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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AOracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is a solution that helps users model and plan across finance, HR, supply chain, and sales, streamline the financial close process.

    $250

    per user/per month

    Planful

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Planful is a cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) suite. It includes financial applications for modeling, planning, consolidation, reporting and analytics.N/A
    Pricing
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    Editions & Modules
    EPM Standard
    $250
    per user/per month
    EPM Enterprise
    $500
    per user/per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsPricing per user varies by component within the Oracle EPM Cloud solution. Please see pricing information for the EPM Cloud components on cloud.oracle.com or contact Oracle Sales at +1.800.633.0738.Pricing is highly dependent on the complexity and scope of the implementation.
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    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
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    Planful
    Chose Planful
    Slightly different as we only used oracle for accounting purposes.
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    Chose Planful
    The UI in Oracle's Planning and Budgeting Cloud is surprisingly fresh, especially compared to Host. Navigation, colors, clicking, graphics all feel relatively modern, especially for business software. It offers a lot of features that appear more fully baked than Host Analytics' …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    Features
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    5.6
    3 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Planful
    6.1
    64 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.12 Ratings6.933 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards4.43 Ratings5.057 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates4.43 Ratings6.555 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    6.7
    23 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Planful
    7.5
    104 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis6.022 Ratings8.4103 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.021 Ratings7.0104 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.019 Ratings7.197 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.5
    19 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Planful
    7.4
    86 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Publish to Web8.016 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.019 Ratings6.477 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.017 Ratings6.555 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.015 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    5.9
    3 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Planful
    6.1
    51 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.03 Ratings5.040 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.83 Ratings6.42 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.13 Ratings6.044 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.2
    24 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Planful
    8.9
    103 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.020 Ratings8.496 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model6.023 Ratings8.894 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.020 Ratings8.595 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings8.855 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.021 Ratings9.778 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.2
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Planful
    2.3
    42 Ratings
    105% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.22 Ratings2.540 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings2.230 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    6.6
    38 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Planful
    8.7
    156 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Long-term financial planning7.030 Ratings8.7139 Ratings
    Financial budgeting7.038 Ratings9.0155 Ratings
    Forecasting6.037 Ratings9.0146 Ratings
    Scenario modeling6.035 Ratings7.8131 Ratings
    Management reporting7.033 Ratings9.0149 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.3
    20 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Planful
    8.0
    118 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Financial data consolidation7.017 Ratings9.3107 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.014 Ratings7.886 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.013 Ratings7.470 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations8.014 Ratings7.673 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.012 Ratings6.939 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting8.016 Ratings7.789 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails7.016 Ratings9.187 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.2
    34 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Planful
    7.6
    152 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting7.029 Ratings8.8133 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.032 Ratings8.8143 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting9.030 Ratings7.0141 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting6.028 Ratings6.5114 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing6.019 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    6.8
    25 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Planful
    5.9
    104 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Personalized dashboards7.025 Ratings5.191 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards7.73 Ratings2.555 Ratings
    KPIs7.44 Ratings7.476 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis6.74 Ratings6.975 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting6.024 Ratings6.963 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data6.024 Ratings6.410 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management and Planful
    Feature
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.0
    36 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Planful
    8.9
    140 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Flat file integration7.034 Ratings9.5105 Ratings
    Excel data integration7.032 Ratings7.8130 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.028 Ratings9.596 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    OneStream
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (46 ratings)
    8.8
    (164 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.8
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (22 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.3
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance ManagementPlanful
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    It is well suited in a geographically distributed environment where you have various key participants in multiple time zones providing input and necessary explanations on performance and measured success It is less appropriate where you have a single office environment with a single finance department working together. It is also less suited when the GL is NOT an Oracle product and the interface between the GL and the reporting software needs to be implemented with utmost care and handling.
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    Planful
    Planful is initially easy to setup and if a company is already using a mid layer to transform and standardise GL data, management reports can be set up in days, not weeks or months. Budgeting template setup does get some getting used to but the training provided by Planful is sufficient to get going and learn along the way. Building custom reports is straightforward and the interface is user-friendly, therefore the accounting team can get going without the need for technical specialists getting involved. Budget and forecasting is flexible and drivers of revenue and cost can be created in Planful and customised by Unit or Geography.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Account Reconciliation CLoud Services provides tight integration with Oracle R12 and 11i . Provides drillback capability. It is flexible and provides rich functionality to users.
    • We have implemented ARCS on cloud and migrated planning and budgeting from On premise to PBCS and EPBCS. Functionality is onpar with onpremise. Provides regular updates monthly
    • We don't need to upgrades every year and saved a lot on Hardware.
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    Planful
    • It aggregates data from different sources well, allowing me to report on a wide variety of metrics that interrelate.
    • I can build detailed reports so that my monthly and weekly reporting is done more efficiently
    • I like the tools that I am using to create dedicated models for forecasting and budgeting purposes
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • The limitation of constrained out of the box dimensions that requires ripping the initial implementation to add the new dimensions is a major drawback.
