BARC Score for Integrated Planning & Analytics DACH 2025: Board maintains position as Market Leader

Board, the leading Enterprise Planning Platform, is recognized as a ‘Market Leader’ in the latest BARC Integrated Planning & Analytics report for the seventh year in a row. BARC emphasizes that Board combines platform capabilities like integration and security, planning and automation, AI/ML, analytics, reporting and collaboration into an easy-to-use, no-code solution for business power users to build custom applications. 

“Not only because of the Prevedere acquisition, AI- and ML-enabled planning and decision support is an important area of investment for Board’s development. Flexible capabilities focus on natural language interaction and conversational querying, automated predictions, anomaly detection and intelligent insights,” explains Dr. Christian Fuchs, Senior Analyst Data & Analytics at BARC and author of the report. 

Board Foresight and Board Signals (based on Prevedere) enrich Board’s predictive analytics capabilities by combining global economic data with internal business data, enabling organizations to proactively respond to external risks and economic shifts. 

The BARC report highlights the following strengths of Board: 

• Flexible, fully web-based planning and performance management platform  

• Graphical no-code development environment for business power users to create custom planning and performance management applications. 

• Comprehensive planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities for all types of planning approaches. Customers can address different workflow-based planning topics on a common platform with different levels of aggregation for an integrated business planning approach. 

• Complementary, comprehensive capabilities for BI and analytics including dashboards, reporting and analysis. AI- and ML-augmented planning and decision support based on the platform’s own capabilities, native R and Python integration and integration with third-party ML services to run AI/ML algorithms. 

Many satisfied customers confirm BARC’s positive assessment. One example is Sergei Leschinsky, Director of Business Information Management at Tetra Pak: 

„Our primary focus was to implement a solution for our financial planning processes. But, looking at the tool, we immediately realized that it is not just a financial planning tool, it is a tool that can support decision-making.“

Sebastian Piehler, Team Lead BI at Conrad Electronics, said:  
„We can go into the analysis in great detail during the planning stage. This enables us to significantly improve the quality of planning and to considerably increase the performance of the planning processes.“ 

The BARC Score for Integrated Planning & Analytics DACH 2025 can be downloaded here. 

About BARC 

BARC is a leading analyst firm for data & analytics and enterprise software with a reputation for unbiased and trusted advice. Their expert analysts deliver a wide range of research, events and advisory services for the data & analytics community. Their innovative research evaluates software and vendors rigorously and highlights market trends, delivering insights that enable their customers to innovate with data, analytics and AI. BARC’s 25 years of experience with data strategy & culture, data architecture, organization and software selection help clients transform into truly data-driven organizations. 

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About Board 

The Board Enterprise Planning Platform powers financial and operational planning for more than 2,000 organizations worldwide. Industry leaders trust Board to turn complex data into better decisions with AI, analytics, and tailor-made solutions for enterprise-grade challenges. Global brands including H&M, BASF, Burberry, Toyota, Coca-Cola, and HSBC use Board to enhance workflows and strengthen their competitive edge. Founded in 1994, and now with 25 offices worldwide, Board is recognized by leading analysts including Gartner, IDC, and BARC.   

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Press contact DACH: 
Melanie Oeldorf 
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Jennie Olean 
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