smartPM PLAPP mit Smartofant AI features, pricing and GDPR (October 2026)

PLAPP is a planning app from the Austrian company smartPM.solutions that lets controllers plan, forecast and report directly in Microsoft Power BI. Its AI assistant Smartofant uses specialized agents for analysis, planning, approvals and write-back.

PLAPP adds real-time planning with write-back to Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, including rolling forecasts, top-down planning, scenario and value driver analysis, measure tracking, IBCS-compliant templates and links to Excel and PowerPoint. smartPM.solutions GmbH is based in Baden, Austria, with entities in Germany and Switzerland. It also implements planning on IBM Planning Analytics, Jedox and SAP Analytics Cloud and offers consulting, so buyers get software and implementation services from one firm. The vendor names municipal utilities, real estate and startups among its focus areas.

• Explains drivers and variancesThe analysis agent evaluates planning and actual data and identifies the drivers behind deviations. Controllers ask in natural language and get an explanation without building a separate analysis in a spreadsheet first.
• Proposes forecasts and plan valuesThe planning agent generates forecasts, runs scenarios and proposes plan values, for example in guided cost center planning for department heads. Budget owners start from a suggestion instead of an empty input form.
• Keeps approvals under controlA governance agent manages approvals and versions, and an implementation agent writes changes into the system only after they are approved. Finance keeps a traceable trail of who accepted which AI proposal.
• Documents controlling modelsThe vendor lists automatic documentation of controlling models among the Smartofant use cases. Model logic and planning rules stay understandable for colleagues and auditors when the person who built the model is not available.

• Planning runs inside Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, so companies that already report in Power BI do not need a second front end.
• The vendor states that the Smartofant language models run on its own hardware in Austria.
• Software and implementation come from one firm that also works with IBM Planning Analytics, Jedox and SAP Analytics Cloud.

smartPM.solutions GmbH is based in Baden near Vienna and states that it runs the Smartofant language models on its own hardware in Austria.

smartPM.solutions publishes no prices, product documentation or certifications, so ask for a written scope of software licenses, Microsoft licensing prerequisites and consulting days. Clarify whether you need a Power BI or Fabric capacity. The vendor states that the language models run on its own hardware in Austria; request the data processing agreement under GDPR Article 28 and details on where planning data is stored.

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