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Time to Implement

4 months

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Datarails Demo - Consolidation
Automate the collection of data from across your organization and bring it all to one place
Datarails Demo - Data Visualization
Embrace the notion that not everyone loves a spreadsheet as much as you do, and use graphs and charts to share the story of your data and collaborate with other teams
Datarails Demo - Forecasting
Plan ahead to make sure your company’s business decisions are founded on informed and up-to-date projections
Datarails Demo - Budgeting
Estimate costs and revenues for the entire business, while bringing order to your budget collection process and saying goodbye to back-and-forth emails
Datarails Demo - Financial Reporting & Monthly Close
Streamline your financial close by automating repetitive tasks like preparing your P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statement
Datarails Demo - Variance Analysis
Dive deeper into your financial or operational data to examine anything from key variance drivers to head count, sales performance, COGS and (virtually) everything in between
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4.6
317 reviews

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Users consistently praise the seamless Excel integration and time-saving automation that Datarails offers, making financial reporting and data consolidation significantly easier. The platform allows teams to maintain familiar workflows while enhancing data accuracy and visibility. However, some users note that the initial setup can be complex and time-consuming.

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Verified User in Medical Devices
AM
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy Excel Integration That Fits Our Existing Workflows"
What do you like best about Datarails?

Easy integration to Excel. No need to rebuild our current workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

The Datarails trainings could use updating and refinement. Screenshots don't always match the current version and some steps are skipped. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annie Miller of Datarails

Thanks for the review! Great to hear Datarails fits right into your existing Excel workflows while helping you handle growing data volumes more effectively. Appreciate the note on training materials, we're working on updates to make the experience smoother and more aligned with the latest version.

Chandra Sekhar M.
CM
Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Simple Business Tool that every Industry needs"
What do you like best about Datarails?

"Datarails eliminates manual consolidation work and enhances data accuracy. The ability to pull data from various sources and present it in clean dashboards makes financial reporting much easier. It's especially helpful for monthly closing, budget cycles, and variance analysis." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

Datarails updated very well and it's user interferce is improved. So Improvement requirwd when more data in place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annie Miller of Datarails

Thanks for the review, Chandra! It's great to hear that Datarails has been easy to use, and we're glad our support team has been helpful along the way. Appreciate your feedback!

Verified User in Consumer Goods
AC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Centralized Data That Makes Reporting Easy"
What do you like best about Datarails?

Centralized data allows us to run all reports in one platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

The integration with CIN7 wasn’t possible making some of the processes a little harder Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy
UO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Enjoying the product."
What do you like best about Datarails?

Having a digital monthly scheduled workflow that updates as pieces are completed, providing exceptional visibility of progress made/work remaining. In general, Datarails guides us to complete all of the components of our global consolidation process in a timely manner.

The Excel add-on feature is exceptional for drilling-down into the data and uncovering the reasons behind the trends we are noticing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

I have found that the formatting of my files tends to not save correctly from month-to-month and as such I often save my .exl file on my computer, and then perform Roll Forwards within the add-on feature as opposed to downloading a new filebox file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Anouk Amar of Datarails

It is true.. our Excel add-in is changing the lives of many :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a 5-star rating – it’s much appreciated!

Verified User in E-Learning
UE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good but the learning curve is high"
What do you like best about Datarails?

It makes consolidating simple in certain aspects easy and the dashboard function for finance business partnering is great. I also like the flexibility that it gives with their excel plug-in, making report creation a little more flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

The initial setup and learning curve is difficult and I don't believe the training videos are as helpful as they could be. This is because how you map your data is up to you meaning that, whilst the possibilities are seemingly infinite, understanding how to get there could take you years to learn how to effectively use it. I also would not say it's a very intuitive system and you have to make a lot of mistakes before truly understanding how to use it effectively. I also dislike the way the integrate with Xero and how it shows so many journal entries that were deleted or adjusted. This has all meant I do not spend as much time with it because the time it would take to learn, design, implement and test new reports is significantly more than continuing with the way we currently do it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MC
FP&A and M&A Senior manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great integration with Datarails and a lot of help for reporting of 15+ companies in our Group"
What do you like best about Datarails?

Near perfect integration with QBO and with other accounting softwares and very easy to implement. Great automation, a lot of steps which mitigate manual mistakes and help with monthly and weakly reporting. Further, they have great customer support with great finance and accounting knowledge as well as great tehnical experties. Very user friendly software which is not hard to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

When it comes to dashboards, there are some limitations in building it. We are still using some Excel built-in charts and our custom made dashboards, but hopefully we are trying to switch completly to Datarails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annie Miller of Datarails

Thanks for the thoughtful review, Marko! We're glad to hear Datarails has helped streamline reporting across your companies and made your monthly processes faster and more accurate. It's great to know the integration and support have been working well too. Thanks again for taking the time to share!

Tom K.
TK
Business Intelligence Analyst
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Multi-Source Dimension Tables, But Some Limitations"
What do you like best about Datarails?

I appreciate the feature that allows me to define dimension tables using data from multiple sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

Being unable to directly connect to PowerBI models as opposed to just excel is a limitation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
UA
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerful Integrations, Flexible Customization, and Smart AI"
What do you like best about Datarails?

Integrations, Customizing function and AI / Intelligence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

I am looking more on AI funtion support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BL
Division Controller
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"DCPS Datarails Implementation"
What do you like best about Datarails?

Our implementation process with Datarails was a breeze! We received great support and guidance from their team every step of the way. From initial onboarding to full integration, the process was smooth, efficient, and well-structured. The customer success team was incredibly responsive, knowledgeable, and proactive in helping us tailor the platform to our unique needs. Within weeks, we were up and running with automated reports, live dashboards, and seamless NetSuite integration. Datarails has significantly improved our financial visibility and streamlined our reporting processes, ultimately saving us time and reducing errors. We couldn’t be happier with the experience and highly recommend Datarails to any organization looking to take their financial reporting to the next level! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

Through our integration process there was nothing to note here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
US
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerful Tool That’s Worth the Setup"
What do you like best about Datarails?

Automated reporting and centralised data made budgeting faster and easier.

Great automation and clear, real‑time financial insights.

Loved the automation and how quickly it improved reporting accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Datarails?

Some features felt less intuitive and needed extra setup time.

Initial setup and mapping took longer than expected.

Navigation wasn’t always clear, so tasks took longer at first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

4 months

Return on Investment

14 months

Average Discount

9%

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