Phocas

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Business intelligence, financial reporting & sales analytics

About Phocas

Phocas is a SaaS solution providing business intelligence (BI) and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform for mid-market businesses in manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and retail. It helps businesses connect, understand, and plan.

Phocas partners with ERP systems including Epicor, Sage, Oracle NetSuite. It extends ERP capabilities by pulling data from ERP, CRM, spreadsheets and other systems into one easy-to-use platform, offering a range of tools to analyze, report, and plan. Its key features include intuitive dashboards, ad hoc reporting, financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and automated rebate management. With real-time insights and secure access, Phocas empowers cross-functional teams to explore data and make informed decisions.

Designed to be self-serve for all business users, Phocas simplifies data-driven processes by automating manual tasks including consolidating financial and operational data. It assists with preparing month-end reports, analyzing trends, managing cash flow, or optimizing rebates.

Phocas Analytics is a BI tool that makes self-serve analytics achievable for everyone by centralizing data from your ERP and other systems into one intuitive platform. With advanced drill-down capabilities, AI-powered queries, and custom pivot tables, users can explore data effortlessly—from high-level overviews to transaction-level details. Ad hoc reporting tools make it simple to create reports and dashboards in minutes, while KPI alerts empower teams to visualize and act on insights that drive improvements across branches, divisions, sales, products, or customers.

Phocas Financial Statements connects businesses to performance by transforming ERP data into dynamic, up-to-date profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. Designed to save time and reduce risk, the tool automates financial reporting, integrates prebuilt formulas and ratios for accuracy, and allows users to drill down to transaction-level details to uncover and resolve performance issues quickly. With customizable statements, secure access controls, and intuitive dashboards, finance teams can focus on strategic insights while sharing clear, actionable data across the business.

Phocas Budgets & Forecasts is a modern, intuitive tool designed for seamless and connected planning across your business. Consolidating financial budgets, sales forecasts, headcount, and demand planning into one platform, it enables teams to collaborate effortlessly with robust workflows, user permissions, and audit logs—ensuring accountability and accuracy. With live actuals and driver-based functionality, you can easily track performance, compare plans to results, and quickly reforecast as needed. This self-serve tool can adapt and support business growth with the ability to handle more complex or detailed budgeting. Helping you make informed decisions for a clearer, connected future.

Phocas Rebates streamlines rebate management by automating calculations for payable and receivable rebates, ensuring accuracy and delivering more profitable outcomes. Built on a BI foundation, this self-serve tool makes it easy to identify trends, spot near misses, and assess overall performance. Enabling businesses to maximize profitability and strengthen trading relationships. With real-time updates, users can quickly optimize product offers, pricing, and purchasing decisions to align with emerging opportunities.

Phocas CRM bridges the gap between sales analysis and sales tasks by connecting finance, customer, and sales data in a single, intuitive platform. Designed for real-time insights, it empowers businesses with accurate sales reporting and streamlined account management.


Key benefits of Phocas

• Combines business intelligence, financial reporting, planning, budgeting and forecasting in one platform to understand the past, operate better today, and plan for the future

• Integrates with various ERPs including Epicor, Infor, Microsoft, NetSuite, Sage, and SAP to consolidate data

• Provides sales analytics and forecasting to drive revenue growth across products, regions, and teams

• Enables inventory optimization with real-time insights into stock levels and movements

• Includes AI assistant to deliver fast insights into products, sales, and customers for decision making


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Overall rating

4.7 /5
(130)
Value for Money
4.6/5
Features
4.6/5
Ease of Use
4.5/5
Customer Support
4.6/5

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Khallyl
Khallyl
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Powerful Business Intelligence Tool - Phocas Software

Reviewed on 2023/03/10

It's important to note that the cons of Phocas software will depend on your specific needs and...

It's important to note that the cons of Phocas software will depend on your specific needs and circumstances. It's recommended that you evaluate each software's (exam. Tableau, Microsoft PowerBI, etc.) features, pricing, and customer reviews to determine which one will work best for your business.

