# Best Budgeting and Forecasting Software for Small Business

  *By [Nathan Calabrese](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/nathan-calabrese)*

   Products classified in the overall Budgeting and Forecasting category are similar in many regards and help companies of all sizes solve their business problems. However, small business features, pricing, setup, and installation differ from businesses of other sizes, which is why we match buyers to the right Small Business Budgeting and Forecasting to fit their needs. Compare product ratings based on reviews from enterprise users or connect with one of G2's buying advisors to find the right solutions within the Small Business Budgeting and Forecasting category.

In addition to qualifying for inclusion in the Budgeting and Forecasting Software category, to qualify for inclusion in the Small Business Budgeting and Forecasting Software category, a product must have at least 10 reviews left by a reviewer from a small business.





## Category Overview

**Total Products under this Category:** 263


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## Top-Rated Products (Ranked by G2 Score)
  ### 1. [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/liveflow/reviews)
  LiveFlow is the #1 platform for multi-entity finance. LiveFlow transforms how accounting and finance teams work. Flow: AI-Native ERP Flow is an AI-native ERP that brings Accounting, AP/AR, and FP&A together in one place. - Built with multi-entity in mind. Manage intercompany workflows, shared accounts, and eliminations across all entities, all in one place. - Reports the way you want them. Build and customize reports in real time, with the flexibility to match how your business actually runs. - Built-in AI to accelerate your workflows. Automate routine tasks and surface insights faster with AI that you control. LiveFlow FP&A Platform Transform Excel and Google Sheets into your financial command center. - Effortless Reporting in spreadsheets: Import QuickBooks data in seconds to create shareable dashboards that automatically update. Drill down, build visualizations, and create impactful, always-current reporting. - Consolidation in Under 3 Minutes: Consolidate financials from multi-entity businesses in seconds. - Pre-built Financial Models: Choose from 100+ report templates to completely customize foryour business or clients, all while being supported by our Customer Success Team staffed byfinancial experts.


  **Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 332

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/sellers/liveflow)
- **Company Website:** https://www.liveflow.com
- **Year Founded:** 2021
- **HQ Location:** New York, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/liveflow (52 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Accounting Manager, CEO
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting, Financial Services
  - **Company Size:** 75% Small-Business, 20% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (98 reviews)
- Time-Saving (83 reviews)
- Time-saving (80 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (70 reviews)
- Efficiency (63 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Missing Features (23 reviews)
- Limited Customization (14 reviews)
- Inefficient Reporting (12 reviews)
- Expensive (11 reviews)
- Limited Reporting (11 reviews)

  ### 2. [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews)
  IBM Planning Analytics is an AI-powered integrated planning solution that automates your planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, enabling real-time analysis on a single governed platform. Eliminate manual models, spot risks sooner, and make decisions that keep your numbers ahead of the trends. Designed for finance and business operations leaders across Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Marketing, Sales, and beyond, IBM Planning Analytics helps eliminate inefficient and error-prone planning processes by connecting financial and operational plans. Automate data integration, analysis, and collaboration for greater agility across the business. Key Capabilities: Integrated Planning: Connect financial and operational plans using a governed source of truth under a single license, unifying teams and accelerating planning cycles. Performance Tracking: Monitor, analyze, and communicate performance with interactive dashboards, personalized reports, and a native spreadsheet experience for trusted, real-time insights. AI-Powered Forecasting: Improve speed and accuracy of forecasts with built-in AI, enabling smarter scenario modeling and predictive insights. Collaborative Decision-Making: Increase participation and streamline workflows by lowering the skill barrier with a generative AI assistant, driving faster, more informed decisions. Bring collaborative, AI-powered business planning to your organization starting at $825/month for 5 users.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 222

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm)
- **Company Website:** https://www.ibm.com/us-en
- **Year Founded:** 1911
- **HQ Location:** Armonk, NY
- **Twitter:** @IBM (709,023 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1009/ (324,553 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Financial Analyst
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Financial Services
  - **Company Size:** 51% Enterprise, 35% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Efficiency (35 reviews)
- Planning Efficiency (34 reviews)
- Analytics (31 reviews)
- Ease of Use (30 reviews)
- Forecasting Accuracy (30 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Curve (29 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (19 reviews)
- User Difficulty (19 reviews)
- Difficult Learning (16 reviews)
- Complexity (15 reviews)

  ### 3. [Productive](https://www.g2.com/products/productive/reviews)
  Productive is the all-in-one professional services automation platform built for agencies, consultancies, and service businesses. Manage projects, resources, and finances in one place — with real-time visibility across your entire company. Sales Pipeline Easily manage your sales funnel and win more deals with a simple CRM solution. You won't ever forget to follow up on that potential business opportunity. When the deal is won, convert it into a project, and continue working in the same tool. Project Management Assign work, collaborate, and organize agency projects. Project Management features are integrated with Time Tracking and Task Management so you will run projects faster and more elegantly. Resource Planning Organize and plan a work schedule for your entire agency. Find bottlenecks that cost money and consume time. Avoid collisions, burnouts, and overbooking with resource planning features. Powerful Business Insights Build customizable reports from scratch by focusing on what's important for you: Actual Utilization by People, Revenue & Profitability by Client, Invoiced Revenue by Months, Overtime by People, Profitability by Months, etc. Billing and Invoicing Automatically track invoiced amounts and be confident you’ve billed everything you need. Simply generate invoices using tracked time on billable services.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 68

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.5/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.1/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 6.8/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Productive](https://www.g2.com/sellers/productive)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** Claymont, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/productive-io/ (153 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Marketing and Advertising, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 81% Small-Business, 16% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (10 reviews)
- Customizability (8 reviews)
- Team Collaboration (7 reviews)
- User Interface (7 reviews)
- Customer Support (6 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Lack of Integrations (3 reviews)
- Missing Features (3 reviews)
- Organization Difficulties (3 reviews)
- Challenging Reporting (2 reviews)
- Complex Usability (2 reviews)

  ### 4. [Acterys](https://www.g2.com/products/acterys/reviews)
  Acterys is a cloud or on-premise based service for data discovery and planning. It enables business users to generate professional data models that integrate all your relevant data sources with connectors to a variety of accounting systems and other sources. Supported by a wide variety of templates (Cost Center, Management Consolidation, HR, CAPEX, Cash Flow, etc.) users can build effective xP&A (Extended Planning & Analytics) and performance management processes in Power BI, Excel, web browser and mobile devices the quickest way.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 59

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.9/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Acterys](https://www.g2.com/sellers/acterys)
- **Year Founded:** 2017
- **HQ Location:** Chicago, Illinois
- **Twitter:** @Acterysfpa (156 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/acterysfpa/ (31 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 66% Small-Business, 29% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Automation (3 reviews)
- Connectivity (2 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (2 reviews)
- Features (2 reviews)
- Integrations (2 reviews)


  ### 5. [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews)
  Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the platform intelligently surfaces key insights — so businesses can make the right decisions, right now.​ More than 2,400 of the world’s best brands continually optimize their decision-making by planning with Anaplan. G2 categories include: Corporate Performance Management, Budgeting & Forecasting, Compensation Management, Financial Close, Sales & Ops Planning, Sales Performance Management, Sales Planning, Supply Chain Planning, and Workforce Management.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 392

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/sellers/anaplan)
- **Company Website:** https://www.anaplan.com
- **Year Founded:** 2006
- **HQ Location:** Miami, FL
- **Twitter:** @anaplan (21,810 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/anaplan/ (2,737 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Manager, Senior Consultant
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Financial Services
  - **Company Size:** 51% Enterprise, 34% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (100 reviews)
- Flexibility (90 reviews)
- Features (87 reviews)
- Efficiency (63 reviews)
- Planning (59 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Limitations (44 reviews)
- Missing Features (39 reviews)
- Learning Curve (33 reviews)
- Performance Issues (30 reviews)
- Lack of Features (29 reviews)

