Host Analytics - Automation of KPI Reporting
May 20, 2016

Host Analytics - Automation of KPI Reporting

Brian Chin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Planful (formerly Host Analytics)

Host Analytics is used by the Finance/BI team to automate operational KPI reporting processes. The solution allowed us to report on accurate metrics in a timely manner. The solution brings in data from various sources using APIs to streamline the reporting process.

Pros

  • Automation
  • Reporting
  • Consolidation
  • Customer Service

Cons

  • Visualization
  • Mobile
  • Different browser functionality
  • Automated KPI Reporting Close
  • More detailed variance analysis
  • Ease of reporting
Host Analytics' is well suited when the business wants to automate their KPI reporting. By doing so, Host Analytics can bring in the data via APIs and report on the metrics. Host Analytics allows the user to report on the different dimensions and is great for customized and/or ad hoc reporting.

Planful Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
8
Scenario modeling
8
Management reporting
10
Financial data consolidation
10
Local and consolidated reporting
10
Financial Statement Reporting
10
Management Reporting
10
Excel-based Reporting
9
Automated board and financial reporting
10
Personalized dashboards
7
KPIs
10
Cost and profitability analysis
9
Key Performance Indicator setting
10
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
8

Comments

  • Alison Holmlund | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Hi Brian, I appreciate you taking the time to review Host Analytics. I found your review to be particularly interesting as you mention KPIs and APIs, which are often not the focus of reviews. It was nice to read how you use APIs to streamline your reporting process as we take pride in developing a flexible application with APIs to provide seamless integration. We are continuing to develop new APIs for even greater flexibility. We also continue to invest in areas like visualization and KPIs and recently announced new functionality available in the Summer release which I think you’ll be very excited to see. Finally, we have invested considerably to enable all Host Analytics functionality on Google Chrome, as well as other browsers like Firefox. If you’d like to talk with us more about either of these areas of focus, we’d love to schedule some time with you. Thanks again for your review! Alison Holmlund Senior Vice President, Customers for Life aholmlund@hostanalytics.com

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