Skip to main content
TrustRadius
Cube

Cube

Overview

What is Cube?

Cube is a financial planning & analysis (FP&A) platform that aims to enable finance teams to be more strategic and positively contribute to company growth activities by spending less time on manual, repetitive task, from Cube Planning headquartered in New…

Read more
Recent Reviews

TrustRadius Insights

Cube is a versatile financial planning and analysis software that offers a wide range of use cases for businesses. Users have found value …
Continue reading
Read all reviews

Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Popular Features

View all 49 features
  • Excel-based Reporting (49)
    9.4
    94%
  • Financial budgeting (51)
    9.1
    91%
  • Management reporting (51)
    8.5
    85%
  • Forecasting (49)
    7.7
    77%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

View all pros & cons
Return to navigation

Pricing

View all pricing

Cube Go

$1,500

Cloud
per month

Cube Pro

$2,800

Cloud
per month

Enterprise

Contact us

Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee required
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.cubesoftware.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $1,500 per month
Return to navigation

Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.2
Avg 8.0

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.9
Avg 8.3

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.1
Avg 8.2

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.2
Avg 7.6

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

9.4
Avg 8.7

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.7
Avg 8.0

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting

These activities are designed to assist with both data-driven operational, short-term planning and strategic long term planning

8
Avg 8.3

Consolidation and Close

Consolidation of data from multiple entities with currency management, reporting and audit trails.

8.5
Avg 8.0

Financial Reporting and Compliance

Financial statements and regulatory filings

8.6
Avg 8.2

Analytics and Reporting

Dashboards and scorecards for KPI monitoring and benchmarking

8.5
Avg 8.0

Integration

Ability to integrate with external applications.

9.1
Avg 8.3
Return to navigation

Product Details

What is Cube?

Cube is a spreadsheet-native FP&A platform that focuses on meeting strategic finance teams where they already live and enhancing the workflows they use every day. By pairing the ease and familiarity of Excel & Google Sheets with the structure of a purpose-built FP&A platform, Cube aims to help companies of all sizes plan and analyze for the unexpected and stay ahead of changes.

The Cube software platform provides:
Automated data consolidation, and the ability to connect data from multiple sources for automated rollups and drilldowns. Multi-scenario analysis, the ability to model how changes to key assumptions affect overall outputs. Customizable dashboards that enable building and sharing of customizable dashboards and reports from reusable templates to flexible ad-hoc reporting.

Spreadsheet integrations, multi-currency support and evaluating financials in both local and reporting currencies. User-based controls and validations, and providing an audit trail ensure that the right data goes to the right people at the right time.

Templates are shareable and customizable. The ability to locate transactions and history behind a single cell of data. Centralized formulas and KPIs are stored in a central location and manage from a single source of truth.




Cube Competitors

Cube Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Cube is a financial planning & analysis (FP&A) platform that aims to enable finance teams to be more strategic and positively contribute to company growth activities by spending less time on manual, repetitive task, from Cube Planning headquartered in New York.

Cube starts at $1500.

Vena, Planful, and DataRails are common alternatives for Cube.

Reviewers rate Local and consolidated reporting highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Cube are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
Return to navigation

Comparisons

View all alternatives
Return to navigation

Reviews and Ratings

(62)

Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Cube is a versatile financial planning and analysis software that offers a wide range of use cases for businesses. Users have found value in using Cube for budgeting, forecasting, and running reports and analytics. The software allows users to easily shift parameters, update reports, and run different scenarios, making it a valuable tool in financial decision-making. Cube extends its capabilities beyond budgets to include revenue and payroll, enabling users to go beyond budgeting and into forecasting and planning. This flexibility has been praised by customers as it allows them to gain deeper insights into their business performance.

Cube's integration with Excel is another key use case that users have found beneficial. The software easily integrates with Excel, making it simple for non-techy users to plug it into templates and roll it forward. This seamless integration streamlines processes and eliminates the need for complex formulas in Excel by aggregating and normalizing data. As a result, users can enjoy simplified reporting and flexible forecasting and budgeting within their familiar Excel environment.

The ease of implementation is another important use case of Cube that has been highlighted by users. Implementing Cube does not require external consultants, and the setup team is highly responsive, offering assistance throughout the process. Users have noted that the software is extremely easy to use and takes only a few hours to understand. With its clean and well-organized website portal, Cube provides a user-friendly interface that allows for quick onboarding and adoption.

Cube also enhances month-end close processes by providing quick access to P&L details, variance analysis, and data import/export. Users have reported that Cube improves efficiency and organization with its quick data fetching capabilities, model version control, and collaboration features. The software centralizes data, streamlining processes while allowing for prompt identification of issues and discrepancies.

Overall, Cube has proven to be a reliable FP&A tool that offers comprehensive solutions for financial planning, budgeting, performance analysis, reporting, and more. Its user-friendly interface, seamless integration with Excel, and quick implementation make it a preferred choice for businesses looking to optimize their financial processes and gain actionable insights.

Intuitive and Easy to Use: Many users have found the platform intuitive and easy to use, comparing it to familiar programs like Excel and Google Sheets. They appreciate that there is no need to learn a new programming language or complicated portals.

Excellent Customer Support: The support team has received praise from several users for their dedication and availability. Users mention having a dedicated representative always available for help. They also find the support articles genuinely useful and appreciate that the team is open to product feedback.

