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NaviPlan by Advicent

Score9 out of 10

2 Reviews and Ratings

What is NaviPlan by Advicent?

Advicent headquartered in Milwaukee offers NaviPlan, a financial planning software for firms.

Bulletproof financial planning software platform

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use NaviPlan to build out future projections based on financial plans we build. We use it to show income streams in retirement and to show how long a clients money will last. We use it to show numerous strategies with insurance and corporations. It allows us to show the tax implications of what they are currently doing versus what we are recommending. We use it to solidify the plans we have already built.

Pros

  • Retirement Income Scenarios
  • Detailed Cash Flow
  • Monte Carlo Analysis

Cons

  • Corporations - a more detailed module that allows more functionality
  • Estate Planning - we are missing a module that is available in the US
  • Marital Status - Ability to show comparison if a client is married versus not married within the same plan

Most Important Features

  • Cash Flow in retirement - we use it to confirm our assumptions
  • Running different scenarios to determine tax implications
  • Showing insurance and investment strategies

Return on Investment

  • It definitely has a positive impact on our business. It brings confidence to our clients that we know what we are doing.
  • Clients are very impressed when you walk them through the software
  • The reports blow people away. Combined with our financial plans, we can build bulletproof financial plans.

NaviPlan :The best financial Management tool for better planning and execution.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It lets the company create employees' accounts in one window so that the management, as well as the employee, can get information regarding the salary account, allowance, increment, installment and other financial EMI/subscription, retirement, loans, bills, savings, life insurance, health insurance, etc. It is very much flexible and can generate documents in a summarised form to present the status of what we require from the needy. This is a central database that is secure, easy to track, easy to input the data, and also much simpler in displaying what the user requires. It is a fully featured financial management software developed to serve mainly small industries and other enterprises to get end-to-end solutions. This online management software offers employee management, client management, fund management, budget planning, risk management, tax planning, and calculation in one place.

Pros

  • Employee benefits management, planning, and calculation become simpler with the Navi plan.
  • Budget planning, risk management, and other account management become easy and simpler to analyze by the top management.
  • Tax calculation and other payments become easy for the organization as well as individual employees.
  • Cashflow analysis and modifications in the allocation become easy and could be understood by all the top-level management in a single window.

Cons

  • Much favorable for small industries, so better to make it good for large enterprise also.
  • Illustration can be made easy so that quick understanding can be done.
  • Tracking of the particular item is a bit difficult, this could be made easier.
  • Not much user friendly compared to the competitors. But does the job well.

Most Important Features

  • Good user interface to input data.
  • Tax calculation and budget planning.
  • Employee management and client management.
  • Employee Benefits calculation and planning.

Return on Investment

  • Tax calculation of the organization and employees was very difficult, and Navi Plan made is very easy now.
  • The introduction of the software makes positive changes in the organization in managing the financial needs, which helps the organization to allocate what is required.
  • Employee benefit calculation was a bit difficult and it made a big positive impact.
  • It does the job and we get the best for what we pay for.
  • If the industry becomes big, then slight changes must be introduced to manage the big data needs.

Alternatives Considered

AppDynamics and AdvoLogix

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat Sign, ChromeOS, EmbedReviews, MyCase, Estateably, Adobe Advertising Cloud