--- title: "Arete Prevail Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Arete Prevail. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Arete Prevail is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/scm/arete-prevail-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Sales Forecasting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/sales-forecasting/) / [Arete Prevail](https://www.softwareadvice.com/sales-forecasting/arete-inc-profile/) / Arete Prevail Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/sales-forecasting/arete-inc-profile/) Reviews # Arete Prevail User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 11 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Customer support: 4.8/5 - Value for money: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 9 reviews (82%) - 4 stars: 2 reviews (18%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ## Arete Prevail customer reviews Showing reviews 1-11 of 11 (page 1). ### Arete Prevail 10 review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chirdkiat V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We always have many alternative sales forecast from the mangement and required by our supply team i.e. peak plan volume , price increase impact volume ,etc. and scenarios in prevail can suppot us but anyway the huge horizon data still be the problem as the system running slowly when extract data with longer period even in the monthly bucket. The comparative view is required and to make it more simple in the edit screen.And lastly , there are too many menus that I have never used them and require some demo or some tips providing in your website for self learning or any suggestions i.e. how to investigate your forecast ..., how to simplify your forecasting with feather ...... #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1. User friendly for the backend data integration , not require IT skill ,easy with batchjob running2. Dynamic chart to review and modify with many layer switching for comparison , drag and drop directly the pie chart is a highlight in P10 that never seen in other applications3. Shift on the fly mode in review screen is a flexible feather. 4. Export data from the edit sceen is very usefull as well as to copy/paste the data from excel sheet5. Providing the editions , steps with lag for the comparision #### Cons 1. Too slow during the review or modification in overall i.e. view by total company by packs 2. We sometimes find the system down with pop-up and have to ignor and close the application3. Lack of some comparison views i.e. compare actual sales with forecast or history in percentage or quantity4. Cannot identify the consequences from the causal factors in quantity or percentage 5. The time zone is not compromised with urgent case. #### Reasons for switching to Arete Prevail From the recommendation of CoaCola headquarters when we changed our ERP from BASIS to SAPand make the final decision after walk through the demo from the vender --- ### Planificación eficiente de la Demanda. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Noel T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Ha sido muy satisfactoria. Además de que el personal de Areté nos ayuda en lo más posible en ajustar el sistema a nuestra operación, nos orientan sobre las mejores prácticas en casa uno de los procesos de la Planificación de la demanda. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Ajuste gráfico del pronóstico, poder crear agrupaciones de productos por categoría, comportamiento de demanda, o cualquier otra variable para mejorar el pronóstico, manejo fácil de las excepciones de demanda, asertividad alta del pronóstico. Y también me gusta que está integrado a su aplicativo Avail para la planificación de la producción, compra de materiales, compra de productos y control de inventarios. #### Cons Sincronización de las ventas reales diarias y las promociones e iniciativas comerciales con los pronósticos generados #### Reasons for choosing Arete Prevail Mejor funcionalidad, más personalizable, soporte técnico y de procesos. --- ### Review as User who implemented the Tool - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Graciela A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros We implemented this tool in a couple of years ago. Its a very useful tool for weekly demand planning process and its very customizable to user needs. In addition, we have received good support from Arete based on business needs. Support tickets are anwered quickly by Arete´s support team.Tool with robust statistical features. #### Cons Dashboard functionality can be improved. --- ### Prevail 11 Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Joel K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall positive implementation experience. The Prevail implementation team met our technical, business and support needs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Prevail 11 is designed to handle real world business challenges in the beverage space. The main advantages are its robust modeling techniques and the ability to view, edit and analyze data at different levels with relative ease. #### Cons Areas of improvement are more cosmetic; in the way certain screens are displayed and viewed. Can be challenging to move around if not being used with a large screen. --- ### Arete Prevail is a Solid Performer - White Glove Customer Support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Doreen R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Professionalism, responsiveness and the "personal touch" support from the Arete team is impeccable. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I have been using Prevail for many years and can say it is very easy to use and consistently generates solid forecasts. The reliability and integrity of the system performance, coupled with the exceptional Customer Support, is second to none. #### Cons Currently using an older version, however, I have seen some of the newer functionality available and was quite impressed. --- ### Prevail un gran aprendizaje - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Eduardo O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. En mi experiencia considero que tiene un excelente servicio y una alta velocidad en la atención y resolución de problemas, sin embargo considero que la adaptabilidad podría ser mejor y la metodología de capacitación y entrenamiento continuo podría ser mas sólido. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros La funcionalidad para usar y clasificar los datosLa respuesta a los modelos de elasticidadLa posibilidad de utilizar demand sensingEl análisis de la asertividad de la demandaLa integración con hojas de calculo #### Cons Dificultad de uso y de implementaciónEntorno de colaboración para ejecutar S&OP/S&OECentralización de la informaciónGestión de informes y tableros (Torre de control) Funcionalidad de building blocks #### Reasons for choosing Arete Prevail Oferta de Valor --- ### Have been successfully using Prevail for our Pepsi and Canada Dry Companies since 1997 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: john c. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We use Prevail for everything from material planning, production scheduling, deployment scheduling and product purchasing. to a less than a .05% out of stock benchmark #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Extremely user friendly, communication with our other software, ability for different options on forecasting. Most of all the support given to our needs and questions #### Cons Really have no complaints. Very easy to work with --- ### Areté Prevail - Demand Planning for a FMCG company - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Roland B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Areté is a very customer oriented company - whenever you have a request, a question or an issue they answer very fast and support ver y well to get a sufficint answer. Over the 10+ years we used Prevail the product was constantly improved, usability and functionality was added, including customer requests whenever feasible. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - Comfortable use, easy implementation- Very good performance- Easy integration with other applications, e. g. demand sensing- Easy export of data #### Cons When starting with Prevail we were choosing the wrong setup of planning dimensions (too many dimensions). Once we analyzed and corercted this with the help of Areté everything worked fine. --- ### Arete Software review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tommy C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Customer Support and Software accuracy/algorithms #### Cons Lack of dictionary for terms in software, however they are working to get this established. --- ### Facilitador para la planificación de demanda - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nadia P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Prevail nos ha ayudado a tener una visión general de la demanda operativa, estratégica y táctica de mas de 10 países , la navegación es muy sencilla.Ademas que el soporte que nos han brindado ha sido muy bueno. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Prevail 10 tiene la ventaja de realizar la planificación de la demanda en muy pocos pasos y estos pueden ser automatizados, esto genera un gran valor al planeador.Ademas te permite realizar proyecciones a todo nivel, sin ningún problema. Soporta mucho nivel de detalle. #### Cons En la implementación tuvimos problemas para dejar estabilizada la herramienta, pero pasado ese proceso la actualización de P10 fue muy rápida. --- ### Valoración Prevail10 - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Carolina F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Prevail10 es una herramienta que simplifica la planificación de la demanda desde la generación estadística hasta el control de resultados a través de indicadores, reportes y expresiones visuales fáciles de manejar y con potencial para el uso general de la toma de decisiones. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros La practicidad con la cual se pueden ver los principales indicadores de asertividad de demanda de la colaboración comercial y del pronostico estadístico además de la poca complejidad y flexibilidad en el manejo de la data para la implementación de la herramienta. #### Cons Como oportunidad de mejora veo necesario exponer con mayor detalle y ejemplos los diferentes escenarios que se pueden lograr en la herramienta como elasticidad de precios, building blocks, etc. --- Arete Prevail Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice