means I have to do eight steps for each user.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
Since IBM Cognos Express is suitable only for medium data warehouse environment, we are not sure if this tool solves the long term need as the business keeps growing rapidly. So its a 50/50 ratio to renew Express license. But having said that, the components of IBM Cognos Express are also available in other Cognos BI suites like Cognos 10.x version. So we will probably upgrade our environment to IBM Cognos 10.x which comes with more new features.
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Microsoft
Due the economic challenges that Puerto Rico is having, the company has had to merge some companies in order to be more efficient. It has been easy in GP to process those merges, even thought we had to spend days to accomplish that the process was smooth and accurate. In addition we were able to streamline the purchasing and sales process and the organization is confident to keep renewing GP for the future versions.
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Usability
IBM
For developers, admins and end users looking for flexibility, IBM Planning Analytics would rate very highly on usability. For example, a developer has access to a highly performant built-in ETL (Extract Translate Load) tool and scripting language called Turbo Integrator that can (among other things) bring in data via flat file or direct connection from many data sources, move data around Planning Analytics, perform batch calculations, export to files or other data stores. In the rare situation where limitations are encountered there is a well documented REST API. Admins and end users benefit from the intuitive PAW (Workspace) interface as well as the rich Excel integration through Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE). Since flexibility inherently comes with a little more complexity, so an organization with simple and "cookie-cutter" requirements may rate Planning Analytics a little lower.
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Microsoft
Though it is a basic accounting package, I believe some users do not find the old style menus and navigation options intuitive. There is also a great lack of training resources in the market, so users have to learn the product without guidance a lot, resulting in inefficient workflows and misuse or misunderstanding of many features.
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Support Rating
IBM
Although I find the IBM Planning analytics documentation quite time consuming, their support with email and call is something i can term as very considerate and patient, I have had few calls about the features and how i would want to implement them within my projects, and the teams have been super helpful to resolve my issues
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Microsoft
The rating is directed to the thrid party serive provider that we use. I do not now how good the Microsoft direct support is.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
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Microsoft
Basically the challenge with this implementation was the Business Portal, too many errors and even the aplication is up and running the users are still having issues. We will start planning the migraton to GP 2015 soon.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
Anaplan does not handle sparsity; this is very problematic for large volume data sets (many 0's). There also are limitations to the number of dimensions that can be used in a module. If more dimensions are required, then separate modules need to be built and intertwined. IBM PA does not have these limitations.
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Microsoft
I come from a strong background of using SAP. SAP doesn't have the flexibility of GP, an example would be SAP doesn't allow core mods, if they catch you, you lose support. Microsoft doesn't really care about mods, but they will be quick to have the vendor you used support your issue if it is caused by those mods. With SAP your company adapts to the software, where with GP you adapt the software to you.
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Scalability
IBM
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Microsoft
The functionality that GP and related ISV solutions offer and the ease of integration of GP to other systems makes it an extremely scalable solution
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • One of the advantage is on its ability to ease budget and planning
  • Secondly,the fact that it allows for forecasting means based on such insights means that organisations are able to prepare for future eventualities
  • Thirdly, since it can accommodate data from multiple sources means that one is able to carry out best business practices like planning.
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Microsoft
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP allows my clients to move from a paper or spreadsheet based company to an integrated, electronic, streamlined business. I love being able to help clients gain efficiencies through the use of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP allows for better customer service because everything is at our fingertips. If someone calls questioning an invoice, we can easily look it up. If someone calls stating they paid an invoice with a certain check number, we can quickly run a query to find that particular check number to see where it was applied.
  • Having everything on a single platform provides ease of use for upgrades, backups and end user training. There is only one software to learn!
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