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Cube Software
FP&A layer that connects Excel and Google Sheets to source systems without asking finance to leave the spreadsheet
As of 31 August 2026, Cube Software's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A planning tool that sits between source systems and the spreadsheet, pulling actuals into Excel or Google Sheets and pushing structured plans back. Softwr lists it under Spreadsheets. Cube Software is made by Cube Software, Inc., available on Web, Excel add-in, Google Sheets add-on.
Overview
What Cube Software does
Cube connects to accounting, ERP, CRM and HR systems, holds a central dimensional model of the numbers, and surfaces that model inside Excel and Google Sheets. Finance teams build budgets and forecasts in the spreadsheet they already use, while Cube handles the mapping, version control, drill-down to source and the audit trail. It also provides dashboards, scenario planning and workflow for collecting inputs from department heads. What distinguishes it from the rest of the spreadsheet-native FP&A category is Google Sheets support treated as equal to Excel rather than as an afterthought. For the growing number of venture-backed and technology companies that never bought Microsoft Office, this is decisive: Vena and most incumbents assume a desktop Excel add-in, which those teams cannot use. Cube also positions itself as deliberately lighter than Anaplan, aiming at teams of a handful of finance people rather than a planning centre of excellence. Buyers are finance teams at mid-market and later-stage startup companies, typically one to ten people in finance, who have outgrown a shared workbook but do not want a six-month implementation. The trade-off is pricing opacity and ceiling. The pricing page is headed transparent and upfront pricing yet lists three tiers, Bronze, Silver and Gold, with no figures and a get quote button on each; third-party data has previously placed entry around one to one and a half thousand dollars a month, but the vendor no longer stands behind a public number. And because the spreadsheet remains the modelling surface, organisations that eventually need heavy multidimensional modelling will outgrow it.
What people use it for
- A finance team on Google Workspace that cannot use the Excel-add-in-only planning tools most of the market sells
- A startup finance function of two or three people replacing a shared workbook without a six-month implementation
- Consolidating actuals from an accounting system and a CRM into one forecast without building a warehouse
- Collecting departmental budget inputs on a schedule with an audit trail rather than by email attachment
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Cube Software.
- The pricing page is titled transparent and upfront pricing but shows no figures at all, only three tiers with quote buttons, so the marketing claim and the buying experience directly contradict each other.
- Add-ons for premium support, additional modules and API access are priced separately, which means the tier you are quoted is a floor rather than the total.
- The spreadsheet remains the modelling surface, so organisations that grow into large multidimensional planning problems will eventually migrate again to a purpose-built tool.
- It is a layer over source systems rather than a system of record, so data quality problems in the ERP or CRM surface in the forecast and Cube gives you no way to fix them at source.
- The vendor targets small finance teams, so buyers needing deep statutory consolidation, multi-entity currency translation or heavy allocation logic will find the functional depth thinner than the established enterprise platforms.
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Pricing
What Cube Software costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Bronze
On request
- Full platform access
- Unlimited dimensions and users
- Unlimited dashboards
- Custom roles
- Quote only
Silver
On request
- Everything in Bronze
- Slack and Teams integration
- Workflow automation
- PowerPoint and Google Slides integration
- Quote only
Gold
On request
- Everything in Silver
- Premium support
- All integrations and workflows
- Custom modules
- Quote only
Capabilities
Features
Excel and Google Sheets add-ins
Both treated as first-class interfaces to the same central model
Source system connectors
Pull actuals from accounting, ERP, CRM and HR systems
Central dimensional model
One mapped set of numbers behind every spreadsheet view
Drill-down to source
Trace a figure in the spreadsheet back to the transaction
Scenario planning
Compare budget, forecast and alternative cases side by side
Dashboards
Reporting views for people who do not live in the spreadsheet
Workflow automation
Collect and consolidate departmental inputs on a schedule
Slack and Teams integration
Route approvals and alerts into chat on higher tiers
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does Cube work with Google Sheets?
Yes, and that is its main differentiator. Google Sheets is a first-class interface, not a secondary export.
Is pricing published?
No, despite the page being titled transparent pricing. All three tiers require a quote.
Is it a replacement for our accounting system?
No. It reads actuals from your accounting or ERP system and adds planning, reporting and workflow on top.
What are the tiers called?
Bronze, Silver and Gold, with add-ons for premium support, extra modules and API access.
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