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Based on 362 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
BI Standard Reporting

7.6
Anaplan
76%
Pixel Perfect reports

6.4
64%
1 Rating
Customizable dashboards

8.7
87%
105 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting

8.4
Anaplan
84%
Drill-down analysis

8.6
86%
2 Ratings
Formatting capabilities

8.2
82%
2 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration

8.2
82%
2 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling

8.5
Anaplan
85%
Publish to Web

9.1
91%
1 Rating
Publish to PDF

8.2
82%
107 Ratings
Report Versioning

8.5
85%
93 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling

8.3
83%
3 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization

8.0
Anaplan
80%
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

8.6
86%
2 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

8.2
82%
2 Ratings
Predictive Analytics

7.3
73%
2 Ratings
Access Control and Security

9.2
Anaplan
92%
Multi-User Support (named login)

9.1
91%
2 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model

9.4
94%
108 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

9.1
91%
2 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)

9.1
91%
2 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities

7.7
Anaplan
77%
Responsive Design for Web Access

8.6
86%
98 Ratings
Mobile Application

7.4
74%
81 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

7.6
76%
91 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting

8.9
Anaplan
89%
Long-term financial planning

9.1
91%
185 Ratings
Financial budgeting

9.3
93%
189 Ratings
Forecasting

9.3
93%
200 Ratings
Scenario modeling

9.1
91%
201 Ratings
Management reporting

7.8
78%
199 Ratings
Consolidation and Close

7.0
Anaplan
70%
Financial data consolidation

8.2
82%
150 Ratings
Journal entries and reports

7.2
72%
116 Ratings
Multi-currency management

6.2
62%
11 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations

6.0
60%
8 Ratings
Minority Ownership

6.0
60%
7 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting

8.1
81%
140 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails

7.4
74%
148 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance

8.3
Anaplan
83%
Financial Statement Reporting

8.1
81%
162 Ratings
Management Reporting

8.2
82%
173 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting

7.9
79%
159 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting

9.0
90%
13 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting

8.7
Anaplan
87%
Personalized dashboards

8.9
89%
199 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards

8.6
86%
183 Ratings
KPIs

8.1
81%
19 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis

8.6
86%
162 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting

9.0
90%
172 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data

8.7
87%
13 Ratings
Integration

8.8
Anaplan
88%
Flat file integration

9.3
93%
198 Ratings
Excel data integration

8.7
87%
184 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

8.4
84%
163 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend

9.1
Anaplan
91%
214 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

8.8
Anaplan
88%
6 Ratings
Usability

9.0
Anaplan
90%
4 Ratings
Availability

9.1
Anaplan
91%
3 Ratings
Performance

9.1
Anaplan
91%
3 Ratings
Support Rating

9.1
Anaplan
91%
6 Ratings
In-Person Training

3.0
Anaplan
30%
1 Rating
Online Training

9.1
Anaplan
91%
2 Ratings
Implementation Rating

9.1
Anaplan
91%
25 Ratings
Product Scalability

9.1
Anaplan
91%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Depending on the specific requirements there are areas in which some tools perform better than others or are more adequate than others. For example, Anaplan doesn’t offer the on-premises solution being a natively cloud SaaS; instead, Anaplan allows real-time calculations and refresh of the entire model with the possibility to fully drill down the results. Therefore, a preliminary software selection would be desirable to select the software that best fits the requirements. Anaplan is capable to support and connect very well any planning process, instead, it is not the most appropriate tool for use cases like detailed transactions storage.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Management Consulting Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
Anaplan
- Flexibility - the tool can be built the suite the company's needs. It allows for maximum customization for even the most complex business models.
- Data Integrations - the tool has the ability to connect to many different data sources so that data can be passed seamlessly.
- Connected Planning - the tool allows for teams across the organization to pass information and data back and forth between models, enhancing the ability to do connected planning

Verified User
Professional in Finance and Accounting
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employeesCons
Anaplan
- Considering a collaborative platform, workflow features need to be more sophisticated to handle event-based triggers.
- ALM governance is tedious in multiple developers set up, as it does not allow to migrate changes by each developer rather forces to migrate at a model level that includes all changes by all developers.
- Reporting ability is still limited, many times dependency on other reporting tools is unavoidable.
- Time referencing (e.g. default today's date) is not possible without engaging an integration interface.
- NUX pages are rich in features but building pages for DEV/UAT and PROD are not straightforward.
Master Architect
Anheuser Busch In BevFood & Beverages, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Anaplan
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
Anaplan 8.8
Based on 6 answers
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.
Anaplan Solution Architect
B EYE LtdInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.0
Based on 4 answers
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.
Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Cherwell SoftwareComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Reliability and Availability
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 3 answers
In nearly 3 years, I have only had 1 issue of being unable to access my model for an unplanned maintenance. Even planned maintenance windows are handled during low traffic hours on the weekend.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Performance
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 3 answers
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.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Support Rating
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 6 answers
I feel like the support team is a little lacking in product knowledge. Several times I have contacted them to get help, and ended up finding a solution to my own problem before the team could get back to me with anything useful. I have also submitted a few bugs, and never got updates to when they were fixed in later releases.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
In-Person Training
Anaplan
Anaplan 3.0
Based on 1 answer
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.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Online Training
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 2 answers
Learning made easy . One of the best trainings i have attended. Training was very detailed training by the trainer, which helped me understand the basics of the model building. Level 1 training was easy and instructor was most helpful here. Level 2 training was challenging but was able to go thru due to understanding of the basics.
Anaplan Consultant
EnqueroComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Implementation Rating
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 25 answers
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.
Head of Sales Compensation
Robert HalfStaffing and Recruiting, 10,001+ employees
Alternatives Considered
Anaplan
Anaplan works well where you have a requirement for complete flexibility, such as in business structure, or in calculation methodology that is bespoke. You can tailor the system to your exact requirements, whereas some products come with pre-built modules that you might struggle to do certain things with. All in all [it] depends on the business requirements as there is a different tool for a different job. Anaplan succeeds in being a very strong all [arounder].

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employeesScalability
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 2 answers
It's going to handle most of what you can throw at it. The problem lies in the sparsity of some datasets. When you have over 5ish dimensions of sparse data, the size of the model gets bloated for not much value. In several cases, I have had to adapt my model to account for sparsity in a way that minimized use of space, but also made interacting with the data more cumbersome.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
Anaplan
- The agile implementation methodology used to deploy the system has helped our clients to use and realize the benefits of the system right from the early stages of the implementation.
- The system can be easily managed and maintained by the end users reducing dependency on IT teams and making business more self-sufficient.
Senior Consultant
Deloitte India (Offices of the US)Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees