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Saves time and avoids complex Excel workbooks.
Updated November 29, 2023

Saves time and avoids complex Excel workbooks.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

ApptioOne

Modules Used

  • Cost Analytics (formerly Cost Transparency)
  • Planning and Budgeting (formerly IT Planning)

Overall Satisfaction with ApptioOne

We implemented Apptio One, an IT Planning module, to address the challenges of using Excel to maintain a Budget, Forecast, and Actuals to help in planning and variance analysis.
  • Replace complex, linked Excel worksheets and workbooks.
  • Help with forecasting and changing expenses on a month-by-month basis.
  • Provides total net expenses for the month, and for the 12 month period.
  • We don't begin from "zero" in our fiscal year, and it's challenging to consider a beginning balance in calculations.
  • Out of the box reporting reflects configuration to the ATUM data model, not changes to it.
Being able to upload Actual expenses from the ledgers allow us to update forecast based on actuals, offering a more accurate view of financial results and reporting of the same for executives. In addition, this helps with understanding how to reallocate funding to take advantage of emerging opportunities in our environments, both one-time expenses and entirely allocating ongoing funding to a new activity.
  • Resources allocated to emerging services.
  • Savings for one full FTE to maintain and develop excel tools.
  • Forecasting accuracy has increased.
We've gone through several support staff during our relationship with Apptio, and it really does depend on who the person is and what their skill level and understanding of our business is. In some cases, we had difficulty conveying our needs; other times, it was clear what we needed, and we generally got it.

Do you think ApptioOne delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with ApptioOne's feature set?

Yes

Did ApptioOne live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of ApptioOne go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy ApptioOne again?

Yes

Well-suited: 1) get rid of complex Excel modeling Less-appropriate: out-of-the-box reporting, graphs, and dashboards are difficult to configure to a modified data model.

Using ApptioOne

8 - This is the internal finance team, using ApptioOne for daily forecast management and updates, and for reporting purposes.
2 - TBM Administrator training from Apptio; deep knowledge and understanding of internal financial processes and practices as well as the chart of accounts.
  • Forecast Updates
  • Reporting
  • Variance analysis
  • Easily change labor rates and allocation mid-year
  • Automatica calculation of benefits rates
  • Better reporting
While ApptioOne has some issues of concern, its deployment in our organization has saved a tremendous amount of time by providing a robust way to maintain complicated budgets/forecasts and report on results.