Jirav vs. Prophix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jirav
Score 8.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Jirav, headquartered in San Francisco, aims to deliver smarter financials and faster insights, helping to understand where a business has been and predict where it will go. The system joins cloud-based Accounting, HR, CRM and billing data to automatically surface an interconnected model that is unique to a business. The solution helps eradicate spreadsheet errors, produce monthly reports that occur in real-time, and connected data enables teams to collaborate on multiple scenarios – bookings,…
$10,000
per year
Prophix
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Prophix One, a Financial Performance Platform, is used to improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making within a harmonized user experience. To reduce complexity and uncertainty, the software offers automated insights and planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and consolidation functionalities.N/A
Pricing
JiravProphix
Editions & Modules
Starter
$10,000
per year
Pro
$15,000
per year
Enterprise
Contact Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JiravProphix
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
JiravProphix
Considered Both Products
Jirav
Chose Jirav
Fathom was the cheapest and most basic as an add-on directly to Quickbooks Online Plus, but you lose functionality with Fathom if you use Quickbooks Online Advanced (QBOA). The main loss of functionality for me was the lack of multiple department reporting, which was absolutely …
Prophix
Chose Prophix
I've just recently evaluated FloQast and was very intrigued with their product. Overall review is they don't have a budget/forecasting tool. This is a main piece of our business and doesn't hold up against Prophix.
Chose Prophix
I have used other budgeting and forecasting tools at different companies, and Prophix is a much easier product to use and implement. I have received better user feedback from Prophix compared to other tools I have used at other companies. Other tools lacked dashboard …
Chose Prophix
We elected to give Prophix the initial chance given the cheaper price point and since we were already using this tool for consolidation purposes.
Chose Prophix
Prophix was chosen because it appeared nimble and easy to use. In contrast, it was more affordable than the other solutions we looked at.
Chose Prophix
Prophix was the clear choice when evaluating multiple software applications. The concept of dimensions in Prophix allows the organization to generate reports of any kind and there is no request for a report that we have not been able to create. Having direct budget entry into …
Chose Prophix
I was not in the selection process; however, after using Adaptive at a former company, I feel Prophix is much easier from the user standpoint (especially for those who don't work in finance). The one pro of a tool like Adaptive, though, is that it is a Workday product so that …
Chose Prophix
We ultimately chose Prophix for its stronger automation features and direct relationship with CMiC. While Vena offers a similar set of capabilities, we found Prophix to be more intuitive, especially when it comes to creating and managing reports without heavy reliance on Excel. …
Chose Prophix
We carried out an evaluation with IBM, and some other national software that is not on the list, such as Lever Pro and Allstrategy. For IBM, our main problem was that the software representative wanted to sell something modular, thus losing all the functionality of a "blank …
Chose Prophix
We felt Prophix was much more flexible than Briq and offered a more solid financial reporting and budgeting package. Briq is more custom built solution-focused. They build solutions to fit your specific needs. The primary reason we went with Prophix is that we wanted something …
Chose Prophix
Prophix is much more advanced and has more capabilities to Quickbooks. It is more flexible, agile, and creative than these softwares. The automation is really what sets it apart from these type of software. Integrating directly with our ERP is something that is enormously …
Chose Prophix
I didn't select Prophix for our company, but it does some things very well. It is way easier to set up and maintain than Hyperion and BPC, which require ongoing support from our IT department. Prophix only requires us to involve IT when we need to map new external data or …
Chose Prophix
We chose Prophix because of their better service, their Canadian presence, cost and overall it seemed a better match to our needs. Workday seemed like it was for bigger companies and came at a higher cost.
Chose Prophix
I was not apart of the Prophix selection process or the initial implementation. Prophix has been a good tool for us to expand upon and grow and innovate with all of our enhancements. I have not used any other tools like Prophix, but it does have a lot of good features and …
Chose Prophix
I was not specifically part of the selection process, but it is my understanding that Prophix's security model played a big part in choosing the platform. Gaining efficiencies from processes that were previously done manually in excel was another driving factor. Additionally, a …
Chose Prophix
Very simple end-user experience, easy to implement, ability to link to and from Microsoft D365.
