--- description: Review of PALMA Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: PALMA | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Product Data Management Software](/directory/4215/product-data-management/software) > [PALMA](/software/362885/palma) # PALMA Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/362885/palma > PALMA is a cloud-native SaaS solution for product portfolio and configuration management. PALMA provide a holistic 360-degree view of the product based on a common information model. PALMA consolidates , structure and govern information in one system that is typical scattered across an organization in various types of office documents. PALMA supports Stakeholders representing functions as Marketing, Sales, Pricing, Product planning, Product architecture, New Product Introduction, Product Design, Industrial Design, Branding, Production Planning, Purchasing, Supplier Management, Finance, After Sales, etc with synchronized and consistent data. PALMA currently offers 5 capabilities: - Foundation Everything that can be expected from an enterprise system. Includes cyber security, authentication (SSO) and authorization (role base access control), search, tagging, filtering, version control (branching and changesets), changelogs, and tasks. - Modularity From customer segment to modules, both authoring tools and insight reports. Tools supporting MFD (modular function deployment) process, including QFD (quality function deployment), DPM (design property matrix), Module Builder (statistical clustering), interface matrix. - Configurability From modules to product configurations, both authoring tools and insight reports. Module variant specification, generic product structure, system and commercial properties, configuration interface, product configurator, product configuration matrix, product specification matrix, and configuration tables. - Profitability Understanding cost and revenue, both authoring tools and insight reports. Part number count, complexity cost, investment, direct costs, sales forecast (products), volume forecast (module variants), and module system profitability. - Portfolio Planning Synchronized roadmaps, both authoring tools and insight reports. Product launch plan, commercial launch plan, module variant plan, technical feasibility plan, and product specification. Authoring of configuration logic PALMA’s unique configuration intent(TM) extracts configuration logic from the product definition thanks to the intelligent data model. This empowers a product manager, without programming skills, to quickly define a configurable product and test it. This shortens iteration lead time by weeks and the involvement of programming experts is not required. Configuration intent also enables skilled configuration programming experts to tackle products with more complexity and larger size than what they could previously manage. Financial Model PALMA provides an active business case governing the financing of the planned product roadmap. Aggregated analysis as break-even plans and payback plans are available as more detailed views. Scenarios can be managed using the built-in branching technology. The business case considers Investments, Introduction and running cost, direct cost and forecasted sales revenue. Integration PALMA defines a product information model that can act as the backbone for information exchange across an organization's enterprise systems. PALMA offers a modern and resourceful REST API utilizing the efficient JSON format. The API is accessible from within the web client utilizing the popular Swagger explorer. PALMA also offers what we refer to as soft integration, where information can be linked across different web-based solutions making it quick and easy to reference and access information across an organization’s different systems. Security All customers and users are required to use Single Sign On (SSO) for secure authentication. As customers connect their SSO-system users will experience a nearly seamless experience across PALMA and other company systems. Authorization, or access control, is managed by roles. Roles can be assigned by scope. Roles can be configured for tailored access. “Configuration Intent” and “Active Business Case” are trademarks of Modular Management. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 5 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 5 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Modular Management Group - **Founded**: 1996 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Usage Based - **Pricing Details**: Contact Modular Management for pricing details. Initial exploration program exists for new PALMA users. - **Target Audience**: 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English, Japanese - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan and 129 more ## Features - "What If" Scenarios - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Tracking - Agile Methodologies - Alerts/Notifications - Application Management - Approval Process Control - Audit Trail - Bills of Material - Budgeting/Forecasting - Calendar Management - Catalog Management - Catalogue Creation - Categorisation/Grouping - Change Management - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Configuration Management - Content Management ## Integrations (1 total) - Tacton CPQ ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Product Data Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4215/product-data-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Product Data Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4215/product-data-management/software) - [Quoting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/3570/quoting/software) - [Product Roadmap Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4554/product-roadmap/software) - [Requirements Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4640/requirements-management/software) - [Product Configurator Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4624/product-configurator/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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In some tools responsiveness could be improved even further and that is also done. ----- ### "Everything you need for manage your portfolio in just one place: PALMA" — 5.0/5 > **María** | *14 November 2022* | Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's really easy to use, you need training and support but once you are there, it's easy, everything is connected inside PALMA, the configuration logic is really helpful, PALMA can be integrated with other softwares, here we have different ways to see your data, for product planning, for engineering, etc.. > > **Cons**: We cannot manage technical solutions in the full product variant structure and maybe a mix between CT and PCM could be useful > > Reduces a lot of time managing other activities like the creation of product structures and virtual assemblies. ----- ### "Provides model overview & efficient data management in a user friendly way" — 4.0/5 > **Carl** | *10 November 2022* | Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Overview and understanding of impact when doing changes. Efficient data management in a multi-editor environment. User friendliness > > **Cons**: Our experience of the system performance is that it is too slow. There can many reasons for this with a web application, still it affects the user experience in a negative way. > > Management of product configurator data, structure and part of the configurator logic ----- ### "Great for managing a modular architecture" — 5.0/5 > **Marie** | *18 October 2022* | Medical Devices | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Excellent tool for defining and managing a modular architecture. The highest value comes from the way the tool creates connections, rules and traceability that are often difficult using traditional tools. > > **Cons**: The tool itself is not intuitive to use, so training is a must. But once training is complete this tool is excellent for managing a modular architecture. ----- ### "Palma, Supporting our journey towards a better profitable product portfolio" — 4.0/5 > **Thomas** | *18 October 2022* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The support and overview when making product configurations and its variations visible for both decisions makers and engineers. This to enable them to make the right decisions to impact the portfolio ensuring profitability over time and customer satisfaction to its maximum. > > **Cons**: Ease of use for all stakeholders needs to be continually improved > > Great, supported me and the team in the modularization journey. ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/362885/palma) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data