Axiom vs Workday Adaptive Planning

Axiom provides financial planning and analysis, performance management, and reporting software for finance professionals. Its planning tools cover financial and operational budgets, long-range plans, rolling forecasts, staff and salary planning, capital budgeting, and sales planning. Strategic planning features include KPIs, scorecards, capital investments, and scenario modeling. Reporting includes dashboards, visualizations, drill-down and variance analysis, and automated report books in multiple formats. Axiom describes connections to financial, operational, and CRM data, including general ledger, HR, point-of-sale, fixed-asset, and transaction data. Analytics can be embedded in PowerPoint as interactive connected content or refreshable snapshots. Users can work through web and Microsoft Excel clients; dashboard viewers can use a browser on Macs, PCs, and mobile devices without installing software. Its cloud solution is hosted on Microsoft Azure and includes role- or user-based security and audit features. Listed Europe pricing examples include €17 a month for a 500-user large-business plan and €12,500 a month for a multinational deal.

Workday Adaptive Planning supports companywide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and analytics. Teams can use it for scenario modeling, variance analysis, workforce planning and financial consolidation. Interactive dashboards, self-service reports and process guidance support collaboration. It connects with ERP and general ledger systems, spreadsheets, databases, and cloud or on-premises sources; listed integrations include Workday, NetSuite, Salesforce, Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP. Excel connectivity can send financial data to reports and presentations with one click. Listed capabilities include unlimited versions, unlimited what-if scenarios, no data limits, an unlimited audit trail and single sign-on. Production and non-production instances are included; secondary instances depend on the contract. The 30-day trial includes core planning capabilities, guided walkthroughs and a step-by-step guide. Pricing is on request, and close and consolidation pricing also requires a quote. The offering includes 24/7 support and Workday Community access. Salesforce imports have restrictions for some reports, app integration data and objects requiring a subquery.