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The Una performance planning platform is an AI-powered FP&A solution that delivers dynamic budgeting, planning, and forecasting with a focus on connected revenue planning which supports direct CRM integration and predictive forecasting of revenue or bookings, and integration into the core financial plans. Real-time execution tracking, embedded business intelligence for visualization and analysis, and native AI help ensure successful execution and achievement of revenue targets. The solution connects and aligns marketing, sales, operations, and finance plans. Una was named BPM Partners’ “Best New Vendor” for 2025.
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Abacum is a scalable and collaborative FP&A solution for financial and operational planning, that provides support for revenue scenario planning and offers reporting templates that automate real-time reporting. It is designed for midmarket organizations with high volume operations.
Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology




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Lumel brings Enterprise Performance Management to Power BI data models as a native app with Fabric. Lumel offers a full stack EPM suite consisting of Planning, Data apps, Data Management and Modern BI (Reporting, Exploration and Visualization). With pre-built components, Lumel enables rapid deployment of budgeting, forecasting, FP&A modeling, sales and operational planning, scenario management, and driver-based planning with fully integrated reporting, analytics, and data storytelling. By embedding connected planning directly into Power BI, Lumel accelerates planning workflows which shortens time-to-value. Lumel’s native integration with data platforms allows organizations to plan directly on top of their existing data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Microsoft Fabric, SAP HANA, and more) which eliminates the need for data duplication or new data marts. See detailed ratings and compare to Pigment, deFacto or other vendors >>>
Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, CPG, Mining, Services, Logistics




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The Pigment integrated business planning platform is modeling-centric and can support most financial and operational planning requirements. It combines the flexibility of a fully customizable platform with use-case specific solutions that are based on best practices and include their own organization charts, templates, and reports. With a focus on Finance, Sales, and HR current solutions include revenue planning, one-click what-if scenario planning, workforce planning with organization chart visualization, sales capacity, territory and quota planning, supply chain planning, and carbon accounting. The guiding vision is to make the planning and reporting process intuitive, integrated, and adaptable. See detailed ratings and compare to Planful, Anaplan or other vendors >>>
Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Wholesale




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BPM Partners Pigment 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix: Special Edition R
Forrester Total Economic Impact: Pigment R
Gartner 2024 Market Guide for Extended Planning and Analysis Solutions R
Gartner Pigment a Visionary in 2025 Financial Planning Solutions Magic Quadrant R
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2025 Pulse of Performance Management: Pigment Reviewed as Core Vendor R
Pigment Expands Access to the Analyst Agent
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JustPerform from insightsoftware delivers a unified platform with a process-first approach, intuitive user experience, and strong governance capabilities. It is designed to be an all-in-one financial performance companion and supports a range of use cases: Extended Planning and Analysis unites Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, HR and Marketing, Financial Close – streamlines the Close, Management Reporting, and Disclosure Management processes, Profitability Analysis – delivers granular analysis across products, projects, customers, and channels, and ESG Reporting – compliant and self-service reporting with ESG frameworks. See detailed ratings and compare to Anaplan, SAP, or other vendors >>>
Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Shipping & Logistics, Real Estate, Telco, Transportation, Higher Education




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The Place finance platform supports the entire company and is designed specifically for SaaS businesses. It combines forecasting and planning with SaaS customer subscription management, billing, and revenue recognition capabilities, layered with reporting and analytics for the entire corporate revenue and expense lifecycle. Solutions available on this platform include Forecasting & Planning and Revenue & Billing. Place is built upon the Salesforce Platform to deliver these solutions in a flexible cloud environment that provides a single location for direct access to the latest transactional data in real-time. See detailed ratings and compare to XLerant, Centage, or other vendors >>>
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SaaS Businesses



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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 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
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Fluence and Avant Group Corp Join Forces to Transform Office of Finance in Japan
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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 Planful Platform is a unified solution for Financial Performance Management, combining purpose-built applications with embedded AI to help finance, accounting, and business teams collaborate, automate, and accelerate planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and analytics. The Budget Manager Experience provides a role-based interface for users outside of Finance to easily access just the information they need. A Power BI connector provides live access to Planful data and a native Snowflake connector syncs Planful data in real-time. A suite of persona-based assistants for Planful AI, including Analyst, Planner, and Controller automate key tasks. See detailed ratings and compare to Prophix, Vena or other vendors >>>
Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Technology




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Constellation Research 2024 ShortList Cloud-Based Planning Platforms
Dresner Advisory 2023 Wisdom of Crowds EPM Study R
Gartner Planful a Challenger in 2025 Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions Magic Quadrant R
Nucleus Research Planful a Leader in 2022 CPM Value Matrix
Global CPM Trends and Priorities Report 2025 R
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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.
Recommended Alternatives: Anaplan, JustPerform from insightsoftware, Lumel, OneStream, Oracle, Wolters Kluwer (CCH Tagetik)
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Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Services, Restaurant Services, Retail




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BARC The Planning Survey 24 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. Workforce Planning with analytics complements salary planning with an operational focus. Also included are self-service business intelligence capabilities for data visualization, dashboards, and predictive analytics. Reporting features are available that support storytelling as well as the consistent design approach of International Business Communications Standards. Direct integration is available with Unit4 ERP, ERPx, Unit4 Financials by CODA and Snowflake. Unit4 has a vertical focus on: Public Sector, Professional Services, Not-for-Profit, and Higher Education. See detailed ratings and compare to Prophix, Vena or other vendors >>>
Energy, Government, Higher Education, Not for Profit, Professional Services, Utilities




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BARC 2023 Planning Survey
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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
2025 Pulse of Performance Management: Unit4 Reviewed as Core Vendor R
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