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Pros
"It has definitely saved us time, especially in our budget and planning processes.""I think it's flexible. I chose this solution because, even though it wasn't out-of-the-box, you can customize it, and the long-term growth potential of the software is where I see the value.""The aesthetics of it are really nice. That is what attracted us to BOARD: the ease and functionality of it.""With the combination of 24/7 global support and their community, there was great customer service, tech support, and community support.""The drill down is good for people who have that high level view, because they can do some analysis based on it.""It is very easy to use. It has got what they call a toolkit, which is a no-code development environment. You can develop a whole solution with it because it is a complete platform. There is a lot of online material that can be used as a reference. You can help yourself while developing a solution. There are some prebuilt applications in the platform environment. You can very easily customize and integrate these applications. It also has flexible scaling of machine resources, which is really great.""All staff can now see their relevant scorecards online.""It allows people to quickly create dashboards with reports."

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"The planning capability is the most valuable feature.""You can get the data directly from the database with Excel formulas.""Infor dEPM's got the best end-user reporting solution that keeps us motivated and moving forward with this solution only.""Our customers have the solution deployed on the cloud or on-premises. The deployment took about a month."

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"Scalability is one of this solution's big plus points.""One can see that it's a mature product because it addresses all the requirements that you must need for financial consolidation and for budgeting and planning. It's really easy to use.""It is easy to use. It is very intuitive. Even though there is a lot of functionality that comes out of the box, you can customize the solutions to meet your needs. You have the ability to have business rules that produce all kinds of calculations. We're international, and we do all our FX conversions through that.""Since it is an enterprise-capable solution, people are not worried about security, giving data, the ability to manage complex consolidation, and its ability to modify reporting.""This product is very scalable and provides high ROI.""The accuracy of data gathering and consolidation is very good.""It's very easy to use and the functionality is quite complete.""Oracle Hyperion is fairly user-friendly and not too complicated. The forecasting, it's really good. It's sometimes slow when there are a lot of users using it and we can have up to approximately 300 users using it. However, you can do it in Excel because there's an Excel add-in. This is a benefit because a lot of people do this way instead of having to go into the planning application itself."

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Cons
"We are looking at ways to improve how we deal with security in BOARD and other similar things. ​""I would like to see a better Web client, where the controls work the same way as in the Windows client. I do think that the focus is now on the Web, so it should be improved upon.""What could be better is the manual... nowadays, most people use a web client, but on the Board manual website, a lot of the information is only about the Windows client. If they could update that, it would be helpful.""The initial setup was very complex for us.""​One of the things that I would like to see is the ability to have a rule directly referenced on the cubes.​""I'd like to see a more passive report user for enterprise report writers that aren't particularly technical.""We can't delete entities and cubes in Boards because it interrupts our whole data model.""The engine of the Board should be made powerful like the engine of IBM planning which is more powerful in terms of performance. The consolidated finance area also needs improvement."

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"The usability could be better.""It's a very expensive solution.""The initial setup from a user perspective can be cumbersome and has room for improvement.""The latest version has been cloud-enabled, but it requires a deeper understanding of programming skills compared to the previous versions, which were more user-friendly."

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"The level of complexity of the implementation is always a challenge.""The user interface is in need of improvement. The forms should be more user-friendly.""Hyperion has much room for improvement, especially disaster recovery. You don't have the option to choose the proper disaster recovery method. We have Hyperion and an SQL server on the backend. We have active solutions for the backend database server, which aren't working for our people. They've asked us to remove the high availability to increase application performance.""It is challenging to do reporting on Oracle Hyperion if you're not an expert.""Their documentation could be a little bit more descriptive at places. They don't really do a lot of How-Tos because that gets pushed through to the consulting groups. There have been some books. There is a real good one out there about how to look smarter than you are with Hyperion Planning that some people at a company called ArganoInterRel wrote. Those things do exist, but that's not in their documentation. It's basically like they'll say, "This is the field. This is what it's used for," but they don't tell you how to particularly use it in your case environment.""Integrating Oracle Hyperion, a multidimensional database, with relational databases poses challenges due to the differing database structures.""From a technical perspective, the technical support could be improved and the price could be reduced.""I would like to see more integrations with third-party vendors such as BigSense and SAP. I'm looking forward to seeing more interface-related content."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Find a partner who will take responsibility for the implementation, and be available for support."
  • "​In terms of the pricing, it was reasonable. BOARD is not the lowest in the market, but it was reasonable for us."
  • "It is not the cheapest product on earth, but you get so much. It provides good value for money."
  • "The solution is quite expensive, if it is made cheaper then we can have more clients. I rate it four out of ten."
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  • "While the licensing cost of Infor dEPM may be costly, it is still more affordable than SAP BusinessObjects EPM, for example."
  • "It's a very expensive product, and I would rate it at nine out of ten, with ten being the most expensive. There are yearly licensing costs."
  • "The pricing is competitive."
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  • "As Oracle's pricing is on the higher end, most businesses prefer to have their own private cloud."
  • "Compared with MSBA, it is quite reasonable."
  • "To get a full license, which gives you access to most of the different Hyperion programs, it costs $2000 to $2500 a month."
  • "We pay for licensing yearly."
  • "Oracle Hyperion is not an inexpensive solution."
  • "The licenses cost approximately $1,000."
  • "The solution is affordable."
  • "Oracle Hyperion's licensing structures are quite expensive for some companies, especially medium-sized companies because of the user-based license."
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    Infor d/EPM, d/EPM, Infor Dynamic Enterprise Performance Management, Infor PM
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    Overview

    BOARD International - headquartered in Switzerland - is a leading global provider of software for improving business results through better decision making. By unifying Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management into a single product, BOARD enables companies to achieve a shared vision of their performance across the entire organization, and thus a single version of the truth.

    BOARD provides seamless solutions for • Reporting & Analysis • Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting • Profitability Modelling & Optimization • Simulation & What-if-Analysis • Scorecarding & Strategy Management • Financial Consolidation. Based on visual modelling, BOARD has enabled global companies to deploy BI and CPM applications without a single line of code in a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions.

    Take a holistic view of your business performance with Infor Dynamic Enterprise Performance Management (Infor d/EPM). Combining modern intelligent business tools and financial performance management capabilities into one EPM software solution, d/EPM enables you to consistently report with confidence, measure past and current performance, and forecast future activities. Deep analytics and business intelligence give you a real-time view of performance across your business to speed decision making, so you can unlock siloed data and transform information into actionable insights.

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    Sample Customers
    Coca-Cola, Puma, Desigual, Ricoh, KPMG, H&M, Groupe SEB
    DAB Group
    ITNL, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd., Zaklady Farmaceutyczne Polpharma S.A., Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd., Barco N.V., SITA, McGregor Fashion Group B.V., PCCW Ltd.
    Top Industries
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    Government20%
    Healthcare Company20%
    Hospitality Company10%
    Insurance Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Wholesaler/Distributor7%
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    Computer Software Company13%
    Real Estate/Law Firm11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Non Profit9%
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    Manufacturing Company16%
    Retailer16%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company9%
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    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Retailer6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise23%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise8%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise68%
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