Forecast Pro vs Logility DemandAI+

Forecast Pro creates statistically based business forecasts for use in broader planning systems. Its automatic best-pick algorithm considers seasonal patterns, trends, business cycles, promotional activity, and other factors. Users can forecast at multiple hierarchy levels while working with units, dollars, and other measures at once. Adjustments can be made at any level, with comments and override reports documenting and reconciling changes. The software archives prior forecasts so users can compare them with actual results and review forecast value added across process steps. Data can move through Excel, CSV, text files, or ODBC, and the maker says the product integrates with ERP, MRP, and BI systems. Forecast Pro runs on Windows and can be installed on a client machine or server, including Citrix or Windows Server. The SDK is also available as a Linux shared library, with.NET and Java interfaces. Professional starts at $199 a month, billed annually, with a 12-month minimum. A free trial provides all features for 21 days and ends automatically.

Logility DemandAI+ is a web-based demand planning and forecasting solution built around forecast drivers, demand signals, and prebuilt agents. Planners can work with factors such as promotions, events, seasonality, and trends, while anomaly detection identifies irregular historical demand for review and tagging as exceptional events. Demand sensing uses market information and near real-time signals to identify short-term buying patterns. Prebuilt agents can identify products, channels, and regions behind forecast misses, return forecast volumes and demand history through natural language, surface early trend signals, and point to models needing attention. Agents can suggest next steps and handle multi-step workflows, operating autonomously or with human involvement according to planner preference. Organizations can add agents as their needs evolve or work with Logility experts to build beyond the prebuilt set. Logility says the product can be added on top of an existing SAP IBP platform and describes an SAP integration in an S&OP process. Pricing is on request, and prospective customers can request a walkthrough.