
IBM Planning Analytics
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| Fact | IBM Planning Analytics | ORAGO Planning |
|---|---|---|
| API | The Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel API can automate refreshing or publishing content through VBA, VBS or command-line scripts. | A documented REST API with JWT authentication exposes budget versions, revenue data, master data, and actuals. |
| Deployment | IBM Planning Analytics is offered as fully managed SaaS, on IBM Cloud Pak for Data, or on premises with IBM Planning Analytics Local. | The planning page lists Microsoft Azure cloud and on-premise deployment on Windows Server with IIS. |
| Forecasting | IBM Planning Analytics provides AI demand forecasting inside the product. | The product supports monthly planning across a three-year horizon and rolling forecasts using copy-and-adjust budget versions. |
| Founded | 1911 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Armonk, New York, United States | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 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. | ORAGO Planning replaces Excel-based budgeting for manufacturers with standard product portfolios, planning revenue, prices, surcharges, and volumes across customers, products, and plants. |
| 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. | ORAGO describes tiered support with severity-based guaranteed response times, regular updates, and direct access to engineers; support-plan details are available on request. |
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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
It suits standard-product manufacturers with defined catalogs and multiple OEM customers, including companies with 2 to 20 production plants. It is not intended for custom-part RFQ costing or for ERP accounting, production scheduling, procurement, or inventory management.