Planful Honored With 2025 Industry Excellence Award After Achieving 100% Customer Recommendation Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September 25, 2025 – Planful Inc., the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software, announced it has been recognized with a 2025 Industry Excellence Award in EPM by Dresner Advisory Services. This honor highlights Planful’s consistent leadership in the market and reflects the company’s ongoing innovation and dedication to customer success.

“This award is a celebration of our customers,” said Melissa Dreuth, Chief Customer Officer at Planful. “Our customers spoke loud and clear with a 100% recommendation score, and for us, that is the most rewarding recognition. They are our top priority and we’re committed to delivering even faster outcomes, increased innovation, and eliminating the friction between insight and action.”

Dresner Advisory Services presents its Industry Excellence Awards based on the firm’s annual Wisdom of Crowds® market studies, which collect and analyze thousands of data points directly from end-users. Known for its independent, non-sponsored approach, Dresner is a trusted authority in business intelligence, analytics, and performance management research. Industry Excellence Award winners are recognized for leadership in the Customer Experience and Vendor Credibility models, reflecting strong product capabilities, outstanding service and support, and high customer confidence.

“Our research offers an unbiased assessment of industry suppliers, with vendors rated solely on the input of end-users. We congratulate Planful on their achievement and once again receiving top marks in customer experience and vendor credibility, as well as a perfect recommend score in 2025.” said Howard Dresner, Founder and Chief Research Officer at Dresner Advisory Services.

This award builds on Planful’s momentum in 2025, which includes being named a Leader in Enterprise Performance Management by Dresner Advisory Services for the 10th consecutive year, cementing the company’s position as a trusted partner for finance and business leaders worldwide.

Dresner Advisory Services was formed by Howard Dresner, an independent analyst, author, lecturer, and business adviser. Dresner Advisory Services, LLC focuses on creating and sharing thought leadership for AI, Analytical Data infrastructure, Analytics and Business Intelligence (BI), Performance Management, ERP, and related areas.

Planful is the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software. The Planful platform, which helps businesses drive peak financial performance, is used around the globe to streamline business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and analytics. Planful empowers finance, accounting, and business users to plan confidently, close faster, and report accurately. More than 1,500 customers, including Bose, Boston Red Sox, Five Guys, Grafton Plc, Gousto, and Specialized Bicycles rely on Planful to accelerate cycle times, increase productivity, and improve accuracy. Planful is a private company backed by Vector Capital, a leading global private equity firm. Learn more at planful.com.

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