CALUMO Reviews & Product Details

It is a one-of-a-kind driver-based forecasting software that has been instrumental in managing our business. Calumo has amazing analytical capabilities, the efficiency is high and the reports we generate play an important role in projections and decision making within the organization. It is amazing how useful it is for tracking KPIs, financials and other important aspects of our business. I like the monthly rolling forecast and budgeting processes that this tool integrates, it allows us to have more control of income and expenses. The presentation of data in tabular form as graphs is another quality that I liked about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is software that involves a fairly steep learning curve, but at the same time fair for all the benefits that can be obtained once it is overcome. It is not the most dynamic software on the market. Its user interface does not have the best design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The pre-set (bespoke) reports, enabling data to be submitted to cubes such as forecasting. Driver-based forecasting is critical in organisations, but a full excel-based model, pulling data from various systems, running the calculations within Excel to arrive at metrics for forecasting is heavy in performance and data, prone to errors and easy to get corrupted. Calumo facilitates this, running the calculations within the data warehouse and pulling the pre-calculated metrics and KPIs for easy reference and use in a rolling forecast. In addition, there were pre-set reports enabling what-if analysis in test databases, pulling in actual historical data, allowing for dynamic business modelling and strategic partnership with the business units. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Creating new reports in excel is heavy in syntax and there is a fair learning curve. If certain dimensions are missed within the syntax, depending on the complexity of the report, they are hard to locate and rectify. Similar market tools are significantly more dynamic when it comes to creating your own excel reports for ad-hoc, quick financial modelling and analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gives us the ability to present data both in a tabular and graphical format which is needed for financial reporting and business analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It seems like we aren't a very high priority with Calumo, but when we do get resources allocated to us, it is very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to sit over multiple databases. We are able to report daily and monthly on financial and non-financial indicators. Able to perform fast ad-hoc self service queries and generate standard reports where other users can refresh as needed. Reporting is able to be combined with excel, making results more powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, other than at first the number of measures and data fields can be a bit overwhelming. However after more familiarity with these, ad hoc data queries are extremely simple and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Custom reports that auto-refresh are indispensable. Go from updating countless spreadsheets every month to reading reports that are automatically generated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User Interface could be a bit more intuitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of reporting, flexibility in format of reports and ability to view multiple sets of data in one view. Publishing of reports and the drill down to transaction level are all hugely beneficial. Integration of various types of databases to have a single Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Writing of report sin excel takes some training and practice and sometimes the bugs are difficult to find. The web reporting could be improved to create a more dashboard type feel where high level financials can be summarized and shared easily in a user friendly format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Working from core systems data to SSAS, to Calumo, to Excel, to web, to Office documents, to mobiles, action - quickly, with confidence and grace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That there is always new data I would like to integrate - that's hardly a fault of Calumo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The flexibility in having multiple datasources in the one place, and being able to slice and dice things the way I want to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can be a little clunky especially when dealing with large volumes of data - might be down to a business implementation issue as opposed to the tool itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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response time on refresh can be slow

needs more visualisation tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their managed service offerings. Good value with consulting staff who are very knowledgeable qualified accountants that draw on their work from other customers to suggest best practice and put in place a good end solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes consultant availability is hard as they are tied up with other clients, which is a business risk if you rely on them as a managed service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.