Anaplan vs Oracle Cloud Platform

Anaplan

Sales performance management, various finance scenarios - Anaplan is good for automating calculations. It is less appropriate for very complex business cases.

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Szilvia Havasreti

PPS EMEA CEP Sales Coverage Program Manager

HPInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Oracle Cloud Platform

The ability to easily maintain the database and add computing resources was a key reason. The app is being used by remote staff, is not overly large but performance and availability are very important. Being hosted on Oracle's Cloud Platform allows for 24x7 access by end users and we can easily adjust the computing resources if more is needed.More will be needed as we roll this app to the field. The nice part about this solution is we will not have to re-host the database or app because of growth.

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Dan Hotka

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McGraw-HillComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Anaplan

7.4

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Long-term financial planning

7.4

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Financial budgeting

8.1

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Forecasting

7.7

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Scenario modeling

6.5

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Management reporting

7.6

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Anaplan

6.5

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Financial data consolidation

7.7

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Journal entries and reports

6.6

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Multi-currency management

6.2

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Intercompany Eliminations

5.9

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Minority Ownership

6.0

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Local and consolidated reporting

7.1

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Detailed Audit Trails

6.1

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Anaplan

7.5

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Financial Statement Reporting

7.0

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Management Reporting

8.3

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Excel-based Reporting

6.9

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Automated board and financial reporting

8.0

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Anaplan

6.7

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Personalized dashboards

5.3

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Color-coded scorecards

6.0

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KPIs

7.0

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Cost and profitability analysis

7.0

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Key Performance Indicator setting

7.4

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Benchmarking with external data

7.2

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Anaplan

8.3

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Flat file integration

8.3

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Excel data integration

8.3

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Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

8.2

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Anaplan

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Oracle Cloud Platform

7.7

Ease of building user interfaces

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7.3

Scalability

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7.6

Platform management overhead

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6.1

Workflow engine capability

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7.5

Platform access control

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7.6

Services-enabled integration

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8.6

Development environment creation

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8.4

Development environment replication

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8.0

Issue monitoring and notification

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7.4

Issue recovery

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7.5

Upgrades and platform fixes

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8.7

Pros

We really like the Data Hub concept. We are working on multiple projects with regards to aggregating data from multiple sources, and Data Hub has worked well for us thus far.
Agility is key for our businesses and we feel that Anaplan gives us the ability to remain flexible and reactive to the changes throughout our businesses.
As a administrator I really like the resources provided by Anaplan such as Anapedia. It makes it really simple to ask questions and find answers if we are having difficulty with certain items.

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Matthew Cantwell

Director of Business Intelligence Development

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma- Division of CommerceGambling & Casinos, 5001-10,000 employees

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Very easy for creation of PAAS services like Oracle Database as a Service, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle Compute Instances.
UI Control on applying automatic/schedule patches on the Oracle Cloud Services of Oracle Cloud Platform.
Easy maintainability of application services in terms of admin activities like restarting of services, extend of CPU core, data storage on the Oracle Cloud Service.
Oracle Cloud Platform allows you to control charges based on amount of CPU core purchased for the organization. The needs may change based upon what is being used by number of users or number of hours.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

I believe user set up within Anaplan is one of the areas that could be improved greatly.
Workflow is another area that I believe could be improved. Currently, I do not believe, there is a way to create an action against workflow. This would be a great benefit rather than moving the item to complete or in progress if you could write an action for it.

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Matthew Cantwell

Director of Business Intelligence Development

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma- Division of CommerceGambling & Casinos, 5001-10,000 employees

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No keyboard shortcuts
Visually unappealing
Limitations in integrating with other software

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Cameron Walker

Sales Executive

International SOSOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Anaplan8.2

Based on 3 answers

We rely on it heavily. The only way we wouldn't renew is if the price got significantly higher.

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Maggie Palumbo

Director of Sales Operations

Careerbuilder.comInternet, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Anaplan8.2

Based on 2 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.

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Chris Friederich

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Cherwell SoftwareComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Anaplan10.0

Based on 1 answer

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.

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

Anaplan9.0

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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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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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Support

Anaplan8.0

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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.

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

Anaplan3.0

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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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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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Online Training

Anaplan5.0

Based on 1 answer

I'm giving this a 5 simply for the anapedia outline of calculations. The online videos and trainings leave a lot to be desired, but having anapedia around to help you understand calculations has been helpful. The drawback to anapedia is the depth they go into for calculations, it is lackluster at times. Because of that, I have been working through a much more in-depth look at each calculation on my website for users to reference: http://www.anaplanguru.com/formulas/

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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Implementation

Anaplan6.8

Based on 12 answers

Implementation using Anaplan's internal customer success team left much to be desired. We've found much better success with outside consultants

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Christopher Pope

Manager

Seagate TechnologyComputer Hardware, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Anaplan requires less IT support and its calculation engine is far more powerful. Anaplan is also less expensive when total cost of ownership is considered. We also liked that you're able to use Anaplan for a variety of business planning functions rather than having a bespoke tool for budgets or commissions or demand planning etc.

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Christopher Pope

Manager

Seagate TechnologyComputer Hardware, 10,001+ employees

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After a long time studying and testing some players, we chose Oracle Cloud Platform because our tests worked well; the employees are attentive and partners are experts on cloud products.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Lines of Business and Business Impact

We've been able to reduce our spending on planning software and support. We've also been able to integrate monthly outlooks into our planning process rather than only being able to do quarterly budgets while doing the monthly outlooks in excel. Our planning process has become more flexible and we're able to see impacts of changes to the plan more quickly

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Christopher Pope

Manager

Seagate TechnologyComputer Hardware, 10,001+ employees

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Selection Process

Adaptive and Host Analytics

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More flexible and able to handle more data.

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Tommy Bettles

Sr. Manager, Finance

AtlassianComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

Anaplan7.0

Based on 1 answer

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.

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Workforce Planning efficiency - so much easier than excel to maintain sensitive information planning
Long range plan lead time - the old excel model took weeks to update. The Anaplan model takes hours

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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It increased trusted customers for our company.
Helped to maintain the various team workloads.
Reduced the overall expenses/cost and increased company productivity.
It also helps us make business decisions effectively.

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Simranjeet Singh

Software Developer

OATIComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

Anaplan

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Additional Pricing Details

Request a personal demo: https://www.anaplan.com/request-demo/ Free trial for existing customers for any app in the App Hub: https://apphub.anaplan.com/

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Feature Rating Comparison

Long-term financial planning

Financial budgeting

Forecasting

Scenario modeling

Management reporting

Financial data consolidation

Journal entries and reports

Multi-currency management

Intercompany Eliminations

Minority Ownership

Local and consolidated reporting

Detailed Audit Trails

Financial Statement Reporting

Management Reporting

Excel-based Reporting

Automated board and financial reporting

Personalized dashboards

Color-coded scorecards

KPIs

Cost and profitability analysis

Key Performance Indicator setting

Benchmarking with external data

Flat file integration

Excel data integration

Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

Ease of building user interfaces

Scalability

Platform management overhead

Workflow engine capability

Platform access control

Services-enabled integration

Development environment creation

Development environment replication

Issue monitoring and notification

Issue recovery

Upgrades and platform fixes

Pros

Cons

Likelihood to Renew

Usability

Reliability and Availability

Performance

Support

In-Person Training

Online Training

Implementation

Alternatives Considered

Lines of Business and Business Impact

Selection Process

Scalability

Return on Investment

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Pricing Details

Anaplan

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

Oracle Cloud Platform

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

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