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Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

50 Reviews Write a Review

What is Board?

The Board Enterprise Planning Platform powers financial and operational planning for more than 2,000 organizations worldwide. Industry leaders trust Board to turn complex data into better decisions with AI, analytics, and tailor-made solutions for enterprise-grade challenges. Global brands including H&M, BASF, Burberry, Toyota, Coca-Cola, General Mills, and HSBC use Board to enhance workflows and strengthen their competitive edge. Founded in 1994, and now with 25 offices worldwide, Board is recognized by leading analysts including BARC, Gartner, and IDC. Visit www.board.com

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Awards & Recognition

Board won the following awards in the Enterprise Performance Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

7 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2022

Board Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Board?

2% Negative

8% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Marketing Analytics

Business Application Integration

Data Visualization

Collaboration

BI and Performance Management

Budgeting and Forecasting

Financial Reporting and Consolidation

Governance Risk and Compliance

Mobile Access

Planning and Scheduling

Process Simulation and Execution

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

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Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Great Performance and Flexibility

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Luca S.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Well customizable, but still too similar to others

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Board from other similar products?

It's more customizable I guess (this is what I get from my not so big knowledge about this tools).

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It can be very well customizable for UI. Data integration is fast and reliable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The data representation is quite weak compared to other tools. It would be nice to have more chances to write code directly inside to have even more customization

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This tool is highly customizable in terms of data process and UI. Users have the chance to accomplish mostly whatever they like data-wise. It's a very strong and user-friendly tool for data planning

Pros

Efficient Service
Caring
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Under Delivered
Vendor Friendly Policies
Vendor's Interest First

Hilarry M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

AFFORDABLE TOOL

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Board from other similar products?

The solution is affordable and scalable enough and works fine with no downtime like other tools evaluated

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like how easy it is to customise the solution and the support from the support team that responds to technical issues on time, like the stability of the solution

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing can be expensive for small businesses

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend the solution because is very easy to use

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Board Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Board?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Marketing Analytics Predictive analytics, machine learning, data ingestion and visualization; data segmentation; assign attributes to unstructured data; work from segmented data.

Business Application Integration APIs available for straightforward integration with multiple business systems such as ERP or CRM.

Data Visualization Visualize customer data in configurable dashboards or reports, and easily share these visualizations with decision makers.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

BI and Performance Management Includes all aspects of reporting and BI analytics, as well as planning and optimization.

Budgeting and Forecasting Includes financial information access, budget projections, assessment and analysis, tax planning, and scenario planning.

Financial Reporting and Consolidation Timely access to financial data and financial information in the forms of reports or online. Financial reporting is generated in specific periods.

Governance Risk and Compliance Includes governance, risk management, compliance, security management, controls and audit.

Mobile Access The solution can be easily accessed by employees through a dedicated native application or HTML5 access.

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

Process Simulation and Execution Includes ability to test and optimize the performance of a process using historical data.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Board Downloads

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Board Solutions for Retail Planning flyer EN

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Great Performance and Flexibility

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Luca S.

Well customizable, but still too similar to others

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Hilarry M.

AFFORDABLE TOOL

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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