Cube vs Datarails
The software comparison guide to the two most
popular FP&A solutions for SMBs
Trusted by hundreds of leading organizations
Why Choose Datarails Over Cube
Cube is spreadsheet native and has competitive pricing, but Datarails is the only completely native Excel FP&A solution.
With short implementation times, quick ROI, monthly pricing plans (no commitment), and the ability to scale with your growing business, Datarails will transform your finance teams’ insights and save dozens of manual work hours every month.
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Features and Functionalities
Comparison
Made for SMBs
30+ integrations across most source systems
Monthly payment plans with opt out anytime
Additional implementation fee for setup
Unlimited and free continuous customer support consulting
Unlimited dimensions
Drill down into any data
Audit control
Built in BI platform
Automatic source data updates
Comprehensive report keeping
Pricing plans
Cheaper and better value for mid-tier packages
Cheaper pricing for basic packages
Implementation time
1-2 weeks for first output. 6-12 weeks for full implementation
2 weeks for first output
Implementation fee
No implementation fee
One time implementation fee between $5k- $10k
Customer support
Continuous customer support from FP&A professionals
Limited customer support consulting after going live.
Up to 4 hrs/month for $250/month
Dimensions
Supports unlimited dimensions
Limited to 8 dimensions
Suitability for fast-growing companies
Suitable for fast-growing companies
Suitable for smaller, and more static companies
Drill down into any data
Audit control
Built in BI platform
Automatic source data updates
Comprehensive report keeping
Solutions
Consolidation
Automate the collection of data from your organization and bring it all to one place
Budgeting
Estimate costs and revenues for the entire business, while bringing order to your budget collection process and saying goodbye to back-and-forth emails
Data visualization
Embrace the notion that not everyone loves a spreadsheet as much as you do, and use graphs and charts to share the story of your data and collaborate with other teams
Forecasting
Plan ahead to make sure your company’s business decisions are founded on informed and up-to-date projections
Scenario modeling
Prepare for multiple possible futures by evaluating how various changes in your financials can be expected to affect business outcomes
Analysis
Dive deeper into your financial or operational data to examine anything from key variance drivers to head count, sales performance, COGS and (virtually) everything in between
Using Datarails, our customers save
75%
less manual spreadsheet work
50
hours of labor a month
$500K
in productivity costs
What finance leaders say about Datarails
“Datarails is so flexible and so easy to use. And that created real long-term value for the organization.”
“Datarails is able to easily consume all of those spreadsheets, identify the relevant data, transform it in the way that makes it useful, and then securely save it in the cloud.”
“We, as a finance and FP&A team, have a lot more time to actually drive into results and do relevant analytics to help the company’s decision-making process.”
“Datarails has allowed us to look at product-level profitability, so we’ve been able to more granularly analyze the profitability of the company and what are the key drivers.”
”The drilldown capabilities in Datarails have saved hours upon hours because we can literally have our answers within seconds.”
“I would definitely recommend Datarails to anyone looking to up their game from a simple Excel… to really understand what’s happening behind the numbers.”
Why Datarails?
The flexibility of Excel. The power of Datarails.
Continue working in your Excel environment exactly as you work today, with full functionality and flexibility – but a lot less time spent on manual data collection or copy and paste. Customize your reports and control how your data is structured, no matter how it’s stored in the original source. Keep your spreadsheet formats, formulas and financial models or change them; you have full control.
Spend more time analyzing data and less time collecting it.
Save time and manual effort with automated data consolidation and financial reporting, so you can focus on the strategic insights that drive business growth, make more informed decisions and reduce risk.
Billions of data points. One source of truth.
Inspire confidence in your data, and your business, by having the latest version of your data in one place – no matter where it comes from – and improving data integrity and visibility for internal and external stakeholders like the board, banks, investors and shareholders.
Let your data tell the story.
You know what they say: A dashboard’s worth 1,000 rows. Our proprietary built-in visualization tool lets stakeholders see business-critical KPIs at a glance. Datarails dashboards are easy to learn because they’re based on Excel concepts like pivots and lookups. Create management packages in PowerPoint with real-time updates, then drill down to dig into the underlying data.
See value fast. No obstacles.
Our intuitive no-code platform gives you short time to value and easy team adoption. You only pay for one month at a time because we’re confident you’ll want to stay. No IT assistance, third-party services or system administrators needed. Dedicated in-house FPu0026amp;A customer support provides significant business value. Ongoing in-house support even after implementation.
Datarails is a financial planning and analysis platform for Excel users. It automates data consolidation, reporting and planning, while enabling finance teams to continue using their own Excel spreadsheets and financial models.