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.

Pros

  • Rapid realization through cloud platform
  • Easy/efficient user interface
  • Sound planning and financial reporting logic
  • Excellent customer support

Cons

  • 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

8.8
Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
9
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
9
Management reporting
8
Not Rated
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
8.0
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
9.5
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
8.7
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
8
BI Standard Reporting ()
Not Rated
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
Report Output and Scheduling ()
Not Rated
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
Access Control and Security ()
Not Rated
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated

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