Chose Prophix
The learning curve to understanding Prophix is far less severe than it has been with other softwares. It requires much less time in order to learn how to be a beginning user and then each progression to deeper levels of understanding is remarkably easy. I appreciate the …
Chose Prophix
Prophix is 10 steps ahead of Spectrum. They are very different though. Spectrum is our ERP - while Prophix is a very useful and needed add on.
Chose Prophix
Price, functionality, and service were major factoring for us when deciding on which platform to use.
Chose Prophix
Workday seems as though it had similar features, price point was much higher. We selected Prophix because we had it many years ago before the cloud and several new features.
Chose Prophix
We compared Prophix with Board and Adaptive Planning. Prophix seemed to be much more user friendly when compared to Board. It was just a more robust product.
It did stack very well with Workday Adaptive Planning, but what set them apart was that Prophix has a great …
Chose Prophix
D365 lacked basic functionality to develop a budget. In its current form would have had to resort to going back to excel to build the budget.
Chose Prophix
Prophix works for our business and is flexible enough to work for a number of different types of business. We are able to work with Prophix to develop cubes that record out business needs and supply our budget holders with graphical data to support their reporting needs. The …
Chose Prophix
While all had similar features at the time of our evaluation, especially from the reporting standpoint. Prophix worked best for our zero-based budgeting model and the level of detail that we were looking to maintain. We also felt it was a better fit for our Dynamics GP …
Features
JiravProphix
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
5.8
Ratings
27% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
8.7
Ratings
7% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
8.5
Ratings
3% above category average
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
4.3
Ratings
55% below category average
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings4.30 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
9.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
7.9
Ratings
1% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
8.1
Ratings
0% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
6.3
Ratings
24% below category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Jirav
-
Ratings
Prophix
8.8
Ratings
5% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
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MIP Fund Accounting
Score 8.7 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Centage
Centage
Score 9.4 out of 10
Centage
Centage
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
OneStream
OneStream
Score 8.8 out of 10
OneStream
OneStream
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
JiravProphix
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
JiravProphix
Likelihood to Recommend
I feel that Jirav would be best suited for companies with less than 75 employees that need a more robust software than Fathom (Quickbooks Onlne integrated FP&A tool based in Australia) that is very customizable, with simple revenue modeling, few personnel changes every month, few departments, no multi currency, and need collaboration only with top-level personnel. I think Jirav is a product that is being highly recommended in the accounting industry for outsourced accounting firms, but accounting only looks at historical information and there needs to more finance industry influence, approval, and input so they can improve their product.
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Prophix is substantially out of the box product to be easy to use but flexible enough to allow for varied business modelling. No technical skills are required to deploy and maintain the solution. Owing to its out of the box nature, departing from Prophix sweet spot e.g. when leveraging transactional data, the solution is not as capable, however this is being addressed by the new Prophix release.
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Pros
  • Jirav integrates well with Quickbooks Online (QBO), and I like how you can easily customize the reporting presentation by combining GL accounts and showing more or less details as needed for managerial reporting
  • I like that Jirav is browser-based and that I can easily share reports with internal and external parties for comments
  • I feel more confident using Jirav than I do with Excel because there is more data validation, and some notifications will appear if there are errors in the model
  • The sales capacity model and ramping employees schedule that their implementation / professional services team built for us works well overall (with some limitations)
  • Ideally, having a direct integration into Jirav would be great for all our data. However, some of our software didn't have a direct integration, so I was glad that Jirav offered the ability to use a connected Google Sheet that lets me input data that can be imported directly into the system
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  • Reports are very customizable - once you learn how to create reports, it is really easy to design the final output you'd like.
  • The tool is easy to use, especially for those that don't work in the finance function.
  • It offers an excellent workflow capability to send out tasks to cost center owners all over the company.
  • We love the ability to create and customize cubes.
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Cons
  • At times, I feel that Jirav is too customizable. It would be great if they could tailor the system to be more industry-specific. For example, if the system could provide standard formulas for SaaS industry metrics already within the system, then that would have saved me a ton of time with having to create the metrics myself. The formula creation for metrics is quite tedious as well because you can only do simple calculations, such as A + B or A x C. You cannot do A + B + C or A x B x C.
  • I struggle with the way they have their staff planning set up because I have to reimport an Excel every month with all the changes (new hires, terminations, pay changes), and the changes appear to be retroactive on reports, which doesn't make sense if someone receives a raise or pay change during the year. It would be much easier for planning for bookings if they could add a column for quota by salesperson.