  ### 6. [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews)
  Datarails is an AI-powered, Excel-native platform for financial reporting and insights that brings FP&A, cash management, spend control, and month-end close into one flexible, scalable workspace. With 200+ integrations across accounting, ERP, CRM, banking, and HRIS systems, it automatically consolidates data into a single source of truth so finance teams can spend less time collecting information and more time analyzing it. Easy to use and built to fit the way finance teams work, Datarails supports existing workflows while strengthening visibility, controls, and collaboration. By removing manual tasks and unifying financial operations, it helps the CFO’s office deliver faster reporting, more accurate insights, and confident, data-driven decisions.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 315

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/sellers/datarails)
- **Company Website:** https://www.Datarails.com
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** New York
- **Twitter:** @datarails (1,148 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/10519133/ (425 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CFO, Chief Financial Officer
  - **Top Industries:** Financial Services, Hospital & Health Care
  - **Company Size:** 72% Mid-Market, 20% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (92 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (53 reviews)
- Excel Integration (51 reviews)
- Data Management (49 reviews)
- Efficiency (46 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Difficulty (36 reviews)
- Learning Curve (26 reviews)
- Missing Features (24 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (23 reviews)
- Complexity (21 reviews)

  ### 7. [Joiin](https://www.g2.com/products/joiin/reviews)
  Smarter Financial Reporting & Consolidation Across Leading Accounting Platforms and Spreadsheets Joiin is a financial reporting and consolidation platform built for businesses and accountants that need fast, accurate, and scalable reporting across single entities and complex multi-entity groups. By connecting to platforms like QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, and more, Joiin replaces spreadsheet-heavy processes with structured, automated reporting. Finance teams can move from delayed, manual workflows to real-time, decision-ready insight. Smarter Financial Reporting Automate management reports, dashboards, and board packs in one platform. Standardise reporting across entities and systems, reduce manual effort, and reuse reporting structures every cycle. Multi-Entity Consolidation, Built for Scale Consolidate multiple entities, currencies, and charts of accounts with precision. Handle intercompany eliminations, multi-currency reporting, and complex group structures without the need for an ERP. Board-Ready Report Packs Create professional, branded report packs with custom layouts, visuals, and automated delivery. Tailor reports for leadership teams, investors, lenders, or clients. AI-Powered Insight and Agents (Joiin Intelligence) Go beyond static reporting with AI-driven analysis. Surface key trends, variances, and performance signals automatically, and generate commentary directly within your reports using Joiin Intelligence. Connect Claude, GPT and leading AI platforms with Joiin's MCP. Live Dashboards & Drill-Down Track performance in real time with live dashboards and KPIs. Drill down from consolidated results to underlying transactions across entities and data sources. Flexible Integrations & Data Access Connect to QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, spreadsheets, and more. Extend reporting into Excel, Power BI, and other tools using Joiin Connect (API) and integrations like Zapier. Transparent, Scalable Pricing All features included on every plan. Unlimited users, no reporting limits, and pricing that scales with your organisation. Security & Governance Enterprise-grade security with encrypted connections, role-based access, audit trails, and strict data controls, ensuring reliable, governed reporting.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 82

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.5/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Joiin](https://www.g2.com/sellers/joiin)
- **Company Website:** https://www.joiin.co/
- **Year Founded:** 2018
- **HQ Location:** Exeter, UK
- **Twitter:** @joiinreporting (198 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/joiin (15 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CFO, Finance Director
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 63% Small-Business, 35% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (24 reviews)
- Reporting (17 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (17 reviews)
- Customer Support (14 reviews)
- Report Creation (14 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Inefficient Reporting (10 reviews)
- Missing Features (10 reviews)
- Reporting Issues (10 reviews)
- Limited Reporting (9 reviews)
- Formatting Issues (5 reviews)

  ### 8. [Clockwork.ai](https://www.g2.com/products/clockwork-ai/reviews)
  The AI FP&A Analyst built for growing businesses Meet Mira, your AI-Powered FP&A Analyst leveraging the only standalone platform to deliver sophisticated AI modeling with zero delays, no implementation, no specialized teams - just industry-transforming results.


  **Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 46

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.9/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Clockwork](https://www.g2.com/sellers/clockwork-4b6e5885-3074-455a-ada0-cb5a0a0d1fca)
- **Company Website:** https://www.clockwork.ai/about
- **Year Founded:** 2018
- **HQ Location:** Chicago, US
- **Twitter:** @Clockwork_AI (113 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/clockworkai (13 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting
  - **Company Size:** 91% Small-Business, 9% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Customer Support (5 reviews)
- Ease of Use (5 reviews)
- Ease of Implementation (4 reviews)
- Implementation Ease (3 reviews)
- Automation (2 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Slow Loading (2 reviews)
- Slow Performance (2 reviews)
- Performance Issues (1 reviews)
- Update Issues (1 reviews)

  ### 9. [Jirav](https://www.g2.com/products/jirav/reviews)
  Jirav is the all-in-one, driver-based FP&A software designed to help FP&A teams, CFO and Accounting Advisory Firms scale their services and streamline financial planning. As a preferred solution provider of CPA.com, Jirav is trusted by firms to deliver accurate budgeting, forecasting, and reporting in one platform, serving businesses with 5 to 500 employees. With seamless integrations to accounting systems like QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, and Intacct, as well as HCM providers like ADP, Paychex, Gusto and more, Jirav offers a complete financial view. Our intuitive setup and low implementation cost make it easy to replace spreadsheets and unlock powerful forecasting potential. Built for firms and teams looking to grow, Jirav empowers you to deliver exceptional insights, improve client outcomes, and embrace the future of modern finance.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 191

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Jirav](https://www.g2.com/sellers/jirav)
- **Company Website:** https://www.jirav.com
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** Seattle, WA
- **Twitter:** @GoJirav (1,119 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/10079130/ (51 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Controller, CFO
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 64% Small-Business, 34% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (6 reviews)
- Customer Support (5 reviews)
- Dashboards (4 reviews)
- Easy Setup (4 reviews)
- Financial Management (4 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Steep Learning Curve (4 reviews)
- Learning Curve (3 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (2 reviews)
- Limited Reporting (2 reviews)
- Missing Features (2 reviews)

  ### 10. [Mosaic Tech](https://www.g2.com/products/mosaic-tech/reviews)
  Mosaic is the first Strategic Finance Platform for agile planning, real-time reporting, and better decision making. Easily consolidating insights across ERP, CRM, HRIS, and Billing systems, Mosaic empowers teams to work together in a unified, cross-functional platform that acts as a simple source of truth for the entire organization. Mosaic was founded in 2019 by three finance leaders frustrated by the slow speed, high complexity, and inefficiencies of existing tools in the market. Knowing the office of the CFO needed an overhaul, they set out to build a platform that would address the technical challenges modern-day finance and business teams face. Today, Mosaic is leveraged by some of the fastest-growing companies, helping them align, collaborate and plan for the future. To learn more and to see it in action, visit www.mosaic.tech or send a note to info@mosaic.tech.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 216

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [HiBob](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hibob)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** New York
- **Twitter:** @HiBob_HR (4,201 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/7586104/ (2,018 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CFO, VP Finance
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 65% Mid-Market, 35% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (19 reviews)
- Customer Support (15 reviews)
- Integrations (12 reviews)
- Features (11 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (11 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Difficulty (10 reviews)
- Learning Curve (6 reviews)
- Limited Customization (6 reviews)
- Difficult Customization (5 reviews)
- Customization Difficulties (4 reviews)

  ### 11. [Parallel](https://www.g2.com/products/parallel-parallel/reviews)
  Parallel is an easy-to-use financial modeling platform built for early-stage companies helping them understand their runway, revenue, burn, and the impact of decisions without needing to build complex financial models.