    • Smartview interface is cumbersome for many.
    • The only financial adapter is available for integration for other modules we have to go with file-based uploads which is cumbersome and not real-time.
    • It is very costly in terms of licensing unlike other Oracle products.
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    Planful
    • Dashboarding could be more flexible and easier to use.
    • Dynamic Reporting has room for flexibility with nesting, dimension names showing up instead of “All,” and overall flexibility.
    • Make Analyze view in Spotlight more intuitive.
    • A high-level onboarding guide to understanding the different components of Planful, data flows, and tips & tricks.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    We have a pretty good userbase who are at the high level who gained value from this tool. Discontinuing this tool is prone to impact their day to day operations. Also the data in this tool cannot alter the source, which maintains the integrity of this tool. Smartview is a cool addition that gained lot of traction as well.
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    Planful
    Our new Comptroller understands the value of Planful, and we plan to utilize it further in the organization to enhance external reporting. Strangely enough, Planful had not previously been embraced by the former CFO, who argued that we were running two sets of books (of course, we were not). Fortunately, the before mentioned reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Income demonstrated that to the banks.
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    Usability
    Oracle
    It produces consolidated multi currency reports faster and more accurately whilst adding additional pivotal functionality. The Smartview reporting is a key for us and a flagstone of the application
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    Planful
    The tool is extremely adaptable, and it enables very quick querying to give us opportunity to gain live insights into the business. Given its adaptability, we are also able to create scenario analyses very quickly in rapidly changing environments. The formatting also enables us to provide this information in a very consumable manner.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Oracle
    EPM has been so far available all the time
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    Planful
    I only give a 9 rating rather than a 10 rating because it seems that every day around 2pm we see a slowdown in the use of Planful. I have requested our internal IT department verify that it is not an internal issue and have been assured it is the tool. We have not yet reached out to Planful to do extensive research to solve this issue.
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    Performance
    Oracle
    The product performance is so far very good
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    Planful
    Again, the system is very reliable and, for the most part, runs very quick and smooth. When running larger queries, it does take some time, and during budgeting season our users experienced slower loading times, but nothing that raises concerns outside of normal network issues. Occasionally, as with any software we use, it will crash and you have to restart, but that does not happen very often.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    Support from our implementation partner is a 10/10, but support from Oracle is awful. Case in point: recently over a 2-day period, there were a series of intermittent outages. Oracle actually asked US for the outage time-stamps. I would have thought that, since we were paying them, they should probably be able to tell us!
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    Planful
    Sometimes we get great help when using Planful's support team and other times we don't. In particular, there is one person that often responds to our support tickets who is less than helpful, hence the reason for the 5 out of 10 rating. As a result, most of the time we reach out to our Planful consulting group as they provide faster and better support
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    In-Person Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Planful
    My team has attended training offered several times before/during the Planful Perform conference. This training has been extremely useful and we always learn something we didn't know prior to the training. The trainers are always very knowledgeable and more than willing to help each and every user after the training with specific questions regarding their environment. Planful also offers training and certifications on their training hub. I have completed a couple of the certifications. The courses are easy to follow along with and very informative. Additionally, Planful schedules webinars pretty regularly. They'll email their customers and allow you to register to participate live. They also record these sessions so you can refer back to them at a later date or if you are unable to attend at the time the webinar is offered, you can register anyway and get access to the recording. Their training has improved year over year!
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    Online Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Planful
    Planful provides a lot of online training support. There's so many options for training. Admin Learning Courses, User Learning Courses. Plus they have several webinars devoted to the tool and the new features they release. New Releases can be practiced in a Sandbox Environment prior to going live in Production
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    I suggest doubling the time to implement from the initial quote you get from the Sales team. That's always been the case for me for multiple EPMs now. The out-of-the-box functionality of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is pretty robust so I appreciate that and it really helped us get the ball rolling quickly.
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    Planful
    After going through the initial implementation with Host Analytics and a re-implementation with Cervello (due to an ERP change, not due to a poor initial implementation), I've learned that you really must rely on your internal staff to bear most of the implementation burden. Use the vendor or partners for ideas and best-practice suggestions, and some of the easy-but-time-consuming work. Since you will ultimately be using and maintaining the application, you should be able to do most of it yourself.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud fared very well against Adaptive, Anaplan, and Host Analytics. We ultimately decided on Oracle due to its reputation and strength of existing customers. We are happy with our decision.
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    Planful
    Prior to joining the company, we tried to implement Vena but were unsuccessful. There we're a few reasons it didn't work out, but a lot of it related to the implementation team they provided. In just the first week with Planful, we achieved more progress than we did in several months with Vena.
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    Scalability
    Oracle
    The product is scalable
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    Planful
    From our experience, Planful is only used in 2 overhead departments in our organization. We easily added another overhead department, but they decided against using Planful for their workforce and financial planning. Removing them from our environment was extremely easy.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Significantly reduced the amount of money we spent for the maintenance of in-house hardware.
    • We now need less employees to manage the configurations of Oracle EPM Cloud.
    • There have been many time savings as a whole to apply to more productive causes.
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    Planful
    • Has allowed users to view a real-time P&L in a way they weren't able to do with Qlik.
    • Budget to Actual analysis has become much more streamlined and actionable
    • Long-range plan process has been significantly streamlined and a lot of time has been cut out of the process.
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    ScreenShots

    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of Process and Workflow - Flexible Workflow and Process Management - Annotations - Concurrency in UsageScreenshot of Integration - External Integration - Oracle ERP Systems and Hybrid On-Premise DeploymentScreenshot of Planning and Forecasting - Decision-Oriented Plans with Instant Feedback Loop - What-If Modeling and SandboxScreenshot of Process and Workflow - Flexible Workflow and Process Management - Annotations - Concurrency in UsageScreenshot of User Interface - Role-Based, Intuitive User Interface - Role-Based Navigation Flows - Microsoft Office InterfaceScreenshot of Integration - External Integration - Oracle ERP Systems and Hybrid On-Premise Deployment

    Planful Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Planful Planform DashboardScreenshot of Planful for FinanceScreenshot of Planful for MarketingScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of a Capacity Planning TemplateScreenshot of Integrations