Why choose Drivetrain vs. Pigment?
Fast-growing businesses trust Drivetrain for its robust integrations, low total cost of ownership, and user-friendly modeling in an intuitive, easy-to-use platform.
Drivetrain vs. Pigment
Powerful, flexible and easy to use
Say goodbye to long implementation cycles, steep learning curves, and inflexible modeling. Building multidimensional models and reports yourself is easy and quick on Drivetrain.
“Drivetrain has very flexible forecasting models that allowed us to build our entire forecast – top-line, expenses, balance sheet and cash flow – to get them all interconnected with each other and our other systems.”
“Drivetrain automated data consolidation from NetSuite, Salesforce and Google Sheets. All finance reports (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow statement, headcount, ARR, pipeline) for actuals and plan are always up to date. Nice friendly interface to easily create reports and models.”
“Drivetrain can accommodate different scenarios, build outs, and integrations, which is beneficial, especially when dealing with various systems. Other companies seem to have more of a canned offering of functionalities and capabilities.”
#1 Rated FP&A software on G2
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With an average user rating of 4.9 out of 5, we are the highest rated FP&A tool across three categories - Financial Analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting, and Corporate Performance Management.
Drivetrain has been rated #1 for reporting and planning (mid-market) three times in a row by G2!
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Connect all your business and finance systems to Drivetrain seamlessly
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Drivetrain’s 200+ pre-built connectors along with an expert in-house implementation team ensures that all your data is available on the platform within a few days.
Pigment offers less than 20 integrations, and many of the most popular applications, like QuickBooks, Hubspot, Rippling, Tableau, and Chargebee are not included.
The few direct integrations Pigment does provide are often limited in terms of what you can import. And if no integration is available, the best you can do is manually upload a CSV file.
Integrations are key to streamlining data consolidation. You need a platform that can work with all of the tools your business uses. That tool is Drivetrain.
Start building powerful models and reports from day one
On Drivetrain you can use plain English and your existing knowledge of Excel to create custom metrics and forecast formulas. Most Drivetrain customers start building their models within a few days of going live.
Pigment, on the other hand, is a far less user-friendly, actually requiring users to learn a whole new language and syntax. Reviewers on Gartner forewarn that “It will take a technical person (who is SQL savvy) probably 5 months to get up to speed on syntax but a typical FP&A person, maybe 12 months depending on their capability”.
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Update plans and forecasts quickly to respond to changing circumstances
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Drivetrain’s simple and intuitive UI/UX ensures that you can easily update and play with forecast assumptions in your formulas to respond to changing business needs. You can create various scenarios and versions in minutes to identify the best path forward for your business.
Due to its technical complexity, most companies using Pigment dedicate 1-2 people solely to writing and debugging formulas. For any ad-hoc modeling work, users still have to rely on spreadsheets. This means that despite a hefty investment in Pigment, they still have to maintain two complex modeling systems at the same time.
Ready to try the best Pigment alternative in the market?
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