  **Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 28

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Parallel](https://www.g2.com/sellers/parallel-358eee3b-08ce-4dc8-829d-71bcacf56e39)
- **Company Website:** https://getparallel.com/
- **HQ Location:** Lehi, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/getparallel/ (18 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 82% Small-Business, 7% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Forecasting (6 reviews)
- Customer Support (5 reviews)
- Ease of Use (5 reviews)
- Easy Setup (4 reviews)
- Efficiency (4 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Software Bugs (2 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (2 reviews)
- Download Issues (1 reviews)
- Learning Curve (1 reviews)
- Limited Visualization (1 reviews)

  ### 12. [Causal](https://www.g2.com/products/lucanet-ag-causal/reviews)
  Causal lets you build financial models effortlessly and share them with interactive, visual dashboards that everyone will understand. In Causal, you build your models out of variables, which you can then link together in simple plain-English formulae. This makes your models easy to understand and quick to build, so you can spend minutes, not days, on your models. When you're done, you can share the link to your model with stakeholders. They'll be able to view your model's outputs in a visual dashboard, rather than a jumble of tabs and complex formulae. Causal makes it simple to incorporate advanced modelling techniques like scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty in your inputs. You can also integrate all of your most important data sources, from spreadsheet software like Sheets and Excel, to accounting platforms like Xero and Quickbooks.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 251

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Lucanet AG](https://www.g2.com/sellers/lucanet-ag)
- **Year Founded:** 1999
- **HQ Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Twitter:** @LucaNet (722 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/lucanet-ag/about (911 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CEO, Founder
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Financial Services
  - **Company Size:** 66% Small-Business, 30% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Automation (1 reviews)
- Budgeting (1 reviews)
- Collaboration (1 reviews)
- Data Analysis (1 reviews)
- Ease of Implementation (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Difficult Learning (1 reviews)
- Insufficient Training (1 reviews)
- Integration Issues (1 reviews)
- Learning Curve (1 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (1 reviews)

  ### 13. [Runway Financial](https://www.g2.com/products/runway-financial/reviews)
  Runway is the modern and intuitive way to model, plan, and align your business for everyone on your team. High-growth companies, including Superhuman, AngelList, and 818 Tequila trust Runway to manage their financial operations and drive strategic decision-making with confidence.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 38

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.8/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Runway Financial](https://www.g2.com/sellers/runway-financial)
- **Company Website:** https://runway.com
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @runwayco (8,091 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/runway/ (83 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 53% Small-Business, 47% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (11 reviews)
- Customer Support (10 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (10 reviews)
- Planning (9 reviews)
- Automation (8 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Difficult Learning (5 reviews)
- Learning Curve (5 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (5 reviews)
- Complexity (4 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (4 reviews)

  ### 14. [G-Accon](https://www.g2.com/products/g-accon/reviews)
  All-in-One Reporting, Consolidation, and Data Automation Platform for Accountants and CFO—Built Directly in Google Sheets. G-Accon is an award-winning software built for finance teams who need more than just reporting. With seamless two-way integration to Xero, QuickBooks Online, FreshBooks, and Sage, G-Accon goes beyond dashboards—giving you full control to analyze, edit, and automate your accounting data in real time. Unlike basic reporting tools, G-Accon lets you: Sync data both ways—pull reports and push updates back to your ledger Consolidate multiple entities with intercompany eliminations Automate workflows like scheduled reports, alerts, and email delivery Clean up and bulk-edit transactions directly in spreadsheets. Build live KPI dashboards with branded templates From faster month-end closes to management reporting and multi-entity consolidation, G-Accon empowers firms to move beyond static dashboards and take full control of their financial data—right from Google Sheets. Power, flexibility, and automation—without ever leaving Google Sheets.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 198

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 7.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 7.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [G-Accon](https://www.g2.com/sellers/g-accon)
- **Company Website:** https://g-accon.com/
- **Year Founded:** 2017
- **HQ Location:** Novi, MI
- **Twitter:** @G_AcconServices (1,415 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/g-accon (8 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Owner, CFO
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting, Financial Services
  - **Company Size:** 65% Small-Business, 33% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (50 reviews)
- Automation (29 reviews)
- Time-Saving (28 reviews)
- Integrations (25 reviews)
- Time-saving (24 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Reporting Issues (13 reviews)
- Inefficient Reporting (10 reviews)
- Poor Navigation (8 reviews)
- UX Improvement (8 reviews)
- Learning Curve (7 reviews)

  ### 15. [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/products/velixo/reviews)
  Velixo is a modern reporting, budgeting and data automation software that seamlessly integrates with your cloud ERP from Excel, in real-time. Are you looking for a way to enhance your reporting and budgeting capabilities with your ERP? Do you want to leverage the power and flexibility of Excel without sacrificing the accuracy and security of your data? Velixo connects directly to Acumatica, Sage Intacct, MYOB Acumatica, Cegid XRP Flex, Haufe X360, bidirectionally, and provides you with a range of optimized features to create reports, analyze and interact with your financials, operational or project data in real-time, all within the Excel you love and already know. It can also push any data to your Cloud ERP, making it a real game changer for budgeting and automating data entry for data quality purposes or key business use cases. With research indicating that 80% of users revert to Excel for further analysis after exploring alternatives, Velixo offers a compelling solution starting directly from Excel. Use cases include: financial reporting & analysis, consolidation, allocation, operational reporting, budgeting and planning, project accounting, project forecasting, construction reporting, bulk data input, and fixing data quality issues. Velixo helps thousands of organizations of any size, and boasts an impressive perfect satisfaction score among the community. If you know how to Excel, you know how to Velixo! Ready to see how our multi-award winning software can maximize the value derived from your ERP investment, boost your productivity and accelerate business outcomes? Key features: • Real-time reporting & budgeting • Purpose-built Accelerator functions • Velixo Intelligence • Smart drilldown to explore data in Excel and in your ERP • Live writeback of Journals, Budgets, and Project forecasts • Data push for any data, in any ERP entity • Pre-built Templates • SSO and synchronized ERP security • Automated report distribution • Report embedding • Microsoft 365 integrations


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 238

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 7.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 7.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 7.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/sellers/velixo)
- **Company Website:** https://www.velixo.com/
- **Year Founded:** 2017
- **HQ Location:** Montreal, QC
- **Twitter:** @VelixoSolutions (90 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/velixo/ (63 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CFO, Controller
  - **Top Industries:** Construction, Accounting
  - **Company Size:** 60% Mid-Market, 27% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (109 reviews)
- Excel Integration (83 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (55 reviews)
- Time-saving (43 reviews)
- Real-time Data (40 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Curve (23 reviews)
- Formula Issues (19 reviews)
- Excel Dependency (16 reviews)
- Excel Integration Issues (16 reviews)
- Reporting Issues (16 reviews)

  ### 16. [Board](https://www.g2.com/products/board/reviews)
  Board is the Enterprise Planning Platform built to accelerate business performance and enable continuous planning with greater forecast accuracy to drive confident, aligned decisions. Its fully integrated planning solution spans the entire enterprise, delivering value for financial and operational planning in one unified platform. Using internal data and expert-curated external indicators, Board provides real-time visibility into your business. Board offers the most flexible, collaborative and adaptive user experience, powering executive dashboards and analytic capabilities that allows clear explanation and interpretation delivered through generative AI. This allows organizations to respond in an agile manner: capitalize on opportunities, optimize resources and mitigate risks.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 301

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Board International](https://www.g2.com/sellers/board-international)
- **Company Website:** https://www.board.com
- **Year Founded:** 1994
- **HQ Location:** Chiasso, Ticino
- **Twitter:** @BoardSoftware (27,190 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/98246/ (920 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Software Engineer, Software Developer
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 57% Mid-Market, 39% Enterprise


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (26 reviews)
- Flexibility (21 reviews)
- Features (20 reviews)
- Efficiency (18 reviews)
- Customization (16 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Slow Performance (9 reviews)
- Learning Curve (8 reviews)
- Missing Features (8 reviews)
- Poor Visualization (8 reviews)
- Complexity (7 reviews)

