Signs you’re
outgrowing Excel
More often than not, Excel is the go-to tool of choice for finance teams. But when you rely on workarounds and spend too much time manually manipulating data, or fighting with version control, it might be time to consider an automated, scalable, and integrated solution like Workday Adaptive Planning.
Inefficient Workarounds
No real-time integrations with GL, payroll, ERP, and other systems leave you overrun with manual maintenance of static spreadsheets.
Disparate Systems
Excel provides a historical snapshot of the numbers at a single point in time, meaning you’re spending your time digging for data instead of working on strategy.
Limited Scalability
Excel lacks the ability to easily model dynamic variables in a changing, growing company and the impact on departmental budgets, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
From basic budgeting to complete business modeling —
see the difference between Excel and Workday Adaptive Planning
| Feature Comparison | Excel | Workday Adaptive Planning |
| Cloud-Based | Limited | ✓ |
| Multi-Dimensional | Difficult | ✓ |
| Rolling Forecast | Difficult | ✓ |
| Drill-Down Capabilities | – | ✓ |
| Automated Integrations | – | ✓ |
| Scalability | Limited | ✓ |
| Automatic Version Control | – | ✓ |
What you need, when you need it.
Comprehensive budgeting, planning, and forecasting in an intuitive Excel-like web application, as well as a pure Excel interface for those who prefer it for reporting and report distribution. Collaboratively plan and forecast revenue, expenses, and headcount, and create rolling forecasts with a powerful modeling engine and data that are comprehensive, relevant, and fresh.
About 360 Cloud Solutions
Since 2002, 360 Cloud Solutions has helped hundreds of fast-growing companies improve their business agility by leveraging NetSuite, Adaptive Insights, and 360 Subscription Billing—along with other powerful, cloud-based tools. From licensing to implementation, services and ongoing support, we do it all.
We’ve seen, first hand, how game-changing this software can be and it is our goal to bring the benefits of the cloud to as many companies as we can.
