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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ATalend Open Studio was an open source integration software, used to build basic data pipelines or execute simple ETL and data integration tasks. Qlik and Talend discontinued the service in early 2024, and it is no longer available.

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    Pricing
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is highly dependent on the complexity and scope of the implementation.—
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    Community Pulse
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Planful
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    6.1
    64 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.933 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards5.057 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    7.5
    104 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.4103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    7.4
    86 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF6.477 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.566 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    6.1
    51 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)5.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    8.9
    103 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.496 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.894 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.595 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.778 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    2.3
    42 Ratings
    104% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access2.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile2.230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    8.7
    156 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.7139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting9.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting9.0146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling7.8131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting9.0149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    8.0
    118 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation9.3107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports7.886 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management7.470 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.673 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership6.939 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting7.789 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails9.187 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    7.6
    152 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting8.8133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.8143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting7.0141 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting6.5114 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    5.9
    104 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards5.191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards2.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs7.476 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis6.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting6.963 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data6.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    8.9
    140 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Flat file integration9.5105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration7.8130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources9.596 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    -
    Ratings
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    -
    Ratings
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings6.010 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    -
    Ratings
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings6.98 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Planful and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Planful
    -
    Ratings
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    6.5
    7 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Skyvia
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (164 ratings)
    7.9
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (23 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (22 ratings)
    4.9
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PlanfulTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Discontinued Products
    For quick daily integrations Talend is a very good tool and it makes development time so short and easy. Citizen developers who are not great programmers can pick up and start using Talend Open Studio within weeks. It's well suited for all kinds of data migration between various systems. It is less appropriate for smaller synchronous services where you need to trace the complete transaction and how data moved between them. It's also less appropriate for small data movements where other tools can be easier to use and manage.
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    Pros
    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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    • Your developers will be able to design SOA services graphically, and it is very easy to document and implement the code.
    • Talend Open Studio is based on Eclipse IDE, so your developers will be very comfy using it
    • Open is Key in Talend Open Studio = Open Source
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    • The community is not that up to date and forum is not that great in response. Probably we should make people aware of the tool more on how to use and its implementations.
    • Talend crashes when transforming a lot of data (millions of rows).
    • Proper training documentation is a must for talend which is currently lagging. This will help users to learn more about Talend and use it effectively.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    There is no licence requirement for Talend Open Studio. So, this is not relevant question. However, if you are asking whether we will use Talend in future. Yes. We will continue to use it. It's very powerful free tool which caters to all our extra, transform, load capabilities. We just love Talend for it's great functionality and ease of use.
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    Usability
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Talend Open Studio is based on Eclipse and is full of redundant procedures to do one thing, like when installing libraries. Sometimes I cannot manually download the libraries that it can't find.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Many times, Talend freezes. When you give a cancel command, it takes several minutes to stop. It also takes a great toll on our PC with 16 GB of ram and I7 CPU, even in idle status. If you are downloading Maven Jar/Libraries, you cannot do anything and have to wait until the task is finished.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Talend Open Studio is free and we are not using the enterprise version which comes with licence and support. So, mostly depend on the open source community for any issues that we face. The document is good and we didn't have to use any support so far. We did evaluate the enterprise version and so far sticking to the free version.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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
    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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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Informatica has a limited number of components that you can use. This places a heavy limitation on the capabilities of Informatica. On the other hand, Talend allows you to create your own custom components using Java. For businesses that need to perform a wide variety of data operations, it can be quite useful to have the option of creating your own custom components to satisfy business needs.
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    Scalability
    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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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • I delivered projects the client did not believe were possible, and I provided intermediate value by providing visibility to hidden data problems in their systems they could not detect before.
    • I was able to work 3 projects at a time, pausing gracefully in one while switching to the other, with minimal effort.
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    Screenshot of the Planful Planform DashboardScreenshot of Planful for FinanceScreenshot of Planful for MarketingScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of a Capacity Planning TemplateScreenshot of Integrations