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Fluence is now an Anaplan company. The Fluence Close-to-Disclose platform is a cloud-based consolidation-first solution that includes Fluence Account Reconciliation, Fluence Consolidation with out-of-the-box consolidation models and calculations, close management, Fluence Disclosure Management, no-coding administration, drag-and-drop workflow, drop-down rules, time-based calculations and support for audit and movement visibility. Advanced capabilities are available for acquisitions/ disposals, discontinued operations, allocations, proportionate consolidation, related party disclosures, simulations and what-if analysis. FluenceXL provides self-service Excel-based reporting and ad hoc analytics that is available as part of the solution or standalone. See more details and compare to Wolters Kluwer (CCH Tagetik), Planful, or other vendors >>>
** This vendor was acquired by Anaplan in May of 2024. Please visit our Anaplan page for the latest information. **
Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining, Oil and Gas, Retail, Software
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BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for Anaplan/Fluence R
BPM Partners Anaplan/Fluence a Leader in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
BPM Partners Fluence 2023 Vendor Landscape Matrix: Special Edition
BPM Partners Fluence Acquires XLCubed
Dresner Advisory 2022 Wisdom of Crowds BI Study – XLCubed R
Gartner Fluence a Challenger in 2023 Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions Magic Quadrant
Nucleus Research The Financial Consolidation & Close Solution ROI Framework R
Nucleus Research Fluence Customers Slash the Monthly Close by 90% R
Ventana Research Fluence Offers Streamlined Financial Close
The Pulse of Financial Close and Consolidation R
Why Not Me? Improving Management Reporting for the Mid-Market R
How the Anaplan Acquisition of Fluence Will Change the CPM Market
New Performance Management Leaders 2023
Financial Consolidation, Close, and Reporting: Challenges and Priorities
Focused Acquisition: Sturnis365
6 Must-Haves for a Modern Financial Close Solution
The Performance Management Gold Rush
5 Paths to Agility with Financial Reporting Software
Anaplan Announces Agreement to Acquire Fluence Technologies
Fluence and Avant Group Corp Join Forces to Transform Office of Finance in Japan
Fluence Partners with Pigment for Business Planning
Fluence Achieves Third Consecutive Year of Record Growth
Fluence Acquires Sturnis365 for Disclosure Management and Narrative Reporting
Fluence Adds Account Reconciliation and Matching
Fluence Acquires XLCubed for Excel-centric Financial Reporting and Analysis
Fluence Raises $10 Million, Adds Industry Veteran Michael Morrison as CEO
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The scalable Planful Platform for Financial Performance Management offers purpose-built applications that empower finance, accounting, and business users to streamline business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and analytics, with Planful for Finance – planning and forecasting, Planful for Accounting – close, consolidation, and account reconciliation, Planful for Marketing – campaign and budget management, ROI tracking, Planful for Workforce – compensation management and benefits planning, workforce analysis, and Planful for Sales, IT, and Operations – operational planning, demand planning, and S&OP. Predict: Projections leverages AI and machine learning to generate a forecast that reflects trends and seasonality, and Predict: Signals ensures forecast accuracy. See detailed ratings and compare to Workday Adaptive Planning, Vena or other vendors >>>
Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Technology
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BARC Score Financial Performance Management R
BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for Planful R
BPM Partners Planful a Key Competitor in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
Constellation Research 2024 ShortList Cloud-Based Planning Platforms
Dresner Advisory 2023 Wisdom of Crowds EPM Study R
Nucleus Research Planful a Leader in 2022 CPM Value Matrix
Global CPM Trends and Priorities Report 2025 R
How Consolidation Functionality Benefits Budgeting and Planning
Cloud-based Financial Consolidation and Reporting Addresses Challenges
Cloud-based Modeling Helps Operations to Manage Performance and Plan the Future
Top Global CPM Trends to Watch in 2025 R
2024 Pulse of Performance Management: Planful Reviewed as ‘Core Vendor’ R
Planful Achieves 43% Year-over-Year Growth in 2024 First Half
Planful Announces Innovations for Finance Automation and Collaboration
Planful Acquires Plannuh for Marketing Performance Management
Planful and Trintech Announce Strategic Global Partnership
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Questica, a Euna Solutions company (formerly GTY Technology), provides a budgeting preparation and management, performance analysis, and transparency suite of solutions focused on public sector organizations, specifically: governments, healthcare, education (higher education and k-12), and non-profits. The Questica Budget Suite core configuration includes modules for operating, salary and planning, capital, performance analysis and Questica OpenBook, a fully mobile transparency solution.
