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Prophix vs SAS Activity-Based Management comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Prophix
Ranking in Business Performance Management
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Financial Performance and Strategy Management (7th), Financial Close Software (14th)
SAS Activity-Based Management
Ranking in Business Performance Management
18th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Prophix is 2.6%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Activity-Based Management is 2.5%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Prophix2.6%
SAS Activity-Based Management2.5%
Other94.9%
Business Performance Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user287946 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company
Easy to use and cloud-ready, helps me manage my business
Increased margin on products Easy to use Rich functionality Complete corporate performance management solution Based on modern technology Cloud-ready All of them allow me to manage my business. BI analytics Few related Ad Hoc Analyses in one window Sorting and filtering in Data View More…
it_user530763 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has enabled us to cut the budgeting process by 50% as well as making the budgets more acute."
"Definitely take a look at this product and its offerings as it has a lot of useful features and could be used to simplify processes and day to day activities."
"Words can’t express how much our company benefited from using this product."
"The ability to budget on individual levels, i.e. by person for payroll, by vehicle for transportation, etc."
"The biggest achievement is that now we do not have to use spreadsheets"
"The time saved by building variables to drive accounts inside the budgeting system, along with balancing accounts to spread increases or decreases based on different accounts or versions, more than makes up for the pricing of the software."
"Easy to use Rich functionality Complete corporate performance management solution Based on modern technology Cloud-ready All of them allow me to manage my business."
"Customer Service: It's excellent."
"The product allows us to calculate the distributed cost across activities."
"Helps to compare production costs across different departments."
"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 process speed and integration with sources of transaction detail needs work."
"The user interface could be improved as it is not an intuitive product for every type of user."
"I think the mobile capabilities could be improved."
"Discovery was not in depth enough for our deployment to be successful – we had a lot of problems and had to take short-cuts due to a lack of planning."
"BI analytics Few related Ad Hoc Analyses in one window Sorting and filtering in Data View"
"Areas where you load your CapEx still need a lot of improvements. The Excel add-in is not as good as Hyperions."
"BI analytics Few related Ad Hoc Analyses in one window Sorting and filtering in Data View"
"There were problems in a certain version with the speed, but they have fixed this in later versions."
"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 interface is poorly designed and could really use an improvement to compete with other comparable software."
"It could be made much more simpler. Most of the time it looks like a black box for developers."
"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"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
21%
Computer Software Company
13%
Educational Organization
9%
Performing Arts
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Solarcentury, Swan Mill Paper Company, Interstates Companies, First Medical Health Plan, Community Physician Network, AAA Southern New England
Bank of Queensland, Barclays Bank, BioMar, Danske Bank, Danske Spil, DPPS, First Allied
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