Smartbooks vs Visionplanner
Visionplanner is strong at periodic reporting and collaboration with the accountant. Smartbooks supports active financial and business control: planning, consolidation, month-end close, and analysis in one platform.
Smartbooks vs Visionplanner
Reporting for the accountancy practice vs. a complete financial and business control platform
Visionplanner is strong at periodic reporting and collaboration with the accountant. Smartbooks supports active financial and business control: planning, consolidation, month-end close, and analysis in one platform.
Strengths and limitations of Visionplanner
Strengths
- User-friendly for periodic reporting
- Strong fit with the accountancy practice
- Relatively low implementation and management effort
Limitations
- Limited support for control processes
- Less flexibility in analysis and data modelling
- No extensive consolidation or planning processes
When does each solution fit?
Visionplanner fits when...
- The emphasis is on periodic reporting and financial accountability
- Collaboration with the accountant plays an important role
- Business control is not yet a full-fledged role within finance
Smartbooks fits when...
- You take an active controller role within finance
- You want extensive planning and forecasting processes
- You have more complex consolidation structures
Voice from the market
"For us Visionplanner is an inexpensive consolidation tool that shows us at group level whether we are in control."7/10
Why controllers choose Smartbooks
- Clear focus on the daily workflows of controllers
- Support for the complete monthly process
- Finance-specific logic and standardisation
- Simple, affordable, and fast implementation
- No dependency on IT or external specialists
Conclusion
Visionplanner is a good choice for SMB organisations that mainly report to the accountant and management. Smartbooks fits better when financial and business control plays an active, daily role.
Further reading
See the full comparison of financial and business control software or read why organisations choose Smartbooks.