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Why we compare planning and EPM platforms on these topics
| Topic | Abacum | Control.dev |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Where the actuals come from | Roll-ups by dimension, consolidated actuals from a partner Abacum describes multi-entity roll-ups by dimension with FX normalisation1, and in August 2026 it partnered with AccountsIQ so that actuals consolidated there flow into Abacum2. | Consolidated from the ledgers, open to every entry Control.dev reads each ledger with read-only access by default, consolidates the group with eliminations and CTA, opens every group figure to its transactions and syncs at least daily. |
| 02 Who changes the model, and who does the work | Modeler builds models from a request Abacum’s Modeler, launched on 13 October 2026, turns plain-language requests or spreadsheets into working models for every customer at no extra cost, and saves nothing until a user approves it3. | Your finance team, or your AI client Your finance team edits the functional P&L, its allocation keys and a layout per audience, AI suggests the account mapping, Claude drafts a dashboard you apply or discard, and there are no consultants to pay. |
| 03 Versions, scenarios and the three statements | Driver-based models and scenarios Abacum’s workspace covers budgeting, forecasting, revenue and headcount planning, with driver-based models and scenarios against a base version4. | Three statements planned together, versions you can lock The P&L, balance sheet and cash flow are planned together, scenarios are kept as versions with their history, a locked version refuses every write, and an AI client drafts values with a reason on each. |
| 04 AI: what the client may read, draft and change | Abacum Intelligence, in Claude and ChatGPT over MCP Abacum Intelligence launched on 9 April 2026 and reaches Claude, ChatGPT and Slack over MCP5, with AI for summaries, variance analysis and forecasting6. | Claude, ChatGPT or Codex with the user’s own role MCP is included in every price plan and works with the user’s role. The client starts from the statements and the group structure, not a raw export of the general ledger, and traces what needs attention to the entries. A read-only session rejects writes, budget values are drafted with a reason, the client reviews a month’s bookings on request and drafts the board pack, and write-back posts only drafts an Owner or Admin approved. |
| 05 Contract and cost of change | Renews for the first term’s length, prices on request Abacum’s standard agreements renew for the length of the first term unless cancelled 30 days ahead7, and its site shows no prices and says expert onboarding and support are included8. | Public prices, billed monthly, no partner hours EUR 249, 499 and 999 a month excluding VAT, on one page, with no setup fee, no multi-year contract and a notice period from one month, and our team sets you up so most companies have live data in under two hours. |
Control.dev consolidates the ledgers a group already runs into one group view with eliminations.
How teams start: next to the platform
- 1 Most of our customers started next to the system they had, with AI analysis on consolidated, transaction-level actuals.
- 2 The plan follows when the team is ready, in locked versions beside the actuals.
- 3 Use spreads from there, process by process, and for several customers Control.dev became the official group reporting tool. The platform stays for as long as the contract and the team want it.
Where Abacum is the better choice
- Driver-based revenue and headcount models, with HR, CRM, billing and warehouse data in the plan49. Control.dev has no HR or CRM connectors today.
- AI that builds planning models from a request or a spreadsheet, for every customer at no extra cost3.
- Audits that ask the vendor for a SOC 2 Type II report10.
When teams look at Control.dev
From what finance teams have told us about the moment they started looking. We name no customers.
- A new statement waits for a specialist. Planning works well, but a cash-flow statement needed a specialist, because the model lives in formulas. Teams want to build the next report themselves, from the same data.
- Numbers arrive through exports and a warehouse, and drill-down stops at the group account. Teams want to open a figure and see the entities, accounts and transactions behind it.
- Before the first planning tool. A finance team about to buy one notices its FP&A lead already runs scenarios with an AI assistant. The question becomes which trusted data the assistant should work on.
Which fits your finance team
Choose Abacum if driver-based revenue and headcount planning with HR, CRM and billing data is the main job, and a roll-up of your entities by dimension, or consolidated actuals from a partner such as AccountsIQ, gives you the group numbers you need.
Choose Control.dev if you need the group actuals consolidated from each entity’s ledger, open to every entry, with the three-statement plan and AI on the same numbers, with no implementation project and a published monthly price.
30 minutes on your ledgers and your first question.
Working with Control.dev
- Live in hours or days, not months Our team sets Control.dev up with you. Most companies have live data in under two hours from the first call, a larger group takes days, the hardest a few weeks, and there is no setup fee at any size. The comparison hub shows how long each vendor says its own rollout takes.
- Prices on one page, nothing billed on the side EUR 249, 499 and 999 a month excluding VAT, on the pricing page, with no multi-year contract and a notice period from one month. Support, user changes and settings changes are in the price, and nothing is billed per ticket or per request.
