The Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications market consists of cross-industry applications whose main purpose is to measure, analyze, and optimize financial performance management, planning, forecasting, and certain risk management processes using prepackaged applications.

This IDC study represents a vendor assessment of enterprise performance management software vendors as of 2018 through the IDC MarketScape methodology at a worldwide level. This assessment discusses both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of EPM applications in the market, as it specifically relates to the planning, budgeting, and forecasting tasks that are typically conducted in support of the finance function.

The assessment is based on two main dimensions – the capabilities and strategies of the vendor – and each included vendor is ranked in four categories: Leaders, Major Players, Contenders, and Participants.