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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Prophix

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Prophix One, a Financial Performance Platform, is used to improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making within a harmonized user experience. To reduce complexity and uncertainty, the software offers automated insights and planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and consolidation functionalities.N/A

    SpheraCloud

    N/AN/ASphera headquartered in Chicago offers SpheraCloud, a platform designed to help businesses improve decision-making and performance with an integrated view of their risk and compliance portfolio at all levels—from single site deployments to global rollouts. SpheraCloud connects stakeholders across the entire risk value chain, and provides a holistic approach to advancing Operational Excellence.N/A
    Pricing
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    Considered Both Products
    Prophix Software
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    Sphera
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    201 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    161 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    204 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    129 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    119 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    67 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.460 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    184 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.9181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.7175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.8167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.7
    163 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.9154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.6123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.7140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    73 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.9
    173 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.8164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.7165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.9170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.0111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    9.2
    85 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.285 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    299 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.5250 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.8285 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.5267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.1221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.4278 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.8
    225 Ratings
    13% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation8.9185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports8.8120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management9.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations8.6114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership8.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting9.2156 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.6143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    9.1
    271 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting9.0252 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting9.2260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.8234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.7208 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing9.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    245 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards8.3229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards8.6163 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.2179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.4173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.6148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data8.6107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Prophix and SpheraCloud
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.6
    264 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SpheraCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration8.7213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.6229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.5203 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (322 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (141 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (123 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.3
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.0
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.5
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.8
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ProphixSpheraCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is best suited if you have a very extensive budgeting process that currently relies on multiple Excel spreadsheets. It is also great if you have on-prem tools that may no longer be supported for reporting. It may not be appropriate if you require an unlimited number of mid-tier users, as it can be very expensive annually. It's definitely not a cheap tool, but the cost can at least be optimized based on users' use cases. In both organizations I've worked for that use it, cost has been mentioned.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Pros
    Prophix Software
    • Reporting - single report that can be opened by multiple users, each will see only aspect specific to them based on their security access.
    • Budgeting - workflow driven budget data collection, visibility of its current status, ability to take action to ensure timely completion. Ability to snapshot budget data at a point in time. Ability to perform what-if scenarios.
    • Forecasting - as above with added benefit of either reusing budget level of grain or forecasting at high level.
    • Granular planning - ability to create unlimited number of subsidiary models to assist with the planning process. Non-financial data collected during budget/forecast process help with operation planning and variance analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Cons
    Prophix Software
    • Ability to filter report views for report binder without creating duplicate reports.
    • More extensive documentation and examples in the ProCalc library.
    • More ProCalc functions that deal with the time dimension and allow functions that can utilize the system date. So if it is day 8 of the month.
    • Ability to save company color scheme for use in reporting.
    • Would like to create a link between the account dimension and another dimension so I can easily report on account properties. For example, an account property could be columns in a report.
    • Would like to see the ability to have a report view on a dashboard. The tables are poorly formatted, and I’d like more formatting ability.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Prophix Software
    The system works well for us, and meets all of our needs. All of our future plans can and will be achieved within Prophix, so there is no need to pursue another product. Prophix has continuously proven to improve their product over the years, which provides an even higher level of confidence in this tool, and future developments
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    Sphera
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    Usability
    Prophix Software
    I don't rate anybody a 10 because I believe there's always room for improvement, so I'll go with an 8. And I'm giving 8 because it has helped us do more than we were doing before, and I believe there's still room for improvement.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Reliability and Availability
    Prophix Software
    There have been very few times that Prophix has not been available and we have been informed ahead of time. The only issue that we have is when we update cubes or import information and run processes during working hours which stops access for a short period of time but this is more about our processes than Prophix.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Performance
    Prophix Software
    Prophix has always performed consistently. We are using on-premise so many factors can contribute to slower than desired performance, most having nothing to do with Prophix itself. If we move to the web-client cloud based solution I believe performance will even be better.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Support Rating
    Prophix Software
    We’ve gotten moved around a lot and so we don’t always know our pod people. Also when we book sessions with a random person it seems like we have to take the first 15-20 minutes explaining our system and process.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    In-Person Training
    Prophix Software
    Training is essential for this software to be successful for any company. We unfortunately had a bad implementation and training manager so I can say with confidence that if we had the CSM we have now - we would be light years ahead of our knowledge of the system. I highly suggest taking all training opportunities and not rushing the implementation training
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    Sphera
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    Online Training
    Prophix Software
    We used our system and created a test cube to work with our own data. We ran through the different functions of Prophix and covered alot of material. We did two sessions a week, with homework tasks assigned. We were able to ask questions and cover any questions during the followup sessions.
    Incentivized
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    Sphera
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    Implementation Rating
    Prophix Software
    Prophix Consulting should bring, in house, chargeable expertise in Oracle EBS table access for Drill Across and provide reasonable limits on dimension member combinations so there are no unreasonable expectations about the application of multi dimensional cubes to detail, such as revenue by product and customer.
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    Sphera
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    Alternatives Considered
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is so much easier to use that other platforms or products. It can be customized so much easier than other larger, more expensive products. I work for a small university where we have a small finance team and Prophix allows us to tailor reporting to emerging needs in real time without having to reconfigure clunky systems with expensive modifications
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    Sphera
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    Scalability
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is a capable tool of growing with an organization and the uses for different items in the software. Our organization was able to scale the product to lots of different end users and the needs of the departments. There are plenty of updates and features to grow and bring in new data.
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    Sphera
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    Return on Investment
    Prophix Software
    • Prophix has made it possible to move away from some Excel reporting we were doing, which allows for 50% quicker reporting on a monthly basis.
    • Although it has saved us time, an improved PowerPoint feature that automatically updates our decks would save an additional 75% on top of what we already do.
    • Our Board Reporting has improved by 10 hours by moving our reports fully into Prophix.
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    Sphera
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    ScreenShots

    Prophix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Prophix One Portal: One single point of entry into Prophix One through its portal simplifies access and authentication but also allows seamless movement between applications.Screenshot of Chart Insights, one of the AI Insights capabilities that utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide enhanced business awareness.  Chart Insights extends the important details contained within dashboards, and analyzes the complete dataset behind the dashboard, automatically surfacing the data relationships not obvious in dashboard visualizations alone. It then provides a summary of key performance metrics found buried within Prophix charts.  It also summarizes the important insights in plain English.Screenshot of Prophix One Financial Planning & Analysis: Prophix's self-serve dashboards and visualizations are directly integrated with data, workflow tasks, announcements, and external URLs and databases. Dashboard Studio helps users to be informed and make better business decisions.Screenshot of Detailed interactive charts and graphs that Prophix offers to uncover insights. Prophix’s visual analytics are linked directly to data with transaction details.  There is no need to input the numbers.  Prophix does this tedious work, automatically.Screenshot of Prophix’s Workflow Manager, used to assign tasks to users and facilitate approvals across the business.  Stakeholder input can be captured directly with the ability to add comments and notes in a single unified database.Screenshot of Cell Comments, that allow users to add supporting details like notes and attachments to data.  Since comments are stored with the data, they can be viewed in any template along with their trailing history. Cell Comment Reports can also be generated to show all comments from any data view in one convenient report.