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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Xactly

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform unifies the full revenue lifecycle into a single system of action to orchestrate and optimize revenue outcomes. Powered by 21+ years of data, the platform’s AI automates workflows and connects data across an existing ecosystem.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Xactly Corp
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    143 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    122 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    151 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    Features
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.8
    41 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Xactly
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    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning7.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting7.840 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling7.336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Xactly
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    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation8.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports7.330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management6.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations6.930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting6.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Xactly
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    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting8.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting7.240 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting7.539 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting6.430 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    5.6
    36 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Xactly
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Personalized dashboards5.024 Ratings6.8108 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards6.922 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    KPIs3.031 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis7.628 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting4.024 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.018 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Pipeline Analytics00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    6.4
    39 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Xactly
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    Ratings
    Flat file integration6.935 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration6.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources5.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Xactly
    7.8
    119 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings8.0108 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings7.6111 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings7.282 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings7.774 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    Sales Gamification
    Comparison of Sales Gamification features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) and Xactly
    Feature
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Xactly
    4.6
    90 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Sales contest templates00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Custom sales contests00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Team competitions00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Multiple competitions00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Contest flexibility00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Sales rep view00 Ratings7.690 Ratings
    Mobile game functionality00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Game notifications & updates00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Social competition / Game collaboration00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Sales game integration to Salesforce00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Sales performance reporting00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    TV streaming00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (41 ratings)
    8.7
    (324 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (51 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.8
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.4
    (10 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.7
    (39 ratings)
    1.3
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.5
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)Xactly
    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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    Xactly Corp
    The software is well-suited when it comes to tracking and monitoring your commission estimates. It's an easy, user-friendly way to understand what sales went through, and what sales disappeared. I think it could also be improved by showing what changed. So if I log in one day and I have a sale and the next day that's gone. I think an updated running log on what changed is important, even what's been added, like if I log in, show me like plus, you know, 5,000 in sales or something like that.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    • Xactly Incent allows quick feed changes with Connect.
    • Xactly Incent allows intuitive plan design so that quick changes can be made with plan changes.
    • Document Management allows quick disbursement of plans to reps as well as record management of the plans.
    • Xactly Incent allows visibility to the reps at any time so that they do not have to wonder what their commissions are.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    • Giving more than one manager access to view a participant's data. For dual reporting employees.
    • Would like more flexibility with the Standard Incentive Statement.
    • Easier process for setting up the new year.
    • The drill down function to get to the detailed data is limited to 20 standard columns. Would like it to be customizable by component.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Xactly Corp
    We have been using Xactly as a primary application to calculate the commissions payout on a daily basis and would continue the same as Xactly Incent meets our requirement. It keeps the process automated and reduces the manual effort to calculate commissions.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    From an admin perspective, the software's usability is high. The different components are organized in a way that is easy to figure out, for example, all elements of a plan are under the Plan Design section. There are some areas where searching within the system is a bit cumbersome because after clicking into a result and back out it clears your filter. I found the software easy to navigate when I first started and the amount of documentation and helpful videos they have on the community and within the University make the system even easier to learn.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Xactly Corp
    In general the system is nearly always available. But the daily achievement calculation takes a hugh amount of time. therefore it was in the past month sometimes only from midday onwards completely updated and usable for Sales employees. Xactly support was and still is working hard to get it available early mornings. Availablility time has increased a lot. It's now down to around 10 am in the moring
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    Performance
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Xactly Corp
    Xactly Incent performs extremely well. I have not experienced it "slowing down" when usage is heavy. This is particularly true when it comes to the regular recalculation of credits and commissions. It is not uncommon for Xactly to be dealing with hundreds of thousands of orders/credits in a pay period, but the system handles it well. Xactly recently changed their calculation engine and the speed for regular refreshes increased significantly.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    They take the time to understand the system. They keep us updated on the status of our cases. Finally, their continued follow up ensuring the initial issue was resolved is very nice. They will not close the case out until they have confirmed that our issue has been completely resolved and fixed.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.
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    Online Training
    SAP
    SAP Training contents are very good, informative and exhaustive.
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    Xactly Corp
    Xactly offers training on new releases on a monthly basis and training on basic principles regularly via registration. My experience with both is that they do not provide the in-depth knowledge necessary to truly master the system and advanced courses still do not go to the level needed to autonomously manage the system and plans. Professional services are a large part of any cloud based service such as Xactly and I feel a reliance on such paid consulting services is a great money-maker for Xactly.
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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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    Xactly Corp
    Go into implementation knowing how you will handle churn, if there are claw backs, treatment for every type of commission payment (i.e. new business, renewals, etc.) and know your average customer life. You'll also want details by customer for as far back as you can go (within reason).
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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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    Xactly Corp
    Ignoring the contractual issues that we had, Optymyze is very different from Xactly Incent. I would say that both offer high degrees of flexibility, but Xactly requires greater technical knowledge to customize. Optymyze allows administrators to manipulate data in a way similar to Domo or Tableau, allowing someone who is less technical to customize it. Xactly's connect module, on the other hand, requires strong knowledge of SQL to be able to manipulate data. I've been looking to take the training for Connect, so I can't comment on the limitations or flexibility beyond that.
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    Scalability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Xactly Corp
    It's very flexible. In most cases it can be adapted to your needs by programming which may cost extra money. We have a lot of different complans and close to 1.000 employees using Xactly in EMEA. It's mainly used by Sales and Finance
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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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    Xactly Corp
    • I am not aware of the company investment, but the overall result is fantastic. Employees visibility to commissions and components of their commissions is great. They have much more accessibility to their numbers and better understanding of how commissions are calculated. They can also review commissions at their convince on the application.
    • There seems to be more employee engagement and satisfaction with the overall commission process and reporting with Xactly Incent.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Screenshots

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    Xactly Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Chat-based AI Assistant interface surfacing compensation insights, attrition risk predictions, and quota recommendations, drawn from 20+ years of proprietary SPM data.Screenshot of a rep-facing incentive statement showing commission earned, quota attainment, and deal-level payout breakdown in a single view.Screenshot of a multi-dimensional forecast view showing deal health scores, risk signals, and AI-generated revenue trajectories across commit, best case, and pipeline categories.Screenshot of a view of territory design decisions that used to take quarters now take days with the coverage visibility and quota alignment field teams need to hit plan.Screenshot of the what-if scenario modeling view with plan variants, projected spend, pay equity impact, and attainment outcomes compared side by side, powered by 20+ years of benchmark data.Screenshot of a single source of truth dashboard for territory assignments, headcount, credits, and quota targets with workflow approvals for mid-year changes built in.