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Constancia implements OneStream and Abacum and is an official partner of both.
OneStream (EPM software) runs the close, consolidation and reporting of a multi-entity group. Abacum (FP&A software) runs the budgets and forecasts of a finance team that has outgrown its spreadsheets.
Official partner for both platforms
The 2 platforms we implement
EPM software
OneStream
The close, the consolidation, planning and reporting on 1 model.
Read the guide
FP&A software
Abacum
Budgets, forecasts and scenarios for a team that has outgrown a workbook.
Read the page
The structure of the group decides which of the 2 platforms we recommend.
We compare the 2 on the shape of the finance function each one suits, because that is what decides between them.
| OneStream | Abacum | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it suits | A multi-entity group that closes and consolidates across several ledgers, usually with a legacy consolidation such as HFM or BPC to replace. | A finance team whose budget and forecast have outgrown a spreadsheet, and whose consolidation is already settled. |
| What it is for | The close, the consolidation, planning and reporting, all reading 1 data model. | Budgets, forecasts and scenarios. Abacum connects to more than 700 sources for the data coming in. |
| What it replaces | HFM, BPC or IBM Controller, plus the workbooks that grew up around them. | The budget workbook, the version emailed round the business and the model that 1 person can open. |
| Where it stops | A group with 1 entity and a straightforward close gets more platform than it needs. | Abacum is built for the plan, and OneStream runs the intercompany eliminations beside it. |
| What we bring to it | Constancia has delivered 58 OneStream implementations over 35 years. | Constancia's architects and consultants are certified on Abacum and based in the UK. |
The OneStream guide is the place to start for a group still choosing between the 2 platforms.
What OneStream is
The guide explains what OneStream (EPM software) does, what a finance team needs in place to run it and which group structures it suits.
Read the guideAbacum
Abacum (FP&A software) gives a finance team its budgets, forecasts and scenarios in 1 model, and a typical build goes live in weeks.
Read the page
- OneStream
Implementation partner
Constancia is a certified OneStream implementation partner based in the UK, and we test every source system's extract during the survey, before the contract is signed.
- OneStream
CPM Express
OneStream's pre-configured consolidation and close for a mid-market group, with the size of group it suits stated on the page.
- OneStream
SensibleAI
OneStream's forecasting and agent features, which we switch on once the survey shows the model underneath can feed them.
- OneStream
Training
Training for the finance team that will run OneStream after we leave, on your own model rather than a demonstration one.
- OneStream
Managed services
Support for a live OneStream estate through every month end close and every platform release.
- OneStream
Migrate to OneStream
5 routes off Hyperion, SAP BPC, Oracle EPM, TM1 and Anaplan, each decided by how the old rules map onto the new model.
- Abacum
Abacum implementation
An Abacum build on drivers the business owns, which goes live in weeks and is handed back to the finance team.
- Abacum
Abacum Intelligence
Abacum's AI features, and what the planning model underneath needs before they produce a number finance can defend.
- Abacum
Abacum integrations
The connectors from NetSuite and the other source systems into Abacum, which we test in the survey rather than at tie-out.
Both partnerships are official, and our consultants are certified on both platforms.EPM consulting for a multi-entity groupSee the services
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