Planful Features
Financial Insight (3)
Budgeting
Based on 148 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Uses collected data to assist organizations in understanding what they can afford now, and in years to come.
Forecasting
Based on 145 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Creates a continuous and recurrent planning process that can be calculated according to a specified and customizable timeline.
Planning
Based on 145 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Leverages data from budgeting and forecasting processes to help corporations understand their reality and make decisions accordingly.
Data (4)
Data Visualization
Based on 124 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers methods of visualizing data via customizable dashboards, statistical graphs, and charts.
Data Analysis
Based on 134 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Scours data for actionable insights.
Custom Reporting
Based on 149 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to customize their own reports according to business needs.
Reporting Templates
Based on 140 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides pre-built reporting templates to organize data for payroll, manufacturing, and other company factions.
Status Communication (4)
Collaboration
Based on 105 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows for searchable communication within the tool via notes, checklists, and discussions to ensure clarity between users.
Version Control
Based on 115 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reflects updates immediately, ensuring users have the most recent data while maintaining records of past performance.
Real-Time Data Updates
Based on 112 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Updates varying factors in real-time, assuring forecasts and inferences are continually made according to the most recent information.
Scorecards
Based on 82 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Displays and shares company performance data to increase transparency across the board.
Budget Creation (6)
Data Import
Based on 105 Planful reviews. Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data
Budget Hierarchies
Based on 103 Planful reviews. Define budget structure elements and how they are linked hierarchically
Versioning
Based on 100 Planful reviews. Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions
Formulas
Based on 103 Planful reviews. Include budgeting formulas to estimate direct and indirect costs, operating and non-operating revenues
What-If
Based on 86 Planful reviews. Test the potential financial impact of business decisions on revenues and expenses
Budget Periods
Users can customize standard budget periods (3, 9, or 12 months) This feature was mentioned in 98 Planful reviews.
Budget Management (3)
Consolidation
Consolidate multiple budgets from different departments or business entities This feature was mentioned in 91 Planful reviews.
Adjustments
As reported in 91 Planful reviews. Users with administrative access rights can modify budgets
Workflows
Workflows are used to define the steps required to alter budgets and who needs to approve changes 85 reviewers of Planful have provided feedback on this feature.
Forecasting (5)
Historical Data
As reported in 106 Planful reviews. Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data
Reforecast
Ability to recreate forecasts to include new information that may impact budgets This feature was mentioned in 98 Planful reviews.
Forecast Types
Based on 95 Planful reviews. Support multiple types of forecasts such as balance sheet and cash flow forecasts
Rolling Forecasts
As reported in 93 Planful reviews. Used to review and update budgeting assumptions for a predefined period (usually one year)
AI
As reported in 54 Planful reviews. Uses AI algorithms and models to predict future trends and outcomes, based on historical data and patterns
Analytics (3)
Variance Analysis
As reported in 100 Planful reviews. Project out as the year progresses to accommodate trends that affect key business drivers.
Forecasts Comparison
compare Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow for multiple periods 99 reviewers of Planful have provided feedback on this feature.
Forward Looking
Based on 90 Planful reviews. Forward-looking Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statements are synchronized with GL data
Reconciliation (3)
Consolidation
Based on 64 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Data from multiple systems can be centralized into a single repository
Management
Based on 66 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Financial information can be imported from multiple sources such as spreadsheets, text files, or databases
Accounting
Based on 61 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Match invoices, payments, and bank statement information
Reporting (3)
Report Types
Based on 76 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provide multiple types of reports such as point-in-time snapshot reports, or year over year
Standard
Based on 73 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers standard financial reports out of the box
Custom
Based on 72 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to edit reports and to combine multiple reports
Closing Process (3)
Audit
Based on 60 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Creates workflows to assign tasks for audit and inspections, monitor work in progress, timelines, and approvals.
Journal Entries
Based on 57 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Adjusts journal entries in order to have an accurate balance sheet and income statement
Distribution
Based on 67 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Financial statements and statistical reports (such as KPI) can be assembled into financial packages
Financial Planning (3)
Extended Planning
Based on 55 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analysis that creates business plans outside of finance, including sales, marketing, or HR.
Reporting
Based on 62 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports on departmental KPI metrics measured against targets.
Integration
Based on 62 Planful reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Consolidates planning processes across an organization into a single solution.
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management (3)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) (2)
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting 14 reviewers of Planful have provided feedback on this feature.
Decision Making
Based on 14 Planful reviews. Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting (3)
Natural Language Interaction
As reported in 15 Planful reviews. Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
As reported in 15 Planful reviews. Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives This feature was mentioned in 15 Planful reviews.
AI - Financial Close (5)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Compliance
Uses AI to ensure the following of rules and creates detailed audit trails which helps compliance and audit preparation.
Reconciliation
Uses AI to match transactions across accounts and systems, and flag exceptions and discrepencies.
Data Collection
Uses AI to extract, clean, and validate financial data from disparate sources, while identifying errors and inconsistencies.
Analysis
Generates AI-assisted financial reports and provides thorough analytical insights.