  ### 17. [Fathom](https://www.g2.com/products/fathom/reviews)
  Fathom provides a suite of in-depth analysis tools and metrics which help you see exactly how well your business is performing. These tools and metrics help to assess profitability, cash flow, growth and other key performance indicators (KPIs). Fathom seamlessly integrates with Xero, QuickBooks Online/Desktop, Sage and MYOB; or import data via Excel & Google Sheets. Create beautiful reports and dashboards: Whether presenting to a client, reporting to investors, or updating your management team, you'll always be prepared with Fathom. Confidently plan with Cash Flow Forecasting: Fathom combines business planning with powerfully simple three-way cash flow forecasting software. Consolidated reporting... made easy: Fathom enables you to group your related companies together to create consolidated reports for an organisation. In addition to reporting for an individual company, you can easily track and monitor the performance of a group to which a company belongs. On-the-fly benchmarking: Fathom helps you easily compare, rank and benchmark your companies, clients or franchisees. Get a clear view with the Insights Dashboard: If you're managing a portfolio of clients or multiple business entities, the Insights Dashboard comprises key financial metrics to help you monitor performance and spot opportunities at a glance.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 54

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 7.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Fathom Applications](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fathom-applications)
- **Company Website:** https://www.fathomhq.com
- **Year Founded:** 2010
- **HQ Location:** Brisbane, QLD
- **Twitter:** @fathomhq (7,419 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2631592/ (78 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 50% Small-Business, 31% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Features (15 reviews)
- Reporting (15 reviews)
- Ease of Use (14 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (14 reviews)
- Customer Support (11 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Missing Features (6 reviews)
- Upload Issues (5 reviews)
- Customization Difficulties (4 reviews)
- Import Issues (4 reviews)
- Improvements Needed (4 reviews)

  ### 18. [Budgyt](https://www.g2.com/products/budgyt/reviews)
  Budgyt is database-driven budgeting software that replaces Excel budgets entirely - eliminating formula errors, version control chaos, and the career-ending risk of broken budgets in board meetings. Unlike platforms built on top of Excel that perpetuate formula risks, Budgyt uses a pure database foundation where two plus two always equals four. No #REF errors. No broken rollups. No more frantically hunting through hidden worksheets while your board watches. Purpose-built for finance teams with board accountability. Whether you're a nonprofit managing grant allocation across multiple programs, a professional services firm tracking practice profitability, or a growing business with complex department structures, Budgyt solves the collaboration and control problems Excel can't. Why 800+ organizations and 6,000 users have trusted Budgyt: Unbreakable formulas. Database-driven calculations mean your budget never breaks. Your team contributes safely without touching your master budget. No more "did I break something?" panic or weekend formula archaeology. Complete audit trail. Click any number to see exactly how it was calculated. From summary to transaction detail in two clicks. No more "let me get back to you" moments that kill credibility in board meetings. True collaboration. Unlimited users included (no per-seat fees). Department heads and program managers contribute directly while you maintain complete control. Granular permissions protect sensitive data like payroll while enabling transparency. Implementation in days. Deep API integrations with several accounting platforms (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Business Central) automatically map your chart of accounts, departments, and dimensions. Start budgeting immediately. Recognized by G2 as Users Most Likely to Recommend, Easiest to Do Business With, and Easiest Admin. Starting at $399/month with unlimited users included. Budget with confidence. Present without fear.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 103

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Budgyt](https://www.g2.com/sellers/budgyt)
- **Company Website:** https://www.budgyt.com
- **Year Founded:** 2013
- **HQ Location:** New York, NY
- **Twitter:** @budgyt (118 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/11036487/ (15 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Controller, CFO
  - **Top Industries:** Non-Profit Organization Management, Computer Software
  - **Company Size:** 61% Mid-Market, 35% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (26 reviews)
- Budgeting (18 reviews)
- Budgeting Management (18 reviews)
- Budgeting Efficiency (16 reviews)
- Customer Support (16 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Integration Issues (5 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (3 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (3 reviews)
- Difficult Setup (2 reviews)
- Excel Integration Issues (2 reviews)

  ### 19. [Martus](https://www.g2.com/products/martus/reviews)
  Martus Solutions is a cloud-based financial management and budgeting software designed to help organizations streamline budgeting, forecasting, and reporting with greater speed, accuracy, and collaboration. Built to replace complex, disconnected and error-prone spreadsheets, Martus enables finance teams to collaboratively create, manage, and analyze budgets in up to 50% less time, while improving visibility into real-time financial performance. Purpose-built for scaling organizations like nonprofits, churches and faith-based organizations, and small to mid-sized businesses that need a more efficient and collaborative budgeting process. The platform supports multi-user budget creation with role-based permissions, structured approval workflows, and centralized data all designed to make it easier for finance leaders and department managers to work together with confidence. Martus offers seamless integration with more than 20 ERP and accounting systems, including Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, Blackbaud Financial Edge, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Acumatica, Xero, NetSuite, and legacy systems like Sage 100. These integrations reduce manual data entry, improve data accuracy, and ensure budgets and forecasts are always aligned with actuals from your core financial systems. Organizations using Martus report faster budgeting cycles, improved forecasting accuracy, and real-time budget-to-actual reporting that supports informed decision-making. Built-in scenario planning and forecasting tools allow teams to model multiple financial outcomes, helping organizations plan proactively for growth, uncertainty, and changing funding conditions. Martus is known for its rapid implementation and fast time to value. Customers can begin using the platform in as little as one hour, with full implementation typically completed in approximately three weeks. Martus also provides best-in-class customer support, including hands-on onboarding, on-demand training resources, live webinars, and ongoing education to ensure long-term success. As a modern budget management solution, Martus empowers organizations to move beyond spreadsheets, improve collaboration across teams, and gain the financial clarity needed achieve their mission.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 59

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Martus Solutions](https://www.g2.com/sellers/martus-solutions)
- **Company Website:** https://www.martussolutions.com/
- **Year Founded:** 2007
- **HQ Location:** Greenville, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1140270 (48 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Non-Profit Organization Management, Religious Institutions
  - **Company Size:** 42% Mid-Market, 20% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (36 reviews)
- Customer Support (19 reviews)
- Integrations (19 reviews)
- Budgeting Management (18 reviews)
- Budgeting Efficiency (16 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Curve (9 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (6 reviews)
- Complexity (5 reviews)
- Confusion (5 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (5 reviews)

  ### 20. [Syft](https://www.g2.com/products/syft-analytics-syft/reviews)
  Syft Analytics is an award-winning financial reporting and analytics software. Accountants and businesses use Syft to create financial reports, build consolidations, forecast performance, enhance reporting with non-financial information, and review data. With Syft’s AI-powered insights across every graph and report, you can go from data to decisions in no time. Get peace of mind with access to our Security Center including SOC 2 and GDPR accreditations. Up-skill your team quickly with live onboarding sessions and develop your knowledge with Syft Campus. 9 out of 10 users say Syft is easier to use than other reporting solutions. Join 100,000+ businesses that choose Syft with a 14-day free trial.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 75

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Syft Analytics](https://www.g2.com/sellers/syft-analytics)
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** Wilmington, US
- **Twitter:** @Syft_Analytics (512 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/17981719 (97 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting
  - **Company Size:** 69% Small-Business, 28% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Reporting (9 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (8 reviews)
- Financial Management (8 reviews)
- Integrations (7 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (7 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Connectivity Issues (2 reviews)
- Customization Difficulties (2 reviews)
- Excel Integration Issues (2 reviews)
- Expensive (2 reviews)
- Learning Curve (2 reviews)