Flexible Platform with Customization Options: Users appreciate the flexibility of the platform, mentioning that they can easily create and adjust dimension hierarchies for accounts. They also like the ability to create custom reports on the fly and map financial information as needed.

Slow Data Loading: Some users have expressed frustration with the speed of data loading and fetching in the software, leading to a time-consuming process of updating and processing reports. While some acknowledge that this could be attributed to their company's structure, it remains a common complaint among users.

Limited Customization Options: Users have mentioned a desire for additional customization options on the dashboard, such as updating new data templates and improving the speed of data refreshes. They also noted that data uploads from their source ERP system sometimes timeout, requiring follow-up with customer support to reset settings.

Missing Features: Several users have mentioned the absence of certain features in the software, including the ability to suppress $0 on Fetch and schedule monthly uploads of new data from the source ERP system. These missing features have been a source of disappointment for these users.

Users of Cube have made several recommendations based on their experiences with the software. The most common recommendations include considering Cube for Financial Reporting or FP&A software, taking advantage of its excellent support and good price, and benefiting from its automation and simplification of budgeting and forecasting practices. These recommendations highlight Cube's suitability for financial reporting and planning needs, the value of its support services, and the benefits of its automation capabilities in streamlining budgeting and forecasting processes.

Reviews

(1-25 of 30)
Companies can't remove reviews or game the system. Here's why
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube lacks a lot of the forecasting and planning capabilities of other FP&A tools in the market, but it excels at providing flexibility in aggregating data from multiple places into a single source of truth and then building reports driven off of that data. Cube is very suitable for small scale companies looking to uplevel routine reporting while maintaining key forecasting in Excel or Google Sheets.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube has an easier implementation and functionality is appropriate, quick-to-learn and a perfect match for an organisation of our scale and growth. There is less flexibility in the reporting & formatting in-built in Cube, and it's a far way off the in-built modelling functionality of Anaplan - however, it leverages Excel and G-sheet full functionality, meaning it's a perfect tool for organisations heavily reliant on Excel that aren't looking to migrate users to a new system with extensive training required.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube was the most flexible while still doing everything we need it to do. Because it is a spreadsheet native platform we could quickly and easily integrate it into the processes we already had. While at the same time learning how Cube worked so that we could fully leverage its technology as we became more comfortable with the tool.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube support team is much more willing to help. Cube product team is adding new features at a faster pace. Cube is more functional within excel. Cube has better version control and general ledger organization. Cube customer service is incredibly helpful and their team is full of positive energy. The company is in a great spot to continue to serve its users.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cube was chosen because of its price, customer support and ease to integrate and learn. my team learned it pretty fast and their customer support team consists of ex-fpa folks so they know the problems that the users deal with on a day to day. they gave us a good plan to integrate
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube was just a lot easier to use than Vena. We took some time to look at Vena as well and while their product was impressive, our organization was not yet there. We needed something we could implement quickly, and in today's day and age I think that is a very important quality to have. Start up and early stage companies do not have the luxury of implementation teams and massive IT resources so Cube was a huge help.
Andrew DeVito, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube is a much simpler and easier to use platform compared to its competitors. The setup was extremely easy, and required almost no help from IT. The big standout difference was the cube support team though. They were available from start to finish when implementing the software and were there to answer any of our questions at a moments notice.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Causal is a much more sophisticated product, but would require that we completely switch away from all of our current models and using google sheets. Cube allowed us to continue operating as is, but with a quicker data connection.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Workday Adaptive Planning was too cumbersome to implement. It was expected to take 6 months to implement it + teething issues. This would be after you know exactly what you want.
With our business that is going through significant growth year on year and things rapidly changing, we need a tool that was quick to implement (took 2 weeks) and nimble enough to adjust as things change. Cube is the ideal tool for us for where we are currently in our journey and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
September 01, 2022

Great for growing companies

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
90% of what Hyperion offered Cube offers. Cube is missing the drill down feature which I believe is its biggest flaw. If you have revenue you cant double click on revenue and have it blow out all the revenue accounts at the lowest level. For companies that have hundreds accounts and roll ups this would be a major problem in my opinion. Hyperion was great for this you could double click and drill down to see all accounts very easily Cube you have to manually find all the accounts and insert them into excel Minus that they are very similar and Cube is much more user friendly.
Nicholas Jacoby | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Cube is a much more cost-effective tool that is also much simpler for the business to manage. It does not require an in-house IT team and the admin functionalities are very straightforward.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We switched to Cube because of its ease of use. Adaptive had way too many moving parts and was too restrictive for what we were trying to achieve. With a small Finance team, it was hard to have multiple people be power users of Adaptive vs Cube which was extremely intuitive for anyone who is a power Excel user.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cube is kind of like "Hyperion-lite." It offers many of the same functionalities (from an analyst's perspective) and is in fact better for a smaller team that wants to own administration over the reporting cube as well. Cube is a much better option for a leaner team.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Planful was just a bit too advanced (and costly) for what we needed at this point of our company (much like Adaptive). With those types of platforms, you really do need a consultant to help create the needs specific to your personal business, which ends up adding costs. Causal was a really great tool as well, but not quite what we needed for our business.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cube is more affordable than other finance products that are out there. I have also tried Plan Guru, but ran into issues as Plan Guru desktop version was only for PC's and cloud version did not have the same capabilities as the desktop version, so it was a catch-22.
Return to navigation