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| Fact | IBM Planning Analytics | OneStream |
|---|---|---|
| API | The Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel API can automate refreshing or publishing content through VBA, VBS or command-line scripts. | The OneStream Web API is a RESTful service for third-party clients to access OneStream Data Automation functions. |
| Budgeting | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | IBM Planning Analytics is offered as fully managed SaaS, on IBM Cloud Pak for Data, or on premises with IBM Planning Analytics Local. | OneStream documentation covers SaaS and self-hosted environments, and its REST API guide describes API setup for self-hosted customers. |
| Financial consolidation | Yes | Yes |
| Forecasting | IBM Planning Analytics provides AI demand forecasting inside the product. | Yes |
| Founded | 1911 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Armonk, New York, United States | Birmingham, Michigan, United States |
| Purpose | IBM Planning Analytics is an AI-powered planning and analytics platform powered by the IBM TM1 database that unifies business planning in one governed platform. | OneStream describes its product as a unified, AI-powered platform for financial and operational data, planning, forecasting, close, reporting, and analytics. |
| Scenario modeling | Yes | Yes |
| Support | IBM Support provides cases, fixes, technical documentation and known issues for Planning Analytics products, and requires an IBM Customer Number and site-administrator approval. | The customer support portal provides a knowledge base, documentation, release notes, and a community message board; OneStream also describes remote implementation consultants. |
| Variance analysis | Yes | Yes |
| Workforce planning | Yes | Yes |
Finance and operations teams sharing governed plans; Organizations needing consolidation, SAP links or deployment choice; Teams that work in Excel and need real-time planning
OneStream suits finance teams that need consolidation, close, planning, and reporting in a platform connected to ERP, CRM, and other data sources. It may also fit teams seeking SaaS or self-hosted deployment and Windows client access.