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    Kepion Planning

    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Kepion is a cloud planning & analytics software company that connects all organizations' teams under a single view of their business performance. We enable more intelligent decisions to be made by companies about their financial and operational future. Kepion global offices and partners deliver rapid solutions for mid-size and enterprise customers. We make it possible for businesses to be empowered with real-time analytics, what-if scenario modeling, and the ability to model complex…

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    Looker

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ALooker is a BI application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. It includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for data discovery, and an API for supporting data in other systems.N/A
    Pricing
    Kepion PlanningLooker
    Editions & Modules
    On premise Install
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    Cloud Planning
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kepion PlanningLooker
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
    Additional DetailsPlease contact us at sales@kepion.com for more details.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Kepion PlanningLooker
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    Kepion
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    Features
    Kepion PlanningLooker
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Looker
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    Long-term financial planning8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Looker
    -
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    Financial data consolidation6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Looker
    -
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    Financial Statement Reporting6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Looker
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    Personalized dashboards6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Looker
    -
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    Flat file integration9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    7.4
    134 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.5110 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.2133 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.5115 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Kepion Planning and Looker
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    Kepion Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    6.8
    132 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.3128 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.6130 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.655 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.8131 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    7.9
    128 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.7105 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.8113 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.984 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.2110 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Kepion Planning and Looker
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    Kepion Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    6.6
    128 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.7124 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.5110 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings4.66 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    7.3
    128 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.5120 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.2105 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.2122 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.360 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Kepion Planning and Looker
    Feature
    Kepion Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    5.2
    95 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings4.991 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings5.885 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Kepion PlanningLooker
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kepion PlanningLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kepion PlanningLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kepion
    The solution works extremely well for companies in complicated operations or with the ambition to forecast their operations on a driver based way or wanting to have the ability to create different scenarios based on external or internal drivers. It is a perfect piece of an existing analytical infrastructure (DWH/BI) lacking a planning solution on top.
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    Google
    When data drives potential for new orders, Looker earns its place in our tech stack. If, on the other hand, we are hoping for pipeline generation, Looker is useful if you are willing to repeatedly go check customer utilizations .... it is not appropriate if you are hoping to automate data analysis for this purpose.
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    Pros
    Kepion
    • Budgeting and Forecasting: Kepion provides all budgeting, forecasting and actuals information in one, collaborative environment.
    • Analysis: It is easy to traverse across your entire budgeting and forecasting spectrum in Kepion, unearthing insights that would be hidden from you in other tools.
    • Workflow: Kepion's workflow management is simple and clear.
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    Google
    • Show visited pages - sessions, pageviews - which programs are viewed the most.
    • Displays session source/medium views to see where users are coming from.
    • It shows the video titles, URLs, and event counts so we can monitor the performance of our videos.
    • It gives a graphic face to the numbers, such as using bar charts, pie graphs, and other charts to show user trends or which channels are driving engagement.
    • Our clients like to see the top pages visited for a month.
    • I like the drop-and-drag approach, and building charts is a little easier than it was before.
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    Cons
    Kepion
    • Silverlight functionality is outdated which makes the front end solution a little bit old compared to latest UI. They will be tackling it in Q2 2018, but it leaves users wanting for more.
    • Reporting functionalities: Are not state of the art, we recommend users creating official reports within Kepion, but focusing on Tableau or PowerBI for reporting purposes as this is not and will never be Kepion strengths compared to the likes of Tableau.
    • Being customizable is great, however, the solution is not an out-of-the-box solution and does require a little integration to work. For smaller companies (under 5M USD) I would still recommend Excel.
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    Google
    • Documentation is scarce, and very difficult to find when you need it.
    • Pricing is unclear, particularly as you look to scale your reports across the business.
    • Data from other sources is not represented in the system as well as first party Google services.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kepion
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I give it this rating because it deems as effective, I am able to complete majority of my tasks using this app. It is very helpful when analyzing the data provided and shown in the app and it's just overall a great app for Operational use, despite the small hiccups it has (live data).
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    Usability
    Kepion
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Looker is relatively easy to use, even as it is set up. The customers for the front-end only have issues with the initial setup for looker ml creations. Other "looks" are relatively easy to set up, depending on the ETL and the data which is coming into Looker on a regular basis.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kepion
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    No objections
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    Performance
    Kepion
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Somehow resources heavy, both on server and client. I recommned at least 50Mbs data rate and high performance desktop comouter to be abke to run comolex tasks and configure larger amount of data. On the other hand, the client does not need to worry when viewing, the performance is usually ok
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    Support Rating
    Kepion
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Never had to work with support for issues. Any questions we had, they would respond promptly and clearly. The one-time setup was easy, by reading documentation. If the feature is not supported, they will add a feature request. In this case, LDAP support was requested over OKTA. They are looking into it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Kepion
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    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kepion
    Kepion is in a unique position in that it has all of the enterprise-grade functionality and scalability of a tool like Cognos, but it is available at a lower price point, with much more engaged support.
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    Google
    Looker Studio, you can easily report on data from various sources without programming. Looker Studio is available at no charge for creators and report viewers. Enterprise customers who upgrade to Looker Studio Pro will receive support and expanded administrative features, including team content management. So it's good.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kepion
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Kepion
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    Google
    • Looker has a poignant impact on our business's ROI objectives. As an advertising exchange we have specific goals for daily requests and fill, and having premade Looks to monitor this is an integral piece of our operational capability
    • To facilitate an efficient monthly billing cycle in our organization, Looker is essential to track estimated revenue and impression delivery by publisher. Without the Looks we have set up, we would spend considerably more time and effort segmenting revenue by vertical.
    • Looker's unique value proposition is making analytical tools more digestible to people without conventional analytical experience. Other competing tools like Tableau require considerably more training and context to successfully use, and the ability to easily plot different visualizations is one of its greatest selling points.
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    ScreenShots

    Kepion Planning Screenshots

    Screenshot of Data IntegrationScreenshot of ProcessScreenshot of ReportingScreenshot of Sales PlanningScreenshot of Scenario ModelingScreenshot of Workforce

    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.