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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LivePlan

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    LivePlan is business plan software for entrepreneurs. Features include the pitch creation, sample plans, financial assessments, and performance dashboards.

    $15

    Monthly & Annual billing options available

    Pigment

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/APigment is an enterprise-grade business planning platform that provides users with a 360° view of the business, updates its financial models in real-time, and allows users to run what-if scenarios at the click of a button. Pigment aims to enable FP&A and revenue teams to improve cross-functional collaboration, increase internal efficiency, and align financial and operational plans, all while scaling reporting and data management.N/A
    Pricing
    LivePlanPigment
    Editions & Modules
    LivePlan Premium
    Starting at $30/month
    Monthly & Annual billing options available
    LivePlan Standard
    Starting at $15/month
    Monthly & Annual billing options available
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LivePlanPigment
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsLivePlan Standard Includes: - Step-By-Step Instructions - Automatic Financial Statements - Full Financial Forecast - One-Page Pitch Builder - 500+ Sample Plans LivePlan Premium includes everything in Standard, plus: - Industry Benchmark Data - Financial Forecast Scenarios - Performance Dashboards - Milestone Planner - LiveForecast - Syncs with Xero & QuickBooks All subscriptions come with a 60-day money-back guarantee and access to expert customer support.—
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Palo Alto Software
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    Pigment
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    LivePlanPigment
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.64 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.6
    7 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of LivePlan and Pigment
    Feature
    LivePlan
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LivePlanPigment
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LivePlanPigment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LivePlanPigment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Palo Alto Software
    All businesses require solutions and tools for organization and control of expenses, spreadsheets were always the first option, but since the arrival of LivePlan, all work is easier and more automated. With LivePlan we have charts and graphs that are automatically created based on our data, this is a great time and money saver. LivePlan is a tool that has worked from day one and has met our expectations in creating the total budget.
    Incentivized
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    Pigment
    Planning, financials, and even sales tracking are greatly helpful for project planning. This makes product planning easy; you can simply see what the industry is demanding and what should be produced more in coming quarters. If you have really huge data, then this sometimes crashes.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Palo Alto Software
    • It makes it easy and simple to plan and budget the business.
    • It allows creating of accurate business forecasts.
    • It has detailed yet easy to use and customize built-in templates to help you get along with business planning easily.
    • It integrates and works perfectly well woth accounting tools like QuickBooks such that it is easy to import the accounting data.
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    Pigment
    • Helping organizations assess the impacts of various business decisions effectively​
    • Seamlessly integrates with multiple data sources
    • Collaboration with other teams and teammates
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    Cons
    Palo Alto Software
    • UX: It's beyond time for an overhaul, especially on mobile. It can make the app seem dated.
    • The accounting software integration has been prone to break and need to be re-setup, though that seems to have improved.
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    Pigment
    • Its not that stable, need some improvements in stability of the product. Gets crashed sometimes
    • There is learning curv for script as pigment have its own logic things
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Palo Alto Software
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    Pigment
    Overall most of Pigment is self-service and meant to be used by the business users. It usually doesn't require reaching out to a technical or IT resource to make changes to reports or the models we have setup.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Palo Alto Software
    We did not really find a similar solution. All other solutions are focused on project management, [there's] nothing on generating a business plan. There is nothing on this level that helps people without any business experience write the plan. They have samples, instructions what to write where, how to prepare for pitching, and generate dashboards. Nothing in this market gets anywhere close to this solution.
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    Pigment
    Pigment has a lot of the same self-service capabilities but offers a more robust infrastructure to plan and report on more than just the financial data. It allows for more extended planning and the reporting and dashboard capabilities are very strong.
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    Return on Investment
    Palo Alto Software
    • It has made it easy to create sensible budgets and run our business within the proposed budgets to avoid overspending.
    • It allows us to keenly follow up and keep track of how the business is performing thus getting to know on which ares we should improve.
    • It helps us have accurate future insights of the position of our business thanks to its forecasting functionality.
    • It helps us to create outstanding business plans and fund the plans which help us grow our business by improving its productivity.
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    Pigment
    • Capacity to anticipate better (forecasting accuracy improved)
    • Single source of truth for internal and external financial KPIs
    • Agility to compare scenarios and making decisions based on that
    Incentivized
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