  • If there are notifications of errors in the model, then the notifications will continue to present themselves after I resolve the issue. It would be nice if I could clear out notifications I know are not relevant anymore. I also still find errors in the system that I would have expected the system to notify me about, such as Assumptions that are set up but they are not included in any formulas, so I should delete that assumption to prevent anyone from thinking changing that assumption will impact the model.
  • There is some functionality for sharing reports and information, but there is not enough granularity in security settings to allow me to share certain information easily. For example, if I want to share information with managers to manage their departments' budget, but also not see their boss' compensation, then it takes some work to set that up. Or, if I want to share a report with a recruiter of planned headcount and salary, then I need to export it to Excel first and delete Actual headcount and salary, so they don't see current employees' compensation (including the person's boss' salary).
  • Customer and vendor names do not import, only the totals, so if you look at Actuals vs Plan, the actuals will show a total figure and the plan will show detail, creating the need for an external and manual reconciliation
  • There is no multi-currency available
  • Scenario analysis can be difficult to do quickly. For example, if I want to see the plan with planned hires and without planned hires, then I would need to create two separate plans, individually select and delete the planned hires in one plan and keep then in another plan, which is time-consuming
  • Using Google Sign-In causes the system to time-out frequently for me, so I get kicked out of the system and have to log back in. If I have multiple tabs of Jirav open, then re-logging in sometimes doesn't bring me back to where I was originally at.
  • You can export reports to Excel, but there are no formulas of the calculations, which makes it more difficult to understand how calculations are being performed unless you look in the browser and dig into the calculations. This also might make it more difficult if you decide to go to another software in the future since you may need to start from scratch in the next software
  • Seasonality has been difficult to model. For example, the way our model is set up, I can use an assumption for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. However, if I update Q3 for this year, then it also updates Q3 of all subsequent years, which I don't want. A more complex model and additional maintenance would be needed to accomplish more accurate seasonality planning
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  • Version control; there are issues using the same budget version in multiple years if adding detail (line item detail). What Prophix has explained as a benefit is a huge detriment for us and we've been working with them for 6 months on a fix and it's yet to get resolved
  • There are certain aspects that a messy; within our budgeting and forecasting detail, we have "unexplained balance" lines that show up that are distracting and add no value.
  • Lack of a centralized location for content outside of tool; for example, training, help, support, intranet, etc are all separate websites and not easy to get to. I'm not sure why all of this isn't linked to the same account and accessible through the tool. Why should we need separate passwords for everything Prophix?!
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Likelihood to Renew
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The system works well for us, and meets all of our needs. All of our future plans can and will be achieved within Prophix, so there is no need to pursue another product. Prophix has continuously proven to improve their product over the years, which provides an even higher level of confidence in this tool, and future developments
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Usability
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The
data can be sliced and diced many ways, and each user is able to do it however
they like. It is easy to create or run existing reports. We have made many of
our processes more efficient, and Prophix has allowed us to save more time than
you can imagine. We
are able to use Prophix for Expense tracking, Expense and Capital planning, reforecasting,
Compensation planning, Project tracking, Expense allocation, GAAP PLOB
reporting, and still have several more tasks to implement through Prophix
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Reliability and Availability
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The availability in Prophix is relatively good. We have occurred random outages in different versions that wipe out data, which can be brought back. Or we have ran into system wide slowness that impacts all users in the system, but we have been able to get more capacity to supply our performance.
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Performance
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Prophix has always performed consistently. We are using on-premise so many factors can contribute to slower than desired performance, most having nothing to do with Prophix itself. If we move to the web-client cloud based solution I believe performance will even be better.
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Support Rating
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The Prophix staff is very helpful and quick to respond. I like that they teach me instead of doing it for me when possible, so I don't have to contact them as often! Never talked to anyone at Prophix that I didn't respect or think highly of! Very professional, great customer service!
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In-Person Training
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The initial integration consultant was very helpful in making sure we were set up with all the essential uses we required: reporting/budgeting/forecasting. There was a learning curve but our consultant made it very easy to understand and helped me be comfortable in my Global Admin role in the system. Even after integration, we were given support whenever I came up with an idea I would get in touch and I would be trained on how I can implement it.
