Host Analytics Cloud EPM Suite Review - working well so far!
August 11, 2017

Host Analytics Cloud EPM Suite Review - working well so far!

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

Modules Used

  • Modeling
  • Planning
  • Reporting and Analytics

Overall Satisfaction with Planful (formerly Host Analytics)

It's being used by the Finance department to track and model spending across the whole organization. We do all of our planning, forecasting, and BvA reporting using Host.
  • Intuitive and simple (easy to understand and learn) user experience
  • Fast processing time for inputs and reports
  • Excel based system in a Windows environment
  • Modeling cloud does not support Excel based formulas
  • Positive in that we now have one source of truth for our financial numbers and can update our pieces as a team in real-time.
[We chose Host Analytics Cloud EPM Suite because it is] User friendly, not overly complicated.
Easy to implement before the company is very large scale. It works well with integrations from other business systems.

Planful Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
5
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
5
Management reporting
9
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
9
Excel-based Reporting
9
Automated board and financial reporting
8
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
Not Rated
Color-coded scorecards
Not Rated
KPIs
Not Rated
Cost and profitability analysis
Not Rated
Key Performance Indicator setting
Not Rated
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
9