** BPM Partners has dropped coverage of this vendor and will no longer update this page **
Governments, healthcare, education, non-profits
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GTY Technology Rebrands to Euna Solutions
Questica Releases Budget 2021.1 With New Collaborative and Social Features
GTY Technology Recognized on GovTech 100 List for 2021
Questica Releases New Analytics Capabilities
Questica Partners with Ellucian for Higher Education Customers
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Board’s Intelligent Planning platform is designed to enable companies to manage and control their entire planning process from goal setting down to operational execution in one intuitive, flexible, and scalable environment. The solution combines budgeting, planning, predictive forecasting, simulation, reporting, analysis, and consolidation and close capabilities. Board has an Office of Finance focus, with added value capabilities in the areas of supply chain and retail. The overall goal is to enable organizations to discover actionable insights that will help drive better business decisions. See detailed ratings and compare to IBM, Oracle or other vendors >>>
** BPM Partners has dropped coverage of this vendor and will only update this page with significant news **
Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Services, Restaurant Services, Retail
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BARC The Planning Survey 24 R
BPM Partners Vendor Snapshot for Board R
Gartner Board a Leader in 2023 Financial Planning Solutions Magic Quadrant R
Nucleus Research 2023 CPM Value Matrix R
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Unit4 FP&A is a flexible, no code/low code platform for planning and analytics designed to connect operations and strategy. It provides a full range of integrated performance management capabilities powered by AI for budgeting, planning (financial, sales, HR, project, risk), forecasting, profitability analysis, financial statutory consolidation, and reporting. Also included are self-service business intelligence capabilities for data visualization, dashboards, and predictive analytics. Unit4 has a vertical focus on: Public Sector, Professional Services, Not-for-Profit, and Higher Education. See detailed ratings and compare to Workday Adaptive Planning, Vena or other vendors >>>
Energy, Government, Higher Education, Not for Profit, Professional Services, Utilities
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BARC 2023 Planning Survey
BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for Unit4 R
BPM Partners Unit4 a Key Competitor in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
Dresner Advisory 2021 Wisdom of Crowds Consolidation Study R
Dresner Advisory 2023 Wisdom of Crowds EPM Study R
IDC Unit4 a Major Player in Marketscape for Cloud EPM 2020
Ventana Research Unit4 Democratizes Agile, Data-Driven, Decision-Making
How Evolving FP&A Trends Can Help You Navigate Through Uncertainty R
2024 Pulse of Performance Management: Unit4 Reviewed as Core Vendor R
The Journey to FP&A Excellence R
How to Choose the Right FP&A Solution for Your Business
Why Do You Need a Budget Management, Planning and Reporting Solution? R
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The Anaplan Connected Planning Platform delivers a unified and extensible platform for connected and collaborative planning that supports core financial processes for performance measurement including strategic planning, annual budgeting, and cyclical forecasting along with the ability to align financial plans and targets to operational plans and models of execution for collaboration, consistency, accuracy and improved decision-making across the organization. Its core solutions are Anaplan for Finance, Anaplan for Sales & Marketing, Anaplan for Supply Chain, and Anaplan for HR & Workforce. The acquisition of Fluence Technologies adds Financial Close and Consolidation, Disclosure Management, and Excel Reporting to the platform. See detailed ratings and compare to OneStream, Oracle or other vendors >>>
Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services
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BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for Anaplan R
BPM Partners Anaplan a Leader in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
