Board vs Control

Board is an enterprise planning platform that connects data, processes, and teams for financial and operational planning. Its listed functions include budgeting, forecasting, reporting, consolidation, supply planning, and workforce planning. Teams can model scenarios and trade-offs, plan for events, and compare forecasts with actuals. The platform also offers governed agentic AI with human oversight, governance, and accountability. Collaboration can extend beyond the enterprise. Additional components include an Office Add-In, SAP connector, parallel engines, and broadcasting package. Deployment options are cloud and on-premise, and the site supports recent versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Support resources include product support, training, Board Community, and a premium support plan. Plans include Finance, Supply chain, Retail, Sales, HR, and predictive analytics, with customized quotes based on specific needs; no prices are listed. The supplied pages state no free plan or free tier, and do not state a trial or refund policy. Board lists headquarters in Boston and Chiasso and a founding year of 1994.

Control connects accounting systems and consolidates financial reporting for single companies and multi-entity groups. It provides live profit-and-loss, balance-sheet, and cash-flow statements with drill-down to source transactions. Group reporting supports currency translation, CTA, intercompany eliminations, and group account structures. Planning covers budgets, forecast versions, and variance analysis while preserving approved plans. Integrations include Netvisor, Procountor, Fortnox, Visma eEkonomi, Tripletex, e-conomic, Xero, QuickBooks, Xledger, NetSuite, and Odoo; Stripe supplies billing and payment data, while CSV imports cover other systems. Syncs run at least daily, with on-demand refresh and re-syncs for backdated entries or restatements. Control exposes structured financial data through MCP to compatible tools. It is available by web and API. Pricing starts at €99/month for qualifying early companies, with plans up to €999/month.