# What are the top budgeting and forecasting tools for pulling real-time actuals from ERP and HRIS systems?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hey G2 users, what are the top budgeting and forecasting tools for pulling real-time actuals from ERP and HRIS systems rather than manual data entry? Comparing tools in the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/budgeting-and-forecasting">budgeting and forecasting</a> category on that specific angle.</p><ol>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/datarails/reviews"><strong>Datarails</strong></a> pulls data straight from Sage Intacct integrations and flat files, and refreshing that data eliminates the need to re-paste new numbers on top of old every cycle.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/vena/reviews"><strong>Vena</strong></a> centralizes data from disconnected sources through linked spreadsheets that automatically refresh and stay in sync, cutting out manual reconciliation across files.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/planful/reviews"><strong>Planful</strong></a> standardizes actuals across dozens of entities pulling from multiple source general ledger systems, giving finance one source of truth instead of tying out numbers by hand at month end.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/workday-adaptive-planning/reviews"><strong>Workday Adaptive Planning</strong></a> connects live data from ERP, HR, and CRM systems into a single planning model, whether or not those systems run on Workday itself, so HRIS actuals feed the same model as financial data.</li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For finance teams pulling actuals automatically, how much manual cleanup are you still doing after the data lands, versus it being genuinely plug-and-play?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;I’d want to know how much cleanup is still needed after the sync, especially around account mappings, entity structures, and headcount data. If finance still has to reconcile those manually each cycle, the integration is only solving part of the forecasting workload.&lt;/p&gt;

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