  ### 21. [Allfred](https://www.g2.com/products/allfred/reviews)
  Allfred is a workflow management tool tailor-made for Ad or PR agencies that enables all team members to work seamlessly together from the client's first brief to invoicing, streamlining the process and minimizing mistakes. Allfred was designed with "creatives in mind" to shift agencies' focus to do more creative work and less on paperwork and numerous Spreadsheets. We understand that for CFOs and managing directors, every decision must be rooted in financial data. That's why our platform offers real-time integrated financial and project data, allowing for better business decisions and increased profitability. Starting with automated Proposals and Budgeting, through interactive Resource Planning up to integrated Project Management and one-click Time Tracking, Allfred gives agency teams the right tools to make the process simple and efficient to deliver agencies more profit. \*Time management\* To-do-list and one-click time tracking reduces friction in communication within creative departments. \*Resource planning\* Interactive resource planning with drag&drop options increases agency team capacity and helps reduce overwork. \*Project management\* Time-saving automation and process assistance reduce dull work and frequent budgeting and project management mistakes. \*Financial analysis\* The Finance dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of your financial data and KPIs in one place. It helps you understand and analyze the sources of your revenue and identify opportunities for growth and allows you to track and optimize profitability and performance. With a step-by-step approach to onboarding into agency processes, we reduce the management effort and shorten the implementation time. We believe that better work for everyone means better profit for the agency.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 52

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Allfred](https://www.g2.com/sellers/allfred)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** Bratislava, Slovakia
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/allfred (6 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** Account Manager
  - **Top Industries:** Marketing and Advertising
  - **Company Size:** 83% Small-Business, 17% Mid-Market


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (31 reviews)
- Task Management (26 reviews)
- Time Tracking (24 reviews)
- Project Management (21 reviews)
- Customer Support (20 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Slow Loading (8 reviews)
- Slow Performance (8 reviews)
- Bug Issues (5 reviews)
- Software Bugs (5 reviews)
- Glitches (4 reviews)

  ### 22. [Spotlight Reporting](https://www.g2.com/products/spotlight-reporting/reviews)
  Spotlight Reporting is the comprehensive cloud platform for financial reporting and cash flow forecasting. Our suite of tools are designed by experienced accountants to enable strategic planning, forecasting and multi-currency consolidation for businesses, accounting firms, and Virtual CFOs. Connect your preferred accounting solution and turn your financial data into insights for confident decision making. Quickly generate visual dashboards, management reports, and forecasts, perfect for presenting to clients, the bank, or the board.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 24

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Spotlight Reporting](https://www.g2.com/sellers/spotlight-reporting)
- **Year Founded:** 2010
- **HQ Location:** Wellington, New Zealand
- **Twitter:** @spotlightrep (7,732 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://linkedin.com/company/spotlight-reporting-limited (46 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Accounting
  - **Company Size:** 63% Small-Business, 21% Mid-Market


  ### 23. [Drivetrain](https://www.g2.com/products/drivetrain-drivetrain/reviews)
  Drivetrain is an AI-native business planning platform that accelerates your budgeting, reporting, and forecasting with Autonomous FP&A. Mid-market and enterprise finance teams choose Drivetrain when they need a financial planning and analysis software that scales with complexity while remaining intuitive for users. Finance teams use Drivetrain to support core FP&A workflows such as 3-statement modeling, board and investor reporting, headcount and workforce planning, sales planning, cash flow and revenue forecasting, scenario modeling, budgeting, and variance analysis. By unifying these use cases into a single platform, finance leaders plan with greater accuracy, collaborate more effectively, and deliver timely insights for better decision-making. Drivetrain natively integrates with 800+ business systems including Salesforce, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, Hubspot, Salesforce, Rippling, Excel and Looker. These integrations create a single source of truth that reduces manual data preparation and reconciliation. The platform supports flexible, multi-dimensional modeling. And, these models can be built using plain-English formulas, allowing finance teams to handle complexity without relying on rigid templates or specialized technical expertise. Drivetrain also has intuitive reporting and visualization capabilities, combining drag-and-drop report building with charts and dashboards for clear communication of performance. Robust role-based access controls allow finance leaders to manage permissions at a granular level, ensuring stakeholders receive secure, relevant access to metrics, models, and reports. AI is embedded throughout the platform to support data transformation, anomaly detection, model building, insight generation, and more. These capabilities help automate manual work so that finance teams can focus on analysis and decision-making. Finance teams in more than 20 countries and 13 verticals use Drivetrain for their FP&A needs. Customers include category-leading companies such as Postman, Javvy Coffee, Graham Allen, Matillion, Spinnaker Support, and Jumia Group.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 113

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Drivetrain](https://www.g2.com/sellers/drivetrain)
- **Company Website:** https://www.drivetrain.ai
- **Year Founded:** 2021
- **HQ Location:** Sunnyvale, US
- **Twitter:** @DrivetrainAI (53 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://in.linkedin.com/company/drivetrainai (91 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Who Uses This:** CFO, Finance Manager
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 83% Mid-Market, 14% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (48 reviews)
- Report Creation (33 reviews)
- Reporting Efficiency (33 reviews)
- Customer Support (32 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (23 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Curve (13 reviews)
- Missing Features (13 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (12 reviews)
- Steep Learning Curve (11 reviews)
- Difficult Learning (6 reviews)

  ### 24. [OnPlan](https://www.g2.com/products/onplan-platform/reviews)
  OnPlan is a fast and flexible FP&A platform that gives powerful planning, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities, layering visualization, integration, and collaboration features on top of spreadsheets. The OnPlan Engine is fast to deploy with predesign best-practice apps and fast to learn with spreadsheet syntax. It's flexible to handle your core FP&A tasks, like juggling many scenarios, BvAs, and allocations. And it automates away annoying repetitive tasks like updating data from core systems like ADP, Quickbooks, Netsuite, Salesforce, and more; syncing structural changes everywhere; 1 click rollovers; and automatically toggling monthly, quarterly, yearly, and period-to-date summaries. Give your budgeting spreadsheets superpowers with OnPlan.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 18

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [OnPlan](https://www.g2.com/sellers/onplan)
- **Year Founded:** 2017
- **HQ Location:** Aventura, US
- **Twitter:** @onplanco (29 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/onplan (17 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Company Size:** 78% Small-Business, 17% Mid-Market


  ### 25. [Spendesk](https://www.g2.com/products/spendesk/reviews)
  Spendesk is the complete spend management platform that saves businesses time and money by connecting company spend. With the integration of everyday technologies, built-in automation, procurement, and an easily adopted approval process, Spendesk’s single solution makes agile, efficient spending easy for employees. It gives finance leaders complete visibility across company spend. With the launch of its Procure-to-Pay solution, Spendesk is the first European platform to fully integrate procurement and spend management for businesses of up to 1,000 employees.


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 409

**User Satisfaction Scores:**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 9.2/10)
- **Adjustments:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Budget Hierarchies:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Variance Analysis:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)


**Seller Details:**

- **Seller:** [Spendesk](https://www.g2.com/sellers/spendesk)
- **Company Website:** https://www.spendesk.com
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** Paris, Île-de-France
- **Twitter:** @Spendesk (2,275 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/10554832/ (323 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Reviewer Demographics:**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 64% Mid-Market, 32% Small-Business


#### Pros & Cons

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (3 reviews)
- Customer Satisfaction (1 reviews)
- Customer Support (1 reviews)
- Ease of Understanding (1 reviews)
- Easy Submission (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Approval Issues (2 reviews)
- Credit Issues (2 reviews)
- Delays (2 reviews)
- Payment Issues (2 reviews)
- Processing Delays (2 reviews)



## Parent Category

[Accounting & Finance Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/accounting-finance)



## Related Categories

- [FP&A Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/fp-a-financial-planning-analysis)
- [Financial Analysis Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/financial-analysis)
- [Cash Flow Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cash-flow-management)



---

## Buyer Guide

### What You Should Know About Budgeting and Forecasting Software

### **Budgeting and Forecasting Software Buying Insights at a Glance**

[Budgeting and forecasting software](https://www.g2.com/categories/budgeting-and-forecasting) consolidates financial data from multiple sources, automates planning workflows, and enables real-time scenario modeling for strategic decision-making. Instead of treating budgeting as an annual exercise locked in spreadsheets, these platforms allow finance teams to continuously forecast, model what-if scenarios, and maintain dynamic visibility into financial performance. The result is a planning process that feels more like a strategic partnership and less like data compilation.