BPM Partners Anaplan 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix: Special Edition R
Constellation Research 2024 ShortList Cloud-Based Planning Platforms
Forrester Total Economic Impact of Anaplan R
Forrester 2023 Wave for Sales Performance Management R
Gartner 2024 Market Guide for Extended Planning and Analysis Solutions R
Gartner Anaplan a Leader in 2023 Financial Planning Solutions Magic Quadrant R
IDC Anaplan a Cloud EPM Leader in 2020 MarketScape R
Nucleus Research 2024 CPM Technology Value Matrix R
2024 Pulse of Performance Management: Anaplan Reviewed as Core Vendor R
Anaplan Leads the Way in 2024 Vendor Landscape Matrix
How the Anaplan Acquisition of Fluence Will Change the CPM Market
Anaplan Introduces New Polaris Calculation Engine
Anaplan Launches PlanIQ with Amazon Forecast
Anaplan to Run on Google Cloud
Anaplan Outlines $500 Million Product Roadmap Investment
Anaplan Announces Agreement to Acquire Fluence Technologies
Anaplan Acquires Vuealta Applications Division
Anaplan Announces Q1 FY2023 Results
Anaplan to be Acquired for $10.7 Billion
Anaplan Announces Q4 and Full FY2022 Results
Anaplan Introduces AI-Powered Predictive Sales Planning
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XLerant’s BudgetPak is an easy to use cloud-based solution focused on collaborative budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. An Excel add-in, myXL, provides custom reporting capabilities with dynamic integration to the database. The full suite of modules built into the BudgetPak product includes annual and hourly salary planning with enhanced detailed benefits planning, scenario modeling, and long-term projections using predictive analytics. There is built-in support for the creation, distribution, and reporting on company-wide strategic initiatives at the department and account level. The product utilizes a unique guided prompt approach, coupled with an intuitive interface, to facilitate the budget preparation and submission process. See detailed ratings and compare to Workday Adaptive Planning, Centage or other vendors >>>
Business Services, Higher Education, Not for Profits
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BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for XLerant R
BPM Partners XLerant a Challenger in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
CPA Practice Advisor Product Review: BudgetPak
2024 Pulse of Performance Management: XLerant Reviewed as Core Vendor R
XLerant Rated Highest for Ease-of-Use for Sixth Consecutive Year in 2021 BPM Pulse
XLerant’s BudgetPak Receives Perfect Ease-of-Use Score in Pulse of Performance Management Study
XLerant Rated Highest of 15 BPM Vendors for Budgeting and Planning
XLerant Recognized for Top Ease-of-Use Customer Rating in 2018 BPM Pulse Survey
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The Vena Complete Planning Platform, natively integrated and synchronized with Microsoft 365, provides budgeting, forecasting, planning, consolidation, reporting and analytics solutions designed for more efficient financial and operational planning. Vena’s platform leverages the familiarity and flexibility of Microsoft Excel while combining it with the control of a centralized in-memory database, and collaborative workflows to create a cloud-based performance management solution for the full spectrum of FP&A, Financial Consolidation, and Operational Planning and Analysis tasks. Vena Insights leverages Power BI fully integrated and productized in the Vena platform for FP&A, which provides self-service AI capabilities to CFOs and their teams to support better strategic decision-making. Vena Copilot for FP&A is fully embedded in Vena to provide a GenAI product for FP&A, and Vena for PowerPoint enhances storytelling with live data. See detailed ratings and compare to Workday Adaptive Planning, Planful or other vendors >>>
Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Services
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BARC The Planning Survey 24 R
BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for Vena R
BPM Partners Vena a Leader in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
BPM Partners Vena 2023 Vendor Landscape Matrix: Special Edition R
Nucleus Research Vena a Leader in 2023 CPM Value Matrix
2024 Pulse of Performance Management: Vena Reviewed as Core Vendor R
Livestream: The Annual Financial Close R
Lessons from SaaS Leaders: Aligning Your Budget to Changing Business Goals R
