ADP DataCloud vs. Anaplan

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP DataCloud
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
ADP® DataCloud is the company's workforce analytics tool, presented as an intelligent set of data analysis tools designed to help HR professionals measure, compare, predict and apply insights uncovered in ADP workforce data.N/A
Anaplan
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Anaplan is a transformative way to see, plan, and run your business. Using its proprietary Hyperblock™ technology, Anaplan lets you contextualize real-time performance, and forecast future outcomes for faster, confident decisions. Anaplan enables connected strategy and planning across your enterprise to move your business forward. Based in San Francisco, Anaplan has over 200 partners and more than 2,000 customers worldwide.N/A
Pricing
ADP DataCloudAnaplan
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP DataCloudAnaplan
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
ADP DataCloudAnaplan
Workforce Analytics
Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
9.0
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Automated data collection8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Data analysis9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Data integration8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive analytics9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Report designer8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built content9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Data management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service insights9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
7.7
181 Ratings
5% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.1181 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
9.1
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
8.8
188 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.8187 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.1162 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
8.2
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.42 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
9.2
191 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.4191 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.444 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
7.9
181 Ratings
1% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.6172 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.2161 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.2168 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
9.1
293 Ratings
9% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings9.4267 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.6272 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings9.2281 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings9.1283 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings8.3282 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
7.2
248 Ratings
11% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.6228 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.0186 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.211 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.5215 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.1228 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
8.6
265 Ratings
4% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.7244 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings8.4256 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.1235 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
9.0
284 Ratings
11% above category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.6279 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.7263 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings9.119 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings9.2241 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings9.4252 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings9.113 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
ADP DataCloud
-
Ratings
Anaplan
8.8
290 Ratings
6% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.4280 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings8.4262 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.6241 Ratings
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User Ratings
ADP DataCloudAnaplan
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(3 ratings)
9.3
(302 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(25 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(16 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(6 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(18 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(21 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(6 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.8
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP DataCloudAnaplan
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
It is highly suited in managing all programs that takes place using data that is integrated into our company. It offers insights that helps our team members to solve challenges that arise to our workforce teams. It easily monitors all activities that takes place within an organization and ensures that there is effective management of time.
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Anaplan
Anaplan revolutionizes the planning process by standardizing it, creating transparency in data, particularly in showcasing results to the management team. By replacing Excel-centric planning methods, Anaplan not only opens the door to handling larger datasets but also enables a more intricate level of data granularity at an accelerated pace. What sets it apart is its capacity to facilitate a seamless collaboration within a cross-functional model, accommodating diverse departments and business functions in a dynamic, real-time environment.
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Pros
ADP
  • Monitoring human resources available in our company.
  • Checking employee attendance and time of reporting to duty.
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Anaplan
  • Forcing structure and auditability to processes that used to exist in spreadsheets
  • Strong calculation engine that can account for many dimensions
  • Formula Syntax that is not overly complicated and can be learned by the business in order to have ownership of their models internally
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Cons
ADP
  • Better and easier implementation of the system
  • Initial set up can be cumbersome, afterwards easy to use
  • Configuring various features is a bit difficult
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Anaplan
  • The "new" UX front-end offers a lot of modern and intuitive features, but it lacks the ability to view multiple "tabs" of dashboards and reports. The "classic" dashboard had this feature but now with the UX, you need to be really smart about how to design a single page where the users won't get "lost".
