--- title: "OpenGov Budgeting & Planning Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about OpenGov Budgeting & Planning Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Loan Origination products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/176622/OpenGov/" page_type: "product" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-19" --- # OpenGov Budgeting & Planning Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on October 19, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) OpenGov Budgeting & Planning ## What is OpenGov Budgeting & Planning? OpenGov Budgeting & Planning is the only modern collaborative budgeting software designed to meet the unique needs of public sector planning and analysis all year round. Trusted by forward-thinking local governments and state agencies to address the needs of their executives, their electeds, and their communities, OpenGov Budgeting & Planning is the industry’s most collaborative solution for budget process automation, strategic capital planning, personnel cost forecasting, financial system integration, community engagement, and performance reporting that drives outcomes and progress. ## What is OpenGov Budgeting & Planning used for? [Budgeting](https://www.capterra.com/budgeting-software/)[Municipal](https://www.capterra.com/municipal-software/)[Government](https://www.capterra.com/government-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 21 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 100% Neutral 0% Negative 0% ### Starting price Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for OpenGov Budgeting & Planning?[Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/opengov-budgeting-performance/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### OpenGov Budgeting & Planning 4.6 (21) VS. 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OpenGov Budgeting & Planning benefits municipal finance leaders, including CFOs, treasurers, finance directors, comptrollers, and budget directors, who oversee budget development, forecasting, and fiscal reporting. Budget and management analysts use it to prepare departmental requests, analyze spending, and track plan changes, while city administrators and IT leaders support cross-department coordination and public data access. Answer based on 21 reviews Features and Usability ### What are the key features of OpenGov Budgeting & Planning? OpenGov Budgeting & Planning includes budgeting and forecasting tools, financial management, and reporting & statistics for government planning workflows. It also offers data visualization, customizable fields and forms, workflow automation, access controls/permissions, activity tracking, real-time updates, third-party integrations, and an API for connecting planning data with other systems. Getting Started and Support ### What training and onboarding options does OpenGov Budgeting & Planning offer? OpenGov Budgeting & Planning provides in-person training, live online sessions, webinars, documentation, and videos to help teams get started. In-person and live online options support guided setup, webinars cover group instruction, documentation offers written reference material, and videos provide self-paced learning resources. Answer based on 4 reviews Getting Started and Support ### What customer support options does OpenGov Budgeting & Planning offer? OpenGov Budgeting & Planning provides Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat. Users describe support as helpful and responsive, especially for training, email assistance, and problem-solving when setup issues or update glitches arise. Some also rely on training videos and support to resolve configuration questions. Answer based on 4 reviews ## Features AI summary Based on 287 Loan Origination reviews Capterra reviewers highlight these as the features buyers focus on most when choosing government software: - **Financial Management** (**75%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Workflow Management** (**44%**) - **Activity Dashboard** (**39%**) OpenGov Budgeting & Planning supports **Financial Management** and **Activity Dashboard**, giving public sector teams the tools to manage budgets closely and monitor key information in real time. However, it does not include **Workflow Management**. Instead, it offers **Access Controls/Permissions** (**52%**), which can help organizations manage user access and protect sensitive financial data, providing teams with clearer oversight and more secure day-to-day operations. Activity Dashboard 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Access Controls/Permissions 4.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Data Visualization 4.5 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Graphical representation of data Budgeting/Forecasting 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create budgets based on historical data and future projections Reporting & Statistics 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns Third-Party Integrations 4.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes OpenGov Budgeting & Planning 18 features ### All Features - Access Controls/Permissions: Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems - Activity Dashboard: Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities - Activity Tracking: Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems - API: Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases - Budgeting/Forecasting: Create budgets based on historical data and future projections - Customizable Fields: Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases - Customizable Forms: Customize contracts and forms to collect specific information - Data Visualization: Graphical representation of data - Financial Management: Plan, manage, and track the financial activities of an individual or organization - For Government: Intended to be used by governmental agencies - Forecasting: Form predictions based on past and present data/trends - Real-Time Updates: Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made - Reporting & Statistics: Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns - Self Service Portal: Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information - Task Management: Create, manage and track all task activities and progression - Third-Party Integrations: Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes - Utility Billing: Measure, collect and manage the billing for utility usage including water, electricity, gas, sewage and more - Workflow Automation: Streamlining repetitive tasks and activities through automated and predefined workflows --- Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. 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Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.9 (20) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.9 (20) 4.9 Based on 20 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.6 Based on 21 reviews Filter by rating Counts reflect reviews available in this feed. 5(12) 4(9) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Recent reviews first, then most helpful RE Reviewer Financial manager II Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "OpenGov User experience " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 28, 2025 So far it has been good. We try to use it as efficiently as possible! Pros Proposals, entry for budget. Workforce planning has been helpful this year Cons Not having the ability to enter data in various formats… having to go into worksheets. Not having the ability to create scenarios and add to the budget that way Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Merrell B. Treasurer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Rock solid implementation methodology sets OpenGov apart!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 5, 2021 OpenGov's project team and the product itself enabled the City budget to easily move to the 21st century. In addition, with their help the City was able to get the 2021 budget done in record time with high user acceptance from department heads. The project team also was careful to explore many of the other compelling features of OpenGov, even if deploying those will come in this year. Specifically, Open Town Hall, Stories and the Transparency Portal are compelling for engaging constituents and building trust with citizens. Pros The City uses Tyler Incode as its financial system of record but needed a robust budgeting tool that Tyler lacked and wanted to move away from labor-intensive spreadsheets. Being able to easily extract datasets from Tyler was key to project success. In a small City with tight resource constraints, launching a new tool in the midst of the pandemic might have been somewhat risky. I have worked in Tier 1 ERP software and related reporting tools for many years as an implementation consultant. Comparing project methodologies, OpenGov has a superior model. Week by week, our team of three easily stepped through product overview, training, then data extraction from Tyler, then building our own datasets for budgets. OpenGov optimized our time and got the job done on schedule. Cons Initially, the standard reports in Budgeting & Planning were a little limited in scope, but OpenGov is clearly aggressive at pushing out new features. Their "NextGen" report tool came out early on in our project and has been a huge improvement. