Board vs. IBM Planning Analytics

Board

228 Reviews and Ratings

IBM Planning Analytics

263 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Board	Score9 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Board is presented as an enterprise planning platform, offered as a solution to accelerate business performance and enable continuous planning with greater forecast accuracy to drive confident, aligned decisions.	N/A
IBM Planning Analytics	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	IBM Planning Analytics, powered by IBM TM1®, is an integrated planning solution designed to promote collaboration across the organization and help keep pace with the speed of modern business. With its calculation engine, this enterprise performance management solution is designed to help users move beyond the limits of spreadsheets, automating the planning process to drive faster, more accurate results. Use it to unify data sources into one single repository, enabling users to build…	$825 per month 5 users

Pricing

Board

IBM Planning Analytics

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Essentials: $825
per month 5 users
Standard: $1,650
per month 10 users

Pricing Offerings
Board	IBM Planning Analytics
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Board	IBM Planning Analytics
Considered Both Products	Board International Simon Johnson .NET Software Engineer in Marketing at Hogarth Worldwide (Marketing & Advertising, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Board Board tools are well arranged and very accessible by the user. Board capabilities that enable effective Cloud marketing of various business or products are effective and also its data analytics is the best. Board allows reports creation and easy reports distribution among … Incentivized Helpful?	IBM No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Board

IBM Planning Analytics

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 6.8 93 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.7 90 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports	6.780 Ratings	9.879 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	6.993 Ratings	9.790 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	6.986 Ratings	9.784 Ratings

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 6.9 98 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.7 96 Ratings
Drill-down analysis	6.996 Ratings	9.893 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	6.294 Ratings	9.795 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	6.966 Ratings	9.871 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	7.689 Ratings	9.792 Ratings

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.2 90 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.5 90 Ratings
Publish to Web	6.979 Ratings	9.985 Ratings
Publish to PDF	7.287 Ratings	9.984 Ratings
Report Versioning	6.980 Ratings	9.983 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	7.678 Ratings	8.475 Ratings

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.3 73 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.3 92 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	6.972 Ratings	9.892 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	7.666 Ratings	9.886 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	7.664 Ratings	9.882 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining	7.31 Ratings	7.815 Ratings

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.5 74 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.5 96 Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)	7.672 Ratings	9.894 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model	7.469 Ratings	9.895 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	6.972 Ratings	9.896 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	8.369 Ratings	9.888 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control	00 Ratings	8.420 Ratings

Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 6.9 77 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 7.6 83 Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access	6.272 Ratings	6.182 Ratings
Mobile Application	6.257 Ratings	7.946 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile	6.268 Ratings	7.855 Ratings

Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.5 79 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.8 102 Ratings
Long-term financial planning	7.674 Ratings	9.898 Ratings
Financial budgeting	7.678 Ratings	9.8101 Ratings
Forecasting	6.775 Ratings	9.8102 Ratings
Scenario modeling	8.371 Ratings	9.7101 Ratings
Management reporting	7.677 Ratings	9.7101 Ratings

Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.3 74 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.8 95 Ratings
Financial data consolidation	8.370 Ratings	9.791 Ratings
Journal entries and reports	6.871 Ratings	9.883 Ratings
Multi-currency management	7.661 Ratings	9.884 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations	7.662 Ratings	9.883 Ratings
Minority Ownership	7.656 Ratings	9.875 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting	6.768 Ratings	9.887 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails	6.965 Ratings	9.789 Ratings

Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.2 77 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.4 96 Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting	7.672 Ratings	9.892 Ratings
Management Reporting	6.976 Ratings	9.893 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting	6.973 Ratings	9.895 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting	7.670 Ratings	9.785 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing	6.950 Ratings	8.161 Ratings

Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.4 79 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.5 98 Ratings
Personalized dashboards	7.678 Ratings	9.797 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards	7.674 Ratings	9.892 Ratings
KPIs	6.976 Ratings	9.895 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis	7.672 Ratings	9.893 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting	7.671 Ratings	9.894 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data	7.462 Ratings	8.165 Ratings

Comparison of Integration features of Board and IBM Planning Analytics
Feature	Board 7.4 77 Ratings	IBM Planning Analytics 9.8 97 Ratings
Flat file integration	7.476 Ratings	9.894 Ratings
Excel data integration	7.475 Ratings	9.895 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources	7.371 Ratings	9.886 Ratings

User Ratings
	Board	IBM Planning Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend	6.2 (99 ratings)	8.9 (108 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (7 ratings)	9.1 (5 ratings)
Usability	7.7 (5 ratings)	9.7 (73 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (3 ratings)	9.7 (97 ratings)
In-Person Training	7.3 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.2 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Data Sharing and Collaboration	6.3 (89 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
Data Sources	6.3 (97 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.1 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)