Epicor FP&A vs Syft Analytics

Epicor FP&A is a cloud solution for financial reporting, budgeting, planning, forecasting, and consolidation. It supports financial and operational modeling, with multidimensional reports for P&L, balance sheets, income statements, cash flow, and trial balances. Built-in machine learning models use historical data to provide a starting point for budgets and forecasts. Planning features include approval workflows, input sheets, business rules, rolling forecasts, and scenario analysis. Consolidation covers eliminations, allocations, adjusted EBITDA, and intercompany data collection and consolidation. The product supports IFRS, US-GAAP, and other local GAAP frameworks. Users can work through web and Excel interfaces, and download web reports to Excel. Native integrations include Epicor Kinetic, Epicor ERP, iScala, Enterprise, Prophet 21, and Epicor Financials; Epicor also says it connects with non-Epicor ERP systems on premises or in the cloud. Packages range from Financial Statements & Reports for one company to FP&A Enterprise for unlimited companies. Prices are on request. Epicor says the product serves organizations of different sizes and industries and is fully owned and supported by Epicor.

Syft Analytics turns accounting and connected business data into financial reports, visualizations, budgets, forecasts, and insights. Reports support sorting, filtering, comparisons, drill-down, and export to PDF, Word, or Excel, and can be shared as interactive Live View reports. Budgets can combine profit and loss, balance sheet, KPIs, and non-financial Connections data. Scenario support in the newer budget and forecast experience is available on Advanced. Syft Assist AI can generate report and visualization insights, summaries, and action items, depending on plan. Listed connections include Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage, MYOB, FreeAgent, Sage Intacct, Stripe, Shopify, and HubSpot. Spreadsheet Link works with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets on Standard, Plus, and Advanced. Standard includes one dashboard and P&L budgets only; Plus allows up to three dashboards and budgets; Advanced allows unlimited dashboards and budgets. The web service has a free plan and a 14-day trial, with encryption, access controls, MFA, and stated SOC 2 certification.