Pros

I highly recommend Phocas software for any business looking for a user-friendly, real-time analytics solution. The customizable dashboards and robust data modeling capabilities make it easy to create a single source of truth for your organization. Plus, the seamless integration with other business applications and mobile access means you can access critical information from anywhere. And with dedicated customer support, you can be sure you're getting the most out of the software. Overall, I'm very impressed with Phocas software and would definitely recommend it to others.

Cons

While Phocas software has many advantages, there are also some potential drawbacks to consider. Users may find that some customization options are limited, and the software can have a steep learning curve for those who are not familiar with business intelligence solutions. Additionally, Phocas software may have fewer data visualization options and may not integrate with all the data sources that your organization uses. Finally, It can be relatively expensive, which could be a barrier for some businesses, especially small businesses.

Response from Phocas Software

Hi Khallyl, thanks for taking the time to leave us such a thorough review!

To help get you familiar with the customization options available, please be sure to check out online library of how-to videos that cover various aspects of Phocas products: https://www.phocassoftware.com/academy

And if you're missing a data source in your solution that is critical to your organization, please let us know ([email protected]), we'd love to help keep you feeling great about your data!

Warm regards,
Mike Hills
Global Head of Customer

muzaffar
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  • Industry: Import & Export
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Phocas is the simplest dashboard and BI tool

Reviewed on 2023/01/06

happy and satisfied with the onboarding process and data presentation

happy and satisfied with the onboarding process and data presentation

Pros

User freindly and easy to understand reports and dashboard. In depth analysis with detailing of each parameter

Cons

not encountered anything that is not as per requirement

Robert
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  • Industry: Wholesale
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Good product, not cheap, Service level strongly depends on the contact person

Reviewed on 2023/09/15

Pros

The speed and the web based working aspect.

Cons

Depending on the contact person. If this person is on vacation or sick, there is only a substitute for emergencies. But there are nearly weekly issues to clarify.

Jorge
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  • Industry: Medical Devices
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best BI Tool

Reviewed on 2019/10/08

I love it, since we really started using phocas(last pug conference) I have decreased the amount of...

I love it, since we really started using phocas(last pug conference) I have decreased the amount of crystal reports by at least 75% or more.

Pros

This software allows me to gather databases from all over the organization and present the, to our users via dashboard/report or let them drive their own reporting.

Cons

It was a bit difficult to understand the Sync/dbdesigner part since documentation on this was a bit vague

David
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  • Industry: Wholesale
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Wholesale distributor review of Phocas

Reviewed on 2021/08/06

Great!

Great!

Pros

Ease of use
Speed to market (straightforward deployment)

Cons

Cloud version response time gets a little sluggish here and there but not too often.

Alternatives Considered

IBM Cognos Analytics

Reasons for Switching to Phocas

Ease of use, intuitive, less expensive as competitor, we could pay monthly and not tied to any contracts.
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Phocas FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Phocas.

Phocas offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$150.00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Not Available

Contact Phocas Software for pricing details.

Phocas has the following typical customers:

2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Phocas supports the following languages:

English

Phocas supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Phocas integrates with the following applications:

Accolent ERP, Acumatica Cloud ERP, Apparel21 Insight, Cloud Suite, Datafile, Deltek Vantagepoint, Deltek Vision, Dynamics 365, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Enapps, Epicor BisTrack, Epicor CMS, Epicor Eclipse, Epicor Prophet 21, Epicor Vision, Google Analytics 360, HubSpot CRM, HubSpot Marketing Hub, IFS Cloud, Infor LN, Infor SunSystems, Infor VISUAL, Infor XA, JIWA Financials, Jim2 Business Engine, Khaos Control, Khaos Control Cloud, MYOB Acumatica, MYOB Business, Merlin, Microsoft Excel, NetSuite, Odoo, OrderWise, Pronto, QAD Adaptive ERP, Retail Express, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business One, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SYSPRO, Sage 100, Sage 200, Sage 500, Sage X3, Synergy Suite, UniWare, Unleashed, WinMan ERP, Xero

Phocas offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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