Saving Time with Planful
December 12, 2024

Saving Time with Planful

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

Modules Used

  • Structured Planning
  • Dynamic Planning
  • Reporting

Overall Satisfaction with Planful

We rely on Planful for a range of tasks, including monthly
reporting, budgeting, forecasting, report distribution, and managing ad-hoc
requests. It's been a game-changer for our finance team & company as
a whole. Before we implemented Planful, we were relying
on manual Excel files to handle reporting and budgeting. These files were so
large that they frequently crashed, wasting countless hours just trying to
recover lost edits.
With over 200 locations and a growing team of
1,000 to 2,000 employees, our old processes were no longer sustainable or
scalable. As the company continues to expand, it became clear that we needed a
more efficient solution. That's when we turned to Planful and never looked back. In our first year of use, we’ve saved hundreds
of hours by automating majority of our reporting process. We're now in our second budget cycle with Planful, and
we've had very little negative feedback. What once took days of manual work is
now handled efficiently and seamlessly, allowing our team to have
more availability for analysis.

Pros

  • Report Distribution
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting

Cons

  • Larger report can take a while to run
  • Occasionally run into report limitations & need to come up with workarounds
  • Report collections max out at 100 tabs
  • 100+ hours of time savings
  • 1 click reporting that auto sends in just minutes
  • Scalability with 200+ locations
Planful has transformed the finance team’s collaboration with other departments and partners, improving both speed and consistency. They now receive data in a more digestible format, faster and more reliably. Our cross-department budgeting process is smooth and effortless. With just a click, we can send individual month-end financial reports to our 200+ locations directly to their inboxes. Senior Leadership and Operations teams also get revenue and KPI updates delivered straight to their inboxes, eliminating the need to log into Planful and navigate through the system. As Planful continues to introduce new features and enhance the product, the possibilities for efficiency and growth are limitless.
Planful is a all-in-one solution for our financial needs. From reporting and budgeting to managing ad-hoc requests, it handles everything with ease. Whether it's for the CFO, President, or COO, ad-hoc requests are faster and more efficient than ever. We can rely on Planful to deliver accurate and timely data with full confidence.
Prior to joining the company, we tried to implement Vena but were unsuccessful. There we're a few reasons it didn't work out, but a lot of it related to the implementation team they provided. In just the first week with Planful, we achieved more progress than we did in several months with Vena.

Do you think Planful delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Planful's feature set?

Yes

Did Planful live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Planful go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Planful again?

Yes

Planful has become a key tool for all our financial processes, from reporting and budgeting to handling ad-hoc requests. It provides a centralized solution for our company. We've spent some time building dashboards in Planful, however, we already have a strong PowerBI presence at our company. So we've found that PowerBI is the more flexible & advanced tool for visualizations.

Planful Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
10
Detailed Audit Trails
10
Financial Statement Reporting
10
Management Reporting
10
Excel-based Reporting
10
Automated board and financial reporting
10
Personalized dashboards
5
Color-coded scorecards
5
KPIs
10
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
10
Pixel Perfect reports
10
Customizable dashboards
5
Report Formatting Templates
8
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
7
Report sharing and collaboration
10
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
10
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Report-Level Access Control
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
7
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
5

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