XLerant

Client Testimonials

UBM Global Trade
"Unit managers here are very good at what they do but are not financial people. In thinking about the type of budgeting tool we wanted to implement, we did not want something that looked like an Excel spreadsheet. We wanted something that was friendlier. …I am one of the biggest fans of XLerant."

Northwood University
"XLerant's BudgetPak was the best purchase decision we ever made. Our budgeting process now runs smoothly and we get the best of user flexibility and financial controls. We don’t have to make any difficult tradeoffs."
Cheryl Warner, Director of Budgets

Bunker Hill Community College
"When I got here we used Excel for budgeting. It was cumbersome, painful and awful. Department heads are afraid of Excel. We sought the department managers opinion when we were evaluating a new product. They really liked XLerant because it was easier, more accurate, helped them justify their requests and made the process more thought provoking. What more could we ask for?"
Jeff Ginsberg, Director of Fiscal Affairs & Central Services

Andritz
"Years ago, it was up to Finance to do the budget. That was ludicrous. Business owners need to own their own numbers. It was important for us to allow users to do their own work. It creates ownership of the budget and a culture of accountability. Finance is just the conduit. My users now say, ‘This is my budget. This is what I have decided."
Darryl Williams, Business Controller, Andrtiz (North America)

BAE Systems
"We made a critical shift in thinking with XLerant so that users could be more involved, take on a bigger role and be more accountable for the numbers. We were able to get rid of the idea that "that's not my number" from users."
Ngoc K. Nguyen, Manager, Budgets

Long Term Care Partners
"It is truly about the communications. We did not want to make the business fit the financial process. XLerant helped to make the financial process fit the business."
Linda Roth, Chief Financial Officer

Quinnipiac University
"BudgetPak allows you to feel confident about the numbers and allows the budget process to be virtually stress free."
Lucille Marottolo, AVP Finance & Administration

EMCOR
"XLerant was an easy choice. It offered the most value, which means they provided the most functionality for the lowest cost of ownership."
Bill Feher, Vice President, Finance - Compliance

Drew University
"XLerant helped us deal with the "new normal" of reduced funding. We needed to cope with financial sustainability with resource shortages. XLerant helps us create a culture of accountability to support that new normal."
Howard Buxbaum, VP Finance and Business Affairs


"The budget should be a numerical expression of the strategic plan. XLerant allows us to readily and automatically do that."
Chris Van Wyk, AVP Finance

Baptist General Convention of Texas
"Because of the kind of organization we are, we need to be above reproach. XLerant makes that happen."
Jill Larson, Chief Financial Officer

Third Party Testimonials

Business Officer Magazine
XLerant was recently featured in Business Officer Magazine in an article titled "Self Service Budgeting at Drew University". The article does a wonderful job of highlighting the challenges Drew University experienced with Excel based budgeting, and how the University partnered with XLerant to address them. Take a look here.

BPM Partners
"XLerant’s BudgetPak provides a unique solution for corporate budgeting, forecasting and reporting. It is designed for those organizations that need to get high participation and engagement from their budget holders. We would contrast BudgetPak with other budgeting applications that are designed primarily for organizations that want to drive their budget process through detailed financial modeling and iterative collaboration as opposed to driving the model through line manager operational knowledge. The unique approach from XLerant will support a culture of budget accountability for mid sized organizations, while increasing accuracy and collaboration across the enterprise. "
BPM Partners White Paper on XLerant

Accounting-Payroll- Software.Org
XLerant's BudgetPak has been named Editor's Choice by Accounting-Payroll- Software.Org for Budgeting and Planning Software.