Why choose Drivetrain vs. Planful?
Finance teams and industry experts who have used both agree: Drivetrain is far superior. With quick onboarding, robust integrations, and multi-dimensional modeling, Drivetrain is the obvious choice.
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Drivetrain vs. Planful
Flexible and powerful, yet easy to use
Don’t let quarter-long implementations, clunky integrations, and rigid models slow you down. With Drivetrain, you can go live in weeks with native integrations, multi-dimensional models, and flexible reports.
“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.”
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“I have used several FP&A platforms and Drivetrain is the best I've used because we can model at a very granular level (vendor, department, etc.) without much effort and create digestible reporting outputs. This is the first platform I've used where I've felt comfortable getting rid of the "backup" excel model.”
“Drivetrain has simplified our life by eliminating many manual steps involved with maintaining an excel forecast. Importing actuals, saving snapshots and scenarios, and creating new metrics and calculations is MUCH easier than in excel.”
Go live in weeks, not months
Drivetrain's dedicated in-house implementation team gets you live in less than a month, without the need for expensive third-party consultants.
Planful implementation takes 8-12 weeks, minimum, with many users reporting extended timelines and implementation issues due to third-party implementation partners.
Model your business your way
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With Drivetrain, you can build complex models and slice data across dozens of dimensions like department, product, region, or channel without limits.
Planful users frequently hit the 8 dimension ceiling, forcing difficult choices about which business views to let go.
A user mentions, “It's less versatile for planning by vendor (or any dimension where you have a lot of individual lines). If you have very complicated revenue streams that require many pieces, it can be difficult to build and maintain those within Planful.”
Say goodbye to integration delays and data issues
Drivetrain offers 800+ connectors and a flexible approach to integrations that can combine data from any system to make it useful and accessible in real time.
Planful provides no native integrations, instead relying on a third-party integration platform that adds complexity and cost. Many users report integration errors and lengthy processes, with one noting, "CSV upload or expensive 3rd-party integration tool" as the only options.
Start building powerful models from day one
On Drivetrain, you can write formulas in plain English using your existing knowledge of Excel, making it fast and easy to build your own models that are understandable by all stakeholders.
Planful users face a steep learning curve with a "non-intuitive" and dated UI. Common complaints from users include, “Learning to use Planful isn’t easy for a beginner and requires a lot of training." and “Planful is hard to learn. Most of my clients in the past needed consultants for everything."
Don’t just take our word for it
Here’s how users of both tools rate Drivetrain and Planful on G2.
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