AbacumIf you work in finance, you know what time of year it is. I'll give you a hint. It's our Super Bowl. Budget season is here. Woohoo. So, how many versions do you think you'll get up to this year? I once got to V 147 in good old Excel days. Beat that. Actually, please don't. This is when your planning software should earn its keep. You don't have to choose between either Excel or an inflexible ballooning platform that takes a consultant to change. Abacum brings you the dynamic capabilities you love from Excel while preserving the rigor and governance of an enterprise suite. I met Abacum's founder and CEO, Julio Martinez, more than 3 years ago. He and his co-founder Jorge came out of finance and they built a planning platform that can run a complex business without becoming another system that requires a babysitter. Abacum puts your actuals, forecasts, models, and business context in one place so you can update the plan, run scenarios, and answer why did this change. In fact, you can even ask it in plain English. You might not even have to spell it right thanks to AI. That's why I'm so excited about Abacum. Go to abacum.ai/mostlymetrics. That's abacum.ai/mostlymetrics. Or just tell Julio that CJ sent you. That'll probably work, too.
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