Compare BOARD and Planning Maestro - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 04, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BOARD or Planning Maestro?

Planning Maestro is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BOARD, and Planning Maestro is rated higher (87/100) than BOARD (75/100). BOARD offers users more features (43) than Planning Maestro (15).

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

BOARD International Vs. Centage Corporation

BOARD International: Founded in 1994 BOARD International is the provider of the industry’s only programming-free toolkit for rapid and cost-effective development of Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications.  A toolkit approach to Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) represents a new, unique and cost effe...

Centage Corporation: Centage Corporation is the world leader in automated, budgeting and planning software solutions for small to medium-sized organizations. Since 2001, thousands of managers at all levels have utilized the Budget Maestro family of solutions to streamline their budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, performance analysis, and reporting process...

Who is more expensive? BOARD or Budget Maestro?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for BOARD and Budget Maestro.

BOARD accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 BOARD is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Budget Maestro price starts at $10,000 per year , When comparing Budget Maestro to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Budget Maestro is more expensive than BOARD.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared BOARD Vs. Planning Maestro based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

BOARD: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Customizable Categories, Mobile Access, On Premise, Online Customer Support, Web Hosted Solution, Budgeting & Forecasting, P&L Statement, Sales Reporting.

Budget Maestro: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flow, Credit Card Processing.

Target customer size

BOARD is the preferred BI and CPM tool for more than 3000 companies around the globe. Planning Maestro was developed to serve many kinds of industries, from public to private, startups to mature and from family-owned operations to Fortune 500 organizations.



BOARD

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

BOARD is a business analytics and performance management software developed for small to large enterprises. Its key features include ad hoc analysis and reporting, budgeting, planning & forecasting, business in...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Budgeting & CPM, Business Plan, Billing & Provisioning.

Planning Maestro

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $10,000 per year

Planning Maestro is a software for mid-market enterprises looking to better manage their businesses and improve on performance. It was developed by the Centage Corporation Company which has been offering its se...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Fixed Asset Management, Budgeting & CPM, Financial reporting, HR Accounting.

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BOARD: 43 Features

Customizable Categories
Mobile Access
On Premise
Online Customer Support
Web Hosted Solution
Budgeting & Forecasting
P&L Statement
Sales Reporting
Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Forecasting & Budgeting
Graphic Benchmark
Multy Languages
OLAP
Performance Measurements
Predictive-Analysis
Profit Analysis
Trend Indicators
Business Performance Optimization
Data mining
Data visualization
Data warehouses
Decision Support Systems
Enterprise Performance Management
Executive Information Systems
MOLAP
Scorecarding
Strategic Enterprise Management
"What If" Scenarios
Capital Asset Planning
For Service Organisations
Profit / Loss Statement
Real Time Comparisons
Run Rate Tracking
Sales budget
Dashboard Creation
Filtered Views
Relational Display
ETL

Budget Maestro: 15 Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Budgeting & Forecasting
Cash Flow
Credit Card Processing
Fixed-Assets
Multi-Currency
Sales Reporting
Tax compliance
Time & Expense
Agile Project Management
Budget & Expense Management
Issue Tracking
Project Management
Resource Management
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Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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BOARD
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
75/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
71
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Planning...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$10,000 per year
Functionality
29
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
SuiteAna...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per month + $99 per user
Functionality
10
Sisense
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$83 per employee/month
Functionality
35

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.