As economic uncertainty intensifies and business cycles accelerate, budgeting and forecasting tools have become central to modern finance operations. CFOs and FP&A teams rely on these solutions to consolidate multi-entity financials, automate variance analysis, run driver-based models, and collaborate across departments on planning cycles. In practice, the best budgeting and forecasting software acts as the connective layer between operational data, strategic planning, and financial reporting workflows.

Based on G2 review data that I analyzed, users rate budgeting and forecasting software strongly overall. Software products in this category hold an average star rating of 4.58/5 and an average likelihood to recommend of 9.17/10. Ease-of-use metrics trend high across the category, with 6.15/7 for Ease of Use and 6.38/7 for Quality of Support. These scores suggest that most finance teams are able to adopt budgeting and planning software relatively quickly once financial workflows are configured.

The biggest buying pattern that appears across reviews is that teams evaluating budgeting and forecasting solutions are trying to balance two priorities at once: maintaining financial accuracy and keeping planning cycles efficient. Strong platforms typically succeed by combining automation, financial data visibility, and finance-friendly workflows that reduce manual consolidation.

Common use cases include annual budgeting cycles with departmental approval workflows and version control, rolling forecasts that maintain continuous 12-18 month projections updated monthly or quarterly, and driver-based planning that links operational metrics like headcount, units, and pipeline directly to financial outputs. 

Finance teams also rely on these platforms for scenario modeling to run multiple what-if analyses for strategic planning and board presentations, multi-entity consolidation to aggregate financials across subsidiaries and cost centers, and variance analysis that tracks actuals versus budget or forecast with automated reporting workflows.

Pricing for budgeting and forecasting solutions usually scales with company size, number of users, data complexity, and automation capabilities. Entry-level plans typically start with basic consolidation and reporting features, while enterprise budgeting and forecasting tools offer more advanced driver-based modeling, workflow automation, and multi-entity consolidation. Implementation costs often range from 50% to 150% of first-year license fees, depending on data migration complexity and custom workflow requirements.

**Top 5 FAQs from budgeting and forecasting software buyers**

- How do budgeting and forecasting systems improve financial planning accuracy?
- What features should teams evaluate when choosing the best budgeting and forecasting software?
- How well do budgeting and forecasting tools integrate with [ERP](https://www.g2.com/categories/erp-systems) and [accounting systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/accounting)?
- What level of automation do budgeting and planning software solutions offer for reporting?
- How scalable is budgeting and forecasting software for multi-entity organizations?

G2's top-rated budgeting and forecasting software, based on verified reviews, includes [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews), [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews), [Planful](https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews), [Vena](https://www.g2.com/products/vena/reviews), and [Workiva](https://www.g2.com/products/workiva-workiva/reviews).

### What are the top-reviewed budgeting and forecasting software on G2?

[Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews)

- Number of Reviews: 283
- Satisfaction Score: 98
- Market Presence Score: 85
- G2 Score: 92

[IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews)

- Number of Reviews: 85
- Satisfaction Score: 69
- Market Presence Score: 99
- G2 Score: 84

[Vena](https://www.g2.com/products/vena/reviews)

- Number of Reviews: 297
- Satisfaction Score: 87
- Market Presence Score: 70
- G2 Score: 78

[Planful](https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews)

- Number of Reviews: 292
- Satisfaction Score: 84
- Market Presence Score: 68
- G2 Score: 76

[Workiva](https://www.g2.com/products/workiva-workiva/reviews)

- Number of Reviews: 120
- Satisfaction Score: 82
- Market Presence Score: 66
- G2 Score: 74

Satisfaction reflects how users rate their experience with the product based on review signals such as usability, support, and likelihood to recommend. ([Source 2](https://www.g2.com/reports))

Market Presence represents a product's market footprint based on company size, user adoption, and product growth indicators. ([Source 2](https://www.g2.com/reports))

G2 Score combines Satisfaction and Market Presence to create a category-level ranking that enables direct product comparison. ([Source 2](https://www.g2.com/reports))

Learn more about how G2 calculates these scores. ([Source 1](https://documentation.g2.com/docs/research-scoring-methodologies))

### What I Often See in Budgeting and Forecasting Software

#### Pros: What I See Users Consistently Appreciating

- **Excel-native architecture preserving familiar workflows while adding automation layers**

_“The biggest strength of Datarails is its flexibility. Once you understand how the product works, it becomes incredibly powerful. It has enabled us to build a genuine single source of truth across CRM, finance, and HR systems. The Excel foundation has been a major advantage for us. Rather than forcing significant change management, we enhanced an environment the business already understands, adding automation, control, and governance._

_From an efficiency perspective alone, we’ve saved at least multiple days of rework per month; realistically, close to one FTE’s worth of effort in a business of our size. But the bigger impact isn’t just time saved, it’s accuracy and insight. Having centralized structured data has enabled us to generate insights we couldn’t before.”_ - [Urvesh P.](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews/datarails-review-12422500), Datarails Review

- **Real-time financial data consolidation, eliminating manual aggregation across systems**

_“I've solved many problems, but the most common are - easily consolidating data from many source systems, connecting multiple departments that don't usually "pass" data over the cloud, building near "real-time" P&Ls and other financial statements based on decentralized operational inputs. The benefits that I've realized have been reduction in hours used for "number crunching" and data consolidation and creating time for powerful analysis and decision making.”_ - [Verified User in Management Consulting](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews/anaplan-review-4538424), Anaplan Review

- **Customizable reporting frameworks adapting to company-specific KPIs and structures**

_“Planful has significantly improved both our annual budgeting process and our monthly reporting cycle. Previously, we relied heavily on Excel, manually consolidating multiple tabs from various departments, a process that was time-consuming and prone to errors. With Planful, everything is centralized and streamlined. _

_One of the biggest benefits is the ability to easily pull prior year (PY) actuals and forecasts directly within the platform. Since our actuals are already integrated into the reporting side, we no longer have to dig through spreadsheets or worry about version control. This makes variance analysis, trend tracking, and forecasting much more efficient and accurate.”_ - [Veronica Y.](https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews/planful-review-11222466), Planful Review

#### Cons: Where I See Many Platforms Falling Short

- **Steep learning curve requiring weeks of training for advanced modeling features**

_“There is definitely a learning curve and the documentation does not provide enough insight into the less intuitive items such as user roles and permissions; these should not be complex and yet they are difficult to understand and implement, resulting in you often assigning the same individual to the same audit multiple times to ensure they receive the appropriate permissions. The text boxes in Workiva are frustrating to work in; pasting from Word will cause issues with the format of the text box content and the toolbar literally blocks part of the text you are editing.”_ - [Anurag C.](https://www.g2.com/products/workiva-workiva/reviews/workiva-review-12423866), Workiva Review

- **Performance degradation when processing large multi-year datasets or complex formulas**

_“The initial implementation can be time-consuming and requires a steep learning curve for complex custom mappings. Some users may find the interface slightly laggy when dealing with very large datasets.”_ - [Ross I.](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews/datarails-review-12387609), Datarails Review

- **Reporting interface complexity demanding extensive configuration for custom dashboard builds**

_“I, as a business user, find it hard to build customized dashboards. There are very few self-service capabilities. Some views of reports can be simplified to remove unnecessary details for leadership. The initial implementation can be hard, especially for business users. Without an AI builder, it gets complicated.”_ - [Navneet K.](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews/ibm-planning-analytics-review-12427069), IBM Planning Analytics Review

### My expert takeaway on budgeting and forecasting software in 2026

Review data suggests that budgeting and forecasting software performs particularly well in areas that tend to drive long-term product adoption. The category averages 4.58 out of 5 stars, paired with a 9.17 out of 10 likelihood-to-recommend score, which indicates that most finance teams see meaningful value from these platforms once they become part of the planning workflow.

