Rapid Realization, Ease of Use and Reduced TCO
August 17, 2016

Rapid Realization, Ease of Use and Reduced TCO

Patrick J. Slattery | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Planning
  • Reporting and Analytics

Overall Satisfaction with Planful (formerly Host Analytics)

Host Analytics Cloud EPM Suite is used across divisions with diverse business models to develop driver-based estimates, labor models and financial plans.
  • Rapid realization through cloud platform
  • Easy/efficient user interface
  • Sound planning and financial reporting logic
  • Excellent customer support
  • Extension of the solution into business processes, methods and definition of roles and responsibilities in FP+A
  • ROI through process efficiency and improved decision making
  • Excellent return relative to comparable market offerings on a TCO basis
Leads the peer group with respect to multi-tenant cloud architecture and TCO
Businesses with data trapped in a myriad of spreadsheets will benefit greatly.

Planful Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
9
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
9
Management reporting
8
Financial data consolidation
Not Rated
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Multi-currency management
Not Rated
Intercompany Eliminations
Not Rated
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
Not Rated
Detailed Audit Trails
Not Rated
Financial Statement Reporting
Not Rated
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
8
Automated board and financial reporting
8
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
Not Rated
Color-coded scorecards
Not Rated
KPIs
9
Cost and profitability analysis
10
Key Performance Indicator setting
10
Benchmarking with external data
9
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
8