Planful Reviews in July 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

"Less Errors"

What do you like best about Planful? Getting all the financial and operational data in one place talking related to each other. What do you dislike about Planful? Multiple products for the same solution. Not sure if we have the right product. What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? We have eliminated Excel linking and formula bust issues

"Long Implementation but great experience!"

What do you like best about Planful? Host is really focused on creating a beautiful UX and making financial tasks easy and enjoyable for all users and admins. The system has great capability and they have great improvements in the pipeline. What do you dislike about Planful? We had a long, tough implementation. Some of the online training is very helpful but answers to quick, simple questions can be hard to come by because the lower tier support is subpar. We have had a tough time with a ...

"Recommending host"

What do you like best about Planful? The flexibility of the system and the ease of use. What do you dislike about Planful? Lack of controls around the change management process (auditability) What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? disseminating mass information via modeling has helped us streamline our back office processes,

"Host gets the job done"

What do you like best about Planful? User friendly, quarterly releases with customer driven improvements, customer service is great What do you dislike about Planful? Some smaller items have been on my wish list for a while that I'm still waiting on Recommendations to others considering Planful: Think through and plan what you'd like out of the system before actually implementing What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? Central spot for forecasting and management ...

"Senior Manager of Accounting"

What do you like best about Planful? Host will provide us to consolidate automatically. Right now we consolidate in excel. This will also help us with visibility when reviewing actuals vs budget/forecast. What do you dislike about Planful? not sure yet - only started on host in Mar'19 What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? not sure yet - only started in Mar'19

"Good Experience"

What do you like best about Planful? Easy of use Consistency of entry Reporting generation of review and books Easier to analyze What do you dislike about Planful? How the Training Classes were scheduled and occurred at the same time. The ability to only edit cell in data entry with the cell itself as opposed to the formula bar like you can in Excel. How the copy and paste function of multiple lines does not function correctly unless the entire range is visible on the screen Recommendations ...

"Robust and reliable data cuts and financial reporting across many legal entities and currencies"

What do you like best about Planful? Simplicity to administrate, and ease of use for a variety of users, with different skill levels. Robust- minimal downtime What do you dislike about Planful? Requirement to go via user community and gain support for changes Recommendations to others considering Planful: It's simpler for users and administrators, with lower cost of ownership than other better known products What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? Putting unreliable ...

"Host gets the job done"

What do you like best about Planful? User friendly, quarterly releases with customer driven improvements, customer service is great What do you dislike about Planful? Some smaller items have been on my wish list for a while that I'm still waiting on Recommendations to others considering Planful: Think through and plan what you'd like out of the system before actually implementing What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? Central spot for forecasting and management ...

"Awesome and knowledgeable"

What do you like best about Planful? The most helpful part was getting to talk Host team directly who build the product. What do you dislike about Planful? The timing of the breakout sessions and having to pick between two good sessions. What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? Alternative and attribute hierarchy and learning how we can best implement at my company. The reporting and generating the board package quickly.

"Host analytics reporting"

What do you like best about Planful? Spotlight reports and dashboards , I really liked the spotlight reporting What do you dislike about Planful? I think we need to improve the formatting in Dynamic reports What problems is Planful solving and how is that benefiting you? I have utilized spotlight and reporting part