Where I see the biggest difference between average and high-performing finance teams is how they use these tools beyond basic budget templates. The most successful teams treat budgeting and planning software as continuous financial operating systems, not just as annual budget builders. They actively maintain rolling forecasts, run scenario models tied to operational drivers, and track variance signals in real time. That approach helps maintain stronger financial visibility and reduces planning cycle time when business conditions shift.

I also notice stronger adoption patterns in industries with particularly intense financial complexity, such as SaaS, professional services, healthcare, and multi-entity organizations. In those environments, finance teams often need to consolidate across subsidiaries, manage department-level planning, and model growth scenarios that standard spreadsheets can't handle efficiently. Budgeting and forecasting systems make it easier to maintain accuracy without losing visibility into underlying assumptions.

Another clear trend in the data is that usability and support strongly influence adoption. Products with the highest recommendation scores tend to combine automation capabilities with intuitive workflows that finance teams can adopt quickly. Metrics like Ease of Use (6.15/7) and Quality of Support (6.38/7) reinforce the idea that most teams can implement these platforms without significant operational friction.

If I were advising a team evaluating the best budgeting and forecasting software, I would focus on three things early in the buying process: how easily finance teams can consolidate data from existing systems, how effectively the platform supports continuous forecasting workflows, and how well it integrates with the broader financial technology stack. The tools that perform best in those areas usually become foundational infrastructure for modern FP&A operations.

### Budgeting and Forecasting Software FAQs

#### **What is the best budgeting and forecasting software for enterprises?**

Enterprise teams need platforms that support large user bases, complex organizational structures, and advanced modeling capabilities. [Top enterprise budgeting and forecasting software options](https://www.g2.com/categories/budgeting-and-forecasting/enterprise) on G2 include:

- [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) **:** Widely used by large organizations for multi-dimensional planning and enterprise-scale modeling.
- [OneStream](https://www.g2.com/products/onestream-unified-epm/reviews) **:** Designed for unified corporate performance management across enterprise financial processes.
- [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews) **:** Provides sophisticated planning and analytics for enterprise financial operations.
- [Planful](https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews) **:** Built for enterprise FP&A with sophisticated workflow automation and collaboration features.
- [Workiva](https://www.g2.com/products/workiva-workiva/reviews) **:** Built for enterprise-scale financial reporting, planning, and compliance workflows.

#### **Which budgeting software integrates with ERP systems?**

ERP integration is critical for automating data flows and maintaining financial accuracy. Common choices for G2 users include:

- [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews) **:** Known for strong ERP connectivity and automated data synchronization.
- [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) **:** Provides native connectors and API integration with major ERP platforms.
- [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/products/velixo/reviews) **:** Integrates directly with ERPs like [Acumatica](https://www.g2.com/products/acumatica/reviews) and [SAP Business One](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-business-one/reviews).
- [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/liveflow/reviews) **:** Offers real-time ERP integration for budget-to-actuals reporting.

#### **Which budgeting platform provides real-time variance reporting?**

Real-time variance analysis helps finance teams track budget vs. actuals continuously. Top tools on G2 include:

- [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/liveflow/reviews) **:** Built specifically for real-time financial reporting and variance tracking.
- [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews) **:** Enables live variance reporting with automated actuals updates.
- [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/products/velixo/reviews) **:** Provides real-time budget variance dashboards connected to ERP systems.
- [Abacum](https://www.g2.com/products/abacum/reviews) **:** Offers dynamic variance reporting with real-time data integration.

#### **What are the top budgeting and forecasting tools for creating rolling financial forecasts?**

Rolling forecasts require continuous updates and dynamic modeling capabilities. Best budgeting tools on G2 for creating rolling forecasts include:

- [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews) **:** Supports rolling forecast workflows with automated actuals integration.
- [Vena](https://www.g2.com/products/vena/reviews) **:** Enables rolling forecasts through Excel-based modeling.
- [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) **:** Provides driver-based rolling forecast capabilities.
- [Drivetrain](https://www.g2.com/products/drivetrain-drivetrain/reviews) **:** Designed for continuous planning and rolling forecast scenarios.

#### **What are the top-rated budgeting and forecasting tools for scenario planning and analysis?**

Scenario modeling helps finance teams evaluate multiple strategic options. Top tools for such use cases on G2 include:

- [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) **:** Industry-leading scenario planning with what-if modeling capabilities.
- [Parallel](https://www.g2.com/products/parallel-parallel/reviews) **:** Offers advanced scenario modeling for strategic planning.
- [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews) **:** Provides sophisticated what-if analysis and scenario comparison.
- [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews) **:** Enables scenario planning through flexible Excel-based models.

#### **What is the best budgeting and forecasting software for small businesses?**

Small businesses typically need affordable, easy-to-implement solutions with minimal setup complexity and strong Excel integration. [Top budgeting and forecasting software for small businesses](https://www.g2.com/categories/budgeting-and-forecasting/small-business) on G2 include:

- [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/liveflow/reviews) **:** Built for small teams needing real-time financial reporting with Google Sheets integration.
- [Joiin](https://www.g2.com/products/joiin/reviews) **:** Designed for small business budgeting with intuitive workflows and quick setup.
- [Parallel](https://www.g2.com/products/parallel-parallel/reviews) **:** Offers streamlined financial planning and forecasting for growing businesses.

### Most Popular FAQs

#### What is budgeting and forecasting software?

Budgeting and forecasting software helps businesses plan future revenues and expenses, consolidate departmental budgets, and update financial projections as business conditions change. It replaces manual spreadsheet processes with structured workflows, scenario modeling, and reporting that connect directly to accounting and ERP systems. Most platforms serve finance teams ranging from small businesses managing a single entity to enterprises running multi-department, multi-currency planning cycles.

#### Which budgeting and forecasting software has the best reviews?

The highest-reviewed budgeting and forecasting platforms on G2 span Excel-connected planning tools, cloud FP&A platforms, and enterprise performance management suites. 

- [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews) **:** The most reviewed platform in the category, favored by finance teams that want structured planning and automation without leaving Excel.
- [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) **:** Among the highest-rated platforms with 50 or more reviews, used by mid-market and enterprise teams for connected planning across departments.
- [Planful](https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews) **:** The fourth most reviewed platform with the strongest enterprise representation, covering budgeting, close management, and consolidation in one product.
- [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/liveflow/reviews) **:** One of the highest-rated platforms in the category, with SMB reviewers citing its real-time Google Sheets and Excel integration as a low-friction entry point.

#### What is the difference between budgeting and forecasting?

Budgeting is the process of setting a fixed financial plan for a defined period, typically a fiscal year, against which actual performance is measured. Forecasting is an ongoing process of updating financial projections based on real business data as conditions change. In practice, most finance teams use both together — the budget sets the target, the forecast tracks whether you will hit it.

#### Which budgeting platform provides real-time variance reporting?

Real-time variance reporting, the ability to compare actuals against budget as data flows in rather than at month-end, is one of the most cited capability gaps teams are trying to solve when switching platforms on G2.

- [Joiin](https://www.g2.com/products/joiin/reviews) **:** Reviewed by multi-entity small businesses for consolidated variance reporting across entities, with reviewers noting the speed at which actuals populate after period close.
- [Vena](https://www.g2.com/products/vena/reviews) **:** An Excel-native planning platform reviewed by finance teams for real-time budget vs. actuals tracking that syncs directly from source accounting systems without manual data entry.
- [Budgyt](https://www.g2.com/products/budgyt/reviews) **:** A highly rated SMB-focused budgeting platform cited by small finance teams for its intuitive variance dashboards that surface budget deviations as soon as actuals are posted.

#### Which budgeting software integrates with ERP systems?

ERP integration is the most cited technical requirement in G2 reviews for this category, with finance teams specifically evaluating how cleanly a planning tool connects to source data without manual exports.