How to Power Your Digital Finance Transformation R
Transforming Finance-Led Processes for Growth R
Rethinking FP&A: An Analyst’s View
Five Steps to Selecting Financial Software to Grow Your Business
Vena Achieves US$100 Million ARR
Vena Named Top Leader in 2024 BARC Planning Survey
Vena Introduces Vena for Microsoft PowerPoint
Vena Closes FY24 with Record-Setting Quarter
Vena Introduces Vena Copilot for FP&A
Vena Earns Excellent Ratings in 2023 Vendor Landscape Matrix
Vena for Not for Profits Released to Transform Grant Planning and Funding Allocation
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Prophix One™ is a unified cloud-based Financial Performance platform that delivers best-of-breed solutions for budgeting & planning, integrated business planning, reporting & analytics, financial consolidation, intercompany management, and account reconciliation. All with a single point of entry through their portal (with single sign-on), and a harmonized user experience to move across the platform. Prophix automates the management cycles of consolidation and reporting, analysis, modeling and planning with an integrated suite of applications: Financial Planning and Analysis for budgeting and planning with workflow and automation, Reporting and Analytics, Financial Consolidation, and Intercompany Management which give users purpose-built applications for accelerating and automating their financial close and consolidation processes. See detailed ratings and compare to Planful, Vena or other vendors >>>
Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, , Not for Profit, Professional Services, Retail
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BARC The Planning Survey 23 R
BPM Partners Impact of Hg Acquisition of Prophix
BPM Partners Prophix Acquisition of Sigma Conso
BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for Prophix R
BPM Partners Prophix a Key Competitor in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
Nucleus Research CPM ROI Study – Community Bank
Nucleus Research CPM ROI Study – Senior Living Communities
New Performance Management Leaders 2023
The Future of Finance 2023: Insights from Prophix CEO
Introducing Prophix’s Financial Performance Platform
Why Analyst Reports Are Key to Choosing a CPM Vendor
Prophix Launched Industry’s First Virtual Financial Analyst Leveraging NLP
The Next Chapter for Prophix: Sigma Conso
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SAP Analytics Cloud is a unified solution that brings together planning, business intelligence, and predictive analytics in a single, integrated environment designed to facilitate confident and informed decisions. The solution is extensible and addresses multiple use cases and industries supported by a range of pre-built content packages and templates, as well as the ability for users to create their own custom applications and visualizations. The planning capabilities within SAP Analytics Cloud include reports, allocations, KPIs, alternate hierarchies, financial intelligence, advanced formula creation, driver-based planning, private version planning, what-if scenario modeling, and currency translation. Areas of focus include financial planning, sales planning, workforce planning, and supply chain planning. Augmented analytics leveraging ML are part of the solution and include Smart Predict – self-service AI for everyone and Just Ask. See detailed ratings and compare to IBM, Oracle or other vendors >>>
Banking, Consumer Products, Oil and Gas, Public Sector, Retail
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BPM Partners 2024 Vendor Snapshot for SAP R
BPM Partners SAP a Challenger in 2024-2025 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
Gartner SAP a Leader in 2023 Financial Planning Solutions Magic Quadrant
Ventana Research SAP Excels in Value Index for Analytics Customer Experience
Ventana Research SAP is Exemplary in 2022 Business Planning Value Index
2024 Pulse of Performance Management: SAP Reviewed as Core Vendor R
FP&A Evolution: From Silos to xP&A
Sustainability as Strategy: When Profitability Follows Purpose
What’s New in SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2022
SAP BPC Strategy (November 2021 Update)
What is Extended Planning and Analysis?
San Francisco 49ers Use SAP Digital Dashboard for Fan Data
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