The implementation was top notch and the annual conferences add a ton of value. The only improvement that needs to happen is on the Support side. The Support team is great and extremely knowledgeable and solves the issues, the problem is getting a hold of someone. They force you to send an email or a chat, but the chat is a bot. The response times are usually hours if not days, but again, once we get someone to answer our question, they always resolve the issue and are extremely helpful.

We have been able to decrease our Budget Cycle time with the use of AXIOM by almost 75% compared to our previous software. AXIOM has so much flexibility and customization that allows users to create custom reports and Budget plan files based on the exact needs of the bank.

The only limitation that we have seen so far and were able to bypass it through the customization within AXIOM is the Cash Flow engine. As we would expect , the results from the AXIOM Cash Flow engine vs the ALM software are very different and meaningful material variances that we do not feel comfortable running it for Planning.

I get the sense that financial institutions have taken a distant back seat to health care clients. Syntellis discusses having 3 main verticals: financial institutions, health care, and higher education. However, the years of Kaufman Hall ownership clearly solidified health care as their main vertical, and consequently, most of their support resources are allocated to health care clients. I miss the days when financial institution clients were cared for and treated well.

It's intuitive for Excel users since Excel sits behind the product. It's a powerful software that satisfies our needs in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability reporting, incentive compensation, loan pricing, risk-adjusted capital allocation, etc. I feel like the cost has been well worth the output and information gained.

When we partnered with Axiom EPM in late 2012, their support was incredible. We would often have our issues resolved within an hour. Now it takes several days, on average, for resolution. I submitted an urgent support ticket earlier in the week. 3 full business days have passed without assignment (I can see the current status in the customer portal). I've complained to them about their support for a few years now, including a 30 minute conversation with their previous [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] last year. They kept saying that they're working to improve support, but this week is evidence that there are still major problems, especially when it comes to supporting financial institution clients.

Reporting & Budgeting

Ability to quickly build dynamic reports.

Inconsistent formulas and set up, often glitchy.

Overall our experience with Axiom Software has been a positive one. I can't really imagine another software accomplishing everything to the same degree and allowing our organization the same workflows & user capabilities that we have today.

Axiom sent out a representative to be with our organization on site during implementation which helped us tremendously. We've never felt like we've been lacking customer support when software issues have arisen, and there is a lot of learning material available to let users become comfortable using the product quickly. I'm able to complete the majority of my work using the single platform which makes things a lot easier on users.

There always seems to be some bugs around software-update time which can cause some work-stoppage issues, but if you plan for updates it's nothing catastrophic. The forecasting features seem a little inferior compared to budgeting, but that could also be due to forecasting being such a new concept.

My most valued component of the software is the reporting capability. They have hundreds of standard reports but we more often build an use our own custom reports. We run multiple reports at the department, entity, regional, and consolidated level. Axiom allows you to process them all in a batch with a single click and they are packaged and delivered.

Over the years the product has grown significantly in it's capability and complexity. To be an expert takes a lot of time and some of the functionality could probably be designed in an easier to use fashion. Online documentation is available, but doesn't always answer your questions. Support is primarily done by email which isn't always the most effective like the old days of picking up the phone.

When we switched our bank to Axiom for Budgeting and Profitability the integration into our current processes was easy. Axiom allows you to do so much more with profitability. The Customer and Product profitability allows great insight to what we are currently doing that is profitable and what we need to do better.

The initial setup is a lot, but do not be discouraged because the support are amazing and they help you the entire way.

I like how this software has an Excel based version which is easily understood if you are a proficient excel user. This allows the software to be simplistic enough for most business people's daily use but also has the capability to be very customizable and technical when needed. My favorite thing is the excel based report writing. It allows for dynamic reports that update automatically and can be fully automated with the scheduler.

In the capital planning and capital tracking modules web application it doesn't allow you to open attachments in another window, you must duplicate the tab in your web browser and then open to attachment if you want to see both at the same time to confirm quotes to what has been entered in the request.

Overall, my experience with Axiom has been very positive. Because of how managing and reporting on data is handled, it makes it very direct and simple to implement improvements and new ideas within the system. I have expanded the existing functionality with only a 2 person team while maintaining the Axiom system for our entire campus.

The ability to consolidate and deconstruct budgeting data for reporting purposes and individual analysis.

The Excel client can be sluggish at times.

The best aspect to Axiom is how customizable it is. Axiom has the ability for administrators to completely customize report writing, dashboard creation, scheduling imports/exports, and add custom tables. This allows the solution to be specifically tailored to meet each client's business needs.

Axiom does not have a great set of standard or canned reports/dashboards. Most need to be created or tailored by the client, so there is a good amount of time and work needed by the client to get to where they would like post-implementation. Additionally, the multiple unique user interfaces create confusion among users.

Axiom is great for being able to pull the data that is needed and consolidate it for our organization easily. We're able to run ad-hoc data pulls and design detailed reports to pull everything together.

To build complex reporting in the system the individual does have to be fairly knowledgeable with the application; however, the report writing tools have been improving to allow a layperson to be able to create more complex reports.

It has been a great time for us to use Axiom, unfortunately, it didn't work out for us to use the enterprise performance management software as it was complicated to use and customer support was not up to the mark.

It does help you manage all the risks and have everything visualised properly

It is expensive, once you go with axiom you cannot leave them as migration is nearly impossible unless you wanna start building your own data over again