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XLerant

May 24, 2018/in Other Budgeting/Planning/Forecasting, Performance Dashboards, Predictive Analytics ML, Reporting, Solution Library, Workforce Planning Cloud, Mobile Core Vendor, Exclusive BPM Pricing, Top Rated for Budgeting, Top Rated Overall Ease of Use, Low Total Cost of Ownership, Performance/Scalability, Product Flexibility, Quick Implementation Midmarket - Lower, Small Under $1000 Vendor /by BPM Partners

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The Financial Performance Management Solution for Collaborative SMEs

4.50

BPM Pulse Rating


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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


 

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Industry View

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BPM Partners XLerant a Challenger in 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix  $

CPA Practice Advisor Product Review: BudgetPak 


Related Whitepapers & eBooks

When Budgeting is a Team Sport   

Achieving Accountability in Mid-Market Budget Processes

Graduating from Excel to Purpose-Built Software eBook   


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2025 Pulse of Performance Management: XLerant Reviewed as Core Vendor  R

Ease of Use: The Next Budgeting Requirement

Related Articles & Blogs

Top Rated Budgeting, Planning, Consolidation, Reporting Vendors for 2022

Best Budgeting and Planning Solutions 2020

Making Multi-Participant Budgeting Work 


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 

XLerant Acquired by Jonas Software 


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Vena

May 24, 2018/in Featured Account Reconciliation, Agentic AI, Anomaly Detection, Budgeting/Planning/Forecasting, Close Management, Demand Planning, ESG Reporting, Financial/Statutory Consolidation, Granular Profitability, Intelligent Insights, Natural Language Generation, Natural Language Query, Performance Dashboards, Pervasive Analytics, Predictive Analytics ML, Prescriptive Capabilities, Reporting, Revenue Planning, Robotic Process Automation, S&OP, Sales Planning, Solution Library, Supply Chain Planning, Tax Planning/Provisioning, Workforce Planning Cloud, Mobile Comprehensive Consolidation, Core Vendor, Exclusive BPM Pricing, Next Generation Ready, Top Rated for Budgeting, Top Rated for Ease of Use, Top Rated for Implementation Consulting, Top Rated Overall AI Powered, Complementary Use Cases, Complexity Handling, Ease of Use, Easy Expandability, Excel UI, Integrated Business Planning, Low Total Cost of Ownership, Performance/Scalability, Pre-configured Solutions, Product Flexibility, Quick Implementation, Streamlined Integration, Vertical Focus Large, Midmarket - Lower, Midmarket - Upper $1000 - $1499 Vendor /by BPM Partners

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AI-Powered Complete FP&A Platform

4.69

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OVERVIEW


The Vena AI-Powered Complete FP&A Platform, natively integrated and synchronized with Microsoft 365, is designed to streamline financial and operational planning. Vena’s platform amplifies the value of Microsoft Excel and 365 productivity and analytical tools by combining it with the control and scale of its centralized in-memory Vena CubeFLEX™ database and collaborative workflows. Vena addresses the full spectrum of financial planning and forecasting, extended planning including revenue and sales planning, and goes beyond planning with financial consolidations, account reconciliations, tax provisioning, ESG management, and more. Vena Insights leverages Microsoft Power BI fully embedded and productized in the Vena platform and Vena Copilot is Vena’s Agentic AI technology  purpose-built for FP&A use cases. See detailed ratings and compare to Workday Adaptive Planning, Planful or other vendors >>>

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INDUSTRY SUCCESS


Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Services

SELECTED CLIENTS


 

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Industry View

BARC The Planning Survey 25  R

BPM Partners 2025 Vendor Snapshot for Vena  R

BPM Partners Vena a Leader in 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix  $

BPM Partners Vena 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix: Special Edition  R 

Nucleus Research Vena a Leader in 2025 CPM Value Matrix 


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CPM Trend Monitor 2026 R

2025 Vena Industry Benchmark Report: The State of Strategic Finance  R

Performance Management with Excel Delivers Enterprise-wide Benefits  R

Automating Financial Consolidations While Maintaining Excel Investments

Extend BPM and Reduce Risk

Alternatives to Spreadsheet-Based Budgeting

Performance Management: The Next Generation


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Top Global CPM Trends to Watch in 2026  R

2025 Pulse of Performance Management: Vena Reviewed as Core Vendor  R

CFO Show Podcast: The State of Strategic Finance 2025

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

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Vena Announces Vena Copilot for FP&A