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Online Training
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We used our system and created a test cube to work with our own data. We ran through the different functions of Prophix and covered alot of material. We did two sessions a week, with homework tasks assigned. We were able to ask questions and cover any questions during the followup sessions.
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Implementation Rating
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Planning, planning, planning. Prophix will send you some Excel spreadsheets ahead of implementation. If those spreadsheets are complete, implementation will be smooth. Also, set aside some time during implementation to work with the Prophix staff and ask lots of questions. The knowledge they share is invaluable.
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Alternatives Considered
Fathom was the cheapest and most basic as an add-on directly to QuickBooks Online Plus, but you lose functionality with Fathom if you use QuickBooks Online Advanced (QBOA). The main loss of functionality for me was the lack of multiple department reporting, which was absolutely necessary for my analysis. Jirav was half the price of Moscaic.tech, but I've heard Mosaic has standard metrics for the SaaS-industry, which is appealing after going through the tedious process of setting up metrics in Jirav. QBOA has additional reporting than QBO Plus, but not enough robust features for planning and modeling. PlaceCPM is Salesforce-based and a I felt having a strong Salesforce admin that can great reports made their unnecessary, and I feel like most of the time you need a Salesforce admin just to run Salesforce. Cube, Vena and OnPlan are spreadsheet-based, but I don't want to use spreadsheets. Prophix, Board and Anaplan seem outdated. Workday was more than what I needed
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I have used other budgeting and forecasting tools at different companies, and Prophix is a much easier product to use and implement. I have received better user feedback from Prophix compared to other tools I have used at other companies. Other tools lacked dashboard capabilities and account reconciliations.
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Scalability
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I gave Prophix a 10 on scalability because we currently deploy the solution to department heads across our entire organization and never have any issues with those individuals using or accessing the system to look at their financial information within premade templates . They currently enter budgets and review reports within the system currently. The only issue is they cannot typically use the ad hoc functionality because that would require higher level licenses that cost more and it is not worth it to give them more costly licenses since they really aren't working in the system quite like the robust finance users
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Return on Investment
  • 1-3 day shortening of post-month end close analysis from integration with our accounting software
  • Elimination of several manual Excels related to headcount variance, salary variance, and planning
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  • Prophix has made it possible to move away from some Excel reporting we were doing, which allows for 50% quicker reporting on a monthly basis.
  • Although it has saved us time, an improved PowerPoint feature that automatically updates our decks would save an additional 75% on top of what we already do.
  • Our Board Reporting has improved by 10 hours by moving our reports fully into Prophix.
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ScreenShots

Jirav Screenshots

Screenshot of Dynamic dashboards can be sharedScreenshot of Customizable reporting for leadership teams, investors, and stakeholdersScreenshot of Scenario planningScreenshot of Customizable driversScreenshot of Out of the box integrations with accounting, payroll and sales data

Prophix Screenshots

Screenshot of Prophix One Portal: One single point of entry into Prophix One through its portal simplifies access and authentication but also allows seamless movement between applications.Screenshot of Chart Insights, one of the AI Insights capabilities that utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide enhanced business awareness.  Chart Insights extends the important details contained within dashboards, and analyzes the complete dataset behind the dashboard, automatically surfacing the data relationships not obvious in dashboard visualizations alone. It then provides a summary of key performance metrics found buried within Prophix charts.  It also summarizes the important insights in plain English.Screenshot of Prophix One Financial Planning & Analysis: Prophix's self-serve dashboards and visualizations are directly integrated with data, workflow tasks, announcements, and external URLs and databases. Dashboard Studio helps users to be informed and make better business decisions.Screenshot of Detailed interactive charts and graphs that Prophix offers to uncover insights. Prophix’s visual analytics are linked directly to data with transaction details.  There is no need to input the numbers.  Prophix does this tedious work, automatically.Screenshot of Prophix’s Workflow Manager, used to assign tasks to users and facilitate approvals across the business.  Stakeholder input can be captured directly with the ability to add comments and notes in a single unified database.Screenshot of Cell Comments, that allow users to add supporting details like notes and attachments to data.  Since comments are stored with the data, they can be viewed in any template along with their trailing history. Cell Comment Reports can also be generated to show all comments from any data view in one convenient report.