Shlomi Lavi /
Nov 17, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Purchase Control or Planning Maestro?
Purchase Control is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Planning Maestro, and Planning Maestro is rated higher (87/100) than Purchase Control (62/100). Planning Maestro offers users more features (15) than Purchase Control (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Planning Maestro!
Looking for the right Budgeting & CPM 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:
Purchase Control Vs. Centage Corporation
Purchase Control: Purchase Control is a company that specialises in SAAS, and our flagship product is an On Demand purchase order system that was devised and created to help manage the purchasing process. At its core is the ability to control what employees buy and how much they can spend.
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? Purchase Control or Budget Maestro?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Budgeting & CPM 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 Purchase Control and Budget Maestro.
Purchase Control price starts at $14.99 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Purchase Control is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Budgeting & CPM 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 Budgeting & CPM software cost.
Bottom line: Purchase Control cost is around the same cost of Budget Maestro.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared Purchase Control Vs. Planning Maestro based on some of the most important and required Budgeting & CPM features.
Purchase Control: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.
Budget Maestro: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flow, Credit Card Processing.
Target customer size
Purchase Control's typical customers include: Small, 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.