Anaplan vs. Jedox

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anaplan
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Anaplan is a scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in complex business environments so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the Anaplan platform surfaces key insights.N/A
Jedox
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Jedox is a Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management solution. According to the vendor, their solution’s unified planning, analysis and reporting empowers decision makers from finance, sales, purchasing and marketing. Additionally, the vendor says this solution helps business users work smarter, streamline business collaboration, and make insight-based decisions with confidence. The vendor also says 1,900 organizations in 127 countries are using Jedox for real-time planning…N/A
Pricing
AnaplanJedox
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnaplanJedox
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AnaplanJedox
Considered Both Products
Anaplan
Chose Anaplan
Easy of use is Anaplan's main advantage. As Anaplan is code-less configuration, and the logic for model building is by far the simplest, it would make the learning curve less steep. This is very important when we are showing our clients that, their complicated planning scenario …
Chose Anaplan
Anaplan is an emerging software and it has more feature that is suitable for our client compared to the other softwares
Chose Anaplan
Implementation time is very less. The end users can learn Anaplan faster and take control of the system without IT support pretty quickly. The logic/formula are straight forward and easy to implement.
Chose Anaplan
We selected Anaplan for its intuitive design and our desire to get away from excel. It also enabled us a sandbox of usability to tailor the experience directly to our needs. Other systems compartmentalized areas into one format and did not allow us as much customization.
Chose Anaplan
We needed more robust user-experience in regards to planning, not just data visualization, and we wanted to stray away from working in excel.
Jedox
Chose Jedox
Pros: - Rapid Time-To-Market - Maximum flexibility due to cell-based approach inherited from Excel (vs. WYSIWYG and drag & drop UI (like BOARD) which is not as flexible)
Chose Jedox
Jedox has the edge over these products on total cost of ownership, borne through its quick deployment roll out, ease of use for end users and ease of maintenance.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AnaplanJedox
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.6
214 Ratings
2% below category average
Jedox
9.1
4 Ratings
16% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports6.57 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.5214 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.96 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
8 Ratings
10% above category average
Jedox
8.3
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.18 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.18 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.18 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
221 Ratings
4% above category average
Jedox
7.9
3 Ratings
4% below category average
Publish to Web8.67 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.4219 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Report Versioning9.2192 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.98 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
8 Ratings
7% above category average
Jedox
5.6
3 Ratings
30% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.07 Ratings5.93 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.07 Ratings5.53 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.43 Ratings5.63 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.3
224 Ratings
7% above category average
Jedox
8.8
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.18 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.6224 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.18 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.7
213 Ratings
2% below category average
Jedox
7.4
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.4204 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Mobile Application7.7190 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0198 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.0
322 Ratings
8% above category average
Jedox
8.4
4 Ratings
1% above category average
Long-term financial planning9.3297 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.4301 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Forecasting9.3310 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.2312 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Management reporting7.9311 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.8
275 Ratings
2% below category average
Jedox
9.5
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Financial data consolidation8.3255 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.5211 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.312 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.39 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.3244 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails8.5256 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
293 Ratings
0% below category average
Jedox
9.3
4 Ratings
14% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting8.9271 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Management Reporting8.2284 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting7.8262 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.214 Ratings9.04 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
313 Ratings
12% above category average
Jedox
9.7
4 Ratings
19% above category average
Personalized dashboards8.7307 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.3291 Ratings10.03 Ratings
KPIs9.120 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.3270 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.4281 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data9.114 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
319 Ratings
1% above category average
Jedox
9.0
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Flat file integration9.3309 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Excel data integration8.2287 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.0269 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 8.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Centage
Centage
Score 9.5 out of 10
Centage
Centage
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Prophix
Prophix
Score 8.8 out of 10
Prophix
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
AnaplanJedox
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(336 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(35 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(63 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(7 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(7 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.4
(27 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.9
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(6 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(27 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.4
(7 ratings)
4.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.3
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.2
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AnaplanJedox
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Anaplan is a great tool for complex modeling of the future. When you are planning your actions for the future, have multiple, disparate datasets to interact with, have dozens if not hundreds of stakeholders who must contribute and need to be guided via a streamlined workflow engine, require complex logic that can grow with your org, require real-time reporting, and you need it all in less than 6 months.