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Auditor Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "once navigated system easily performs." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 July 3, 2018 ability to assemble multiple general ledger accounts easily. Pros support group very helpful and software meshes well with our financial system providing instant visual of various funds and general ledger accounts--by department.. allows great tool for forecasting and budget implementation. Cons some areas are difficult to navigate --you have to make some assumptions not mentioned in the instruction manual. the instruction manual too generic --does not present details for navigating that persons assigned to users end up having to contact support group for answers. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Senior Management Analyst Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Local Government Use" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 August 14, 2019 Worked well for communicating budget information to Finance Commissioners and provides easy access to the public. Looking to use more of the functionality to stream line monthly dashboards for management review. Pros OpenGov is very easy to use and is versatile. Users can easily view data in various graphical formats, drill down into and see more detail, download the data and more. It makes communicating large amounts of data fast and easy. Cons Possibility for some users to misinterpret the data. This can be mitigated with dashboards and saved reports. A few times we have ran into glitches where updates don't load properly or chart of account changes don't save and had to rely on customer support which we have found to be very responsive and helpful. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Budget Administrator Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Revolutionized our Budget Process" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 20, 2023 OpenGov has revolutionized our budget and reporting process. I could not have imagined how it would set the tone of our entire budget process. The entire agency has adapted to it from budget development, implementation to reporting. I often think about how I could not imagine the budget process without OpenGov, especially during the time of the pandemic. For a small budget office like ours, OpenGov is like having an extra member of the team! Pros There is an ease of use with the product that extends from those who use it only once per year to those who use it on a daily basis. It is always amazing to see how quickly people adapt to using the software. Additionally, the customer service is the best I have seen in over 35 years working in local government budget and administration. I know that whenever there is a question or issue, OpenGov will be there to help support and problem-solve. Cons OpenGov is always improving on its products and implementing new features. Many times, they move ahead with improvements faster than we can keep up! As a result, there are many new features that I have not had time to experiment with, but I know as time permits, I can delve into them and implement on our time schedule. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Enterprise GIS and Open Data Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "OpenGov Suite review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 27, 2018 This platform provides us with a way to provide information to the public in a unified and seamless way. Pros The ease of use and flexibility to customize the appearance and functionality of the dashboards is the biggest pro of this platform. We have a significant number of performance measures plus additional initiatives, and creating a seamless, integrated design to make it easy for people to move through the different measures and data. Open Gov has helped us figure out how to create some navigation that allows us to provide that level of usability without having to design a separate website. Cons The main challenge we have is limitations on the ways we can visualize performance measures where the goal is to be less than something. OpenGov has been helpful for figuring out options and letting us know their road map for when new visualizations might become available Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Treasurer & Finance Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "We have used OpenGov for financial transparency purposes and the experience was very positive. " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 June 27, 2018 The time saved and the overall ease of producing information are major benefits from using OpenGov. Pros The ability to track requests and also the ability to put the budget book together were two very positive attributes about the budgeting software. Ease of use and familiarity with there products was a huge deciding factor. Cons Sometimes the transfer of data process has been challenging. Going from our ERP solution to the OpenGov platform has been tricky at times and required assistance from support. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer CFO Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "This has been the best, most time-saving purchase for us! Customer service is outstanding!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 July 6, 2018 Time, time, time!!! This has been such a time saver for our Finance staff AND for all of our department heads. We have not had one negative review from anyone involved in the budget process. Pros Love the efficiency of collaboration among all of our department heads. Love that we can access from the cloud so we don't have to be in the office to review the budgets or answer questions from our governing board. Also like the export feature & customizing reports. Can't wait to really delve into more of the nuts & bolts after our budget is adopted. I feel we have only just scratched the surface of what it can do for us. Cons We are new users, but still need to train on when we add new codes in our finance system, how to get them into OpenGov. Wish it was automatically done, but we understand that it needs to be set up & linked properly. So I guess that isn't really a con. It is more of a training issue on our part. And all we need to do is reach out to customer support or review the great training videos, & they will get us trained up! So I really can't think of any cons! Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Management Analyst Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Making Budgeting Easier" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 9, 2019 I have used budget builder, book creation through Workiva. Our City has dashboards, reporting, workforce, and stories but we have not used them yet. Pros I like the fact that users can make changes on their own, view their historical data, and use dashboards for analysis while submitting their budget. Cons Right now, the process for users is too absolute. I know that OG is working toward a more granular access listing, but we have not benefited from that as of yet. Right now there are only admin & user. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Budget & Management Analyst Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Going from Excel to the Cloud" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 9, 2019 The customer service has to be the most impressing. From training our staff, to always answering emails with assistance, we have truly appreciated the level of service. Pros We were using excel workbooks to get Depts to submit their budgets and for our review. This took away from employee moral. We spent nights and weekends combining excel submissions whereas OpenGov has everything in one place. Cons The implementation process had a few still gaps like the PCF that discouraged us a little but of course, OpenGov heard our cries. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. 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