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PROS

Board enhances efficiency by reducing KPI reporting time from a week to a day for two people.
It offers flexibility and customization, allowing users to build tailored functionalities.
Reporting is efficient and dynamic, enabling real-time data visualization and analysis.
Data management is streamlined with structured views and unified data sources.
Technical support and community resources provide robust user assistance.

CONS

The setup process for Board is considered complex.
Board would benefit from improved data source connectivity and support for niche software tools.
There is a need for better Excel export functionality, particularly in maintaining data integrity.
Board requires more comprehensive training resources and eLearning opportunities to improve user understanding.
Scalability and performance of Board can be limited, impacting its ability to handle large datasets efficiently.
 

Board Pros review quotes

reviewer2645016 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 14, 2025
I find Board to be simple and easy to use.
Wiboon Thabsuwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited
Jul 17, 2024
I think the product is good in terms of ease of use.
Adnane BAAHMED - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at FASTCUBE
May 12, 2023
The flexibility and the user-experience are the most valuable features of the solution.
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reviewer2351220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Financial Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Feb 28, 2024
All the reports are prepared automatically.
reviewer1326276 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 7, 2021
It is very easy to use. It has got what they call a toolkit, which is a no-code development environment. You can develop a whole solution with it because it is a complete platform. There is a lot of online material that can be used as a reference. You can help yourself while developing a solution. There are some prebuilt applications in the platform environment. You can very easily customize and integrate these applications. It also has flexible scaling of machine resources, which is really great.
SN
Senior Software Engineer at Simbus Technologies
Jan 13, 2021
The most valuable features are the reporting and the charts. The reporting functionality is handy for aggregation, when it comes to planning. That ability is fascinating and our users are very happy with it. The charts and the reporting allow our users to see all the data and to see how things are going this year or in the COVID situation. They're seeing everything. Instead of having to check data line by line, they're seeing it in a graph and they're seeing it in charts.
CG
Junior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 22, 2020
By using Board we can do a lot of free analysis. We can change the layout of a table and even the end-user can change the layout of a table. And in Board 11.2 you can save the layout. That's very useful for the customer, it's a very good function.
Shivani Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Veear Analytics pvt limited
Nov 29, 2022
The dynamic selections on the screen and details by function are also valuable for inside the data view.
it_user968658 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Architect at Clear Insight
Feb 6, 2021
BOARD provides in-depth insight to enable users in their decision-making process.
May 20, 2019
It is useful for self-analysis regarding company data and helps to find areas where we can improve.
 

Board Cons review quotes

reviewer2645016 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 14, 2025
Board's integration could be a bit more robust, but what we have works. If the design isn't right, the flexibility of Board can negatively impact performance.
Wiboon Thabsuwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited
Jul 17, 2024
In terms of scalability, I would say that there are some limitations in the solution. It cannot handle data that is too big.
Adnane BAAHMED - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at FASTCUBE
May 12, 2023
The engine of the Board should be made powerful like the engine of IBM planning which is more powerful in terms of performance. The consolidated finance area also needs improvement.
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reviewer2351220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Financial Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Feb 28, 2024
Sometimes, the data disappears from the product.
reviewer1326276 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 7, 2021
It can have more functionality for narrative reporting. They should also improve their training courses, which are currently very lightweight. When you get into more complex things, it is quite difficult to figure out what you're supposed to do, and you have to look at a lot of videos before you actually understand, which is a bit frustrating. Their training can be more comprehensive.
SN
Senior Software Engineer at Simbus Technologies
Jan 13, 2021
Some of our users are still using an MS Office add-in for Excel for certain calculations, and when they export from Board, some of the values, some of the totals and column names, are not coming through into Excel.
CG
Junior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 22, 2020
What could be better is the manual... nowadays, most people use a web client, but on the Board manual website, a lot of the information is only about the Windows client. If they could update that, it would be helpful.
Shivani Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Veear Analytics pvt limited
Nov 29, 2022
We can't delete entities and cubes in Boards because it interrupts our whole data model.
it_user968658 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Architect at Clear Insight
Feb 6, 2021
More visualization could be brought in more customization of data in regards to specific user requirements.
May 20, 2019
The product can be improved by making it possible to know where cubes are used.