Anaplan vs Oracle Cloud Platform

Anaplan

Anaplan is great for Sales Ops, FP&A, and basically anything that is heavy Excel-based. It's great at summarizing large amounts of data, like pivot tables. It's also great for crunching Salesforce data. I don't have a need for SQL, but I'm sure it would great for any kind of database summarization use case.

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Dan Shuwarger

Finance Manager, FP&A

SplunkComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Oracle Cloud Platform

We had been slowly implementing Oracle products to replace several existing systems and so we needed a platform that would work to integrate across all of these solutions. Our company is fairly large and we work with a variety of clients and vendors as well. We needed an easier way for everyone to access information and discuss what data and future integration were most appropriate.

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Joseph R. Sweeney

Senior Investigations Analyst

The TJX Companies, Inc.Information Services, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Anaplan

7.5

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

7.7

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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

6.5

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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

7.2

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Detailed Audit Trails

6.0

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Anaplan

7.6

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

8.3

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Anaplan

6.7

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Personalized dashboards

5.4

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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

7.5

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Benchmarking with external data

7.1

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Anaplan

8.3

Oracle Cloud Platform

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Flat file integration

8.4

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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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7.2

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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7.9

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

It is a very user-friendly platform that allows individuals without IT backgrounds to build models in simple syntax. If you know how to use Excel, you will be able to pick up model building in Anaplan with relative ease using the guided build methodology.
Anaplan is a blank slate that allows for multi-dimension models in which we determine the dimensions versus forcing us to adhere to predetermined dimensions.
Maintaining our company hierarchies in data hub allows us to change information there and have it automatically pushed out to all spoke models versus changing 10-20 spreadsheets.

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Tara Kirby

Senior Director, Planning & Analysis

Schneider Electric SoftwareIndustrial Automation, 10,001+ employees

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Dramatically increases computing performance and as a result, it reduces any excessive IT costs
Integration of other Oracle products is easy and efficient
A user-friendly environment which also reduces any unnecessary IT support thus freeing up their time

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Joseph R. Sweeney

Senior Investigations Analyst

The TJX Companies, Inc.Information Services, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Errors handling. If you make a mistake in formula, the model might freeze for all users for several minutes.
Multistage calculations may cause the app to work slowly.
Too few functions are yet available. Tons of simple actions are really hard to implement in some cases including PRODUCT, VLOOKUP and CASE SELECT.
Bugs that were reported months ago are not fixed.
Really poor technical support. There are only 5 or so tech support guys globally and you have to wait for their answer sometimes for too long. Mostly they only give you temporary workarounds because of the bugs that won't be fixed in the nearest future.
No Android app.
End users have no interface settings at all. Only administrators may save export views and all the useful tune-ups.
No friendly interface to edit user rights. When their quantity exceeds 30 or more changing the rights becomes a disaster.

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Максим Шилиманов

Planning Excellence Senior Specialist

UnileverConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees

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We really didn't see any need for improvement yet. The app is based on APEX anyway so it all is located on the cloud platform.
...will update this review if I find something that we feel needs attention though

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Dan Hotka

author

McGraw-HillComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Anaplan8.2

Based on 3 answers

I don't think we could function without the collaboration capabilities built into Anaplan that replaced disparate Excel files in the workforce planning model

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 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

Anaplan8.1

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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

Anaplan6.7

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I won't rate this low due to the 3rd party consultant, because overall the implementation with Anaplan went great. We had working models in our first month of having Anaplan, and have been able to branch out into multiple facets of the business in the 3 years since our first implementation.

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Joe Bradbury

Manager, Financial Systems

Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Anaplan was selected by management without technical expertise. Now there is no way back.

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Максим Шилиманов

Planning Excellence Senior Specialist

UnileverConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees

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The Oracle Cloud Platform is a bit more pricey but maybe not when you take into account the less admin this environment needs over that of AWS. So far, we are pleased with the solution.

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Dan Hotka

author

McGraw-HillComputer Software, 1-10 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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We reduced our costs.
We are in compliance with the laws of the country.
Total integration and data replication with the production environment.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

Anaplan

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

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

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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