Executive Strategy Vs IBM (Aug 2020)

Shlomi Lavi / Aug 15, 2020

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Looking for the right Business performance management solution for your business? buyers like you are primarily concerned about the real total implementation cost (TCO), full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, pros and cons. in this article we compare between the 2 software products:

Vendor comparison

Palladium Group: Palladium Group specializes in delivering value and sustainable performance by bringing strategies to life. We provide our clients with an integrated set of services—strategy and technology consulting, education, training, and certification—that deliver tangible results and build enduring internal capabilities. We help our clients achieve superior performance through an approach that marries expertise in change management and leadership with proven methodologies, including the Palladium Execution Premium Process™ (XPP), the Kaplan & Norton Balanced Scorecard (BSC), and other best practice frameworks that translate strategic concepts into tangible operational programs and measurable results. Palladium is the only firm that offers its clients a complete strategy execution system—a system supported by our heritage of innovative thought leadership and practical implementation expertise.

IBM: International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, is an American corporation. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Pricing/cost comparison

The real cost of Business performance management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training cost, customization cost, required hardware, and the cost of maintenance & support and other related services. It's critical that you account for all of these costs to gain an understanding of the system's "total cost of ownership". We prepared a total cost calculator for Executive Strategy TCO and IBM Planning Analytics total cost to help with the total cost of ownership calculation.

Executive Strategy price Starting from $49 per month , on a scale between 1 to 10 Executive Strategy Manager is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Business performance management software. IBM Planning Analytics price Starting from $45 per month , when comparing IBM Planning Analytics to their competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business performance management software cost.

Bottom line: Executive Strategy is more expensive than IBM Planning Analytics.

Features and functionality

As with any business software solutions, it’s important to consider the features & functionality. The tool should support the processes, workflows, reports and needs that matter to your team. To help you evaluate this, we've compared Executive Strategy Vs. IBM based on some of the most important and required Business performance management features.
Executive Strategy: We are still working to collect the list of features of Executive Strategy. .
IBM Planning Analytics list of features include the following: We are still working to collect the list of features of IBM Planning Analytics.

Target customer size

The software is a viable product for small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises. and IBM Planning Analytics's target customer size include: Small business, Medium business, Large business.