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Jedox AG
Best suited for financial consolidation and / or as a highly customized and compact EPM / BI solution (up to 100 CCU) with individual workflows, planning and reporting functionalities, with moderate number of users (no restrictions for any industry, all industries are covered well). It also has advanced reporting & data analysis requirements and provides an integration and reporting layer of imported data from different external systems (via ETL). It can help with migrating your legacy Excel-based business models to the Web. It is not well suited for Enterprise BI applications with expecting >500 CCU (users at the same time working with the system) - this may cause serious performance issues, as all data is kept in RAM. Jedox is also less suited for applications with heavy document management requirements (document management is not an out of the box functionality in Jedox and rather requires custom development through custom widgets etc.).
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Pros
Anaplan
  • Anaplan can scale as your business grows, for example adding new regions into to your geographical hierarchy.
  • Anaplan is flexible and can do anything you want it to, there are no tables pre-configured that you need to fix your business process into.
  • Reading formulas in Anaplan is straight forward with a quick learning curve.
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Jedox AG
  • Using the Excel add-in means that our team was almost instantly productive, being able to use a familiar interface to present and manipulate data.
  • Allows us to quickly do analysis and comparison of current and historic data.
  • Really good to produce meaningful management reporting that can be adapted responsively to business requirements.
  • Implementing Jedox in our budget cycle dramatically reduced the time and complexity of the process, while making it more transparent.
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Cons
Anaplan
  • Ability to decide if to apply the formula or a manual input on front end for each line item
  • Real Time Data Transfer across models. Currently Data is transferred using Processes across different models. Having a functionality to access data from any model in real time would be great
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Jedox AG
  • Diversity. Jedox can be applied to many different use cases from small to large deployments and from budgeting to enterprise class BI solutions. But rarely is one tool able to fulfill all of these requirements in one organisation. This value proposition can be complicated for prospective users.
  • Awareness. Jedox punches above its weight in capability and scalability, but not enough people have heard about it and therefore procurement processes can be drawn out as a result.
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Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
Anaplan is a very strong multi-dimensional modeling tool that provides a calculation engine to empower a complex planning process. It is fairly easy to learn for those with experience in similar tools, or excel. It forces structure and auditability that spread sheets do not have, along with extensive security capabilities
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Jedox AG
For a period of 5 years all our customers using Jedox have renewed their licenses.
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Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan's usability is very good. Users can customize reports and make adjustments with very little training. They can quickly plan and collaborate very easily. Making large adjustments or creating complex functionality may require more experience or training but a lot of tasks can be completed by users with very little experience
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Jedox AG
To me Jedox deserves 10/10 because it is a consistent one-in-all platform with a modern look and feel. It is intuitive to use and allows you to make intuitive applications integrating traditional business intelligence with performance management functionality. It certainly has a short
learning curve, especially for those that are familiar with MS Excel. An example: I've lost count but Jedox it is available in more than 25 languages. Another: Jedox does not require programming skills... it is developed to be used by the business.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Jedox AG
Jedox has
very few bugs. Reports are available through an Excel add-in, the web and/or
mobile device (IOS/Android). In my opinion, availability also means high
performance, not having to wait for the system to give you the required reports,
analysis, dashboards instantly.
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Performance
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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Jedox AG
Jedox is the fastest OLAP tool on the market. It can use GPU cards to increase performance even more
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Support Rating
Anaplan
Support quality has dropped since Thoma Bravo has taken over. I think some serious re-focus needs to happen here -- part of the beauty of being in the Anaplan community was how involved you felt in it before. Before I didn't dread sending a support ticket, now I am starting to.
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Jedox AG
Jedox support in general is a professional and fast responding team. An easy-to-use ticketing system is in place. Bug-related questions are solved fast (responses come usually in a few hours after the question), but some questions / tickets, that are not Jedox-related bugs (for example some advanced questions about Jedox functionality), may be forwarded to Application Management team for further processing and then it may take several days or even weeks to get a response here -> there is room for improvement here.
