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An SAS Alternative – PlaidCloud

PlaidCloud is a low-code, click-to-configure SaaS platform that provides data source integration, an extensive collection of data analysis tools, and easy to share data and analysis pipelines. PlaidCloud is based in the US and provides pre-constructed templates for profitability and cost management, IT chargeback, intercompany invoicing, and goods transfer pricing. PlaidCloud utilizes clustered Google Compute Engine instances and a massively parallel processing data warehouse. In short, PlaidCloud provides a powerful multidimensional solution for analysis, modeling, calculating, and reporting.
SAS Cost and Profitability Management (CPM )is an activity-based cost modeling application. CPM is client-server-based and features unlimited user-defined dimensionality. Recently, CPM has been upgraded to run on the SAS in-memory calculation engine. This in-memory engine enables CPM to quickly process big data volumes and execute intensive allocation and calculation rules. The full SAS software environment must be run in order to use the in-memory engine. SAS Cost and Profitability Management is typically purchased along with SAS ETL and visual reporting products.

A Low-Code SAS Alternative Built for Finance and Operations Teams 

Finance and operations teams evaluating a SAS alternative are often looking for the same core capability — powerful data analytics on large datasets — but without the coding requirement that limits adoption beyond the data science team. PlaidCloud is a low-code analytics platform that brings those same analytical capabilities to finance analysts, transfer pricing specialists, and FP&A professionals without requiring Python or SAS programming knowledge. As purpose-built finance analytics software, it combines data integration, transformation, allocation modeling, and visualization in a single environment — fully SaaS-based, deployed without infrastructure management, and controlled entirely by the finance team. 
Data From Any Source
Built-In Data Quality Steps
Automated Data Workflows
Fully SaaS-based
Read & Write To All Modern Databases
Choice of Cloud Storage Providers
Low-Code Built in Transforms
Intercompany Transfer Pricing Template
Intercompany Invoicing Template
Cost Allocation & Profitably Template
Native Multidimensional Support
Point-And-Click Assignments
Operate On Datasets With SQL
Operate On Datasets With Python
Excel Integration
Business Intelligence Charting & Dashboard Environment
High Performance Data Warehouse

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What Changes When You Move From SAS to PlaidCloud

The most common feedback from organizations that have chosen PlaidCloud as a SAS software alternative centers on accessibility: the work that previously required a dedicated SAS programmer can now be done directly by the finance team. In any data analytics platform comparison, PlaidCloud stands out for combining the depth of enterprise analytical processing — massively parallel data warehouse, Python and SQL support for technical users, allocation engines operating at transaction scale — with point-and-click interfaces that make those capabilities accessible to every analyst on the team, not just the technical specialists.

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PlaidCloud’s AI managed infrastructure ensures the technology is always there when you need it and self-heals so you never have to worry. Batteries included, nothing to install or settings to decide. Focus on analysis and insights. Leave the tech to us. Fast and complete, everything you need from data collection with powerful transformations to beautiful dashboards. All built for speed on any size data.

Goods Transfer Pricing

Automate OPEX allocations, segmented P&L, profit monitoring, price resetting, CbCR reporting.

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Profitability & Cost Management

Calculate net margin by customer, channel and product.

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Intercompany Invoicing & Tax Compliance

Generate & post invoicing across multiple systems.

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Data Pipeline

Leading data analysis methods, workflows & techniques.

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IT Chargeback

Based on standard (e.g. ITIL, MOF, TBM) or bespoke framework of your choice.

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Data Visualization

Pipeline from source data to Apache Superset charts & dashboards.

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