FP&A that drives business performance.
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OVERVIEW
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.
INDUSTRY SUCCESS
Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology
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Intelligent Planning. Plan Smarter, Drive Outcomes, Lead Transformation.
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OVERVIEW
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)
** BPM Partners has dropped coverage of this vendor and will only update this page with significant news **
INDUSTRY SUCCESS
Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Services, Restaurant Services, Retail
SELECTED CLIENTS
KEY: R: requires sign-in or registration $: links to fee-based content S: sponsored link : off-site link
Industry View
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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The Financial Performance Management Solution for Collaborative SMEs
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BPM Pulse 2025
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OVERVIEW
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 Prophix, Centage or other vendors >>>
INDUSTRY SUCCESS
Business Services, Higher Education, Not for Profits
SELECTED CLIENTS
KEY: R: requires sign-in or registration $: links to fee-based content S: sponsored link : off-site link
Industry View
BPM Partners 2025 Vendor Snapshot for XLerant R
BPM Partners XLerant a Challenger in 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
CPA Practice Advisor Product Review: BudgetPak
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2025 Pulse of Performance Management: XLerant Reviewed as Core Vendor R
Latest News
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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Drive future-ready business performance.
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OVERVIEW
IBM Planning Analytics is designed for integrated and extensible planning and offers a unified set of capabilities for budgeting, planning, forecasting, analysis and reporting for financial as well as operational data. The solution delivers AI-infused integrated business planning across the organization, putting the power of algorithmic forecasting in the hands of LOB users. In addition to a web UI, Planning Analytics supports a full-featured Excel interface and the ability to publish Excel reports and forms to the web. A catalog of accelerators from IBM and partners extends planning and analysis capabilities. Connectivity to IBM Watson Studio is available for advanced decision optimization. IBM Controller is a standalone consolidation solution that is integrated with IBM Planning Analytics.
Recommended Alternatives: Anaplan, JustPerform from insightsoftware, Lumel, OneStream, Oracle, SAP, Wolters Kluwer (CCH Tagetik)
** BPM Partners has dropped coverage of this vendor and will only update this page with significant news **
INDUSTRY SUCCESS
Education, Financial Services, Government, Life Sciences
SELECTED CLIENTS
KEY: R: requires sign-in or registration $: links to fee-based content S: sponsored link : off-site link
Industry View
Aberdeen The ROI of Sales Planning Analytics R
BARC IBM a Market Leader in 2022 Integrated Planning Report R
Forrester The Total Economic Impact of IBM Planning Analytics R
Ventana Research 2022 Business Value Index: Product and Vendor Assessment R
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Collaborative FP&A for SMBs
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BPM Pulse 2025
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OVERVIEW
Centage is a unified and collaborative budgeting and forecasting solution for finance teams in small to midsize businesses. The solution offers integrated budgeting, predictive planning and forecasting, simple consolidation, reporting and analytics, along with robust modeling, what if, and scenario planning tools. It features unlimited dimensions, multi-step allocations, and support for transactional level details. All supported by centralized permissions-based workflow. Live access to Centage data is available from Power BI. See detailed ratings and compare to Prophix, XLerant or other vendors >>>
INDUSTRY SUCCESS
Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Not for Profit, Professional Services
SELECTED CLIENTS
KEY: R: requires sign-in or registration $: links to fee-based content S: sponsored link : off-site link
Industry View
BPM Partners 2025 Vendor Snapshot for Centage R
BPM Partners Centage a Challenger in 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix $
Customer View
Capterra Reviews and Ratings
Gartner Peer Insights Reviews and Ratings
G2 Crowd Reviews and Ratings
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Automating Budgeting and Forecasting for Midmarket Companies
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2025 Pulse of Performance Management: Centage Reviewed as Core Vendor R
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