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In-Person Training
Anaplan
In my opinion, in-person training is always the best if you have the option to do so. This allows real-time interactions with the instructions, whereas the online training I took required me to write-down questions, email them, and wait for responses. This slows down the process, as you can imagine. That said, in-person training is an extra cost and it likely isn't needed for everyone. I would suggest selecting a small number of people to take in-person training and then having them act as mentors to the rest of your team. That way, as the rest of the team takes the online training, they have a resource to help them in real time.
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Jedox AG
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Jedox AG
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Implementation Rating
Anaplan
The platform allows a flexible implementation mechanic to be put in place, since the possibilities and functionalities are vast and there are very few things the tool cannot do well. The solutions for the financial planning and the integrated business planning we put in place were easily adopted by the end users and their day-to-day work was made easier.
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Jedox AG
The implementation of SSO, SAML Authentication, HTTPS, Server splitting (Frontend / Backend servers) could be more standardized and made more user friendly to set up (e.g. via setup guide). Otherwise the implementation of Jedox is quick and simple when compared to other similar technologies.
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Alternatives Considered
Anaplan
Compared to OneStream and Venna Anaplan offers a more modern look and feel of the platform. It is better situated and maintained in regards of platform updates as it's a full SaaS software there are never any issues with the system version as it's always automatically up to date with no backward compatibility issues. Due to the flexible nature of the modelling engine, it is also better suited to perform larger multi-department use cases, like IBP (Integrated Business Planning)
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Jedox AG
Calumo is similar product to Jedox. I have used it extensively in my previous role. It was a major contender when we evaluated a BI platform for NIDA. Calumo is a great product as well and it was a very close call. Where we found Jedox to be a better fit for NIDA was the ability to prepare dynamic reports with ease without the need to learn MDX which was used extensively by Calumo to make dynamic reports which expand or shrink based on the underlying data. Another major benefit we saw in Jedox was the whole ETL process could be managed within Jedox instead of doing it in SQL server which negates having a dedicated SQL specialist role when the scale expands.
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Scalability
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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Jedox AG
Scalability is often another word for speed. Given enough data, enough users or enough calculations, the tool becomes slower and slower. You will find that Jedox has a very high performance that can even be increased by the use of grafical cards. Other thaen that it does not only offer BI (looking back based on historical ERP data) but also allows you to look forward through integrated budgetting, planning, forecasting, workflow and collaboration. Not easy to find a tool that can support so much business functionality. So, also pretty scalable in that respect.
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Return on Investment
Anaplan
  • We've typically seen an average of 40% removal of time from processes using Anaplan an enabler
  • Though difficult to quantify, we consistently find our processes less error prone than in the past. Essentially, we've removed a previously "hidden cost" of risk due to poor data quality that was buried in our processes.
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Jedox AG
  • Financial budgeting and Forecasting are done in a centralized fashion in Jedox now instead of a decentralized excel based approach. A lot of cost savings and improved reliability
  • Easy to use self-help Dashboards and detailed reports
  • Web-based reporting instead of excel based
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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.Screenshot of OpEx Planning. This is where users review revenue-target-setting goals by brand, season, and capacity all on a visual dashboard.Screenshot of Supply Planning. This visualization breaks down costs across assembly production to project profitability and align an organization's supply chain to market opportunities.Screenshot of Territory and Quota Planning. This dashboard is used to track of sales goals and quotas across territories and industries to optimize sales performance.Screenshot of Headcount Planning. Here, users can align workforce plans with strategic plans, and see where the best qualified talent resides to fit an organization’s staffing needs.Screenshot of Marketing. This interface drives efficiency across planning, and is used to budget against planned activity.

Jedox Screenshots

Screenshot of Management Dashboard with Google Maps WidgetScreenshot of ABC Analysis (Procurement)Screenshot of Executive Sales ReviewScreenshot of Finance DashboardScreenshot of Sales DashboardScreenshot of Start