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    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP BPC software is designed to help users plan and achieve a faster, more accurate close. The SAP BPC software aims to help users spend more time growing their business and less time closing books. The vendor’s value proposition is that their software delivers planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation capabilities in a single application. This, in turn, enables them to easily adjust plans and forecasts, speed up budget and closing cycles, and ensure compliance with…N/A
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    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
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    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
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    SAP
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Sage BPC is very much ahead of Dimensions in multiple areas. The speed and ease of reporting with Sage is very good when compared (although the bank reconciliation task is one thing that i feel is much more effort on Sage and takes more time than previous). We selected SAP BPC …
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    very user friendly and allows analytics build up inbuilt with very nice dashboards for KPIs
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    SAP BPC integrates very well with HANA
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    None
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    SAP BPC was decided to be implemented into our company due to the added value compared to other competitors who offer the same systems. Although SAP BPC has room for improvement, the ease of use was the deciding factor that resulted in the company picking it. Organization, …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    SAP Analytics Cloud is the future of planning for SAP data sources. The features in SAP Analytics Cloud are modern and user friendly but not all scenarios from SAP BPC are covered yet.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    SAP SAC ranks higher then SAP BPC due to its cloud offering nature. Anaplan has its own merits due to handling the complex planning scenarios.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    The main advantage SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) has over Tableau, or Business Warehouse is that the data can be input and reported via Excel spreadsheets instead of navigating the rather clunky world of SAP. The data in SAP BPC (Business Planning and …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    I am not too familiar with other products in this space. This was picked right before I started working at the organization. I am only in a support role for SAP BPC.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    We selected BPC because our Company is SAPified from the backbone. Has native and proven integrations so to start we only have to activate the pre-installed SAP Business Content and configure based in our current metadata (entities, chart of accounts, intercompanies, cost …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    The most comprehensive business planning solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Actually, for this client, no alternative has been evaluated, because SAP BPC was already in place and already installed previously However, in my opinion, once a large company has an SAP-based structure, it is quite understandable that the same company continues to use SAP …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    SAP BPC is much more flexible and complete
    Incentivized
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    Anaplan UI is much better than SAP BPC. Anaplan is user-friendly and upgrades are handled automatically as it is in the cloud.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    BPC was chosen primarily due to the revenue calculations it was capable of. The other factor in BPC's favor was the seamlessness of the multi-currency capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    We have been using BPC for a very long time so this question does not apply to us.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    N/A - did not consider other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    As I am newer to this area of finance and have only been at one firm using such systems, I do not have any comparison to offer.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    See above.
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    Ease of use

    More integrated with SAP

    Excel is loved by Finance Analysts

    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    With Hyperion we struggled as it didn’t have integrated planning and consolidation, whereas BPC does have it. BPC is easier for reporting as it is Excel-based. Also BPC has prepackaged business process flows that helped a lot. Hyperion on the other hand has a faster response …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    This decision was made as we were previously Outlooksoft customers.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.8
    41 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Long-term financial planning7.635 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.137 Ratings
    Forecasting7.840 Ratings
    Scenario modeling7.336 Ratings
    Management reporting8.140 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Financial data consolidation8.436 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports7.330 Ratings
    Multi-currency management6.928 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations6.930 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.020 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting6.433 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.227 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting8.035 Ratings
    Management Reporting7.240 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting7.539 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting6.430 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    5.6
    36 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Personalized dashboards5.024 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards6.922 Ratings
    KPIs3.031 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis7.628 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting4.024 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.018 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    6.4
    39 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Flat file integration6.935 Ratings
    Excel data integration6.937 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources5.425 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.7
    (39 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) overall is a good package and has helped improve our reporting a lot whilst also making it more efficient due to the reliability of data input / output. There are limitations like graphs being so limited in functionality and reports failing when too much data being processed however i would recommend to others.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • SAP BPC is real time data. You can send information into the system and see it reflected in your reports immediately. Other systems may require a manual push into a reporting system.
    • SAP BPC is a shared reporting tool, so multiple users can be working in a model/environment at the same time, real time. This is especially helpful if your workbooks incorporated multiple processes requiring multiple users to get into the same model.
    • SAP BPC is a powerful tool designed to help all facets of the company, from cash flow to capital expenditures to headcount management to financial planning to consolidation.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • SAP should focus on delivering one single product for planning, consolidation and budgeting needs rather than providing a large list of options to choose from.
    • The product is not very user-friendly compared to other cloud competitors. There is a heavy dependency on IT teams.
    • SAP BPC should come up a pure cloud option.
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    Usability
    SAP
    Unlike other SAP traditional products, SAP BPC was meant to be simple and familiar to financial users
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    We need a big support team with various skillset like BPC, ABAP, BW, HANA, FICO etc
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    SAP BPC training content and trainers are very good. The training is structured and provides a very good understanding of the product features and functionalities. I attended 6 separate training sessions of week-long or more. I had very good experience in all the sessions. The training is organized very well.
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    Online Training
    SAP
    SAP Training contents are very good, informative and exhaustive.
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    The implementation was carried out in two phases spread over a period of 4 years with 2 upgrades in between. We also had multiple upgrades to HANA.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    With Hyperion we struggled as it didn’t have integrated planning and consolidation, whereas BPC does have it. BPC is easier for reporting as it is Excel-based. Also BPC has prepackaged business process flows that helped a lot. Hyperion on the other hand has a faster response time for user queries or report generation.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • When originally implemented (as the predecessor product Outlooksoft) BPC took ASU from trying to budget and forecast for a 2B enterprise out of spreadsheets and into a far more consolidated tool. It has saved us considerable time over the years and paid for itself several times over.
    • BPC also allows us to present our budget in multiple different views to support management, board and departmental reporting.
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