We performed a comparison between Board and Workiva Wdesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Performance Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."BOARD technical support is knowledgeable and helpful."
"A lot of flexibility from the data modeling standpoint. It can add specific line items into our budget, for example, or if we want to make changes to the data model itself, we have that flexibility."
"It allows people to quickly create dashboards with reports."
"Now, we have only one version of the truth."
"The ability to do write back and visualization, with minimal IT development orientation."
"We can build reports super fast."
"The dynamic selections on the screen and details by function are also valuable for inside the data view."
"The tool seems to have a lot of ways to handle scaling."
"It helps you to maintain a backup of your data, including the connectivity with the tables, which provides a user-friendly way to handle and access your files."
"It makes the compliance process more efficient and more effective."
"Workiva Wdesk has a flow diagram that is standardized, making it easy for people to file documents on ECDAs, which are in HTML format."
"The collaboration within the platform is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to easily upload and update financial results, creating a dynamic data sheet."
"Workiva Wdesk is pretty good in terms of getting the data from the system, automating the reporting schedules...It has a very good integration with ERP tools."
"I'd like to see a more passive report user for enterprise report writers that aren't particularly technical."
"It would be nice to have more connectors for other data sources. BOARD is a great tool to become the single source of the truth. Making it easier to connect data sources for niche software tools will make it easier to keep everything in one place."
"We can't delete entities and cubes in Boards because it interrupts our whole data model."
"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."
"We have had some challenges with newer version of the rollout in terms of stability."
"We are looking at ways to improve how we deal with security in BOARD and other similar things. "
"One of the things that I would like to see is the ability to have a rule directly referenced on the cubes."
"The initial setup was very complex for us."
"With this product, it's more about the integrated data model where you can have a one-to-many/many-to-one relationship between your policies and processes, risks, and controls. They need to showcase how you can put those pieces together."
"The most critical issue is the need to shift between uppercase and lowercase."
"One area where Workiva Wdesk could improve is by ensuring that its cloud-based system is fully compatible with the most current versions of PowerPoint and Excel."
"Regarding the solution, reporting has certain areas that can be considered for improvement."
"At this point, I don't see a compelling reason to invest in Workiva. It may be necessary for compliance and controlling the version of SCC, but not everyone needs its high-end capabilities."
"The speed must be improved."
Board is ranked 11th in Business Performance Management with 35 reviews while Workiva Wdesk is ranked 12th in Business Performance Management with 6 reviews. Board is rated 8.6, while Workiva Wdesk is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Board writes "A stable solution with good user-experience, easy deployment but needs some improvement with engine ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Workiva Wdesk writes "A user-friendly tool useful for data consolidation and automating the reporting schedules". Board is most compared with Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Hyperion and Microsoft Power BI, whereas Workiva Wdesk is most compared with AuditBoard, Oracle Hyperion, RSA Archer, OneTrust GRC and LucaNet. See our Board vs. Workiva Wdesk report.
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