- Close support from the people who build the product Your questions go to the team that builds Control.dev, most are answered within minutes and almost all the same day, and we work through accounting and group-structure questions with you, not only software questions.
- Your AI client on a structure built for group accounting Claude, ChatGPT or Codex works on Control.dev over an MCP built and tested for group accounting. The client starts from the statements and the group structure, not a raw export of the general ledger: it finds what needs attention and traces it to the entries, within the access your role allows.
- Built with the finance teams that use it, at pace Our roadmap comes from our customers, demanding finance professionals, and a gap in a feature list is the best news we can get. A missing feature typically ships in days and a larger one in weeks. A ledger connector we would build anyway comes at no extra cost; today Control.dev connects Netvisor, Procountor, Easor (Talenom), Fortnox, Spiris (formerly Visma eEkonomi), Tripletex, e-conomic, Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Xledger and NetSuite, plus Stripe.
- A younger product, and who it is for Control.dev is built by Finata Oy in Helsinki since 2024, by a team from finance roles and finance systems. It fits a team that already works with AI tools, or wants to, and would rather not keep data engineers or system consultants for its reporting. If AI is not something your company wants to work with, we are probably the wrong partner, and where another tool covers more than Control.dev, the page above says so.
What switching looks like
- 1 Run both side by side for a period. Control.dev reads your ledgers with read-only access by default, so Abacum and your ledgers stay as they are while you compare the numbers. The 30-day free trial covers up to three integrations.
- 2 Send us screenshots of the three or four reports your board already knows, and we rebuild them in Control.dev first, so the first month looks familiar.
- 3 Your contract and notice period decide when you leave the current tool. Control.dev has no implementation fee and no multi-year contract, and its notice period starts from one month, so the parallel run can start well before then.
Questions
Is Control.dev an Abacum alternative?
Abacum describes itself as an FP&A platform for CFOs and finance teams11. For actuals consolidated from Nordic ledgers with the three-statement plan on the same numbers, Control.dev is the alternative. For driver-based revenue and headcount models with HR and CRM data, Abacum covers more49.
What do setup and later changes cost?
With Control.dev, our team sets you up with no setup fee, and most companies have live data in under two hours. Later changes to a mapping, a layout or a dashboard are made by your team or its AI client, with no consultants to pay. Abacum writes that most of its customers go live in six to nine weeks with its FP&A experts12, and says expert onboarding and support are included, without public prices8. Control.dev publishes its monthly prices, excluding VAT: EUR 249 for one entity and one integration, EUR 499 for consolidation with three integrations and EUR 999 with five, where a Stripe connection counts as one integration, with no implementation fee, no multi-year contract and a notice period from one month.
Can Claude or ChatGPT work on our numbers?
Yes, with either product. Abacum says it connects over MCP to Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT13. In Control.dev, Claude, ChatGPT and Codex work over MCP on every price plan with the user’s role, from the statements down to the transactions, and every budget value they write carries its reason. The client starts from the statements and the group structure, not a raw export of the general ledger. For teams that already use Claude or ChatGPT, Control.dev is the consolidated, transaction-level data their AI client works on, so nobody has to build and maintain that layer. The product docs show how to connect each client.
Does Abacum connect to Netvisor or Procountor?
The ERP and accounting systems on Abacum’s integrations page are Acumatica, Campfire, Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Exact Online, Light, NetSuite, Odoo, QuickBooks, Rillet, Sage Intacct, SAP and Xero14. For other systems, Abacum points to SFTP, Google Sheets, Excel and Amazon S315. Control.dev connects Netvisor, Procountor, Easor (Talenom), Fortnox, Spiris (formerly Visma eEkonomi), Tripletex, e-conomic, Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Xledger and NetSuite. Singa consolidates three entities in different systems and currencies, without an ERP project.
Can budget owners plan their own lines?
Not in Control.dev yet. Budget-owner access, where a cost-centre owner sees and budgets only their own lines, is in testing and not yet live. Until then, the finance team plans the budget, and an AI client can draft values with a reason on each.
Where is the data stored and processed?
Abacum states ISO/IEC 27001 certification and GDPR compliance10. Control.dev’s data is hosted on Google Cloud in Hamina, Finland, encrypted in transit and at rest, and Control.dev’s own AI features process data in the EU. An AI client you connect over MCP processes what it reads under your agreement with its provider. Finata Oy’s security management is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified.
What support do we get?
Close support on every plan. Your questions go to the team that builds Control.dev, most are answered within minutes and almost all the same day, and we work through accounting and group-structure questions with you, not only software questions. Support, user changes and settings changes are in the price, and Enterprise adds a dedicated Slack channel and priority support.