- [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/products/velixo/reviews): Built specifically for ERP-connected budgeting, with reviewers citing real-time data sync with Acumatica, NetSuite, and other cloud ERPs as the primary reason for selecting it over standalone planning tools.
- [IDU-Concept](https://www.g2.com/products/idu-concept/reviews): A well-rated budgeting platform reviewed by mid-market finance teams for its structured ERP data integration and departmental budget consolidation capabilities.
- [Workiva](https://www.g2.com/products/workiva/reviews): Reviewed by enterprise finance teams for reliable data connections to ERP and GL systems, with audit trail integrity across integrated workflows cited as a key differentiator.

### Small Business FAQs

#### What is the most affordable budgeting and forecasting software for small businesses?

Small business buyers on G2 prioritize platforms that connect to existing accounting tools and require minimal setup. See the full set of [budgeting and forecasting software for SMBs](https://www.g2.com/categories/budgeting-and-forecasting/small-business).

- [LiveFlow](https://www.g2.com/products/liveflow/reviews) **:** Among the highest-rated SMB platforms in the category, keeping costs accessible with a Google Sheets and Excel-native approach.
- [Drivetrain](https://www.g2.com/products/drivetrain/reviews) **:** Rated above the category average with a strong SMB reviewer base, cited for straightforward pricing and fast time to first report.
- [iplicit](https://www.g2.com/products/iplicit/reviews) **:** Reviewed positively by small finance teams for delivering budgeting and reporting without enterprise-level complexity or cost.

#### What is the best budgeting and forecasting software for startups?

Startups on G2 prioritize tools that connect to their accounting stack, require minimal setup, and don't demand a dedicated FP&A hire. 

- [Datarails](https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews) **:** The most reviewed platform among SMB buyers, with 50 SMB reviews, praised for moving teams from ad hoc spreadsheets to structured planning with minimal disruption.
- [Fathom](https://www.g2.com/products/fathom/reviews) **:** Highly rated by small business and accountant reviewers for clean reporting and fast connection to Xero and QuickBooks.
- [Aleph](https://www.g2.com/products/aleph/reviews) **:** Cited by startup finance teams for its spreadsheet-friendly interface and fast onboarding without a lengthy implementation process.

#### Which budgeting and forecasting tool is the most user-friendly for small teams?

Ease-of-use and ease-of-setup scores from G2 reviewers at smaller companies point to a clear group of platforms that finance generalists can operate without specialist training.

- [Parallel](https://www.g2.com/products/parallel/reviews) **:** The highest-rated platform in the category among tools with 20 or more reviews, with top ease-of-use scores from SMB and mid-market finance teams.
- [Joiin](https://www.g2.com/products/joiin/reviews) **:** Among the highest ease-of-use scores in the category, praised by multi-entity small businesses for fast consolidation and reporting without technical setup.
- [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/products/velixo/reviews) **:** The second most reviewed platform in the category, reviewed positively for keeping the Excel experience familiar while adding structured budgeting and ERP-connected reporting.

#### What is the best budgeting software for non-profits and mission-driven organizations?

Non-profit organization management is one of the top five industries in G2 reviews for this category, with buyers prioritizing fund-based budgeting, grant tracking, and board-level reporting.

- [Martus](https://www.g2.com/products/martus/reviews) **:** Specifically reviewed by non-profit finance teams on G2, cited for collaborative budgeting workflows and reporting suited to board and stakeholder audiences.
- [Solver](https://www.g2.com/products/solver/reviews) **:** A planning and reporting platform reviewed across non-profit and mid-market verticals for ERP-connected budgeting without a custom build.
- [EngineBI](https://www.g2.com/products/enginebi/reviews) **:** Rated above the category average by smaller organizations, including mission-driven teams that need financial consolidation without enterprise pricing.

#### How do small finance teams move from spreadsheets to dedicated budgeting software without disrupting workflows?

The smoothest migrations on G2 share three traits: the new tool connects directly to an existing accounting system, the interface stays close to Excel or Google Sheets, and teams start with reporting before touching budgeting workflows. Platforms with a dedicated onboarding contact in the first 90 days consistently rate higher than those relying on self-serve documentation.

### Enterprise FAQs

#### What is the best-rated budgeting and forecasting software for tech enterprises?

Technology companies are the second-largest industry segment in G2 reviews for this category. See the full list of [budgeting and forecasting software for enterprises](https://www.g2.com/categories/budgeting-and-forecasting/enterprise).

- [Planful](https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews) **:** The most reviewed platform among enterprise buyers, cited by large finance teams for structured close, consolidation, and planning in a single cloud environment.
- [OneStream](https://www.g2.com/products/onestream-unified-epm/reviews) **:** Among the highest-rated enterprise-reviewed tools, with large organization reviewers citing its unified EPM architecture for complex multi-entity planning and consolidation.
- [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews) **:** Rated above the category average among enterprise buyers for multi-dimensional modeling and Excel integration in large planning environments.

#### What is the most reliable budgeting and forecasting platform for enterprises?

Enterprise finance teams on G2 evaluate reliability through data model stability, large-dataset performance, audit-trail integrity, and support quality during close and planning cycles.

- [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) **:** Cited by large organizations for calculation engine stability and ability to support connected planning models across multiple business units simultaneously.
- [Workiva](https://www.g2.com/products/workiva/reviews) **:** Rated above the category average by enterprise reviewers for its audit trail, version control, and SOX-compliant workflow capabilities.
- [Prophix Software](https://www.g2.com/products/prophix-software/reviews) **:** Reviewed by enterprise buyers for financial close, consolidation, and budgeting, with consistent support quality cited as a key differentiator.

#### What is the best-reviewed budgeting and forecasting software for enterprise app integration?

ERP integration is the most cited technical requirement for enterprise buyers in this category, with finance teams evaluating how cleanly a planning platform connects to source data without manual exports.

- [Velixo](https://www.g2.com/products/velixo/reviews) **:** Built specifically for ERP-connected reporting and budgeting, with reviewers citing real-time data sync with Acumatica, NetSuite, and other cloud ERPs as the primary reason for adoption.
- [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-planning-analytics/reviews) **:** Cited by enterprise reviewers for deep ERP integration and Excel connectivity across high-volume, multi-dimensional planning models.
- [Board](https://www.g2.com/products/board/reviews) **:** Reviewed by enterprise buyers for integrating data from multiple source systems into a single planning environment, with connector breadth noted as a key selection factor.

#### Which budgeting and forecasting platforms are best suited for multi-entity and scenario planning at enterprise scale?

Multi-entity consolidation and scenario modeling are the two most operationally complex requirements in enterprise FP&A, with large organizations needing platforms that can run parallel models across business units and rolling time horizons.

- [Pigment](https://www.g2.com/products/pigment/reviews) **:** Reviewed by enterprise finance teams for its flexible data modeling and scenario planning interface that allows multiple forecasting assumptions to be tested without rebuilding the underlying model.
- [Acterys](https://www.g2.com/products/acterys/reviews) **:** The highest-rated platform in the entire category on G2, with enterprise reviewers citing its Power BI-native architecture and multi-entity consolidation capabilities.
- [Abacum](https://www.g2.com/products/abacum/reviews) **:** Cited by enterprise finance teams for collaborative planning and the ability to model multiple scenarios across departments with version control built in.

#### What do enterprise buyers most commonly dislike about budgeting and forecasting software?

The most cited dislikes on G2 include steep setup learning curves, performance slowdowns with large multi-entity datasets, and implementation timelines that vendors underrepresent. Anaplan reviewers flag ongoing specialist dependency for model maintenance; Planful reviewers cite dashboard customization constraints. Piloting with a single business unit before full deployment is the most commonly recommended approach.

### Sources

1. [G2 Research Scoring Methodologies](https://documentation.g2.com/docs/research-scoring-methodologies)
2. [G2 Market Presence Score Overview](https://www.g2.com/reports)

Researched By: [Nathan Calabrese](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/nathan-calabrese)

Last updated on: April 23, 2026