IBM Planning Analytics vs. SPS Commerce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Planning Analytics
Score 8.3 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
SPS Commerce
Score 3.5 out of 10
N/A
SPS Commerce is a retail network, connecting trading partners around the globe to optimize supply chain operations for retail partners. SPS Commerce supports data-driven partnerships with cloud technology. Their retail cloud services platform features supplier onboarding, EDI compliance, ERP integration, product content management, and sales analytics.N/A
Pricing
IBM Planning AnalyticsSPS Commerce
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$825
per month 5 users
Standard
$1,650
per month 10 users
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Planning AnalyticsSPS Commerce
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 AnalyticsSPS Commerce
Top Pros
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Features
IBM Planning AnalyticsSPS Commerce
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.9
81 Ratings
11% above category average
SPS Commerce
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Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.472 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.381 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.976 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.8
86 Ratings
6% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis9.384 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.385 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.565 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.982 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.3
84 Ratings
2% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Publish to Web7.879 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.378 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.378 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.669 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
7.9
84 Ratings
4% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.384 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.179 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.675 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
87 Ratings
5% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.685 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.686 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.687 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.281 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
7.4
77 Ratings
8% below category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.476 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
9.3
91 Ratings
11% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning9.589 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.591 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting9.591 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.590 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting8.790 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.5
85 Ratings
6% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation9.381 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports8.376 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management8.875 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.575 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership6.768 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting9.578 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails9.280 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
8.7
86 Ratings
6% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting9.582 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting8.883 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting9.585 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.875 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing6.854 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Planning Analytics
9.1
87 Ratings
12% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards9.386 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.382 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs9.485 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.485 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.484 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
87 Ratings
7% above category average
SPS Commerce
-
Ratings
Flat file integration8.984 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration9.585 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.177 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Planning AnalyticsSPS Commerce
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(97 ratings)
1.0
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(5 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(62 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(87 ratings)
6.2
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Planning AnalyticsSPS Commerce
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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SPS Commerce
When you find yourself growing and finding success faster than you can keep up with, SPS Commerce will save your life and your reputation. The services they offer are easy to understand, they are available with suggestions and ideas for better ways, personalization is available to best suit your needs or the needs of your customers so that you can really shine and relieve the worries that come with growing pains. SPS also helps to keep information accurate with less human touching to cause errors.
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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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SPS Commerce
  • We can easily create and send order confirmations.
  • We respond to the corresponding receiving departments with timely and accurate ASN's.
  • Once the order has shipped, customer service utilizes the invoicing function.
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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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SPS Commerce
  • We have quite a few people here who use this portal, and we have it set up to receive an email when an order is available to print. As of now, you can only add a few recipients to receive those emails; it limits you.
  • Invoicing is challenging at times as you have to remember to go in and invoice. If you forgot, it is hard to find the order to invoice, as it seems to disappear.
  • We still haven't figured out how to have some of the invoicing features auto-populate, so there isn't so much to fill out. I wish some of those features were easier to use, or find if you have them.
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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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SPS Commerce
If I can drop it, I will this year. We gave it a decent try for over 4 years and it has gotten worse with each added connection.
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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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SPS Commerce
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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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SPS Commerce
Phone support is generally very good and you can get a person on the phone within a few minutes. Their emailed customer support however is very poor and often goes several days or longer before receiving a response, if ever at all
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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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SPS Commerce
We reviewed many, SPS Commerce Fulfillment was the best "bang for our buck" with the level of growth we have been experiencing. The list of services they offered were exactly what we needed to be able to move our business to that next level of professionalism where we were growing faster than we could prepare ourselves for.
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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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SPS Commerce
  • I enrolled in a product I ended up not using because the vendor that required it ended our working relationship and SPS refused to offer a refund. After I canceled it, they continued to charge our account for three more months of service.
  • The interface is simple and easy to understand and use, so it saved time when preparing shipments.
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ScreenShots

IBM Planning Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of Workflow managementScreenshot of Income statementScreenshot of Margin analysisScreenshot of Metrics managementScreenshot of Income statementScreenshot of Expense analysis

SPS Commerce Screenshots

Screenshot of SPS Commerce Fulfillment provides real-time visibility to order and shipment statuses.