# Why EDITable?

EDITable provides enhanced data management capabilities since the **source and the destination tables are the same**.

Business users can directly update their data with minimal to no assistance from IT team using the writeback solution offered by EDITable. Be it products, regions, accounts, cost centers, customers, employees or salaries - keep everything updated to ensure the integrity of your plans and forecasts. 

You can seamlessly sync your changes while also ensuring data integrity, security and governance with EDITable's row and column-level permissions, approval workflows and more, in a no-code interface.

## EDITable vs. Other Matrix visuals

We will now understand how EDITable differs from other similar visuals. To help you understand, we have drawn a comparison between Inforiver Writeback Matrix and EDITable:

<figure><img src="https://608526116-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpYgiTFFEktmDlcxUGTv%2Fuploads%2FgZqVh5GRa0ddrYPxjYLo%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=92c687f4-9488-4fe3-8657-2e30d547fb37" alt=""><figcaption><p>EDITable versus Inforiver Writeback Matrix </p></figcaption></figure>

## EDITable vs. Power Apps <a href="#headline-571-11970" id="headline-571-11970"></a>

While Power Apps can handle similar business use cases, EDITable clearly outperforms Power Apps in several areas, particularly when it comes to ease of use and time to market. EDITable's straightforward approach sets it apart as the better choice. \
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Let’s compare EDITable and Power Apps:

<figure><img src="https://608526116-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpYgiTFFEktmDlcxUGTv%2Fuploads%2FbFnP1F9rCDca1e2peNbG%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=33168105-fdee-4251-99db-896d2c91e5ea" alt=""><figcaption><p>EDITable vs Power Apps</p></figcaption></figure>


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