Board vs XLCubed comparison

Board International and Fluence Technologies are both solutions in the Reporting category. Board International is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.7, while Fluence Technologies is ranked #29. Board International holds a 0.6% mindshare in RT, compared to Fluence Technologies’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Board International users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Fluence Technologies users who would recommend it.

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Board and XLCubed are competitive products in the business intelligence and analytics space. Board provides a comprehensive feature set, making it appealing to those seeking an all-encompassing solution, while XLCubed's analytical depth appeals to data-driven users.

Features: Board's all-in-one approach includes planning, analytics, and reporting capabilities, allowing for streamlined operations. It offers a flexible deployment model and high scalability. XLCubed offers advanced Excel integration and customizable dashboards, providing precision in data handling. Its direct integration with enterprise tools makes it a practical choice for those looking for detailed insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Board provides a flexible cloud-based deployment that is easily scalable, supported by notable customer service. Its cloud-native nature provides an advantage in deployment scalability. XLCubed's straightforward installation with on-premises flexibility is complemented by robust support services, ensuring reliability for users preferring on-premises deployments.

Pricing and ROI: Board's initial setup costs are generally higher, resulting from its extensive functionalities, yet it offers high ROI through its integrated solutions. XLCubed offers a more affordable entry point, delivering significant ROI for organizations heavily using Excel. Its affordability makes it an attractive option for businesses with specific needs centered around detailed data analysis.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Board

Ranking in Reporting

20th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (23rd), Business Performance Management (10th)

XLCubed

Ranking in Reporting

29th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Board is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of XLCubed is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting

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Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

Easy to use and requires less time to learn or understand its features

I think the product is good in terms of ease of use. The interface looks really nice and very easy to use. Every command appears in the icon. It looks like you don't have to understand everything about the command. You do not necessarily have to know more, or I would say that there is less time for our study about the products. Functionality-wise, it is quite easy to use and requires less time to understand or learn about the product. I am a software vendor, so I do not use the tool myself. I use it for my clients. My clients mostly use it for budgeting and timing purposes. I would say that's really less maintenance at all because they can do everything by themselves. It is good in terms of ease of use.

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it_user1391316

Head of Finance Systems at NHS

Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals

In general, we're happy with the solution but we're always looking to see what else is out there. The thing we've struggled with is our partnership with Tagetik UK, the consultants, and the issue we had gaining access to consultants to develop the solution on our behalf. Thankfully we connected directly with XLCubed and now have a pretty close and good relationship with them so the earlier problem we had of actually getting resources to help us develop has now been solved. One of the things that we've been asking for and would like as an additional feature is a sort of benchmarking functionality. The ability to be able to benchmark, directly against the company digital corporate numbers. That said, there seems to be improved functionality within the latest release that could help us develop that further.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"All the reports are prepared automatically."

"It has definitely saved us time, especially in our budget and planning processes."

"I think the product is good in terms of ease of use."

"What is very valuable is the ability to customize. We didn't see a solution out there that really matched exactly what our functional requirements would be. So we were able to work with New Brain, our integrator, and we were able to build from the ground up what we wanted, and I think that's pretty unique to BOARD."

"The flexibility and the user-experience are the most valuable features of the solution."

"By using Board we can do a lot of free analysis. We can change the layout of a table and even the end-user can change the layout of a table. And in Board 11.2 you can save the layout. That's very useful for the customer, it's a very good function."

"Now, we have only one version of the truth."

"The ability to do write back and visualization, with minimal IT development orientation."

More Board pros

"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective."

"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."

Cons

"It would be nice to be able to host your site and actually have BOARD be the driver of your site. So you could have anybody in your organization go to www.myorg.com, for example, and then go through what you allow them to go through. So rather than having to go through the application, to be able to go to actually host it to a website."

"We would like to see better logging in the procedural world."

"My analysts have used the technical support. Sometimes they have felt like they did not receive the answer that they needed, or you have to go and upgrade in order to address a problem. "

"It's very powerful, but there is also a big learning curve. It should be a little more intuitive."

"We are looking at ways to improve how we deal with security in BOARD and other similar things. "

"It would be nice to see truly transferable processes from model to model, as well as a method of building repetitive processes."

"We have had some challenges with newer version of the rollout in terms of stability."

"The engine of the Board should be made powerful like the engine of IBM planning which is more powerful in terms of performance. The consolidated finance area also needs improvement."

More Board cons

"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."

"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of the pricing, it was reasonable. BOARD is not the lowest in the market, but it was reasonable for us."

"Find a partner who will take responsibility for the implementation, and be available for support."

"It is not the cheapest product on earth, but you get so much. It provides good value for money."

"The tool's price is a bit high compared to other solutions."

"The solution is quite expensive, if it is made cheaper then we can have more clients. I rate it four out of ten."

"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."

"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."

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Computer Software Company

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Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

Is Board better than Anaplan as a Business Intelligence (BI) solution?

We've had several FP&A departments include Anaplan in their analytics discussions, and while BI information IS generated, the focus is generally on compiling input from various sources and simu...

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What do you like most about Board?

All the reports are prepared automatically.

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What needs improvement with Board?

Some of my company's customers are interested to see the predictive analytics part of the tool. Some customers would like to leverage or prioritize predictive analytics as the main feature, but som...

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Overview

BOARD International - headquartered in Switzerland - is a leading global provider of software for improving business results through better decision making. By unifying Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management into a single product, BOARD enables companies to achieve a shared vision of their performance across the entire organization, and thus a single version of the truth.

BOARD provides seamless solutions for • Reporting & Analysis • Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting • Profitability Modelling & Optimization • Simulation & What-if-Analysis • Scorecarding & Strategy Management • Financial Consolidation. Based on visual modelling, BOARD has enabled global companies to deploy BI and CPM applications without a single line of code in a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions.

Board International

Produce insightful, interactive reports on, company-wide metrics for any business audience. Now all in Excel.
Pixel-perfect financial reporting with the skill sets you already have. No IT required.
Meet XLCubed: The data-connected Excel add-in for all your reporting needs.

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Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Puma, Desigual, Ricoh, KPMG, H&M, Groupe SEB

Marshalls Ltd, BP Exploration and Production, Thorntons, Ted Baker, Bristol-Myers, Rank Group, ING Bank Genve, Cargill Value Investment, Chloride Power, Auchan, Erste, UEFA, Novartis, Porsche Informatik, Raiffeisen Bank International

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