Alight Planning Enterprise - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 14, 2022

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Alight Planning Enterprise vs. Alternatives in 2024

Alight Planning Enterprise is one of the world leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. However, it does have three main competitors. Its competitors are Quicken, SAP ERP, and Sage X3.

• Functionality: Quicken is a software that offers personal finance management and was developed by Quicken Inc., formerly part of the Intuit, Inc. corporation. Its initial release was in 1983, and the stable release was in 2019. Quicken has five software versions for distinct uses: Starter, Deluxe, Premier, Home and Business, and Simplifi by Quicken. The first plan, "Starter," offers very limited and basic money management options like creating spreadsheets and calculating expenses. Their most popular version is the Quicken Deluxe which offers money and taxes tracking options, customizable budget plans, custom tag creation, and syncing with mobile applications.
  
  Sage X3 is also an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developed by Sage Group. It mainly caters to large and stable businesses. The initial release was in 2000, and the stable release was in 2019. It offers features like production management such as floor control, Quality Control (QC), Supply Chain Management like inventory and billing and customer services, and more. It is a cloud-based platform.
  
  SAP ERP is yet another enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developed by a German company SAP SE. The SAP ERP latest version was the V.6.0, released in 2006. In addition, there have been enhancement packages that were released in 2016. SAP Cloud is their software for ERP and offers features such as management of treasury and inventory, compliance checks and risk management, accounting billing and invoice generating processes, and more.
• Level of Services: Alight Planning Enterprise has a lot of services for its clients. The software cloud deployment and cloud advisory teams help set up customers and their organization businesses on the cloud and guide them through all processes and additional information. Whereas Quicken five extensive plans make it so much easier for clients to pick and choose which plan fits them best.
  
  The software is good for personal use to large complex corporations which handle large volumes of data every day and need sophisticated software to help them run their businesses fast and smoothly. SAP ERP has multiple domains for customers and clients to choose which solutions they need and work best.
  
  They have customer relationship management (CRM) solutions that handle support chat and other services. They have industrial solutions curated according to the various industries. Sage X3 is an ERP software [l/.with multiple services like production management, supply chain management, and project management aid. The software offers a reliable data crunching and smooth pipelining process, which streamlines the work processes and gets more done in less time.
• Support: Alight Planning Enterprise offers support via emails that correspond to their media team. They also have options to request information about their products. Quicken offers email support as well. SAP ERP provides support in contact numbers via phone, email, and chat support. Sage X3 also offers 24/7 live chat support, phone number, and email corresponding to various media partners, careers, etc.