Compare PowerBudget and Planning Maestro - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 04, 2022

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

Planning Maestro is more expensive to implement (TCO) than PowerBudget, and Planning Maestro is rated higher (87/100) than PowerBudget (55/100). Planning Maestro offers users more features (15) than PowerBudget (3).

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Who is more expensive? PowerBudget or Budget Maestro?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of School Management 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 PowerBudget and Budget Maestro.

PowerBudget price starts at $300 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 PowerBudget is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of School Management 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 School Management software cost.

Bottom line: Budget Maestro is more expensive than PowerBudget.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared PowerBudget Vs. Planning Maestro based on some of the most important and required School Management features.

PowerBudget: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

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

Target customer size

PowerBudget's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, 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.

PowerBudget

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $300 per month

PowerBudget is a growing cloud-based Budgeting-Forecasting software, it is designed to support medium and large size business. PowerBudget received a rating of 4.1 from ITQlick team. The software cost is consid...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM.

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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PowerBudget: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

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
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
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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PowerBudget
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
55/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
$300 per month
Functionality
4
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Planning...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$10,000 per year
Functionality
29
Alma
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
$500 per year
Functionality
3
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School E...
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$1.19 per feature
Functionality
3
Collegix
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
84/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
4

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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.