  • Lacks the ability to "wrap text" (similar to excel) and auto-size grid rows
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
In any line of work, a tool that is flexible and would allow different departments of your company to easily interact and exchange valuable insights, is highly anticipated and needed. For me, what Anaplan provides to a business, be it a smaller one or an enterprise customer, is an easily scaling, agile planning and modeling platform that can meet almost any need and give a high-end solution to the problems any company faces on a daily basis.
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Usability
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
There is a dependency in this rating - in that I find Anaplan extremely easy to use, but I've spent the necessary time developing a strong understanding of the platform. Once you understand how to use it, the platform is flexible, easy to use, and fun to use.
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
There are very few outages. Maintenance is scheduled on two or three Saturdays per month, so as not to affect businesses. When there is an outage, users are kept informed of progress to restore the platform and typically this takes no more than an hour. Anaplan customer support is very responsive if we ever have questions about platform issues
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Performance
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
Everything is calculated in memory in the cloud. It's nearly instantaneous updates when you make changes. The only time things get a little slow is when you have a massive model with very intricate calculations...but "slow" for Anaplan is not what I would call "slow" for something like Hyperion. We used to have Hyperion calcs that ran for 60 mins before you could use data. The equivalent would be 60 seconds in Anaplan.
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Support Rating
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
1. Anaplan has separate 24/7 customer support channel to help with queries, 2. Customer Partner from Anaplan to support vendor with their queries like license purchase, use case implementation support, customer advocacy 3. Anaplan Learning Platform to help learning new product features free of cost and Yearly Anaplan connect across globe to share success stories of various companies.
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In-Person Training
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
The in-person training is simply not worth the cost. After a few weeks of playing in Anaplan, I went to the basic training and knew more than the person teaching it. a year down the road, I was the first person to complete the advance training, and again could have been teaching the class better than the person running the session. Spend some time on your own trying out different things and you will get all the understanding you need to be successful.
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Online Training
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
Anaplan training materials are clear, simple, easy to understand and to follow. Visuals are excellent. The vendor is good at updating training materials in a timely manner and encouraging users and administrators to keep coming back to Academy site for refresher courses or new feature courses. I really like their interactive diagrams
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Implementation Rating
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
Agile methodology and breaking the work down into sprints was very helpful. Implementation required a deeper dive into our data than expected for the consultants to be able to construct the data model. But once it was in place, the focus on knowledge transfer enabled us to be able to use the product effectively after the team rolled off.
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
ADP DataCloud has been more powerful as compared to other data management platform system that I have worked with. It has great and well developed dashboards that gives clear information on how the workflow processes are taking place. It is equipped with automated data services that gives us insights on time and controls any volume of data that enters into our company.
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Anaplan
Anaplan is what I would consider a modeling platform. It excels at taking a forecasting or planning process and systematizing it - and allowing for whatever nuances and granularity you need to perform that modeling. It is not positioned as "data collection" platform - which are typically designed to take data uploads from Excel to calculate basic opex and revenue models. It's much more customizable and flexible.
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Scalability
ADP
No answers on this topic
Anaplan
We have managed to leverage Anaplan for financial planning and forecasting across the business. It is now used by almost every department, with more than 50 users (but I know of companies that have hundreds of users) and still the platform is quick and reliable. It is easy to make changes to divisions and departments or add users and apply different user settings - the core part of the model is not affected and end users can continue their work without any disruption
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • It has highly achieved most of our objectives contributing to faster ROI.
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Anaplan
  • Speeding up the process of closing and updating the current month forecast
  • Reduced work on the preparation of reports and presentations. We used different Anaplan approaches with varying success, but the overall result was there.
  • It's hard to gauge, but the overall increase in process and algorithm transparency, along with data protection, has given an excellent platform for scaling up the company's processes.
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ScreenShots

Anaplan Screenshots

Screenshot of Platform: The Anaplan platform is a unified cloud-based solution that connects people, data and plans to enable complex scenario modeling and drive growthScreenshot of OpEx Planning: Review revenue-target-setting goals by brand, season, and capacity all on one, unified, highly-visual dashboardScreenshot of Supply Planning: Break down costs across assembly production to project profitability and align your supply chain to market opportunitiesScreenshot of Territory and Quota Planning: Keep track of sales goals and quotas across territories and industries to optimize sales performanceScreenshot of Headcount Planning: Easily align workforce plans with your strategic plans and quickly see where the best qualified talent resides to fit your organization’s staffing needsScreenshot of Marketing: Eliminate spreadsheets to drive efficiency across planning and manage budget against planned activity