Planful

“Host Analytics is perfect for any organization where the dynamic budget is put together by several budget owners across the organization, as the budget templates (which can be customized to your... … Familiar Excel-style interface for entering data into budget templates The capabilities provided by the budget templates allow for a dynamic, consolidated budget that can be easily be put together...”

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WE had premium support the first year and felt it was well worth the price because we still had a ton to learn and were still developing a lot of our processes and reporting and wanted their... … We love that we are not relying on "linked" spreadsheets anymore and have more confidence in our plan numbers.

We also use Financial Package Publisher (FPP) to generate our Monthly Financial...”

“The Host Analytics budget model has enabled the budget team to reduce man hours spent during the budget cycle by 80%.”

“Great marketing performance management software that allows us to validate business value with our marketing plans and spending by tracking performance to cost per outcome and enabling us to quickly... … Consolidates plan and budget into one platform.”

“I have monthly variance meetings with our money managers where we discuss their previous month’s budget vs their actuals making sure they are accurately forecasting their cost. … So, our dept being under budget resulted in All Overhead Depts coming in under budget.”

“Most end users use Host Analytics solely by means of receiving canned reports via email from finance; however, we do have several cost center managers actively logging into Host Analytics to review...”

“We're utilizing the budget features within Planful to budget at the part level and work force planning level.”

“The Budget entities that are used as the backbone for planning is an area Planful could consider to make more flexible The Non-Workforce planning of several GL Accounts in connection with cost... … Planful scored high in multiple areas (such planning, reporting, Workforce controlling) and based on our assessment criteria Planful receive the highest value/cost ratio.”

“Direct input from all budget owners, resulting in more accurate forecasting Easier real-time comparison budget to actuals Somewhat easier forecasting.”

“This has led to better understanding of cost structure and ROI. … Financial Reporting Budget Preparation User Management.”

“It is easy for budget owners to enter the budget information and assumptions, and efficient for FP&A to roll up the numbers and run scenario analysis.”