SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

277 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	The SAP BPC software is designed to help users plan and achieve a faster, more accurate close. The SAP BPC software aims to help users spend more time growing their business and less time closing books. The vendor’s value proposition is that their software delivers planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation capabilities in a single application. This, in turn, enables them to easily adjust plans and forecasts, speed up budget and closing cycles, and ensure compliance with…	N/A

Pricing

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

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Pricing Offerings
SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Considered Both Products	SAP Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Sage BPC is very much ahead of Dimensions in multiple areas. The speed and ease of reporting with Sage is very good when compared (although the bank reconciliation task is one thing that i feel is much more effort on Sage and takes more time than previous). We selected SAP BPC … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) very user friendly and allows analytics build up inbuilt with very nice dashboards for KPIs Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) SAP BPC integrates very well with HANA Incentivized Helpful? PrasithVenkatesh Anna SAP BW Developer in Information Technology at Entegris (Semiconductors, 1001-5000 employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) None Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) SAP BPC was decided to be implemented into our company due to the added value compared to other competitors who offer the same systems. Although SAP BPC has room for improvement, the ease of use was the deciding factor that resulted in the company picking it. Organization, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) SAP Analytics Cloud is the future of planning for SAP data sources. The features in SAP Analytics Cloud are modern and user friendly but not all scenarios from SAP BPC are covered yet. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) SAP SAC ranks higher then SAP BPC due to its cloud offering nature. Anaplan has its own merits due to handling the complex planning scenarios. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) The main advantage SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) has over Tableau, or Business Warehouse is that the data can be input and reported via Excel spreadsheets instead of navigating the rather clunky world of SAP. The data in SAP BPC (Business Planning and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) I am not too familiar with other products in this space. This was picked right before I started working at the organization. I am only in a support role for SAP BPC. Incentivized Helpful? Juan Carlos Crespo Head of Business Intelligence in Finance and Accounting at RCD Hotels (Hospitality, 1001-5000 employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) We selected BPC because our Company is SAPified from the backbone. Has native and proven integrations so to start we only have to activate the pre-installed SAP Business Content and configure based in our current metadata (entities, chart of accounts, intercompanies, cost … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) The most comprehensive business planning solution. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Actually, for this client, no alternative has been evaluated, because SAP BPC was already in place and already installed previously However, in my opinion, once a large company has an SAP-based structure, it is quite understandable that the same company continues to use SAP … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) SAP BPC is much more flexible and complete Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Anaplan UI is much better than SAP BPC. Anaplan is user-friendly and upgrades are handled automatically as it is in the cloud. Incentivized Helpful? William O'Brien Financial Planning and Analysis Manager in Finance and Accounting at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Law Practice, 1001-5000 employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) BPC was chosen primarily due to the revenue calculations it was capable of. The other factor in BPC's favor was the seamlessness of the multi-currency capabilities. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) We have been using BPC for a very long time so this question does not apply to us. Incentivized Helpful? Jeffrey Suk Senior Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Lionsgate (Entertainment, 1001-5000 employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) N/A - did not consider other products. Incentivized Helpful? Anthony DePasquale Financial Analyst II in Finance and Accounting at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Law Practice, 1001-5000 employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) As I am newer to this area of finance and have only been at one firm using such systems, I do not have any comparison to offer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) See above. Incentivized Helpful? Atul Rao, PMP Information Officer in Information Technology (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Ease of use More integrated with SAP Excel is loved by Finance Analysts Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) With Hyperion we struggled as it didn’t have integrated planning and consolidation, whereas BPC does have it. BPC is easier for reporting as it is Excel-based. Also BPC has prepackaged business process flows that helped a lot. Hyperion on the other hand has a faster response … Incentivized Helpful? Alyse Morley Senior Financial Systems Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Cintas (Facilities Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) This decision was made as we were previously Outlooksoft customers. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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Features

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Feature	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) 7.8 37 Ratings
Long-term financial planning	8.032 Ratings
Financial budgeting	8.033 Ratings
Forecasting	8.036 Ratings
Scenario modeling	7.032 Ratings
Management reporting	7.936 Ratings

Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Feature	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) 7.9 36 Ratings
Financial data consolidation	8.033 Ratings
Journal entries and reports	7.828 Ratings
Multi-currency management	8.325 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations	7.828 Ratings
Minority Ownership	7.020 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting	8.030 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails	8.227 Ratings

Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Feature	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) 8.0 36 Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting	8.032 Ratings
Management Reporting	8.036 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting	8.035 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting	8.027 Ratings

Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Feature	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) 8.6 32 Ratings
Personalized dashboards	9.021 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards	9.019 Ratings
KPIs	8.930 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis	9.026 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting	9.023 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data	7.018 Ratings

Comparison of Integration features of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Feature	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) 7.0 35 Ratings
Flat file integration	7.032 Ratings
Excel data integration	8.034 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources	6.022 Ratings

User Ratings
	SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (37 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	7.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (1 ratings)
In-Person Training	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.6 (36 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)