Compare PowerBudget and PlanGuru - Jun 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jun 07, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - PowerBudget or PlanGuru?

PowerBudget is more expensive to implement (TCO) than PlanGuru, and PlanGuru is rated higher (87/100) than PowerBudget (55/100). PlanGuru offers users more features (15) than PowerBudget (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is PlanGuru!

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PlanGuru: PlanGuru is budgeting and forecasting software designed to help businesses and nonprofits make better decisions. Whether it’s a high level forecast for the bank or a detailed multi-departmental operating budget, PlanGuru can enable you (or your team) to produce a more accurate analysis in less time.

Who is more expensive? PowerBudget or PlanGuru?

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 PlanGuru.

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. PlanGuru price starts at $99 per month , When comparing PlanGuru to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average School Management software cost.

Bottom line: PowerBudget is more expensive than PlanGuru.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

PlanGuru: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Balance Sheet, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flow.

Target customer size

PowerBudget's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, PlanGuru was first developed with financial professionals in mind and was oriented towards CPAs, CFOs and other types of financial advisors.



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.

PlanGuru

ITQlick rating
(4.2/5)

starts at $99 per month

PlanGuru software is a cloud-based budgeting and business planning solution designed for small/medium organizations and nonprofits that can also be offered through an on-premise solution.

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, BI & Analytics, Budgeting & CPM, Financial consolidation, Accounting Practice Management.

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PowerBudget: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

PlanGuru: 15 Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Balance Sheet
Budgeting & Forecasting
Cash Flow
Depreciation
Fixed-Assets
General-Ledger
P&L Statement
Time & Expense
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Features
Forecasting & Budgeting
Issue Indicators
Profit Analysis
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)
Functionality score
Software review
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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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PlanGuru
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$99 per month
Functionality
22
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.