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Alternatives to Board International
20 business intelligence tools sit alongside Board International in this directory. Below is what separates each from Board International on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Board International starts at
- On request
Why people look past Board International
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Board International entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Board International carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Board International publishes a single plan, Board Intelligent Planning Platform at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Connected planning platform with an in-memory calculation engine for large multidimensional models
Priced and rated the same as Board International on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Enterprise business planning platform for finance, sales and workforce modelling
Priced and rated the same as Board International on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
FP&A planning that keeps Excel as the front end and puts a database and workflow behind it
- 2 tiers to Board International's 1.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Can be used without paying; Board International cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $39/month, where Board International does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Board International's 1.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Can be used without paying; Board International cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $50/month, where Board International does not.
- Sold on a Per year by licensed user count model rather than quote.
- 5 tiers to Board International's 1.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Can be used without paying; Board International cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $14/month, where Board International does not.
- Sold on a Per month by pageview volume model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Board International's 1.
Every Board International alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board International (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| AnaplanAnaplan if connected planning across many business functions matters more than integrated BI. | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| PigmentPigment for a more modern interface and faster implementation on a smaller planning footprint. | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Vena SolutionsVena Solutions if your finance team wants to keep working in Excel rather than learn a new modelling interface. | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Board International |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Board International |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Board International |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Board International |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Board International |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Board International |
| Cube | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Board International |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Board International |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Board International |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Board International |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Board International |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Board International |
| Evidence | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Board International |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Board International badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Board International is most often brought in for a finance function that wants budgeting and management reporting on one model rather than two integrated systems, supply chain and demand planning where the same dimensional model must serve finance and operations, rolling forecasts with many scenarios where spreadsheet consolidation has become the constraint, an organisation replacing a large collection of excel models with something auditable and version-controlled. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Board International is broadly right and the question is cost, the Board International pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Business Intelligence category lists everything the directory holds, and best business intelligence tools ranks them.
Board International runs on web, windows, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Board International alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Board International?
- 20 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Anaplan, Pigment, Vena Solutions, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Board International?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin, Hex, Deepnote.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Board International?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Board International?
- Board International is most often brought in for a finance function that wants budgeting and management reporting on one model rather than two integrated systems, supply chain and demand planning where the same dimensional model must serve finance and operations, rolling forecasts with many scenarios where spreadsheet consolidation has become the constraint, an organisation replacing a large collection of excel models with something auditable and version-controlled. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Board International?
- None of the business intelligence tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Board International alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Business Intelligence, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Board International against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Board International covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every business intelligence tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Business Intelligence category, 20 tools beside Board International. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.