Datarails

Datarails plugs into the Excel models your finance team already uses, which is the main reason to look at it.

Instead of asking you to abandon spreadsheets, the FP&A software automates repetitive planning and reporting work around them.

Datarails is an AI tool for finance and data analytics that consolidates data from multiple sources into one place and produces AI-generated insights and reports.

The platform also covers teamwork.

Finance staff can collaborate on the same numbers, and management gets self-service access, so fewer routine questions land on the finance team.

A chatbot-style assistant sits alongside the reporting features.

Datarails requires a paid subscription and an internet connection.

New users face a learning curve, and you will get more from it if you are already comfortable with Excel, since the whole approach builds on spreadsheet knowledge.

If your team lives outside Excel, it is a weaker fit.