What I like best about Datarails is its drillable capability, which makes analyzing data much easier and more efficient. I also appreciate how simple it is to create widgets once the data is datamapped. Lastly, the support chat is excellent—whenever I encounter an issue, the team is always helpful in providing solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Creating dashboards or widgets using data outside of QBO can be challenging. The platform isn’t flexible enough to build tables with multiple columns pulling from different data sources. In addition, when comparing actuals and budgets (e.g., monthly from Jan to Sep), there’s no option to show separate grand totals. Currently, the grand total column combines both actuals and budgets, but it would make more sense to have one total for actuals and another total for budgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of Datarails' most significant strengths is its capacity to translate complex information into a clear and concise format. The dynamic dashboard and storyboard capabilities are game-changing, providing a new level of financial understanding across the team. Our data accuracy and reporting efficiency are greatly enhanced by the platform's ability to integrate directly with our online accounting software for real-time data use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since I'm a new user, I haven't encountered any significant dislikes yet, though the initial learning curve has been noticeable as I get familiar with the platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Excel integration is great - it works alongside our current models and is very easy to pick up

- Good customer support with a dedicated account manager looking after you

- Straightforward to use so less issues with excel formula gremlins and bugs

- Takes the automation out of work and allows us to value add Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Datarails formulas can be quite tricky to write initially to pull out the info you're looking for

- Whilst it works for us, the product does feel quite pricey Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to consolidate a complex multi-layered business with individual models. The potential to do more is very high aswell.

We had some issues with lack of support and this was rectified quickly and the team was helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our company structure has changed and this was a complex to adjust due to the set up and also as I stepped into something that was already built.

There are still some manual data dumps, I am unsure of why this was done, but something that could be resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quick and easy access to a large volume of data pulled directly from the finance system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That is only refreshes once every hour so if you post a journal you have to wait an hour for it to show up in datarails data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few of the most helpful things about Datarails is the budget viewing, but also the forecasting. My role as a project engineer for my company tasks me with developing budgets for the project, but also tracking that spend as we progress through. The ease of seeing how much we have spent so far and how much we will be spending in the months moving forward, allows me to communicate with our finance team to ensure funding is where it needs to be when. The ease of integrating a traditional excel spreadsheet with a web based platform is super neat. For me this will just be 1-4 projects, but for our finance team managing scores of projects around the globe, this will be paramount. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The setup process is not super straightforward. If I didn't have an expereinced person guiding me on the first few, I would struggle a bit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like Datarails' integration with QuickBooks Online (QBO), which allows me to customize reports and drill down into more detailed analyses. I also enjoy the month-over-month variance analysis capabilities and the ability to integrate with Gusto, our labor platform, to develop comprehensive labor hours graphs, including direct, PTO, and overtime hours. Furthermore, the initial setup of Datarails was very easy, thanks to the excellent support provided by Ayelet, who was instrumental in getting me up to speed quickly and efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am frustrated that many features aren't available in our current plan, which limits our ability to fully utilize Datarails. Additionally, we are restricted to only having 5 licenses, which can be a limitation for our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Datarails because it allows me to work directly within Excel, making it easier to view data from my accounting ERP without having to download and manually map reports. I find the ability to drill down into underlying data within Excel really convenient. Additionally, the customer service is excellent and very helpful, which made the initial setup worth the time investment. The logic used to build formulas is intuitive, like a super flexible pivot table for my ERP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The need to manually refresh every time something changes is mildly frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We consolidated our core platforms into a unified system, enabling cross-channel functionality and data integration that previously wasn’t possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, I don’t have any complaints. I’m really enjoying it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As an early-stage business that’s still “excel-native,” I really appreciate the flexibility Datarails gives me to build whatever type of report I need directly in Excel. On top of that, our implementation went very smoothly, and our implementation manager, Silviu Chiperea, did an amazing job throughout the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’m hopeful that Datarails will scale with us, but my sense is that as we grow, it may not fully function as a true enterprise FP&A platform. That said, I’d be happy to be proven wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.