ModusCPG Scout vs Pigment

ModusCPG Scout is a sales-planning agent for consumer goods brands, within a platform covering sales, trade, demand, supply, deductions, and S&OP. Scout turns a won meeting into a 52-week account plan tied to the live forecast, with a distribution wizard that carries closed distribution wins into trade, demand, and supply planning. Its Scenario Builder supports what-if and recommend modes, side-by-side comparisons, and one-click promotion of a selected scenario. Retailer 360 combines account forecasts, promotions, opportunities, relationships, and operations. The forecast grid presents year-to-date actuals and year-to-go plans by retailer, distribution center, product, brand, or week, with overrides, EDLP, and allowances. Sales workflows also cover quotas, line reviews, annual plans, CRM contacts and activities, broker proposals, and S&OP signoff. ModusCPG lists integrations including several ERP and accounting systems, but says only NetSuite, SAP, and QuickBooks connectors are wired in today and advises confirming broader availability. The web-based sales-planning page invites prospective customers to book a demo. Pricing is on request; no public price, free plan, or free trial is listed.

Pigment is an AI platform for real-time business planning across Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, and HR. It supports budgeting, forecasting, forecast-versus-actuals, scenario modeling, variance analysis, workforce planning, and financial consolidation. The Modeler Agent creates and evolves governed models, while the Analyst Agent scans metrics for trends and anomalies and builds reports. Frames lets users describe a visualization, executive view, or collection form that reads from and writes to a live Pigment model. The service runs on the web and through an API. Listed integrations include NetSuite, Sage Intacct, SAP, and Salesforce; generic APIs and API or ETL options support custom connections. Access controls include SAML 2.0 SSO, SCIM, Google Login, MFA, domain allowlisting, role-based access, and fine-grained data rights. Pigment states that it holds SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, encrypts data, and does not use customer data to train foundation models. The 14-day free trial costs nothing and has limited features.