3 Most Common Budgeting Mistakes Made by SMEs 

The Performance Management Gold Rush

Ease of Use the #1 Driver of BPM Success 

FP&A is Hot – Now it’s Vena Solutions 


Latest News

Vena to Acquire Acterys 

Vena Launches Six New Microsoft Fabric Integrations 

Vena Launches Planning Agent to Redefine Finance Workflows 

Vena Celebrates Record-Setting First Half of FY26 

Vena Recognized as a Leader with Outstanding Overall Rating in 2025-2026 VLM  

Vena Announces Vena Copilot for Microsoft Teams 

Vena’s 2025 Industry Benchmark Report Reveals What’s Next for FP&A Teams 

Vena Kicks Off FY26 with Record Growth 

Vena Recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions 

Vena Achieves US$100 Million ARR 

Vena Introduces Vena for Microsoft PowerPoint 

Vena Introduces Vena Copilot for FP&A 

Vena Welcomes 1000th Customer 


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deFacto Global

May 23, 2018/in Featured Account Reconciliation, Anomaly Detection, Budgeting/Planning/Forecasting, Demand Planning, Disclosure Management, Granular Profitability, Intelligent Insights, Natural Language Query, Performance Dashboards, Pervasive Analytics, Predictive Analytics ML, Prescriptive Capabilities, Reporting, Revenue Planning, Robotic Process Automation, S&OP, Sales Planning, Solution Library, Supply Chain Planning, Tax Planning/Provisioning, Transfer Pricing, Workforce Planning Cloud, Mobile, On Premise, On Premise Same as Cloud Core Vendor, Exclusive BPM Pricing, Top Rated for Budgeting, Top Rated for Ease of Use, Top Rated Overall Complexity Handling, Depth/Breadth of Functionality, Ease of Use, Easy Expandability, Excel UI, Integrated Business Planning, Low Total Cost of Ownership, Performance/Scalability, Product Flexibility, Quick Implementation Large, Midmarket - Lower, Midmarket - Upper $1000 - $1499, $1500 - $1999 Vendor /by BPM Partners

PERFORMANCEPLACE


Integrated Business Planning Platform

4.93

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deFacto is a unified, AI-enabled Integrated Business Planning platform that enables mid-market to large enterprises to optimize overall business performance by synchronizing planning and decision-making across every functional area. The application library includes FP&A, HR, S&OP, Demand Planning, Tax, Supply Chain, CapEx, and Project Planning. deFacto extends full write-back and planning capabilities to Excel and Power BI. It automates the generation of Power BI reports and templates, leverages the full range of Microsoft tools including Azure, Fabric, and connects to any financial and/or operational data source. See detailed ratings and compare to JustPerform, Vena or other vendors >>>

INDUSTRY SUCCESS


Consumer Products, Financial Services, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Telecommunications

SELECTED CLIENTS


 

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Industry View

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TEC deFacto Product Analysis Report


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Real-time BPM Benefits Operational Execution


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2025 Pulse of Performance Management: deFacto Reviewed as Core Vendor R

Why Integrated Planning Has Become Essential

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Why deFacto’s BPM Pulse Wins Matter – and What They Mean for the Future of Planning  

Introducing deFacto Power Planning  

Predictive Analytics – A Must Have for Dynamics Customers  

deFacto Leverages Azure Machine Learning  


Latest News

deFacto Global Ranks Highest in Overall Customer Satisfaction Again in 2021 BPM Pulse Awards 

deFacto Global Sweeps Pulse of Performance Management Awards 

deFacto Global Introduces deFacto Power Planning 

deFacto Releases Predictive Analytics Forecasting Capability 


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Centage

May 22, 2018/in Other Budgeting/Planning/Forecasting, Demand Planning, Granular Profitability, Performance Dashboards, Reporting, Revenue Planning, Robotic Process Automation, S&OP, Sales Planning, Solution Library, Workforce Planning Cloud, Mobile Core Vendor, Next Generation Ready, Top Rated for Budgeting, Top Rated for Implementation Consulting, Top Rated for Operational Planning Ease of Use, Low Total Cost of Ownership, Out of the Box Functionality, Performance/Scalability, Quick Implementation, Streamlined Integration Midmarket - Lower, Small $1000 - $1499, Under $1000 Vendor /by BPM Partners

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Collaborative FP&A for SMBs

3.85

BPM Pulse Rating


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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


 

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Automating Budgeting and Forecasting for Midmarket Companies

Performance Management: The Next Generation


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Cash Flow Forecasting in 2024 

Board Presentations for Nonprofits  


Latest News

Centage Reveals New Brand Identity 

Centage Adds Seasoned Executives to Leadership Team 

Centage Corporation Acquired by Scaleworks 


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