Planful Wins Inaugural Application Innovation Awards from Dresner Advisory Services

San Francisco, Calif., February 5, 2025 – Planful Inc., the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software, today announced that it has been named a winner in three categories in the inaugural Application Innovation Awards from Dresner Advisory Services. Planful earned this recognition for its excellence in Financial Reporting, Financial Close Management, and Financial Consolidation, Close Management, and Financial Reporting (FCCR), ranking among the top three vendors in these categories in Dresner’s 2024 Wisdom of Crowds® market studies.

The Application Innovation Awards honor top-ranked vendors who consistently deliver market-leading solutions, as determined by independent research. Dresner presents these awards annually to vendors that achieve a top-three ranking across one or more of Dresner’s 13 technology-focused and seven application-focused thematic market studies. The studies assess solutions based on deployment trends, user priorities, application requirements, and industry capabilities, providing organizations with a trusted, data-driven market evaluation.

“Our comprehensive, independent series of market studies provides an unparalleled analysis of user behaviors and dynamics while putting the spotlight on the suppliers of the most comprehensive solutions for finance and accounting teams, ” said Howard Dresner, founder and chief research officer at Dresner Advisory Services. “We extend congratulations to Planful for its strong performance in three of our application areas in 2024.”

“At Planful, our goal is to empower finance and accounting leaders with innovative, powerful yet intuitive consolidation solutions that streamline close cycles, enhance accuracy in financial reporting, and ensure seamless compliance with complex accounting standards,” said Grant Halloran, CEO, Planful. “Being recognized in multiple categories of the Application Innovation Awards is a testament to the trust our customers place in us and the value our platform delivers. We’re particularly honored by these accolades from Dresner Advisory Services because they are rooted in direct feedback from the finance and accounting professionals we serve daily.”

D&W Fine Pack, a manufacturer of packaging solutions, cut its financial reporting time by over 80% using Planful to modernize its close and consolidations process and reduce reliance on slow, manual spreadsheets. Debbie Nona, Vice President and Corporate Controller at D&W Fine Pack, said: “The biggest benefit we’re getting from Planful is the quality of the financial insights. It’s saving us a lot of time over Excel, for sure, but we couldn’t even get some of these insights before. Now we have more clarity, more traceability, and all of the details are in Planful.”

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 23andMe, Bose, Boston Red Sox, Five Guys, Grafton Plc, Gousto, and Zappos 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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