Planful vs SAS Activity-Based Management comparison

Planful and SAS are both solutions in the Business Performance Management category. Planful is ranked #15, while SAS is ranked #18. Planful holds a 3.5% mindshare in BPM, compared to SAS’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Planful users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 20% of SAS users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

SAS Activity-Based Management

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20% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SAS Activity-Based Management and Planful compete in financial planning and analysis tools. Planful appears to have the upper hand due to its robust features and broader financial planning capabilities.

Features: SAS Activity-Based Management provides detailed cost analysis and modeling, aiding accuracy-focused decision-making. It supports businesses in managing costs effectively. Planful offers comprehensive planning, budgeting, and forecasting tools, enhancing financial visibility and collaboration. Its broader financial planning features and holistic approach make it a preferred choice for diverse business needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAS Activity-Based Management has a structured implementation process and reliable support, but deployment can be complex. Planful's cloud-based deployment allows quicker adoption and flexibility, with responsive support advantageous for changing business needs.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Activity-Based Management involves higher setup costs justified by its specialized capabilities, offering considerable ROI in cost-focused environments. Planful provides competitive pricing with lower initial investment and faster ROI realization due to comprehensive planning features, attracting businesses seeking broader financial planning benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Planful

Ranking in Business Performance Management

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Financial Close Software (19th)

SAS Activity-Based Management

Ranking in Business Performance Management

18th

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Planful is 3.5%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Activity-Based Management is 2.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Planful	3.5%
SAS Activity-Based Management	2.5%
Other	94.0%

Business Performance Management

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reviewer1110591

Financial Planning & Analysis - Finance Manager at a engineering company with 501-1,000 employees

It has helped us speed up the turnaround time on our consolidation, and we haven't had anything come up that the program has not been able to solve

The part that we liked about Excel is that it had a better interface in terms of just graphical illustration of our results. So, if we wanted to look at our financial trends and put it into some type of graphical interface for people to look at, we still have to leverage Excel for that. The dashboards aren't as usable as maybe some of the other solutions, such as Tableau or other BI tools. The application that we use today for our BI tools is Tableau. That's how people absorb information. We don't really use the functionality or dashboards within Planful because of the robustness of Tableau. That's our single source of data. If Planful was better or more comparable in terms of features and functionality, we could probably leverage that in Planful.

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it_user530763

CEO at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

Helps to compare production costs across different departments. Try CostPerform from QPR.

Helps to compare production costs across different departments The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model We have been using this solution for three years. I would rate the…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Planful has probably cut our time in half, given that we can now leverage the cloud-based services to interact with our subs for getting their forecast inputs."

"I believe the ROI is very high."

"It has helped us speed up the turnaround time on our consolidation. We don't have to do reporting in Excel anymore, which has cut down on the errors and the efficiency of our close time."

"Helps to compare production costs across different departments."

"The product allows us to calculate the distributed cost across activities."

"Cube generation is a valuable feature."

"We use ABM as an expense allocation model and it has improved the awareness and accountability of the cost incurred due to the traceability feature."

"The product helped determine the organization's true cost of providing its products and services to customers."

Cons

"The part that we liked about Excel is that it had a better interface in terms of just graphical illustration of our results."

"Some of the behind the scenes processing for the simulation engines has a learning curve to use in that there are certain changes that need to happen for the reporting to be "Live"."

"The part that we liked about Excel is that it had a better interface in terms of just graphical illustration of our results. So, if we wanted to look at our financial trends and put it into some type of graphical interface for people to look at, we still have to leverage Excel for that. The dashboards aren't as usable as maybe some of the other solutions, such as Tableau or other BI tools."

"We experienced severe performance issues when the models created are getting more details and becoming more complex."

"The usability needs to be improved but bear in mind that we did not have the latest update."

"The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model"

"It could be made much more simpler. Most of the time it looks like a black box for developers."

"The interface is poorly designed and could really use an improvement to compete with other comparable software."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Right now, everything is on a three-year term contract, and that is our main cost."

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Overview

You need a financial planning solution that meets the structured demands of standardized financial planning and reporting requirements and regulations. Structured Planning with Planful automates labor-intensive planning activities in a complete cloud-based platform – giving your finance team control, consistency, and confidence in corporate financial plans.

Planful

SAS Activity-Based Management is an analytic application that models business processes to determine cost, profitability and drivers. With this solution, organizations can make informed decisions that streamline processes, deliver revenue growth and reduce costs across the organization.

SAS

Sample Customers

Tandem Diabetes Care, Reed Exhibitions, SkyGolf, Zep Inc., Thule, Stylesight, Schumacher Group, Parsons Electric, Nextag, Groupon

Bank of Queensland, Barclays Bank, BioMar, Danske Bank, Danske Spil, DPPS, First Allied

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