If your team already relies on Power BI for reporting, your budgeting software should work in the same place. accoTOOL built accoPLANNING for Power BI so you can enter budgets, forecasts and adjustments directly inside Power BI and write those changes back to your database in real time.
For finance, operations and data teams at mid-market to enterprise organizations, that removes a common problem: reporting lives in Power BI, but planning lives somewhere else.
Budgeting software with real-time writeback
accoPLANNING is designed for teams that want to budget inside Power BI instead of exporting reports to spreadsheets. You work in a familiar report experience, use grid-style editing to update numbers, and save those changes directly back to your database.
accoTOOL offers accoPLANNING as a Power BI visual for budgeting, forecasting and writeback without switching systems.
Power BI budgeting is increasingly centered on writeback. Microsoft’s own planning stack now supports direct entry and writeback to Dataverse tables and Fabric SQL databases, which confirms where enterprise planning inside Power BI is heading.
Budget without leaving Power BI
accoTOOL fits organizations that already have Power BI adoption and want to extend it into budgeting, reforecasting and scenario updates: FP&A teams building annual budgets, operations teams adjusting plans during the month, and data teams that need planning data aligned with the reporting model.
If your budget process needs more than number entry, accoCOMMENT and accoMASTERDATA support related collaboration and data governance tasks inside the same Power BI landscape.
SQL Server writeback keeps planning data usable
A budgeting tool is only useful if the data you enter can be stored where the business can trust and reuse it. accoTOOL focuses on real-time SQL Server writeback, including Azure and on-prem deployments, so budget data moves back into the systems and reporting flows your organization already manages.
You review actuals in Power BI, enter planning values in Power BI, and persist those changes to SQL Server without breaking the connection between planning and reporting.
Reuse your existing model instead of rebuilding
Many tools force you to create a special planning schema or rebuild the model around the planning application. accoTOOL lets you reuse existing Power BI data models without requiring a special schema, which means a faster path from reporting to planning and less disruption for your BI team.
- Less system switching: budget owners work inside Power BI rather than moving between reports, spreadsheets and a separate planning application.
- More current numbers: real-time writeback makes entered budget data available immediately for reporting and review.
- Lower modeling friction: reusing existing models avoids rework and keeps planning close to the analytics environment.
- Better context: accoCOMMENT and accoMASTERDATA keep explanations and structural changes close to the budgeting workflow.
Cloud, hybrid and on-prem enterprise environments
accoTOOL supports cloud, hybrid and on-prem setups, which matters for organizations that cannot force every planning process into a single hosting model. The tools are available on Microsoft AppSource with a 30-day free trial, giving you a familiar path to evaluating and deploying inside the Microsoft ecosystem.
When accoTOOL is the right fit
- Your users already work in Power BI and you want higher adoption by keeping budgeting in a familiar interface.
- Your planning data needs governed storage with real-time writeback to SQL Server in Azure or on-prem.
- Your current model should be reused rather than rebuilt just to add planning.
- Your rollout needs flexibility across cloud, hybrid or on-prem and scalable licensing.
