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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OnPlan

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASpreadsheets are widely used for planning because of their flexibility and familiarity. With OnPlan, users get access to visualization capabilities, integrations, and collaboration features, in a solution designed to give the run-of-the-mill spreadsheet model more power. OnPlan integrates with dozens of data sources, including Netsuite, Quickbooks, Salesforce, ADP, and also existing spreadsheets – allowing the user to make important business decisions leveraging a single source of…N/A

    Zoho Creator

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform for building enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, tablet, and web. It is designed to allow users to create custom forms, configure workflows, build pages, and deploy apps quickly.

    $12

    per month per user

    Pricing
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $12
    per month per user
    Professional
    $30
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $37
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Add-ons: Customer Portal: $100/month onwards Premium Support : 20% of license fees Enterprise support: 25% of license fees
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    Community Pulse
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    Considered Both Products
    OnPlan
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    Zoho
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of OnPlan and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    OnPlan
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Creator
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OnPlanZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OnPlan
    OnPlan is well suited for finance teams looking to maintain control of their corporate/financial models. Every model can be exported to Excel. In particular, for early-stage to mid-stage companies, OnPlan provides a powerful and inexpensive solution that allows for automation and customization. Another strong argument for OnPlan is their experienced CSM/IM team that helps to build the first model and acts as a sounding board with insights to improve the models. OnPlan might be less powerful for large organizations operating across multiple divisions, countries, and entities as this requires sophisticated consolidation processes and standardization, which might be difficult to maintain with OnPlan. Implementations depending on complexity can take longer due to the customization options and plethora of options to make models more accurate.
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    Zoho
    If you are using some application of Zoho and want some more functionality into it, Use Zoho creator to develop a separate app as per requirement and integrate it with your Zoho App. Small organization can use creator to make apps but it can be used for small range of storage, For Large organization , it may be not feasible.
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    Pros
    OnPlan
    • Integration with QBO and SFDC
    • Integration with Google sheets and presentations
    • User friendly and polished UE
    • Easy Excel like syntax for modelling
    • Flexibility to create custom formulas
    • User roles and permissions
    • Handling of fiscal year vs. calendar as well as switching between monthly/quarterly views
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    Zoho
    • Accountability for each employee work which is very vital for any organization
    • Making operations very simple even that a simple lay man would be able to perform detailed work like a pro
    • Data tracking in live was made possible
    • Using proper Manpower for the work they are apt.
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    Cons
    OnPlan
    • Chart library or templates to quickly create polished Google charts
    • More collaboration features for comments and questions to team members
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    Zoho
    • In C6, the new setup of permissions is not logical. Admins now have access to every application rather than specific applications, which impacts data confidentiality.
    • In C6, the new feature for having multiple environments is very limited as it does not work for ZOHO Creator applications that are linked to other Zoho Creator applications in the same workspace - which is not logical at all.
    • In C6, the revised permissions for Developers do not allow the developer to assign permissions to users or to publish forms, reports, pages, etc....which again is not logical.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Today Zoho Creator is included in our current plan from Zoho One, but if it was needed to pay apart it should be done because the software we created became very important for our team. The use of Zoho Creator contributes to endorse the Zoho One subscription year after year.
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    Usability
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Its quite easy if one has the need, interest and passion to build applications and solutions through low-code. One example would be, that my finance head who has absolutely nothing to do with tech and apps, is now able to create apps and manage Zoho Creator all by himself. So its all about the interest and how much time we put to learn the tool. Having said that, its quite easy to learn the tool and create anything that's within our scope of knowledge.
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    Reliability and Availability
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    In an earlier comment, I mentioned Zoho's excellent uptime. I have been using the system for over 6 years, and have experienced only momentary outages, and of those, only a hand full over the years. It is extremely reliable
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    Performance
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    We do not integrate Zoho with other systems at this time, but rarely are searches, database exports, record edits or creation tasks ever slow enough to notice. It is quite usable
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    Support Rating
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    I recommend Zoho Creator very often. A lot of companies go big earlier than they need to and spend way too much on SalesForce & Marketo. I worked for a small company with some limited budget that pivoted to sell it's product to the Enterprise. Zoho Creator was incredibly easy to set up, intuitive to use, and contains all the most essential features that most users need and seek in SalesForce. We integrated with MailChimp & Unbounce and were able to be incredibly useful in acquiring leads, nurturing them, and tracking pipeline in Zoho Creator. Our small sales team found it very easy to use and loved it.
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    Implementation Rating
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Even if it is a easy to use platform, it got some issues on the implementation that could easily handle by IT teams. In our scenario this team don't exist anymore, and the business/marketing team had their expectations that it was quickier to be implemented. So, consider a professional help on this implementation could be cost more (of cource) but it would be helpful to manage the issues and expectations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OnPlan
    OnPlan provided the best tradeoff for customization, integrations, affordability, user controls, and maintenance/control of the financial model.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Creator stands out for its balance of affordability, ease of use, and powerful customization options. While it may not offer the same level of enterprise-scale features as platforms like OutSystems or Mendix, it provides a robust solution that meets the needs of many businesses, especially those looking for an integrated, cost-effective low-code platform with strong support for both simple and complex applications.
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    Scalability
    OnPlan
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Zoho is incredibly versatile. Much thought was put in to the way the platform functions. I've yet to face a situation where Zoho would not be able to do what I needed. That being said, because of its power, it can also be a bit intimidating technically. Simple needs are simple. More complex needs are ... more complex! Overall, it's a powerful, robust platform
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    Return on Investment
    OnPlan
    • More cost control
    • More accurate forecasts / reducing of forecasting errors
    • More accurate accounting close / detection of erroneous GL entries
    • Time savings to update financial model / forecasts
    • Time savings to create BvA reports
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    Zoho
    • With using Zoho Creator we are able to build apps that we may otherwise pay a pretty penny for. We may risk some features we could get from a 3rd party app but the fact that the data we do collect can easily syn with our CRM and Accounting systems makes up for this.
    • Negatively speaking, it takes time to fine tune and really craft your application. I am not a coder, nor do I have a coding background, so patience is key as you design and build out your application.
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    ScreenShots

    OnPlan Screenshots

    Screenshot of Get started fast – import your Excel or Google Sheets financial model.Screenshot of No need to learn a new system — OnPlan uses the Excel formulas and syntax you love.Screenshot of Generate scenarios and drill into variances. Create new what-if scenarios in seconds, and visualize variances with one click.

    Zoho Creator Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Platform App builderScreenshot of Dashboards created using Zoho CreatorScreenshot of An overview of Hotel management dashboardScreenshot of Schedule and manage eventsScreenshot of BI and AnalyticsScreenshot of Help Desk overview