Shlomi Lavi /
Jan 26, 2023
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - XLReporting or A3 Modeling?
A3 Modeling is more expensive to implement (TCO) than XLReporting, and A3 Modeling is rated with the same score (80/100) as XLReporting (80/100). A3 Modeling offers users more features (15) than XLReporting (5).
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:
XLReporting Vs. A3 Solutions
XLReporting: We are a small team of finance and IT experts, specialized in financial reporting and planning processes.
Lots of companies depend on complex and fragile Excel solutions for their reporting, consolidation, and budgeting. We help our clients to move away from that by providing them with powerful, flexible, and robust solutions.
We developed XLRep...
A3 Solutions: A3 Solutions is the developer of A3 Modeling, a powerful enterprise budgeting, forecasting, reporting and performance management platform. Inspired by the needs of Fortune 500 customers solving real-world problems, A3 Modeling enables you to solve the most challenging budgeting and Corporate Performance Management problems easily and cost effective...
Who is more expensive? XLReporting or A3 Modeling?
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 XLReporting and A3 Modeling.
XLReporting price starts at $240 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 XLReporting is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Budgeting & CPM software. A3 Modeling price starts at $500 per user/month , When comparing A3 Modeling to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Budgeting & CPM software cost.
Bottom line: A3 Modeling is more expensive than XLReporting.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared XLReporting Vs. A3 Modeling based on some of the most important and required Budgeting & CPM features.
XLReporting: Version Control, Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial reporting, Capital Asset Planning, Forecasting.
A3 Modeling: Budgeting & Forecasting, Fund-Accounting, Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting.
Target customer size
The typical clients utilizing XLReporting are those belonging to the small (with 10 – 100 employees) to medium-sized (with 100 to 1,000 employees) enterprises that make use of the services offered by the IT sector, data hosting and other related information services, particularly in the field of visual analytics and business intelligence. The software is basically intended for large enterprises, although medium businesses can also benefit from its services.